You go ahead and say it graphics don't make a good game. If you want good graphics buy a painting or a screen saver. This game sucks one of the most boring since the arcade laser disk game called Dragons Lair. Pretty graphics with terrible game play. I find my self falling asleep in the repetitive sword fights that seem scripted. Block block swing doze off, block swing etc etc. Its could be the newer gens have been so dumbed down this passes as a game to them. Pitiful
shhhh becouse the bots want a gameplay where they can use the same skill 100 times as a glitch and roll with the square button to evade like literally since when the roll is as fast as evading flash strikes lol its stupid as concept.
@@zaknakmenace9356one of the strength of video games is that the medium has many diffent genres, wich let it transport different feelings and interactivity. I love games like this. To call it stupid is a very limited view on the topic.
@@chimaera6234 yeah, i like games with heavy stories on it. The problem is, there are too many games with no imbalance proportion between the gameplay and the stories
@@chimaera6234 games should be fun first, story later. But with current and previous gen of consoles game relesead. They released exactly the same type of games over and over. Majority sony's 1st party games are simmiliar, the difference is just the gimmick they put on in their every games.
@@chimaera6234 this games pretty much just a tech demo for xbox to show how powerful their system. Nothing more. Seven years in making with millions dollars budge and it does not sell well is not a good in long term
Apart from the mind-blowing graphics, let's not forget the voice actors, the scriptwriters, the video game composers, and their artists who brought this masterpiece to life. This is truly next level!
I don't know where you're at. I just commended the script, voice acting, and soundtrack/music OTHER than this video game's gameplay and design. What's so wrong with that? LOL I give credit where credit is due. That's all ;)
I think anyone who is watching this video can actually find that out for themselves when they watch the entire playthrough. That's why I commented on something OTHER than the actual gameplay. That's different. :)
Senua says giants aren't real, she realized it in the end. That part is not up for interpretation anymore, it's factual. Giants are manifestations of fear of the unknown (nature) which Godi interpreted for his people as "Giants". You see how you don't find a giant in the end, just a man. That's where these hallucinations/delusions break and Senua realizes it and tell it to Godi's face. Story is rather simple - you have a tyrant controlling his men by fear and Senua, psychotic woman, brilliant warrior, destroying all that with layers upon layers of her psychosis running its show which make it all complex and beautiful in the end. Well done Ninja Theory and thank you.
I'm glad Godi did turn out to be using the giants for his own power, rather than having the explanation be "they were forced to take slaves for their own protection", because that would have seen dishonest and unrealistic. Slaves would have been taken regardless because it just made sense for people in power back then. That being said, some of the story aspects still didn't work well in my opinion. Mainly, the first two giants having their own backstories and ways of stopping them. I understand that Godi likely used their suffering to build them up, but if that is the case I feel like Senua shouldn't have been able to stop them without learning what Godi did first.
I still struggle to distinguish what is in Senua's head and what is real. Million dollar question - are Hiddenfolk real at all or just Senua's elaboration on preexisting stories. Even last one, about Alifier/Godi, is it something she realized/fantasized or real? In other words, are Hiddenfolk Sci Fi moment of Hellblade or pure Senua's imagination in mixture with psychosis? I tend to lean to this second option.
Thank you for posting this, you saved me 50 euros. This is pure tech demo.... If someone interested, I actually counted everything you encounter in this tech demo: -Enemy's: 48 (One of which is the final boss, a human with a sword, otherwise it's 47) -Symbol simulation: 4 (where you search for symbols in the environment) -Ball puzzle: 3 (where you pick up balls and put it on an altar) -Fire puzzle: 2 (where you light up some torches in a cave) -Female Big Giant boss: 1 (where you simply run behind some rocks and cut down chains) -Male Big Giant boss: 1 (where you simply run on a beach and you hold some metal rings so you won't be washed away) That's basically it... that's everything included in the tech demo. 50 euros. The rest are cut-scenes and pressing W to simulate walking. The graphics are absolutely INSANE!
It's a shame we didn't get a 3rd giant boss. They were hyping it up saying "the giant is coming but the sacrifices escaped!! What will we do now?!?!" But then we just get a human boss and the game ends.
Here's what I understand about the story. It's about how senua trying to deny and alter the mindset that her father planted in to her mind. The mindset that she is cursed, because her darkness and that she will bring death to people around her... the mindset that torturing her for her entire life. She trying to change that thought into something that she can live with, something that she can bare. But to do that she need reason, a reason that powerful enough for her to make her believe that she is not what her father told her. Therefore she created a story. And this is the story that we played... so none of those we see in the game are real. Is all in her imagination. For example is Fargrimr. A respectable wiseman who know things that believe Senua is special. Fargrimr is nothing more than a character she created in her mind to counter her father's mindset in her. She created him as a man that sees her mental disorder not as a curse but as a gift. So now that she have two option, to believe her father, or to believe Fargrimr. Of course she want to believe Fargrimr, but she cannot choose to believe Fargrimr just like that. She need a confirmation that Fargrimr is right and her father is wrong... she need another character, character that can confrim that Fargrimr is right. A character that knows the truth. That is why she created the Hiddenfolks. So as the hiddenfolk guide her, she grew more and more confidence that she is not what her father told her.... until she is ready to erase her father's mindset. Now she need to fight her father. She set this in her mind as a combat. A battle between Her and Godi, She made Godi as a mirror image of her father. As the avatar of her father's mindset in her... so if she destroy Godi she will destroy his Giant. Because Godi's giant is the darkness that she believe is in her... then she conclude it that there is no Giant... meaning there is no such thing is Darkness inside her... is just a mindset her father planted into her so he can control her life. But at the end she after she won she realize, she do have darkness... she realize it when she about to smash godi's head with rock. She realize that it was the darkness that drove her into such anger that almost crush Godi's head. But now she understand eventhou she have the darkness, doesn't mean she is the darkness... she can never erase the darkness inside her, but she can choose to follow it or deny it... the point of the story at this part is that she now understand that there is Good side and bad side inside her. (just like everyone else) But just like all people we cannot erase our badside, but we can always choose not to follow it. So in the end the whole story is about how senua mind processing and surviving her anxiety. How her human survival instinct trying to reason with her depression so she can live on. Just like what the dev said...the game is to give us an understanding of how a person with psychosis processing their mind to make sense everything that they experience in their life. Is just that as a psychosis, she didn't realize that everything that she experience is just a creation of her own mind. Psychosis cannot see which one is real and which one is just her imagination.... in her mind, all of them are real. So she didn't realize everything in her story such as her friends, the giants, the Draugr... are all an image of her creation. A creation that she build in her mind without realizing it , a creation that her mind create to fight her depression. So I'm really sad to see some people said, the game is femisnism woke... or white saviour complex or some rubbish like that when the truth is they just doesn't undertsand what the story is all about 😓 Yes the game have more walking and less combat unlike the first one. But I really think the 2nd have more depth in the story compare the 1st. Besides... from the beginning of Senua's game project, dev already told us that the aim of the game is to bring us to the world of Psychosis... the make us understand or atleast have and idea of how a Person with psychosis see the world from their own perspective. And they deliver it to the game very2 well... so why are people complaining about the combat and walking simulator ? 🤦♂This game is never was about the combat gameplay... you want more combat, more bosses, more enemy variation... go buy other game. A game that actually oriented as combat game.
