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Tameem Antoniades: "'Hellblade 2' will make 'Hellblade' look like an indie game"

The Ninja Theory co-founder says the game is focusing on "capturing reality"

VenomUK844d ago

From the last big trailer it definitely seems that Ninja Theory was announcing its big ambitions - this could be Xbox's own God of War.

rippermcrip844d ago

Are we talking about the same trailer? The completely scripted trailer with near zero gameplay?

VenomUK844d ago (Edited 844d ago )

@rippermcrip The above comment is not a prediction on quality of the final game, it is a statement that Microsoft will be viewing Hellblade II as a game that can fill a gap in its lineup for a narrative-led action adventure.

You have expressed that for you it will not compare favourably to God of War and its okay to share your feelings. But there are many people who only game on Xbox and the prospect of taking Senua the lead from the first game and then being able to play her in a game that possibly has the action and scale of God of War is very exciting.

Brazz844d ago

Too soon to say.... GoW is not just about visual, it's a gameplay heavy game... so far we have near "zero" Gameplay from HBII, so it's a bit too soon to call this game "Xbox's GoW"... it can end up as "Ryse: son of some" with vikings.

RickRoland844d ago

This game is not even close to GoW from a gameplay standpoint if the first one is anything to go by. A beautiful game with cinematic cutscenes and walking with pretty generic combat. They have alot to do to match what God of War does.

MajorLazer844d ago

Loooool, God of War without any of the gameplay.

darthv72844d ago

lol at all the above who are taking venom comment literally instead of figuratively. @venom, i knew what you meant. This could be the XB game with the amount of scale and attention to detail that GoW is to PS. Not a direct (aka literal) comparison.

I am reminded of another MS game called bloodforge. It too was compared to GoW but it wasnt very polished. If given another chance it too could really shine in terms of the brutality and similar approach that GoW has. It isnt uncommon to zero in on some sort of comparative, like how Killzone was compared to halo and then Haze was compared to Halo... it happens. But people need to know the difference between direct and indirect comparisons.

itsmebryan844d ago

@Venom
I hope not. I didn't care for GOW when I had PS3.

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wiz7191844d ago

@ripper that trailer was gameplay .. it even says it in the trailers description lol , are you that salty or what ?? If you played the first you can tell when it switched from gameplay to a cutscene .. Some of you Sonys fans are very delusional ctfu when ever Microsoft comes out with something good y’all can’t help but try to downplay everything .. “zero gameplay” ctfu it’s says gameplay reveal
https://youtu.be/fukYzbthEV...

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wiz7191843d ago

Lmao y’all really must be mad disliking facts .. It’s gameplay get over it and stop trying to downplay that visual masterpiece ..

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SyntheticForm844d ago

Damn indeed.

I'm very much looking forward to any info on this game now.

n1kki6843d ago

The first game was an Indie. So...

2moda5gamer844d ago

Wasn't it an indie game though?
Like a massive, well-put high end indie, mind you.

Think of films or music where indie still have big names or support etc.

Eonjay844d ago

RIght I was gonna say that. Hellblade was an indie game.

alb1899844d ago

https://www.eurogamer.net/a...
That article can help to clarify if it is or not a AAA game.

"it helped Ninja Theory create a triple-A game at half the price and half the size, without compromising on quality, or giving the rights away to a publisher."

ABizzel1844d ago

Ninja Theory themselves were the ones to call it an Indie game, they said "AAA Indie" if I remember correctly and that's where the term came from.

alb1899843d ago

Abizzel1, read the article, it won't bite you hahaha!
In the article they them self describe everything about the make of the game.

Atticus_finch844d ago

It literally was an indie. Lol

Flawlessmic844d ago

We know its gonna look great im curious to see how it will play though

Crows90844d ago

Hopefully the next one has some combat variety.

Teflon02844d ago

But the first one WAS a indie game... Sure Sony assisted where it was needed, but it was a indie game lol

GamingSinceForever844d ago

Where are you getting that Sony had something to do with its development? This game came to Windows at launch too.

purple101844d ago

Yeh ninja theory made an exclusive ps3 launch game with 'heavenly sword'.

Paid for seunas sacrifice to be exclusive so even if it flopped the studio wouldn't go bankrupt.

Gave them marketing as part of their e3 show and playstation blog posts etc.

They have a longer history with playstation than they do with Xbox many times over.

