The combat in Hellblade 2 is very basic as you say, however, it features extremely responsive animation canceling, so I'm not sure what you guys were talking about there.
The point of the psychosis is to be annoying the point of the first climb is its supposed to be hard its a reflection of the character. This game is senuas story it isn't bad it is exactly what it is supposed to be.
I'm repeatedly surprised how everyone that's not happy with Hellblade 2 acts like they were supposed to love it and didn't know exactly what it was going to be. Expectations were very clearly set, and it's obviously not for everyone
Microsoft shuts studio's people freak out saying it sends a negative message to developers not to take risks. Hellblade comes out and gets booed for not being long enough and for not being like other games 🤦♂️@katra777
Ok Mark, saying the Matrix tech demo is more fun than Hellblade 2 is pushing it lol. Hellblade 2 not only looks better than The Matrix tech demo, but it's also more entertaining for sure
@@Toki_Towa That's not the point. The point is its disingenuous to imply the Mateix tech demo was more fun to play/had better gameplay. We're talking simple, yet fluid combat versus straight quick time events 😆
Liked Mark's description "you're not 'solving' a puzzle, you're 'doing' a puzzle". 👍 Very true in some games where the tedious factor starts diminishing the fun factor. Would be interesting to hear a developers take on the challenges in balancing this. 🤔
Microsoft shuts studio's people freak out saying it sends a negative message to developers not to take risks. Hellblade comes out and gets booed for not being long enough and for not being like other games 🤦♂️
19:35 "A showcase of what's to come on maybe Playstation 7" "It's weird that you chose Playstation" Yeah, because Playstation sequentially numbers their consoles, XBox, on the other hand, is unpredictable when it comes to naming. "It's a showcase of what will come to Xbox Zero Sequence X"
They literally addressed that it's noble to try to portray that experience. Finding it annoying is actually being empathic! Do people with schizophrenia enjoy it? No.
@@olaf3140I think the point was this is equivalent to someone who plays a souls game and complains. It's too hard. Well it was supposed to be hard. That is the point of it. Experiencing the thing that they want you to experience. So talking as if it's a flaw in the game is not accurate. It's like if someone never heard of a souls game before and then they reviewed a soul's game and they gave a critique that the game's bosses felt too hard. As if that's something the game could fix when in reality that was the point. By voicing this critique, this way they're saying it as if that's something the game can change to make it better when that was the point of it to begin with.
How did you guys not know that was Dakota Fanning??! She's been in War of the World's, Man on Fire, Equalizer(s), Twilight(s), Coraline, The Runaways...
The first game had nothing to prove. It was just a fantastic indie title made by 14 people. The second game also is an indiegame at heart but because of the lack of exclusives it has to carry to much weight on its shoulders.
(Haven't played either so take this with a grain of salt but...) this happens all the time with sequels. The first gets a pass because it's new, it's new ideas and mechanics, etc. Plenty of people called it more or less a walking sim but the ideas were well executed. When a sequel doubles down and doesn't improve gameplay specific things (not graphics) then it will rightfully get torn apart
Have you considered that Hellblade 1 was simply a better game and it has nothing to do with console? I played the entire game on PC for the graphical edge it has over consoles. If this had come to PS5 on the same day, I would've still played on PC. I didn't think about Xbox once while playing this game, especially given that I played on Steam lol. Hellblade 1 was just a better game.
It’s hilarious because people loved death stranding which literally had no gameplay other than balancing yourself while walking for the first ten plus hours of the game, but hate on this. There’s a clear double standard in the industry. If someone like Kojima made this game they would be calling it a work of art.
I’ll tell ya! It was fine. I thought it was a platformer, but it’s not. It’s just a cat walking sim with QTE buttons for jumping. Overall it was cute and I liked the ending, but it didn’t blow my mind in any way. It was short too so it didn’t overstay its welcome. In short, i don’t think I’ve thought about Stray even once after i rolled credits.