Exactly! It's an AMAZING game with an amazing storyline. They did an amazing job at making the gamer feel connected to Sanua and the first giant! It felt like a TRANCE with the first giant! 5/5 for me!
Thanks MK! The gameplay movie is awesome. It is like watching a Netflix movie. It is full of suspense that I could barely balance boredom and patience in watching it to the end. Haha!
Okay, I played the first one. This one seems to be shorter, very very short. There isn't much to do and probably when you complete it you won't find many reasons to replay it. Honestly, more than a game it is a cinematic, graphic and acoustic experience.
I played It, and i can Say that It Is completely based on narrative, graphics and scenography, and in this things is one of the best games ever, but if you want a lot of gameplay this Is not for you
The concept of being able to hear your players thoughts for a indefinite period through out your play through is absolutely INSANE and incredibly innovative
They've toned down on combat it isn't as frequently occurring as the previous game but most of the walking segments feel so polished compared to the previous game. I feel like the reason why people are giving it flack is because of the pricing.
Dude… I admire the first one Player it years ago *2019 to be exact* Replayed it days ago and… I still love it! But this one… Nah… so far *I’ve just finished with the storm gaint* And so far… it is good but nowhere near the first one The fights are soooooooo much less frequent and the empty spaces are so much more And most importantly… The game lost its creativity…
We were in for improvements, in scale, in story, in length. That's that the common audience expects from a sequel; improvements, and the studio did not deliver.
I think you have to liken this game to an interactive movie. It has replay value for those who enjoy this “300” type of atmosphere. Puzzles & not to mention increased difficulty. It’s brilliant for what it is.
Those giant’s are truly terrifying, and not just because of how disfigured they are but because we can see they are torturing themselves every day and every second they are like a broken record repeating themselves what they hate the most or their trauma like some kind of PTSD 😢
I agree, personally love this game because I see the artistry behind it. It's an experience. To be born with the gift of seeing beyond the Veil, but being cursed to have the darkness follow you because of that gift. Senua's bravery is something I admire because no regular person could survive the way she does. I'm a sucker for tragic backgrounds but having the strength to endure. Not a lot of games today tell their story the way this game does.
"My point, once again, is not that those ancient people told literal stories and we are now smart enough to take them symbolically, but that they told them symbolically and we are now dumb enough to take them literally."
Where are you going after you die? What happens next? Have you ever thought about that? Repent today and give your life to Jesus Christ to obtain eternal salvation. Tomorrow may be too late my brethen😢. Hebrews 9:27 says "And as it is appointed unto man once to die, but after that the judgement
@@JesusPlsSaveMe you go to that place where you had been at when you were not yet born. If you don't know (or "remember") the "location" / answer of that, then it also doesn't matter where you go after you die.
I played Heavenly Sword and thought oh, wow this game studio is making a game with great gameplay and nice voice acting, not so good story (the villain was pretty much a cartoon book villain). I saw they have inverted the story and gameplay part. Even Until Dawn and the quarry had no combat but was still fun to play.
I’m so glad we have this account to see full gameplay without commentary especially this game with all these voices . Live-streaming is not that enjoyable with this game
why are you making me read, bud? "According to the report, "there are no plans whatsoever to close the studio any time soon". In addition, "trusted sources" have claimed that Microsoft has officially greenlit the developer's next project alongside the Ninja Theory's Project: Mara."
Just like the say, you where not the first result in the search engine, i clicked on the first, returned, and found you. Years of doing good work results in 'customer' royalty.
graphics are bad walking simulator the enemies can kill you 20 times but no they let you live to beat them no sense i cant understand why they create crap games and peoples like it -_-
@@QwertzQwertz-hs5fn if they market the slop right and pay a few shills to defend it, the Consoomers will pay regardless. People who practically display the behavior of zombies are the problem.
These GAMERS don't understand the efforts it takes mix the audio, dialogues, actions, combat, and literally thousands of other things that goes into development. Try to appreciate a game once in a while and don't whine about it being a "walking simulator". If you want hard-core mechanics play smth else like mortal kombat or cod. This is a masterpiece in it's genre and truly redefines the graphical potential of a game. I'll argue anyone who says the graphics are not THE BEST. The transitions from cutscenes to gameplay is actually smooth and hard to even notice. I didn't buy it I just got it from game pass so it's definitely worth what I paid for.
This stupid re ta rd talk sh it about gamers not liking an over-glorified walking simulator that charged for full price and yet didn't even buy this game that he supposedly praised. Man, you're du mb as hell.
I got Senua’s Sacrifice for 2.99 on sale during the Steam Summer sale. Just started it two days ago and beat it yesterday. For 5 dollar or less game it’s good but if I paid full retail for it I would’ve been fudging MAD mad. It’s beautiful visually, it being a case study in mental health under a Norse/viking type setting is also neat but it feels less like a video game and more like an interactive museum exhibit/documentary. As a cheapie it was a nice pickup with an interesting narrative. I’m not chomping at the bit to pick this sequel up but when/if it goes on sale for like 10-15 bucks I would pick it up if it’s more of the same as the first game. 60 bucks for a walking sim/curated interactive museum exhibit/documentary on psych is a little rich for my blood despite it being so graphically impressive.
