Former Hellblade Director & Ninja Theory Founder Explains Why He Left The Studio

Former Hellblade director and Ninja Theory co-founder has offered an explanation regarding his departure from the now Microsoft-owned studio.

[XiNatsuDragnel]

I hope he forms a new studio soon

[Cacabunga]

It is a good studio.. i really enjoyed their dmc game that i platinumed it.
I did not try hellblade, because it doesnt tell me much.. Enslaved was very mehhh
Heavenly Sword was good not great. Amazing graphics back in the day but so repetitive and not so engaging in the long run.

[stoney101]

I really enjoyed Enslaved and Heavenly Sword back in the day. Wish they'd return to that sort of game. Hellblade isn't really for me to be honest. Not saying it's not a good game, I just couldn't get into it.

[Popsicle]

That is fair. I enjoyed Hellblade but can definitely see how it isn’t for everyone.

Would like to see how Heavenly Sword would have turned out if developed today. It’s easy to forget that games like Heavenly Sword were unprecedented and in their infancy.

[shinoff2183]

Enslaved has been their favorite game for me. Loved the atmosphere.

[1nsomniac]

Heavenly sword was a staggeringly good game!! One of the most memorable of the PS3 generation in my opinion.

[Babadook7]

Heavenly sword was good. It had ambitious graphics and as a result the frame rate suffered and as a result the gameplay suffered. But the story was phenomenal. Great acting, especially Andy Serkis as the king.

[Games1st]

Exhaustion

[Jingsing]

"Microsoft" we all read between the lines. We have seen the exact same thing happen with many of their other acquisitions

[InUrFoxHole]

Jesus man! Try reading the article at least.

[cthulhucultist]

One thing that pleasantly surprised me, was the Switch port, as back then it was my only console. The graphics were amazing and the artistic design helped a lot to enhance the visuals.I took some really impressive screen shots while playing which I still revisit them from time to time to remind me what a capable developer (QLOC) can achieve with weaker hardware.

[TheProfessional]

The first hellblade has awful puzzles and not enough combat, maybe a different director can make a better game overall.

[babadivad]

Puzzles were fine, more combat would be welcomed.

[TheProfessional]

The reviews and most people who played it disagree. It was too much of a walking sim and the puzzles were difficult to align etc.

[rlow1]

Good for him. He made good money off of selling his company and from the sounds of it wanted to take a step back from it to re-evaluate his life’s direction.

As for those trying to push a MS narrative, honestly just grow up, not everything in life is some big conspiracy or Big bad MS came to destroy a studio.

[CantThinkOfAUsername]

Agreed. But big suits fighting with creative heads is nothing unheard of in this industry (or any industry for that matter).

[Aussiesummer]

He was exhausted, there saved you a click.

[PassNextquestion]

I did not realise these guys made heavenly sword

[PS3gamer4life]

Enslaved was my favorite game from them wish a part 2 was made