Video games…what happened to you? I’m starting to think that devs are either having their hands tied or they’re not up to the task anymore. PS I’m in my 40’s and played intelevision and Colecovision. Beauty and the Beast and Ghostbusters were among my memories alongside Donkey Kong and Mario Bros.
Their description of combat sounds like they are just bad at the game. I've heard no one else and seen no one else have that experience with combat in this game.
the black bars are to improve performance as it drops by about 15fps when you get rid of them, there's a very easy mod to get rid of them and other annoying effects such as motion blur and film grain, not giving you the option to turn all that off is absolutely idiotic as it makes the game look so much worse, film grain should never be on by default but for some reason it always is, horrible effect.
How many 20 Questions is that now where Damon broke the rules of a Yes/No answer? It ruins the game when there's a massive assist like "for now" as to a console exclusive. As of now, the answer is technically Yes. That's the second occurrence of this issue. Why even pick a game to be released in a week and would muddy such a question? Just wait a week and use it. Geez!
@@jamievaughn1485Tristan Ogilvie gave this game an 8 he was the reviewer. ign isn't a hive mind it's a company full of different people with different likes, dislikes and opinions.
The combat in Hellblade 2 is very basic as you say, however, it features extremely responsive animation canceling, so I'm not sure what you guys were talking about there.
The point of the psychosis is to be annoying the point of the first climb is its supposed to be hard its a reflection of the character. This game is senuas story it isn't bad it is exactly what it is supposed to be.
If you click pause once the entire control scheme is there. Constantly. Now knowing how to block for the first 4 hours is wild
It's like playing a fps campaign and saying you didn't know how to aim down sights until the end of the game
You think they're gonna look at the controls for an Xbox/PC game?
@@ManiLink yes?
@@shutuppabs323I'm guessing he thinks ign hates xbox
Most of these journalists aren't real gamers if they can't figure out how to get to the controller scheme
Anakin's mom married Owen's Dad. They're Step-brothers.
Take a shot every time Mark laughs for no reason!
Imagine hanging out with me in real life!
You gone be drunk af 🤣 lol
@@mark_medina_ign4725best part of the show 😂 great laugh dude
He has mania issues
Great energy, I'm jealous!
So glad Mark didn't review Hellblade. He would have given it a 4. Definitely worth checking out if you have Gamepass just for the graphics alone.
But a game is more then graphics alone and GP should not count for points either. Not saying the game is a 4 but it isn’t great either
Mark, you're annoying just stop talking
@@mark_medina_ign4725dude why are you obsessed with the replies? Don’t you have anything better to do? Go kick your Series X or burn a Halo poster
@PooPooKu100 they deleted Mark Medina and my comments in here lol
Mark nervous laughs at the end of every phrase.. tough listen
Very difficult to stick through the whole thing. He's so loud
He is one of the most annoying people I’ve ever heard on a podcast. Plus, he has dumb takes.
I'm 39, im part of that 54%. The kids are wrong
What part of the conversation is this a reply to? I'm 34 😅
@@Deloreon 38:21, for context lol
I'm repeatedly surprised how everyone that's not happy with Hellblade 2 acts like they were supposed to love it and didn't know exactly what it was going to be. Expectations were very clearly set, and it's obviously not for everyone
People are worried because Xbox needs a hit. Who knows who will be on the chopping block next.
Microsoft shuts studio's people freak out saying it sends a negative message to developers not to take risks. Hellblade comes out and gets booed for not being long enough and for not being like other games 🤦♂️@katra777
not really sure why you are replying to me. OP was surprised, not me.@@danieljames6503
Idk if I'm one of the kids since I'm 27 years old but I've been listening/watching and loving the show since 2018!
Ok Mark, saying the Matrix tech demo is more fun than Hellblade 2 is pushing it lol. Hellblade 2 not only looks better than The Matrix tech demo, but it's also more entertaining for sure
Yeah. And excuse my language, but that claim is absolutely sus.