Seriously. They got funds to make a game, and instead released a tech dmeo for u5. This is no game, it's a glorified tech demo. There's no gameplay either, all you can do is walk around and look around. Even the rare combat encounters are more tech demo and less actual gameplay. You're deff correct. And they had the nerve to charge $60 for a tech demo. I doubt they'll ever be allowed to make another game. Deff no more hellblade games, the market is extremely niche for this kind of stuff. You have to be crazy to pay the asking price for a 5hour tech demo
Epic games always emulates other peoples' successful practices, and this is the reason why many other practitioners who were bolder and more innovative than it had eventually failed while Epic games has been there to this day. It was that the UE5's Temple of SUN and Matrix Awaken demos had emulated the art styles of Hellblade and Matrix Reloaded
ppl keep sayin wahhh this games only 5 hours trust me it feels like 50 im alrdy 20 hours in and only barely at the 4 hour mark cus i keep falling asleep or getting bored and doing other stuff that is more fun like scrubbing the walls and laughing at assassins creed memes on twitter. now thats fun! 🤣
@@ThisChannelIsAbandoned300 and i wasnt even impressed. i wouldnt have noticed it was 30 fps, but the camera sensitivity was so slow and i cant stand slow turning cameras so i usually turn it up to turn camera faster, then i started noticing the blur dont really feel this game looked any better than a plagues tale 2 and i thought that game was boring and kind of bland but it was way longer and had more variety of levels and of course length the fact the graphics are the main if not only thing ppl are bragging about when its basically a tinu chunk of generic skyrim mountain, wasnt much to look at. nintendo switch games dont have very good graphics or framerate but mario rabbids kingdom had way mroe visually interesting level design with colors and style and character, this was just a mountain and dirt sand rocks. and i say the same about last of us, no matter how good the graphics were, im just looking at average generic dirty ppl and dirty broken fallout buildings. wasnt anything visually interesting for me and definitely wasnt interested in gameplay or story or puzzles so this game had absolutely nothing to offer me. i beat it, and deleted it, never want to touch it again, i didnt like hellblade 1, but still liked part 1 wayyyy batter. dont want xbox to waste 7 more years and millions of follars on a hellblade 3
@@Funny1940 Youre just mad you lack the skills and brainpower to play a real game let alone know the difference between basic words like "your" and "you're". Now run along and take your anger and jealousy with you😂
Developers, take note. These are the sort of graphics and visuals we should be getting (bare minimum) on today's hardware. It *CAN* be done and we (as gamers) would rather wait for a game to "cook" and look like this, than be rushed out and you have us pay and over-priced fee for less.
Great game. But more of a tech demo in my opinion. Its so damn beautiful and the music and sounds are soooo immersive. An rpg style game with all of these elements might be what this franchise could use. Maybe a DLC? Helping other communities?? Alittle AC Valhalla with all of this ingrained would be crazy
@@anshukandulna1844 Exactly my problem with it. I don't mind a high-budget 5 hour linear game - it makes for nice variety compared to my other games. But it should be like £15-25 at most. £50 is just insane.
*WOW! this game is like a movie. I rather just sit here and watch this unfold like a 5 hr movie than play it because I'm lazy... But for real... I never played the first game so this is my first exposure to this game. I can't even tell which part of the battles are automated action sequences or user input maneuvers. It's so seamless.*
This one really is a "walkthrough"! The game looks stunning, the facial expression animations are next level and, kind of, "over expressed" and ... That's it! It's an UE5 tech demo walking sim! Walk, walk, walk ... and whisper all the time you're walking ... Cutscene ... Light a torch here, walk to that brazier over there and put it out. Walk around and take the torch and light the same brazier, because you've put it out a minute ago ... Cutscene ... Crawl through some narrow spaces, solve some puzzles, walk some more, fight a few draugar(s) .. Walk "just a little more", whisper, whisper ... Cutscene ... Fu***n' hell! And the fights!!? Parry x 3, strike, evade, parry x 2, strike, strike, done!? Every God damn time! And they charge 49,99€ for this s**t!? Hell, for the amount of walking, they should be giving people money to play it. But, hey ... You're walking through a UE5 made environment. So ... That'll be 49,99€, please! I get that they were going for that "interactive" (movie) feeling, but walking around, holding W on keyboard, while the "story unfolds", isn't that much interactive!
I remember when Death Stranding got released and people were like: "Oh, a walking simulator". Then they have this, and call it a "masterpiece". So ironic.
I don't know, I've gone through DS and I dislike the game terribly. It's not just a courier simulator, it's a torture simulator too. Every level caused a burning in my ass. I don't consider it a masterpiece, but really memorable. In every sense.
Death Stranding legit has way, way more actual gameplay depth than Hellblade 2. Hellblade 2 is purely a narrative experience on rails with some very light puzzle solving. Even the combat sequences are really just a type of puzzle.
@@coletrainhetrickYou can't charge $50 for a movie and put it on GamePass. It's too long for cinema runtime, and you can't share it on TH-cam like this.
@@Bulldog01234 yes its just walking cutscenes and an insulting version of schizophrenia. if you think mental illness guides you and gives you advice, then let me tell you youre supposed to drink the bleach until you die, not stop beforehand. THE LAST THING THE VOICES IN YOUR HEAD DO IS LET YOU FOCUS this game is trash.
Kids these days (tongue in cheek, I'm gen Z) will complain about the game being boring, but can't appreciate the value of subtle, graceful media like this. Probably failed to recognize; during the course of the Hiddenfolk's trials, she was observing herself as the other figure at every interaction, learning both to help others, though it makes her momentarily powerless, thereby learning her true inner, strength, and to accept help by others, unconcerned with motives, in the absence of regard for duplicitousness, thereby continuing the arc of the first game: learning her true strength, to trust her heart, and above all, to be human, in spite of the rejection she faced as a child, or how the effective use of punctuation call allow for a grammatically valid one hundred and six-word sentence.
I just completed the game right now and I swear i said the samethig to myself it's so rare to have A game sequel better than the 1st one.. I love This game 😢❤
It dropped day & date in Game Pass...just as every other Xbox first party game. So if you don't want to play it, then just say you don't want to play it.