Microsoft probably offered them a deal they could not refuse.

gangsta_red844d ago

@purple101

"They have a longer history with playstation than they do with Xbox many times over."

I believe their first game at least for consoles was an Xbox exclusive, not really sure where this longer history with PS comes from exactly.

Seunas Sacrifice was exclusive because they barely had the money to make it, they had to take separate jobs just to fund this project and bring it to one console.

"Microsoft probably offered them a deal they could not refuse."

Yeah, the deal was to keep Ninja Theory from shutting their doors forever.

https://www.polygon.com/e3/...

ReadyPlayer22844d ago

Hmmm, I seem to remember Kung Fu Kaos on my OG Xbox. I also seem to remember Sony taking all of Ninja Theory's tech in exchange for helping with Heavenly Swords.

TheTony316844d ago

The first one was an indie game.

OptimusDK844d ago

The point is it did not look like one at that point :-)

TheTony316844d ago

it didn't look but it sure played like one.

Harryvok844d ago

I think it did. It certainly didn't look or feel like a high budget AAA game. It was decent quality, but still felt indie to me.

alb1899844d ago

It started as an indie game but finish as a AAA game.

https://www.eurogamer.net/a...

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Days Gone Director Says Bend's Project Costs Over $250M; Says PS Co-CEO Doesn't Want 2 Zombies Games

Days Gone director claims Sony has already poured in at least a $250M in Bend's project; says Days Gone sold more than Death Stranding.

shinoff21831d 13h ago

Well that sucks. Seems they want more online trash. I'd rather of had the sequel if it was single player

MrNinosan23h ago

What online trash games did PS Studios release last 10 years?

Notellin21h ago

The past has nothing to do with the future. This is such a terrible argument. Everyone knows about their current live service push.

_SilverHawk_19h ago

It's so tragic what happened to days gone. It is such an amazing game but bandwagoners trashed it and it underperformed in it's launch year. Days gone is the best open world zombie game released in the past five years. I was recently playing it on pc and I'm still amazed by it.

Games are very expensive to make and it seems like it's normal for a AAA game to cost over a quarter billion to make so if a quality game like days gone greatly underperforms then people shouldn't be upset when they see a lot of GAAS. I still remember a lot of bandwagoners calling days gone trash but years later it's now amazing when it's considered a failure by sony.

If a game isn't the best thing seen since hats with pockets then a lot of gamers who haven't played it automatically calls it rubbish and whoever made it should be incarcerated

Cacabunga18h ago(Edited 18h ago)

Co CEO prefers gamers to boycott.. so be it. I’ll never buy a gaas.
Just imagine buying a game you cannot replay in some years.. this shit must stop.

Days Gone did zombies in a very original way. The story was also so engaging. You actually only meet Zombie hordes later in the game. There are many more enemy groups to deal with.

MrNinosan17h ago

@Notelin
I am one of the few who bought Days Gone on release day and loved it completely.
However, "more online trash" is phrased like Sony has put out alot of trash online games.
We got what, 2 games? Helldivers 2 and GT7, 2 of the most sold Playstation games where both is loved by millions.

You, me and especially shinoff has no idea if Fairgames, Marathon and Concord will be trash.

Just because we (as in you and me) don't love or support online games, doesn't mean millions of other do.

And we don't know what Bend Studio is working with? We don't know if they're forced to make a online game or another amazing single player experience.

The only thing we do know is that it's not Days Gone, sadly due to poor sales the first 6 months.

shinoff218315h ago(Edited 15h ago)

More online trash wasmt meant how insee it comes across. I should've worded it different I was meaning the focus they currently have on it.

Anything online is online trash to me. How long did naughty dog spend on that dumba last of us multiplayer, how about Concord, or even the other couple we hear about. I fk with Sony because rpgs and their 1st party single player games. Been like that for years. I hate seeing them waste time, money, and talent on trash. I understand bot every game is gonna be for me but this focus they've seem to had on multiplayer is extremely disheartening. Even at the state of play the only things I was really feeling were Astrobot and silent hill 2 and I'm content with that, not everything is for me. It's just the online focus I hate. Ms bought up 3 to 4 wrpgs developers, Sony just ignores rpgs 1st party wise.