He is a playstation dude, of course he is going to try to downplay Xbox games. Typical IGN employees 🙄
Sounds right to me. Ninja Theory always treats the "game" part of their games as an afterthought.
@@Toki_Towa That's not the point. The point is its disingenuous to imply the Mateix tech demo was more fun to play/had better gameplay. We're talking simple, yet fluid combat versus straight quick time events 😆
@@MrWar2050 wasn't aware sam is also a "PlayStation dude" and he was harsher on hellblade 2 than mark was...
Owen is Anakin’s step brother. Owen’s dad freed Ani’s mom and married her.
Love when mark passionately hates a game 😂
Liked Mark's description "you're not 'solving' a puzzle, you're 'doing' a puzzle". 👍 Very true in some games where the tedious factor starts diminishing the fun factor. Would be interesting to hear a developers take on the challenges in balancing this. 🤔
Owen was Shmee's (Anakin's mom) new husband's son. So step brother to Anakin, uncle to Luke
THANKS for reading my email, guys! 🤘
"Almost as fun as that Matrix tech demo" is now my favorite review of Hellblade 2
Microsoft shuts studio's people freak out saying it sends a negative message to developers not to take risks. Hellblade comes out and gets booed for not being long enough and for not being like other games 🤦♂️
"Because of Jared Petty" the cause of so many many things.
Scoop there it is!
You guys fixed the video container, great.
19:35
"A showcase of what's to come on maybe Playstation 7"
"It's weird that you chose Playstation"
Yeah, because Playstation sequentially numbers their consoles, XBox, on the other hand, is unpredictable when it comes to naming.
"It's a showcase of what will come to Xbox Zero Sequence X"
Also weird because games that look better than hellblade 2 are definitely going to be on the next generation of consoles not the one after...
That Splatterhouse game is on the Namcot Collection on Switch. Edit: It was Namco Museum Archives Vol 1. Sry.
No mention of Paper Mario Thousand Year Door.😢 We won’t be getting a #GameScoop next week, I’m so sad 😭
Im not sure any of us had played it unfortunately. It came out the day we recorded and none of us got it early.
Also Nintendo voice chat is talking about it and it's amazing
Hellblade 2 just makes me think of Randy Orton theme music about hearing voices in your head
Once again, happy Friday, scoop nation! 😊
Scott Pilgrim VS The world is kind of a punk brawler
Not beating Hades is crazy to me
Thinking not beating hades is crazy is crazy to me.
B roll fixed! Scoop Gem for the only video game podcast!
the game took 4 years! the director said in an interview a week ago.
It has been in development since 2019 when it was announced and a trailer was shown, so at least 5 years
@@MaffewMendezso not 7
@@toot1st105 The first trailer was shown in 2019, so it was clearly in development before that.
@@Toki_Towa literally in an interview with kinda funny they said when the trailer aired they had nothing not even started yet. They started in 2020
What were they doing from 2017-2020 then?
That was the best intro ever, Daemon Hat Field.
The voices are supposed to be annoying. You guys missed the whole point of having empathy for someone with schizophrenia.
They literally addressed that it's noble to try to portray that experience. Finding it annoying is actually being empathic! Do people with schizophrenia enjoy it? No.
@@olaf3140I think the point was this is equivalent to someone who plays a souls game and complains. It's too hard. Well it was supposed to be hard. That is the point of it. Experiencing the thing that they want you to experience. So talking as if it's a flaw in the game is not accurate.
It's like if someone never heard of a souls game before and then they reviewed a soul's game and they gave a critique that the game's bosses felt too hard. As if that's something the game could fix when in reality that was the point.
By voicing this critique, this way they're saying it as if that's something the game can change to make it better when that was the point of it to begin with.