It’s just an amazing experience, like a movie. In Germany we pay 12 euro for a 1.5 hours movie at the theaters. So I’m willing to pay 50 for 5 hrs and enjoy this small adventure. Also, I have a paranoid schizophrenia since 2011 and really enjoy the topic this game have. So, I’m interested. 🙏🏼
Short yet one you will definitely enjoy, i usually play on weekends, and I enjoyed each and every scene, it took me around 15 days to complete..but yeah it can be finished in 5 hours too, but I love enjoying each and every scene.. so it's a good game for me 😊
To sum it up, this is hands down the most stunning game of this generation, across all platforms. It boasts an unparalleled visual and auditory immersion, with brutal combat and epic scenes. Personally, it’s everything I hoped for. As for the lack of exploration and the linearity, it makes sense to me. I don’t see how we could expect both in this type of game. The day we get to play an open world or semi-open world game with this level of quality might be with the next generation, but that’s not what I expected from Hellblade 2 anyway. I’m really looking forward to playing it!
video games are my hobby for over 20 years and i can say that the graphics are the best i have ever seen in a full game.
The best graphics of all time is the "Shadow of the Beast" in Amiga.
You go ahead and say it graphics don't make a good game. If you want good graphics buy a painting or a screen saver. This game sucks one of the most boring since the arcade laser disk game called Dragons Lair. Pretty graphics with terrible game play. I find my self falling asleep in the repetitive sword fights that seem scripted. Block block swing doze off, block swing etc etc. Its could be the newer gens have been so dumbed down this passes as a game to them. Pitiful
14:32 That rock got some mad spinning skills
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Bro really uploaded the full game the moment it dropped 😭
These people have access beforehand
@@sarveshshinde2159 how though
@@raphaelkinuthia they are xbox partners bro, big gaming channels.
@@raphaelkinuthiathey get access code
@raphaelkinuthia early copy reviews dude.
Love games that utilize combat in a slow and clunky feeling without hud.
Feels like I'm watching a movie with excellent gameplay!
Right? The experience as a whole is impressive, I just don't think people see the artistry behind it. This isn't a traditional game.
NPC take
shhhh becouse the bots want a gameplay where they can use the same skill 100 times as a glitch and roll with the square button to evade like literally since when the roll is as fast as evading flash strikes lol its stupid as concept.
The glass enemies are a cool concept. Breaking the fabric of Senua's reality, like shattered glass.
Most amazing graphics ever.
It's an incredible interactive film. Love every second of the game.
That also the reasin why the game did not sell well. The idea of interactive film is beyond stupid
@@zaknakmenace9356one of the strength of video games is that the medium has many diffent genres, wich let it transport different feelings and interactivity. I love games like this. To call it stupid is a very limited view on the topic.
@@chimaera6234 yeah, i like games with heavy stories on it. The problem is, there are too many games with no imbalance proportion between the gameplay and the stories
@@chimaera6234 games should be fun first, story later. But with current and previous gen of consoles game relesead. They released exactly the same type of games over and over. Majority sony's 1st party games are simmiliar, the difference is just the gimmick they put on in their every games.
@@chimaera6234 this games pretty much just a tech demo for xbox to show how powerful their system. Nothing more. Seven years in making with millions dollars budge and it does not sell well is not a good in long term
Apart from the mind-blowing graphics, let's not forget the voice actors, the scriptwriters, the video game composers, and their artists who brought this masterpiece to life. This is truly next level!
I don't know where you're at. I just commended the script, voice acting, and soundtrack/music OTHER than this video game's gameplay and design. What's so wrong with that? LOL I give credit where credit is due. That's all ;)
I think anyone who is watching this video can actually find that out for themselves when they watch the entire playthrough. That's why I commented on something OTHER than the actual gameplay. That's different. :)
All that amazing artistic talents wasted on a sub-par game.
This guy plays ever single game
I didn't see he has played Rhem 1,2,3 and 4... Schizm 1, 2 and 3, Black Dahlia, Ripper, Amerzone etc..
@@MrEnsiferum77I didn't even know about this game
@@androgamerzx389 you mean noone
it's his job
I mean he gets paid for it. And very good . Better than any normal job
As someone who currently can’t play this game but really wants to. Thanks for this 🙏🏼🙏🏼
Why you cant? Xbox cloud game?
@@vinicius______________________ I have a PS5 only and no PC set up
Hoping we get it this year
@@TeeMac-e5myou and me both. I adore this game just can’t afford a proper PC set up that would do it justice.
Senua says giants aren't real, she realized it in the end. That part is not up for interpretation anymore, it's factual. Giants are manifestations of fear of the unknown (nature) which Godi interpreted for his people as "Giants". You see how you don't find a giant in the end, just a man. That's where these hallucinations/delusions break and Senua realizes it and tell it to Godi's face. Story is rather simple - you have a tyrant controlling his men by fear and Senua, psychotic woman, brilliant warrior, destroying all that with layers upon layers of her psychosis running its show which make it all complex and beautiful in the end. Well done Ninja Theory and thank you.
Well said
I'm glad Godi did turn out to be using the giants for his own power, rather than having the explanation be "they were forced to take slaves for their own protection", because that would have seen dishonest and unrealistic. Slaves would have been taken regardless because it just made sense for people in power back then.
That being said, some of the story aspects still didn't work well in my opinion. Mainly, the first two giants having their own backstories and ways of stopping them. I understand that Godi likely used their suffering to build them up, but if that is the case I feel like Senua shouldn't have been able to stop them without learning what Godi did first.
How boring. Why do they always have to be hallucinations. Why can't we get giants and metaphors for nature. They can be both.
I still struggle to distinguish what is in Senua's head and what is real. Million dollar question - are Hiddenfolk real at all or just Senua's elaboration on preexisting stories. Even last one, about Alifier/Godi, is it something she realized/fantasized or real? In other words, are Hiddenfolk Sci Fi moment of Hellblade or pure Senua's imagination in mixture with psychosis? I tend to lean to this second option.
@@JohnnyBg2905 the hiddenfolk are in her head, she made the stories from what she heard or realized subconsciously
Thank you for posting this, you saved me 50 euros. This is pure tech demo....
If someone interested, I actually counted everything you encounter in this tech demo:
-Enemy's: 48 (One of which is the final boss, a human with a sword, otherwise it's 47)
-Symbol simulation: 4 (where you search for symbols in the environment)
-Ball puzzle: 3 (where you pick up balls and put it on an altar)
-Fire puzzle: 2 (where you light up some torches in a cave)
-Female Big Giant boss: 1 (where you simply run behind some rocks and cut down chains)
-Male Big Giant boss: 1 (where you simply run on a beach and you hold some metal rings so you won't be washed away)
That's basically it... that's everything included in the tech demo. 50 euros.
