Welcome to Developer_Direct 2024, an inside look at some of the highly anticipated games coming to Xbox Series X|S, PC, and Game Pass, presented by the game creators themselves. Tune in for updates on Avowed, Ara: History Untold, Senua's Saga: Hellblade II, and the Indiana Jones game.
Hellblade 2 is confirmed to be around 9 hours in length, and there's a strong case as to why that relatively short length will likely be one of its strongest suits.
The first game was a similar length but if I remember correctly it didn't carry the full price of AAA games when the first on launched. If I were them, I would take a note from the pages of some of the most successful games this year and keep it a $39.99. I think the result is they will sell more. It will balance out because at the higher price they will sell less. I think in the end the lower price will wind up generating the most revenue. Of course I am talking about the PC release and then the eventually PS5 release whenever it hits.
It was not. The first game had a length of about 4-5 hours.
I bet the new game is similar long.
I think MS can take that chances of a 9 hour game because of GP. Vast majority of Xbox gamers play games using GP(no doubt excellent value)
Personally I bought the first game when it was under $20 and I would have done the same if I didn’t have GP. I rather have 9 hours of quality content than 50 hours of fetch quests. As I grow and have less time for gaming I honestly don’t mind medium size games because there are way too many open world games
9 hours is totally fine. Especially for Senua's fans who beat the first game.
This. In fact I think the original was only 8 hours so this is right in line with expectations.
Okay but they didn't have MS' money for the first game. Now they do so 9 hour is unacceptable.
Let us see if it truly does somehow improve the game after the time spent waiting, or if this will be cited in the downsides of reviews.
It took me 7 hours to beat the first game. But since it's on gamepass on PC and Xbox who cares about the length
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I know I don’t buy short games until they are very cheap. Yeah yeah I know what the rest will say but I don’t rent games either
The upcoming RPG Avowed is based on the Pillars of Eternity series, whose second game has a great inclusion that may be hard for Avowed to equal.
One is a top down arpg one is a first person game. They’re not comparable other than the fantasy setting.
lol what the heck kind of story is that…they aren’t even compatible unless you force them to be like you are.
Really looking forward to this. Hope it's good.
LETS GOOO!!!
Btw no shadow Drops will happen this time just FYI.
Dang, I was hoping Indy was 3rd person. Looks cool though.
Avowed looks cool too. I want to try Indy and Hell Blade 2.