It’s gonna be a real treat for gamers like myself that enjoy narrative heavy, brief waking simulator type games. As they are almost never of AAA quality. But I really have a feeling it’s gonna be the generations the order 1886. Will get slammed for its limited gameplay and short length. Gaming press and fanboys lauding it as the saviour of xbox are really doing it a disservice, as it will inevitably lead to significant disappointment from players who were expecting something else.
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[Digital Foundry] Hellblade 2 Preview Reaction: The New State of the Art for Unreal Engine 5?
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deriks
4-Time GIF/Meme God
Game is just about the looks. Everything else sucks. EVERYTHING
Bumblebeetuna
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Even the original Hellblade had much better gameplay and the gameplay here is by all accounts much better, especially combat and some of the puzzles.
Sushi_Combo
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Not everyone is interested in walking simulators.
Stooky
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lol k'
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S0ULZB0URNE
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For Xbox
Gameplay Gods Bless
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Holy fuck that's a good price for so much power. 7700X and 4070? That thing is monster.Nonsense, as usual
Let’s not even go into the sub $1000 PCs with 3070 Ti/4060 GPUs.
Exactly. Whilst highly accessible and games like firewatch have seen success, it a relatively niche genre, and success is relative to budget and price. Firewatch is one of the more successful, but it only shifted 2-3mil units at somewhere between free and $20.
I know hellblade is gonna have combat etc too. But it’s definitely gonna take a back seat the narrative, because that’s the game they are making.
The big issue is they aren’t marketing it to people who “like walking simulators”. They are marking it to many people who explicitly don’t, and it’s not being made overly clear what this game is, as it’s particularly impressive graphics are all that’s needed to gain eyeballs. Obviously plenty of people on gaming forums etc will be more informed and have a better idea what they are gonna be getting. But we aren’t representative of the broader gaming public.
GymWolf
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500watt power supply (probably cheap quality aswell) is kinda of a joke tho.
Angry_Megalodon
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They are not being honest with this since many Xboxers have not played the previous game and don't know what it's all about. The first Hellblade had basic combat and no story at all. It was a dementia simulator with beautiful landscapes, nothing more. Reading in this same thread that they don't explain the gameplay due to "story spoilers" shows how misled people are, even in videogame forums.
Radical_3d
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This generation’s The Order 1886 it’ll be like having 4K or even 1800p with bars. HB2 is literally last generation’s The Order 1886 resolution.
nosoynadie22
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Fredrik
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Outside of the US the graphics card alone can cost over $2500. If I include accessories and the screen then my main PC cost well over $5000.
It is what it is. Can go with a lower performance target to save some money. I went with 4080S on my last one, $1000 cheaper.
Can also plan ahead and use the stock market to handle the cost. I already have a future upgrade planned with stock investments. The Nvidia stock has been nice, slightly bumpy the last couple weeks but nearly 80% so far this year.
Zathalus
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Unironically posting KingThrash must be a new low for this thread.
Fredrik
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lmao this is just the beginning the salty takes will keep coming
The game looks amazing. I’m just hoping the system requirements on PC isn’t too high, no official stats out yet and it’s coming in just over a month, and no port talk at all yet. I’m getting nervous.
Portugeezer
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I can't imagine them being CPU locked to 30, maybe someone could explain. A 40Hz option would be interesting.
Probably because it has been almost 5 years since the announcement trailer.
Rocco Schiavone
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Bojji
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From that time stamped bit I don't get where he gets that they are talking about 1440p 60fps games? Most games on consoles target 60fps, true but many of them are around 1080p ot even lower with that performance target. I think every game should have performance mode (at least 40fps) but most games do look much better in graphics modes.
It has to be GPU limited most of time, I doubt they are doing some crazy stuff on CPU. But UE5 is terrible on cpus on itself so who knows.
Ultra Donny
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Only when someone unironical post a defence video from Colt Eastwood will we go lower. But yes this is the low point where we at right now.
Why? He admits his personal bias,but that doesn't seem to distort his objectivity in analyzing video games.
I would say Kingthrash Gaming is no worse than DF,at least we know how Thrash going to react. The DF have shown on multiple occasions they aren't as thorough as the used to be.
Gaiff
SBI’s Resident Gaslighter
You don’t seriously believe that.
akaFullmetal
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Looking good, will need to see how it's is when it's released.
I glanced at his Youtube channel and i'm howling with you trying to paint him as 'objective' in any way.
Seems like this is one in a long line of videos carpeting DF for any positive analysis of an Xbox exclusive.
Yes. I understand KingThrash is a PlayStation guy,but when it comes to analysis he seems just as sharp,even though he isn't as technical as the DF crew.
Alex Butaglia did an hour+ video Matrix Awakenes demo and didn't show the obvious between the PS5 and Series X,even if done in bad faith, I'm supposed believe Thrash was more competent than folks whose job is analysis and breakdowns? Also,the DF crew have on multiple instances that they miss obvious stuff when they do comparisons.
I'm talking about Kingthrash Gaming analysis comparisons.I glanced at his Youtube channel and i'm howling with you trying to paint him as 'objective' in any way.
Seems like this is one in a long line of videos carpeting DF for any positive analysis of an Xbox exclusive.