The rest are cut-scenes and pressing W to simulate walking.
The graphics are absolutely INSANE!
I just played this game at $5, its better to play with game pass
It's a shame we didn't get a 3rd giant boss. They were hyping it up saying "the giant is coming but the sacrifices escaped!! What will we do now?!?!" But then we just get a human boss and the game ends.
@@Qirdaaar people who complain about price acts like gamepass doesn't exist 🤭.
Here's what I understand about the story.
It's about how senua trying to deny and alter the mindset that her father planted in to her mind. The mindset that she is cursed, because her darkness and that she will bring death to people around her... the mindset that torturing her for her entire life.
She trying to change that thought into something that she can live with, something that she can bare.
But to do that she need reason, a reason that powerful enough for her to make her believe that she is not what her father told her.
Therefore she created a story. And this is the story that we played... so none of those we see in the game are real. Is all in her imagination.
For example is Fargrimr. A respectable wiseman who know things that believe Senua is special. Fargrimr is nothing more than a character she created in her mind to counter her father's mindset in her. She created him as a man that sees her mental disorder not as a curse but as a gift. So now that she have two option, to believe her father, or to believe Fargrimr. Of course she want to believe Fargrimr, but she cannot choose to believe Fargrimr just like that. She need a confirmation that Fargrimr is right and her father is wrong... she need another character, character that can confrim that Fargrimr is right. A character that knows the truth. That is why she created the Hiddenfolks.
So as the hiddenfolk guide her, she grew more and more confidence that she is not what her father told her.... until she is ready to erase her father's mindset. Now she need to fight her father. She set this in her mind as a combat. A battle between Her and Godi, She made Godi as a mirror image of her father. As the avatar of her father's mindset in her... so if she destroy Godi she will destroy his Giant. Because Godi's giant is the darkness that she believe is in her... then she conclude it that there is no Giant... meaning there is no such thing is Darkness inside her... is just a mindset her father planted into her so he can control her life. But at the end she after she won she realize, she do have darkness... she realize it when she about to smash godi's head with rock. She realize that it was the darkness that drove her into such anger that almost crush Godi's head.
But now she understand eventhou she have the darkness, doesn't mean she is the darkness... she can never erase the darkness inside her, but she can choose to follow it or deny it... the point of the story at this part is that she now understand that there is Good side and bad side inside her. (just like everyone else) But just like all people we cannot erase our badside, but we can always choose not to follow it.
So in the end the whole story is about how senua mind processing and surviving her anxiety. How her human survival instinct trying to reason with her depression so she can live on. Just like what the dev said...the game is to give us an understanding of how a person with psychosis processing their mind to make sense everything that they experience in their life.
Is just that as a psychosis, she didn't realize that everything that she experience is just a creation of her own mind.
Psychosis cannot see which one is real and which one is just her imagination.... in her mind, all of them are real. So she didn't realize everything in her story such as her friends, the giants, the Draugr... are all an image of her creation. A creation that she build in her mind without realizing it , a creation that her mind create to fight her depression.
So I'm really sad to see some people said, the game is femisnism woke... or white saviour complex or some rubbish like that when the truth is they just doesn't undertsand what the story is all about 😓 Yes the game have more walking and less combat unlike the first one. But I really think the 2nd have more depth in the story compare the 1st.
Besides... from the beginning of Senua's game project, dev already told us that the aim of the game is to bring us to the world of Psychosis... the make us understand or atleast have and idea of how a Person with psychosis see the world from their own perspective. And they deliver it to the game very2 well...
so why are people complaining about the combat and walking simulator ? 🤦♂This game is never was about the combat gameplay... you want more combat, more bosses, more enemy variation... go buy other game. A game that actually oriented as combat game.
thank you!!
The previous one was more fun gameplay so the story alone and poor gameplay is not excuse to say to ppl not complaining!!!
Exactly! It's an AMAZING game with an amazing storyline. They did an amazing job at making the gamer feel connected to Sanua and the first giant! It felt like a TRANCE with the first giant! 5/5 for me!
I don't think it's all just her imagination, but thanks for your insight, really inspiring.
Thanks MK! The gameplay movie is awesome. It is like watching a Netflix movie. It is full of suspense that I could barely balance boredom and patience in watching it to the end. Haha!
Hearing one voice on the left headphone and another on the right feels soo good
Okay, I played the first one. This one seems to be shorter, very very short. There isn't much to do and probably when you complete it you won't find many reasons to replay it.
Honestly, more than a game it is a cinematic, graphic and acoustic experience.
as someone else has said the first was 7 hours this 1 is 5 hours so not shorter that much
so the 2nd one is just walking simulator
You mean autistic experience?
I played It, and i can Say that It Is completely based on narrative, graphics and scenography, and in this things is one of the best games ever, but if you want a lot of gameplay this Is not for you
Wait so what you said seems to imply that you didn't actually play this one so....
The concept of being able to hear your players thoughts for a indefinite period through out your play through is absolutely INSANE and incredibly innovative
Did any of you play the first one at all? It's the same gameplay. I don't understand the complaining. You knew what you were in for.
They've toned down on combat it isn't as frequently occurring as the previous game but most of the walking segments feel so polished compared to the previous game. I feel like the reason why people are giving it flack is because of the pricing.
Dude… I admire the first one
Player it years ago *2019 to be exact*
Replayed it days ago and… I still love it!
But this one… Nah… so far *I’ve just finished with the storm gaint*
And so far… it is good but nowhere near the first one
The fights are soooooooo much less frequent and the empty spaces are so much more
And most importantly… The game lost its creativity…
@@thepaperninja3123 i got this for "free" and it was still disappointing.
ooo wow, i can simulate walking in letterbox mode now.
@@thepaperninja3123 thats crazy considering its free on gamepass
We were in for improvements, in scale, in story, in length. That's that the common audience expects from a sequel; improvements, and the studio did not deliver.
I think you have to liken this game to an interactive movie. It has replay value for those who enjoy this “300” type of atmosphere. Puzzles & not to mention increased difficulty. It’s brilliant for what it is.
It's definitely not the first of its kind by a Longshot but, people sure act like it is.
3:11:56 When the music and gameplay synchronize.
