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[MrTired]

Given that Hellblade has a 90% on Steam and Hellblade 2 has an 84% on Steam, I just assume one of two options:

1.) GAF has a very vocal part of that small minority that didn't like the games

2.) the vocal negativity is overwhelmingly by people that never played the games

Option 2 is the statistically more likely option. So I just disregard the comments.

Yes you are correct they are games first and foremost.

Whilst the user score are as you stated, the peak concurrent numbers especially for the second game tell us that even those who played the first game didn't show up for the sequel which launch on Steam simultaneously to console unlike the first game.

Those that played it enjoyed it however consumers were disinterested in it considering the way sold or even engaged with in Gamepass.

Hopefully the new direction helps them find a sustainable audience.

 

[Haint]

Incredibly impressive that ~40-50 people made the uncontested and undisputed benchmark in real time visuals (Hellblade 2). Meanwhile Sony out there spending 300 million on 3 hour PS4 DLC (black Spiderman) and taking 10 years and probably half a Billion to make Trans of War.

 

[Tobimacoss]

The changes are awesome. Ninja Theory is finally doing what they do best. Good to have full focus of the studio on the games.

 

[Boss Mog]

I'm not sure the world needs more Senua, but at least they're listening to player feedback to make this new one.

 

[CGNoire]

Ugghhh i wish they would just drop this boring ass series and work on a new IP already...or Heavenly Sword 2 or somthing like that.

 

[Gamer79]

Then why not call it something else. Confuses the customer.

 

[ExtendEmbraceExtinguish]

Since dmc was mentioned I'm interested.

 

[caligula13]

I like walking simulators.
This game is not made for me.

 

[saintjules]

Woops.

 

[Alan Silvestro]

Thanks chatgpt.

 

[UniformDeliverance]

Given that Hellblade has a 90% on Steam and Hellblade 2 has an 84% on Steam, I just assume one of two options:

1.) GAF has a very vocal part of that small minority that didn't like the games

2.) the vocal negativity is overwhelmingly by people that never played the games

Option 2 is the statistically more likely option. So I just disregard the comments.

Reviews frankly don't matter. It's all about engagement.

If you spent $100 million to make a game.. and everyone who played your game loved it. That might feel good. But if only 12 people played it, even if all 12 loved it, your project is a failure.

The problem is the second game did not motivate people to even try to play it. They could be marketing. Design. Or just general apathy to the IP and world.

Personally? I think it's the later. Senua made sense a game, not as a series.

 

[kiphalfton]

Make Kratos the main character, and maybe I'll care about the series.

 

[DenchDeckard]

I thought this looked great. Looking forward to seeing more. A massive jump in trailer quality and what looks to be game mechanics etc.

 

[semiconscious]

so, not hellblade 3, then?... fine... will keep this in mind...

imagine spending time clarifying that your third game featuring the protagonist of your previous 2 games is not a sequel to the first 2... she's all yours, guys...

 

[Moses85]

So, they cant count to three.

Valve vibes

 

[StueyDuck]

Its all the cut "combat" segments they ripped out of 2 that they decided to sell you for extra moneys

 

[John Bilbo]

Nice. That's the right direction.

Drop the stealth though.

 

[NeoIkaruGAF]

Senua is now a 'genre'?

Give it enough installments and soulsenuaborne will become a thing.

 

[CashPrizes]

Desperate rebranding is never a good look. Might as well just come up with a brand new Viking female protagonist for a new slashy 3rd person Viking game.

Like, if her character and story are so good you can't break from it, you should want players to go back and play the previous ones and keep the titling in line with each other.

 

[Paasei]

Not playing it either way, lol.

 

[SomeNorseGuy]

I'd be more interested in a new IP from them.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

Hopefully she'll shut the hell up in this one.

 

[xrnzaaas]

I have big doubts they can build a game like that in a (relatively) short amount of time, even when reusing some assets or mechanics. That's even assuming someone told them to stop making visual benchmarks, because they take way too long.

I'll play if the final product will deliver good gameplay, but I'm definitely sceptical for now.

 

[YOU PC BRO?!]

This series is depressing and I'm struggling to understand the target demographic. Just who exactly is excited to play this over other games???

 

[Team Andromeda]

Looks fab

 

[Pedro Motta]

So it's a real game now instead of a tech demo? I'm all in for that.

 

[yet_another_alt]

Coining the words Senualike, Senualite, and Senuaslop right now before anyone else does. Make sure to @ me any time you use these words. Thanks.

 

[Alan Wake]

They really love that character. It would be more promising if they just used the same tech and ideas to introduce a new action adventure IP

This.

I never cared for Senua one bit. They've made decent action-adventure games before. I just don't get why they can't leave Senua alone and do something completely new.

 

[Ronin_7]

Incredibly impressive that ~40-50 people made the uncontested and undisputed benchmark in real time visuals (Hellblade 2). Meanwhile Sony out there spending 300 million on 3 hour PS4 DLC (black Spiderman) and taking 10 years and probably half a Billion to make Trans of War.

Double Digit IQ is so fucked

 

[Pokedot]

I think it's smart to return to the Hellblade universe. They can fix the shortcomings of the previous games and development will be a lot quicker b/c they can re-use a lot of the assets which is why they already have footage. A character action adventure game with actual gameplay could turn out good.

 

[Baemono]

"Modern Warfare 4 is not Call of Duty"

 

[Giallo Corsa]

This series is depressing and I'm struggling to understand the target demographic. Just who exactly is excited to play this over other games???

I don't get it either - and this comes from a guy that actually prefers grim/bleak games, it's just that this particular kind of bleakness does absolutely nothing for me as it comes off more as miserable than actually bleak.

Then there's Senua, which, as a heroine, does absolutely nothing for me, and THEN, the fooking voices on top of it all just make me want to punch my screen/headphones.

Honestly, this, alongside PlayStation's Horizon series... I'm a little confused about why these games are getting so much push and why they're still being made. I just don't fully understand it.