Divisive reviews are good for the gaming review industry. Scoring every game, including this one, between 8/10 and 10/10 is ridiculous.The first Hellblade was a showpiece with bland, nigh frustrating combat. I’d expect nothing less from the sequel
Wow, another 8/10 from IGN. So helpful.
“It is a beautiful, incredibly poignant story that anyone should experience for themselves. That is why I mentioned in the headline how Senua's Saga: Hellblade II might be the perfect Game Pass experience. Even gamers who would rather prefer a more traditional game are very likely to be driven to play it since it will be on the subscription service on day one.”
This exactly. The majority of players, a.k.a. buyers, are casuals. A game can’t succeed if it’s only fun for streamers and hardcore players.
CoD on GamePass will hurt physical sales on PC and Xbox. So the question is how will Microsoft get that money back. The answer is microtransactions.
I get it. Having to sign in to games sucks. Some consoles games have this too, and it affects my review of those games. No game can be 10/10 when it adds this kind of frustration.
The Xbox brand will live for the games. I don’t expect Microsoft to entirely drop out of gaming hardware. They make Surface tablets and laptops. They’ll make Xbox branded hardware for those that want it.
“shamelessly”
These are giant corporations, not Renaissance painters.
This is a myth. People are so focused on big open world AAA games and live service that they don’t pay attention to AA games and indie games. Even a mediocre shooter like Immortals of Aveum would have been par for the course in 2010. Now it’s an also ran at launch. Even a game like Alan Wake 2 has trouble selling. If there is a drought of new releases, why aren’t people buying this game?
Microsoft has all but said they are exiting the Xbox hardware business. I can see them selling Xboxes like they sell Surface laptops, quietly. For Microsoft, the real money is in the software, and if they sell games on PS5, Steam Deck, and your smart TV, they make money.
“Putting games on PC because you are taking data analytic advice from Microsoft ”
Sony is putting games on PC because the market for people who spend $2000 on a gaming PC is different from the market that spends $500 on a gaming console. Also consider that consoles are sold at a loss. Sony probably makes more from selling Sony published gamed to PC owners than selling consoles to PC owners who would only use them play those games.
What shinoff2183 said. Xbox’s marketing was so good that this “best deal in gaming” mantra took over reality. Epic Game Store Freebies on PC are the absolute best deal in gaming. PS+ for PS4 and PS5 have always been a better deal than Game Pass because PS+ has always cost less per month. And of course there has been the problem of Microsoft failing to deliver quality titles to Game Pass. When the games you want to play aren’t on Game Pass, then Game Pass is not a good deal.
Xbox isn’t a separate company from Microsoft. It’s all Microsoft.
“who doesnt have a PSN account now”
Over 7 billion people.
Damn. A lot of folks really want to be lord of their manor.
Meaningless stat unless you tell us how many people you know.
The raids are one of the reasons I quit Destiny. You stand in a circle and shoot at a triangle on a wall, have to restart a half dozen times, and then hope the random reward blesses you. Then you realize you aren’t’ having fun but instead are doing a lot of work for nothing. Back when Destiny was at its peak population, trophy data showed that less than 5% of players ran the raid.
Great game. It didn’t have anything special that would push it from 8/10 to 10/10. Maybe if the story elements offered up choices or if the weapons to fight hordes came sooner. A sequel could have built upon it.
“I feel bad for people who brought a series s”
Me too, which is why I constantly tell people not to buy it.
I played New Order a couple of years after launch and I give it an 8/10. The shooter holds up because it is focused on being a good shooter. There is no crafting, no RPG elements, no open world find the question mark Weapons are fun. Enemies are fun. Levels offer a nice mix of stealth and shooting. You get to be the predator; this isn’t a game about fending off waves of enemies while a robot companion unlocks a door. Most importantly, New Order is the last of a dying breed of single player s...