Those giant’s are truly terrifying, and not just because of how disfigured they are but because we can see they are torturing themselves every day and every second they are like a broken record repeating themselves what they hate the most or their trauma like some kind of PTSD 😢
*The Story, the Atmosphere and the Psychology* of this game makes it top 3 games for me. Absolutely superb. 🖤🔥
15min story spreadet out to 5 hours its easy to satisfy you
I agree, personally love this game because I see the artistry behind it. It's an experience. To be born with the gift of seeing beyond the Veil, but being cursed to have the darkness follow you because of that gift. Senua's bravery is something I admire because no regular person could survive the way she does. I'm a sucker for tragic backgrounds but having the strength to endure. Not a lot of games today tell their story the way this game does.
@barbarabarabara5350 No one is forcing you to play it. There is always a new Call of Duty released every year.
I feel the same about this game as I felt for the order:1886, it'd be much better as a movie than a game.
I really loved your gameplay, thanks
What i like about it being 5 hrs long is that i dont have to play it and just watch 😁👍🍿
Graphic and combat pv is outstanding much better than 1.
"My point, once again, is not that those ancient people told literal stories and we are now smart enough to take them symbolically, but that they told them symbolically and we are now dumb enough to take them literally."
What do you mean by that?
Where are you going after you die?
What happens next? Have you ever thought about that?
Repent today and give your life to Jesus Christ to obtain eternal salvation. Tomorrow may be too late my brethen😢.
Hebrews 9:27 says "And as it is appointed unto man once to die, but after that the judgement
@@JesusPlsSaveMe you go to that place where you had been at when you were not yet born. If you don't know (or "remember") the "location" / answer of that, then it also doesn't matter where you go after you die.
@@JesusPlsSaveMe the meaning is clear as it says what it is already. It is not a "saying".
I appreciate you helping me out with your full upload man. 💪🏾💯
I've seen a few walkthroughs in my time, but this is ridiculous!
Thank you SO, SO much for uploading this! U LITERALLY saved me! ❤
I had to come through to the MKIceAndFire channel , bro be gaming!
I heard Ninja Theory is already working on Hellblade 3 Senua's Studio Shutdown.
Holy shit hahahahaa
It'd be crazy if someone sabotage Xbox channel and upload that documentary with this exact title 💀
@@nabieladrian Yeah that would be super funny lmao, Imagine they tweet that.
Coming 2031
I played Heavenly Sword and thought oh, wow this game studio is making a game with great gameplay and nice voice acting, not so good story (the villain was pretty much a cartoon book villain). I saw they have inverted the story and gameplay part. Even Until Dawn and the quarry had no combat but was still fun to play.
Completed today,Just amazing, story and graphics is exceptional.
Completed today buddy.. So emotionally beautiful ❤❤
amazing content Mk keep the good work you are my favorite channel
PlayStation’s DEATH Stranding has its walking sim. Xbox’s Hellblade has its walking sim. Now we wait for Nintendo
They do... Ring Fit Adventure... 🤪👍
I must REALLY love walking sims, I guess
Whoa, whoa, Death Stranding is a delivery sim where you build your post-apocalyptic delivery empire.
Except this one is not a simulator but walking arcade
The audacity to even compare this tech demo to the literal first strand-type game 😤
I’m so glad we have this account to see full gameplay without commentary especially this game with all these voices . Live-streaming is not that enjoyable with this game
The perfect game to watch on utube and save the money, because it has almost no gameplay. But looks incredible.
A truly stunning graphical showcase. And it looks even much better on a HDR monitor.
now countdown till ninja theory will be shut down.
not shut down bud absortion
3 ... 2 ... 1
"What a sad state of affairs..."
Sir Gideon Ofnir-
Elden Ring
Bye bye ninja theory 😢
why are you making me read, bud? "According to the report, "there are no plans whatsoever to close the studio any time soon". In addition, "trusted sources" have claimed that Microsoft has officially greenlit the developer's next project alongside the Ninja Theory's Project: Mara."
Just like the say, you where not the first result in the search engine, i clicked on the first, returned, and found you. Years of doing good work results in 'customer' royalty.
Thank you Mortal Kombat Ice And Fire
Ninja Theory has set the standard for graphical and audio fidelity on console!
This is the best way to experience hellblade 2 this was a pretty good interactive TV Show.
what is the essence of a perfect walking simulator
We play games to escape the real world, so why implement all this realistic bs in games?
graphics are bad
walking simulator
the enemies can kill you 20 times but no they let you live to beat them no sense
i cant understand why they create crap games
and peoples like it -_-
Graphics are bad, maybe you're blind and can't read my message.@@QwertzQwertz-hs5fn
@@QwertzQwertz-hs5fn if they market the slop right and pay a few shills to defend it, the Consoomers will pay regardless. People who practically display the behavior of zombies are the problem.
@@QwertzQwertz-hs5fn Graphics are bad?💀are you blind or what?
Masterpiece of Audio and Visual presentation.
My God. The game may not be too long but it makes your heart pound with emotion and adrenaline.
Oh snap Mk I remember you decades ago 😮 sweet to see your channel grow so big💯💯💪
These GAMERS don't understand the efforts it takes mix the audio, dialogues, actions, combat, and literally thousands of other things that goes into development. Try to appreciate a game once in a while and don't whine about it being a "walking simulator". If you want hard-core mechanics play smth else like mortal kombat or cod.
This is a masterpiece in it's genre and truly redefines the graphical potential of a game. I'll argue anyone who says the graphics are not THE BEST. The transitions from cutscenes to gameplay is actually smooth and hard to even notice.
I didn't buy it I just got it from game pass so it's definitely worth what I paid for.
^ yesss tell em
Yess 🙌
You guys are actual bots lmao.
You wrote a whole paragraph to justify paying 50 for garbage. Man (If you can even be called that) you guys are sad.
This stupid re ta rd talk sh it about gamers not liking an over-glorified walking simulator that charged for full price and yet didn't even buy this game that he supposedly praised. Man, you're du mb as hell.
Literally this, thank you ❤
Loved it, Will rewatch it.
A raw and beautiful game, I love everything about it, the visuals, the soundtrack, the story, it's so deep.
I got Senua’s Sacrifice for 2.99 on sale during the Steam Summer sale. Just started it two days ago and beat it yesterday. For 5 dollar or less game it’s good but if I paid full retail for it I would’ve been fudging MAD mad. It’s beautiful visually, it being a case study in mental health under a Norse/viking type setting is also neat but it feels less like a video game and more like an interactive museum exhibit/documentary. As a cheapie it was a nice pickup with an interesting narrative.