And a days gone 2 would've been much better then whatever online sht bend is working on. I do know sometimes I get very idk emotional. I do need to work on toning that down a bit lol

SimpleDad5h ago

Ammm let's see... That All-stars, Foamstars, Babilon 5 wass gaas...
Concord... can wait to play that...Marathon uuuu... Last of them gaas... U
Horizon Zero dawn has a project that leaked as a Fortnite lookalike.

They bought Destiny that is a dead gaas...people love ti.

Helldivers 2 was luck.

Jimbo was all in and pushed Sony single player games 5 years behind.

Spiderman gaas was cancelled... I mean every 1st party studio was doing gaas.

Bend had to pitch a gaas game... Open world coop something

I can't remember more... Of that crap.

tay87014h ago

@simpledad. Destiny 2 isn't a dead game. Its the number 5 most played game on steam. I dont play it, but alot of people do.

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-Foxtrot1d 13h ago

It would be a shame if it was true that Hermen never gave the franchise a chance simply because he didn't like it and they already had a "Zombie" game with TLOU.

NaughtyDog are most likely moving onto a new IP next so it would have been the perfect time to do it.

ThinkThink1d 5h ago

Here's where xbox steps in and releases state of decay 3 day and date on ps5.

shinoff218315h ago

I mean it's not out of the realm of possibility at this point.

Grilla22h ago

Days gone 2 was canceled before Herman was in charge. That happened like 4 years ago.

vfl52322h ago

4 years ago he was head of Playstation Studios. He would've probably had a hand in the cancelation.

Notellin21h ago

Man two seconds of research could have saved you from this comment. Amazing work Grilla you fit in with the uniformed N4G community who speaks before verifying anything that they say.

Redemption-6419h ago

Maybe encourage people to buy the game at full price and not when it's heavily discounted or go on plus. If this game had sold well when it was full priced a sequel would have been in the works. They made a single-player game that most people didn't support until they dropped the price.

Cacabunga18h ago

The guy’s just a moron.. he should have stayed within game development. His choices will have a terrible impact on the brand in the long run.

tay87018h ago(Edited 8h ago)

Dude is pretty pathetic. Sounds like a guy who's girl left him for someone better. Always talking about days gone sequel that never was, even though he is no longer at bend and hasnt been for a while. I for one am not upset about the lack of a sequel. It is one of the worst 1st party games in recent memory. Completely jank, played like an xbox game. The only redeeming quality was the hordes.

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excaliburps23h ago

Yep. Kind of weird since it wasn't a sales flop, no?

I know we have to take what Ross says with a grain of salt since we're hearing just one side of the story, but even so, the game wasn't bad at all. Heck, it's my brother's favorite last-gen game from what I recall.

The amount of zombies on screen, imagine that with the PS5 and SSD? That would be insanely fun!

Grilla22h ago

Most copies were sold on sale. Not enough ppl bought it at full price. I paid 20$ for it 6 -7 months after release.

Notellin21h ago(Edited 21h ago)

Yeah we should never believe the creators side until we hear the corporate/big business side as history has shown we should always believe billion dollar corporations.

What a bootlicker statement.

derek16h ago

@Notellin, of course you'll believe an embittered ex-employee with an axe to grind because it's evil Sony he's complaining about. You guys act like days gone was this huge success and somehow Sony hates easy money a sequel would have generated. The game was mid and so was the response to it. They're still supporting the developer who is making a new ip that could be great.

shinoff218314h ago

Days gone was fantastic. I bought day one but didn't get around to it for months. When I finally did I was pissed at myself for waiting so long lol

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P_Bomb23h ago

Well I don’t want 10 live service games, but they have no problem doing that lol. Ugh.

CrimsonWing6922h ago(Edited 22h ago)

Oh great so we only get what the big wigs want… y’know, the people that really have their fingers on the pulse of what their consumers want. Faaaaantastic!

rippermcrip19h ago

Well consider they know the sales... they do know what the consumer wants.

It sold shit.

-Foxtrot14h ago(Edited 14h ago)

But if it’s true what this guy says it sold better than Death Stranding

Yet that got a sequel and Kojima aside out of them both DS didn’t really NEED a sequel compared to Days Gone which ended on such a cliff hanger twist.

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Greetings from the newly minted CEO - Shams Jorjani

Operating under the username BigKahuna_AGS, Jorjani created a lengthy thread on the Helldivers subreddit to introduce himself to the community following his appointment as CEO in early May.

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Frostpunk 2 Dev Talks Creative Risks, Supply and Demand, and More

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