Sounds like Mark has combat on self-play mode, def not my experience with HB2 except for the whispers they’re annoying
Asto does have a psvr Game. My partner has wanted to play it for a while.
Mark Medina loves to talk and interrupt people, when he can't talk he says "uh hu" "yeah" "umm" "oof".
Yeah too many people who like to talk on these podcasts
@@olaf3140 Lol, unfortunately it is not just talking, Mark thinks it is his ASMR session.
Sam used to be horrible at interrupting and talking over people. He's got a lot better at that.
@@olaf3140He tends to dominate the conversation is the point.
@judah_macabe yes Sam was unbearable a couple years back. Now he seems to not take things so seriously, so he is a lot better.
The No More Heroes series are the most punk games I've played.
It's awesome that you all automatically went to the Arnold Total Recall and not the remake. My people.
Sweet X Ray Spex shirt!! Absolutely loved Sam's answer on punk/rock music and video games
Wow, age wise I'm on the Scoop fringes. The wrong end though. 😂
Anytime Mark doesn’t like something or is wrong, (He-Man) he really lets you know how he feels. Chill out
My Genesis came with Altered Beast. Before the lovable rodent came along. Thanks for the shout out Sam!
Hello fellow old. Mine did as well.
How did you guys not know that was Dakota Fanning??! She's been in War of the World's, Man on Fire, Equalizer(s), Twilight(s), Coraline, The Runaways...
The same way they don't know how Owen is related to Luke, or that Masters of the Universe is commonly referred to as "He-Man".
Other parts of ign are questionable at best. But i'm a huge fan of these guys and game scoop!!
Total Recall sounds interesting.. Which is better for me to try and watch it, the original or the 2012 remake?
Original of course. It has scharwzenegger
@@iftycent8 Will do!! Thanks!!
Sunset overdrive is very punk
Tell me you didn’t understand the whole point of the game without saying you didn’t understand the whole point of the game 🤦🏼♀️
Brutal Legend!
Green Jelly may be considered punk and did the Maximum Carnage soundtrack
Little pig little pig let me in.
Where was all this criticism in the first game? Sony exclusive vs Xbox exclusive.
The first game had nothing to prove. It was just a fantastic indie title made by 14 people.
The second game also is an indiegame at heart but because of the lack of exclusives it has to carry to much weight on its shoulders.
(Haven't played either so take this with a grain of salt but...) this happens all the time with sequels. The first gets a pass because it's new, it's new ideas and mechanics, etc. Plenty of people called it more or less a walking sim but the ideas were well executed. When a sequel doubles down and doesn't improve gameplay specific things (not graphics) then it will rightfully get torn apart
Have you considered that Hellblade 1 was simply a better game and it has nothing to do with console? I played the entire game on PC for the graphical edge it has over consoles. If this had come to PS5 on the same day, I would've still played on PC. I didn't think about Xbox once while playing this game, especially given that I played on Steam lol.
Hellblade 1 was just a better game.
The first Hellblade could also be played in vr!
It’s hilarious because people loved death stranding which literally had no gameplay other than balancing yourself while walking for the first ten plus hours of the game, but hate on this. There’s a clear double standard in the industry. If someone like Kojima made this game they would be calling it a work of art.
20 questions intro music 'revenge of Shinobi' of course
Steamed Hams!
Those pinball machines though 🔥
Sam, space doesn't exclusively mean outer space. It's a harrier occupying some space lol
Mark never adds anything enjoyable to any episode he’s on. You could remove him and nothing would be missing.
He's the best guest host and makes every episode better.
Waddya mean nothing would be missing. MARK WOULD BE MISSING! 😢😢
@@bblovely7788 You spelled Tina wrong.
Would you say this to his face?
Amen
My family had vectrex growing up. Very cool little cartridge system
Age range... im 40 so im slam in middle and only watch on TH-cam lol
It's the kids that are wrong
Brutal Legend is the ultimate Heavy Metal video game imo 🤘
Hopefully everyone was reprimanded after the show for failing to mention Punky Skunk.