I’m not chomping at the bit to pick this sequel up but when/if it goes on sale for like 10-15 bucks I would pick it up if it’s more of the same as the first game. 60 bucks for a walking sim/curated interactive museum exhibit/documentary on psych is a little rich for my blood despite it being so graphically impressive.
Well RIP Ninja Theory 😢
Who that ?
This game is under dog shit
People who made it@@RoddellHenry
@@Bod8998 ahh thanks
Ninja Theory sucked anyway, they won't be missed.
This game really impressed me. I did not expect it to be THAT good.
I skipped to many different points in this video and struggled to find any gameplay. Watching it properly now is painful
Nice game and gameplay 👍🏻
Honestly the game feels more like a tech demo for the Unreal engine 5.
Seriously. They got funds to make a game, and instead released a tech dmeo for u5. This is no game, it's a glorified tech demo. There's no gameplay either, all you can do is walk around and look around. Even the rare combat encounters are more tech demo and less actual gameplay. You're deff correct.
And they had the nerve to charge $60 for a tech demo. I doubt they'll ever be allowed to make another game. Deff no more hellblade games, the market is extremely niche for this kind of stuff. You have to be crazy to pay the asking price for a 5hour tech demo
Epic games always emulates other peoples' successful practices, and this is the reason why many other practitioners who were bolder and more innovative than it had eventually failed while Epic games has been there to this day. It was that the UE5's Temple of SUN and Matrix Awaken demos had emulated the art styles of Hellblade and Matrix Reloaded
when the inner voice goes "serve him pain" around 4:09:00 , i felt that
ppl keep sayin wahhh this games only 5 hours
trust me it feels like 50
im alrdy 20 hours in and only barely at the 4 hour mark cus i keep falling asleep or getting bored and doing other stuff that is more fun like scrubbing the walls and laughing at assassins creed memes on twitter. now thats fun! 🤣
Agreed. The game is honestly more a visual showcase
@@ThisChannelIsAbandoned300 and i wasnt even impressed. i wouldnt have noticed it was 30 fps, but the camera sensitivity was so slow and i cant stand slow turning cameras so i usually turn it up to turn camera faster, then i started noticing the blur
dont really feel this game looked any better than a plagues tale 2 and i thought that game was boring and kind of bland but it was way longer and had more variety of levels and of course length
the fact the graphics are the main if not only thing ppl are bragging about when its basically a tinu chunk of generic skyrim mountain, wasnt much to look at. nintendo switch games dont have very good graphics or framerate but mario rabbids kingdom had way mroe visually interesting level design with colors and style and character, this was just a mountain and dirt sand rocks. and i say the same about last of us, no matter how good the graphics were, im just looking at average generic dirty ppl and dirty broken fallout buildings. wasnt anything visually interesting for me and definitely wasnt interested in gameplay or story or puzzles so this game had absolutely nothing to offer me. i beat it, and deleted it, never want to touch it again, i didnt like hellblade 1, but still liked part 1 wayyyy batter. dont want xbox to waste 7 more years and millions of follars on a hellblade 3
another incel thinking games are all about fighting and swinging around but hey its you're opinion
@@Funny1940 Youre just mad you lack the skills and brainpower to play a real game let alone know the difference between basic words like "your" and "you're". Now run along and take your anger and jealousy with you😂
@@Funny1940 wahhh im not good enough to play a real game with actual gameplay and decent combat! thats all I heard from you! 😂
Developers, take note. These are the sort of graphics and visuals we should be getting (bare minimum) on today's hardware. It *CAN* be done and we (as gamers) would rather wait for a game to "cook" and look like this, than be rushed out and you have us pay and over-priced fee for less.
Great game. But more of a tech demo in my opinion. Its so damn beautiful and the music and sounds are soooo immersive. An rpg style game with all of these elements might be what this franchise could use. Maybe a DLC? Helping other communities?? Alittle AC Valhalla with all of this ingrained would be crazy
I love it .. played both part 1 and this too..
this game is insane!
People don’t really have a attention span ..I loved and appreciated every second of it and it’s a beautiful story
I remember when xbox players would say that Ps games are just cinematics, but this... takes the cake xD
A 5 hour walking simulator experience.
You clearly haven’t played Hellblade before 😂😂😂
Which is fine - if it's priced appropriately.
@@Patrick-y4d1zit's not in this case
@@anshukandulna1844
Exactly my problem with it. I don't mind a high-budget 5 hour linear game - it makes for nice variety compared to my other games.
But it should be like £15-25 at most. £50 is just insane.
@@Patrick-y4d1z$50 for 5 hours is a ripoff when theres deals like the Witcher 3 complete edition going for a comparable price
She was not a fighter. She is a being borne of pure rage, struggle and desperation.
No, she is schizo.
*WOW! this game is like a movie. I rather just sit here and watch this unfold like a 5 hr movie than play it because I'm lazy... But for real... I never played the first game so this is my first exposure to this game. I can't even tell which part of the battles are automated action sequences or user input maneuvers. It's so seamless.*
Thank you for posting this!! I want to buy the game but I'm afraid my gaming laptop would hate me for it! haha
You aint missing much just watch the wall through and you will have played
i know this is basically a walking sim but I love these games. 4090 + Hellblade!! \m/
This one really is a "walkthrough"!
The game looks stunning, the facial expression animations are next level and, kind of, "over expressed" and ... That's it!
It's an UE5 tech demo walking sim! Walk, walk, walk ... and whisper all the time you're walking ... Cutscene ... Light a torch here, walk to that brazier over there and put it out. Walk around and take the torch and light the same brazier, because you've put it out a minute ago ... Cutscene ... Crawl through some narrow spaces, solve some puzzles, walk some more, fight a few draugar(s) .. Walk "just a little more", whisper, whisper ... Cutscene ...
Fu***n' hell!
And the fights!!? Parry x 3, strike, evade, parry x 2, strike, strike, done!? Every God damn time!
And they charge 49,99€ for this s**t!? Hell, for the amount of walking, they should be giving people money to play it. But, hey ... You're walking through a UE5 made environment. So ... That'll be 49,99€, please!
I get that they were going for that "interactive" (movie) feeling, but walking around, holding W on keyboard, while the "story unfolds", isn't that much interactive!
i genuinely have never seen someone so bad at video games. but i respect the content brother, thank you.
I remember when Death Stranding got released and people were like: "Oh, a walking simulator". Then they have this, and call it a "masterpiece". So ironic.
so u think when a game with the same "genre" releases it has to be 1:1 in rating? maybe seek for help
I don't know, I've gone through DS and I dislike the game terribly. It's not just a courier simulator, it's a torture simulator too. Every level caused a burning in my ass. I don't consider it a masterpiece, but really memorable. In every sense.
Death Stranding legit has way, way more actual gameplay depth than Hellblade 2. Hellblade 2 is purely a narrative experience on rails with some very light puzzle solving. Even the combat sequences are really just a type of puzzle.
Looks amazing 😮
This might as well have made a movie, there’s hardly any gameplay here and it’s so short.
But that's the question is it not, you're essentially watching a five hour long movie so why does it matter if you interact with it or not?
@@coletrainhetrickYou can't charge $50 for a movie and put it on GamePass. It's too long for cinema runtime, and you can't share it on TH-cam like this.
@@coletrainhetrick The price
@@goombalo10 but movies as is cost 30 on 4k for 2 and half hours.
@@goombalo10 it dropped day & date in Game Pass. People can literally play the game for $11 and move on if the price is an issue.
Right on, thank you for this playthrough.
This game has managed to be the most Beautiful and Boring game at the same time
i agree......the first game is a lot better game.
Thr man I always trust with games, you are my go to bro
Finally a really graphic update in Industry
graphics is mid, nothing special.
@@gn2727ngl. This game seems to show a graphics improvement in gaming as a whole.
Delusional @@gn2727
@@gn2727name one game that looks better
Prepare for GTA 6 to raise that bar even higher then completely kick it off the the pole altogether.
Done watching it. Aaand, OMG!!!what a gameplay what a story!!! I love it!!!
Is most of this game just walking and cutscenes?
did you miss first game?
@@wiziekI didn’t play the first game. That’s why I was asking. Sorry if I didn’t phrase my sentence properly😅
@@Bulldog01234 yes its just walking cutscenes and an insulting version of schizophrenia. if you think mental illness guides you and gives you advice, then let me tell you youre supposed to drink the bleach until you die, not stop beforehand. THE LAST THING THE VOICES IN YOUR HEAD DO IS LET YOU FOCUS this game is trash.
@Bulldog01234 just go play the combats is so good
Idk but your able to jog as much as you walk did you watch the video?
I love you Senua, what a brilliant way to bring to life all the viking folklore 🩵 amazing story just as the first game
Kids these days (tongue in cheek, I'm gen Z) will complain about the game being boring, but can't appreciate the value of subtle, graceful media like this.
Probably failed to recognize; during the course of the Hiddenfolk's trials, she was observing herself as the other figure at every interaction, learning both to help others, though it makes her momentarily powerless, thereby learning her true inner, strength, and to accept help by others, unconcerned with motives, in the absence of regard for duplicitousness, thereby continuing the arc of the first game: learning her true strength, to trust her heart, and above all, to be human, in spite of the rejection she faced as a child, or how the effective use of punctuation call allow for a grammatically valid one hundred and six-word sentence.
I’m 1996 technically Gen Z and I love this game, maybe cause I’m Nordic, maybe cause it’s incredible and the most jaw dropping game I ever saw
Absolutely amazing storyline. One of the rare times number 2 blew the original out of the way.
I just completed the game right now and I swear i said the samethig to myself it's so rare to have A game sequel better than the 1st one.. I love This game 😢❤
$50+ to play "cameraman" for 5 hrs.
Whos interested?
It dropped day & date in Game Pass...just as every other Xbox first party game. So if you don't want to play it, then just say you don't want to play it.
@@atlien1988 missed entirely the point of said post....
It’s just an amazing experience, like a movie. In Germany we pay 12 euro for a 1.5 hours movie at the theaters. So I’m willing to pay 50 for 5 hrs and enjoy this small adventure. Also, I have a paranoid schizophrenia since 2011 and really enjoy the topic this game have. So, I’m interested. 🙏🏼
@@atlien1988 NPC
Just finished this game yesterday, good game
Господи Иссусе,меня как камнем по голове ударило от атмосферы в игре , это немыслимо,как такое можно было придумать, святые небеса помоги
The graphic amazing and I wish the story could be more longer.
5 hours for a game that was developed for so many years and most of the time all you do is walking? Wtf are the even thinking.
1 year of development = 1 hour of gameplay lmao
I know. When im watching this i keep skipping all the walking. Im not buying this game
Ninja Theory's next game is called Mara. Mara means "bitter" in Hebrew, which is exactly what Ninja Theory is going to be after they're shut down.
"There is always a choice" except in this game, where there IS no player choice and the whole game is on rails 😂
Just like in real life
This game has currently the BEST Graphic on the whole gameplanet
Potential film of the year
Esse ano a sony não vai lançar nenhum filme né?
Short yet one you will definitely enjoy, i usually play on weekends, and I enjoyed each and every scene, it took me around 15 days to complete..but yeah it can be finished in 5 hours too, but I love enjoying each and every scene.. so it's a good game for me 😊
Thank you for playing this walking simulator so I dont have to
Nice movie worth it just watched it with surround sound. Damn worth every penny .
bro wtf it's just released and u already completed
That’s how it be my boy
Game is too short😂😂
He even beat a game before it was released. Perks of gaming TH-camrs
I think he got an early copy
I played the first 1 and just finished it...its not bad and very intriguing. I am.slightly bummed that they didnt make this for ps4 or 5.
To sum it up, this is hands down the most stunning game of this generation, across all platforms. It boasts an unparalleled visual and auditory immersion, with brutal combat and epic scenes. Personally, it’s everything I hoped for. As for the lack of exploration and the linearity, it makes sense to me. I don’t see how we could expect both in this type of game. The day we get to play an open world or semi-open world game with this level of quality might be with the next generation, but that’s not what I expected from Hellblade 2 anyway. I’m really looking forward to playing it!
spotted a dev lol
@@eldendong4956 Definitely, or a hired guy to promote this dull garbage.
This bot is copy pasting this comment across any Hellblade 2 video 😂
A solid wall of cope
This man did not just say BRUTAL combat
Would've been nice if the face paint and the facial animation was in one of the two rituals like it was in the trailer, loved it overall though.
Nice movie.
Best game in this year 🔥🔥🔥
5h with cutscences included ,way to short but will play it since i have gamepass but to pay for it