Lol at the unrelated Simpsons clip at 17:12
I’d like to go back and see what Mark thought of Stray.
I’ll tell ya!
It was fine. I thought it was a platformer, but it’s not. It’s just a cat walking sim with QTE buttons for jumping. Overall it was cute and I liked the ending, but it didn’t blow my mind in any way. It was short too so it didn’t overstay its welcome.
In short, i don’t think I’ve thought about Stray even once after i rolled credits.
Come on dude, what ia pretentious about the black bars 😅
Can they not choose an aspect ratio?
Owen's father married Anakins Mother....
Dark Matter = Schrödinger's Cat
lol mark getting bullied for his questions during 20 q's 😂 poor guy
I’m the official punching bag of Scoop. I’ve made my peace with it. 😂
Oh great, another Mark rant…haha
Love that Bikini Kill got a shout out in the episode!
Funky cold medina in the house!
Wrexham isn’t in England
Yeah but they don't play in the Welsh league
Game Scoop just dropped!
Video games…what happened to you? I’m starting to think that devs are either having their hands tied or they’re not up to the task anymore.
PS I’m in my 40’s and played intelevision and Colecovision. Beauty and the Beast and Ghostbusters were among my memories alongside Donkey Kong and Mario Bros.
I´m 44 right in the mark.
Why doesn't Daemon like playing on pc
One of my favorite episodes ever. Thanks guys!
A rare checkout and rushed Daemon here
“This game is awful, give it a go!” is the GameScoop equivalent of “This stinks! Hey, someone come smell this!”
Heck yea Marks back! When are we getting Severance season 2!!!! 😂
Dude WHEN
Nicely dream...
Those black bars are not there for me
Mark is a national treasure 😂
Hopefully Nick Cage is looking for me!
no, just no.
Thank you for saving me money and time, Sam & Mark. Going to play Psychonauts 2 instead 👍🏼
Daemon: Please stop inviting Medina on. dude's just awful
Its a shame, pretty graphics alone cant carry a game lol
Another scoop episode I’m mostly skipping because of Mark Medina. Dude is annoying AF
SPACE HARRIER!!!!!
Their description of combat sounds like they are just bad at the game. I've heard no one else and seen no one else have that experience with combat in this game.
Charlie Murder is a punk game
Okmoniks come play PHX
Love Scoop 💪
Scoop!
Scoop!!!
SCOOP!
the black bars are to improve performance as it drops by about 15fps when you get rid of them, there's a very easy mod to get rid of them and other annoying effects such as motion blur and film grain, not giving you the option to turn all that off is absolutely idiotic as it makes the game look so much worse, film grain should never be on by default but for some reason it always is, horrible effect.
Game Scoop - Still the only IGN podcast worth watching.
Dang straight spoiling hell blade with no warning. Smh
How many 20 Questions is that now where Damon broke the rules of a Yes/No answer? It ruins the game when there's a massive assist like "for now" as to a console exclusive. As of now, the answer is technically Yes. That's the second occurrence of this issue. Why even pick a game to be released in a week and would muddy such a question? Just wait a week and use it. Geez!
Phil is going to be there, huh? Time to boo him off the stage.
You hold up for four minutes it’s an 8/10
Not Space Harrier . It's Panzer Dragoon.brehhhhh
They down talk the game a lot for a 8 score
Sorry but no way Hellblade 2 is an 8. The way you guys talk about it even here tells me it isn’t an 8. Sounds like a 5 to me.
They didnt review it
@@toot1st105 IGN did though. It’s clear they don’t agree with the score but are too afraid to say as much which is very disappointing.
@@jamievaughn1485Tristan Ogilvie gave this game an 8 he was the reviewer. ign isn't a hive mind it's a company full of different people with different likes, dislikes and opinions.
@@jamievaughn1485Mark literally said he’d give it a 6