Hellblade II is actually PHENOMINAL but on Xbox it's Meh, if on PS it'd be a 10 GOTY

Without question here we go again Xbox not getting the props it deserves and the vast majority of game reviewers being biased Sony PS cows themselves they always dock Xbox Games a point or two in their reviews.

We all know these are the types of games that thrive on PlayStation, and they always get top scores and praised by reviewers but here we go again another great Xbox game being unfairly and biased docked by many biased Sony fan reviewers and Sony fanboys meta score reviewers.

Hellblade II is easily the current console graphics king and easily the best audio sound ever in a console game. The story is incredible, and the gameplay is incredible for the type of game it strives to be. It should easily be a score of a 9 by all but nope it's getting docked and praised less because it is not an exclusive on PlayStation.

It's a LOCK if Hellblade II released on PlayStation as a Sony exclusive it would be getting praised by the cows and reviewers to kingdom come.

Hellbalde II is an experience and an achievement on all levels for this type of cinematic experience, it's a Masterpiece but would only get that recognition from game sites and reviewers if it was a PlayStation launch exclusive.

If you have a great gaming setup with a nice big 4K TV with VRR and a great set of Dolby Atmos headphones, then you're in for a real treat and an incredible cinematic gaming experience.

Hellblade II deserves a score of 9+ easily

Ok

The atmosphere on my big TV and dolby atmos setup was awsome in this game

The original hellblade was a PS4 exclusive and has more or less the same scores as the second, so no.

@adsparky: You just bolstered my point. Hellblade I got an 8 on Gamespot. Hellblade II is better in every way but it's an Xbox exclusive now so of course SonySpot cough Gamespot docked it and gave it a 6.

No bcuz other sites are rating it mediocre as well not just gamespot

Something something worst game ever played refunded....

Bla.

@icrackurnuts: Point bolstered again if it was launching on PlayStation as an exclusive it's almost guaranteed it would of been praised and got a higher score.

You said that most reviewers not just only gamespot, and there are tons of reasons, but i will only mention the two that i see as the most important as to why it didn't scored higher:

What was great years ago it is only good by today standards, The continues rereleases of pokemon games proves that.

When it was a PS4 exclusive, it was a small developer with a small budget, now they are owned by a big company, and thus it has to be judged accordingly.

@adsparky:

Your point doesn't make sense? They are still a small developer but just owned by MS now. Also, this type of game is and has always been a cinematic game experience with light combat and puzzles. The cinematic genre has not changed or that style of game has not change but HB II has made strides in graphics and audio to further enhance the cinematic experience for this type of game genre, so there is no reason for it to score worst when in fact the game has been improved over the first, yet the cinematic game genre has not drastically changed in anyway unless we are saying cinematic type games are no longer acceptable games in the market now?

Or maybe it just isn't that good? Sony had a graphical showpiece that lacked gameplay it was called " The Order 1886" and the critics hated it.

@xbox7204life: Against my better judgement, I downloaded it and tried it.

It's a very pretty walking simulator, with a ton of CGI. Truly, it's right up cows' ally.

Me? I deleted it after that first boss battle. I was bored to death.

One of the worst games we've ever seen. An absolute disgrace for a multi trillion dollars company.

I played the superior version on PC and gave it a 6/10. I don't care if it is first party, third party, whatever. I just review the game for what it is. It's a mediocre game with amazing presentation (when you edit the Engine.ini and turn off the chromatic aberration, blur, film grain, etc. on PC). You don't even have that option on Xbox. So, you are left dealing with all the image degradation which ruins the visuals. A game being an exclusive should have no bearing on its review score and it should be treated the same as multi-plats.

Depends on what matters to you. To me, graphics and sound are just the cherry on top. Every gameplay piece of the game is a downgrade from the first hellblade. Even more basic combat, only one on one combat, simpler puzzles, smaller world to explore, every boss is a gimmick boss, and it's shorter. All that stuff is more important that visuals and sound. They only reason GS gave the game a 6 is because the graphics and sound were good. At least that's my assessment

Got to try harder than that, nobody believes a word you are saying

You don't need to believe me, how many copies have the game sold?

The first Hellblade was exclusive to PS for a while. But nobody liked it. Played it myself but never finished.

Nothing phenomenal about it, it's hardly a game to begin with.

Ninja theory went from Enslaved to this crap. I hear their next game has been greenlight, hopefully its Enslaved 2 and not another sequel to this crap.

@hardwenzen said:

@tdkmillsy said:

@hardwenzen said:

One of the worst games we've ever seen. An absolute disgrace for a multi trillion dollars company.

Got to try harder than that, nobody believes a word you are saying

You don't need to believe me, how many copies have the game sold?

What a stupid question.

If you don't know why then you are more thick than I thought.

It's worse than the first game in all but graphics. There are better Xbox games in the future (I think). You don't have to stan for this one anymore. Let it go

Spot on TC, spot mofo on!!! :P

Awesome game is awesome and blows away the first one in every aspect.

Surprisingly spot on. The Xbox tax is real.

And I know despite everyone being blown away by Microsoft's event days ago that one by one, game by game, release by release, the usual suspects will needle these games until they're just a whole lot of meh. Like "oh it's good but it's not what it needs to be so I'm just kind of meh about it"; "it's good but it does nothing to change Xbox's position in console market split so ergo it's not that great and kind of meh"; "it's good, 9/10, but needs to be an 11/10 to play catch up with Sony, therefore it gets a 3-7/10 for not being Sony, it'll never be Sony, they should throw in the towel they suck... also I'm really worried for Xbox".

It was mediocre before and it is mediocre now. This shit was praised to hell and back on the PS4 and it took Gamespot 7 years to call out the game for what it was when the sequel excluded PS5.😂

@tdkmillsy said:

@hardwenzen said:

@tdkmillsy said:

@hardwenzen said:

One of the worst games we've ever seen. An absolute disgrace for a multi trillion dollars company.

Got to try harder than that, nobody believes a word you are saying

You don't need to believe me, how many copies have the game sold?

What a stupid question.

If you don't know why then you are more thick than I thought.

Stupid? You have no answers to it, and know it must've been sub 300k. Good games don't sell this poorly🤡Shit games do, tho.

It's a mediocre game, sorry. And this is coming from someone who owns a Ps5, Xbox Series and Switch. The game is a 6/10 maximum and GS were honest with their review. Other outlets were paid the way I see it.

@BassMan: Not a totally accurate statement. You actually can turn on/off motion blur on the Xbox version and you can also calibrate a few other HDR options as well. I actually like it better with motion blur on for this game.

@stacweed11: The puzzles in the first game were kinda irritating so in HB II they made them a bit more user friendly to achieve and keep the progression going in the game and it's for the better. Combat and other stuff is preference I guess but again this game it more about being cinematic first and foremost.

@hardwenzen said:

@tdkmillsy said:

@hardwenzen said:

@tdkmillsy said:

@hardwenzen said:

One of the worst games we've ever seen. An absolute disgrace for a multi trillion dollars company.

Got to try harder than that, nobody believes a word you are saying

You don't need to believe me, how many copies have the game sold?

What a stupid question.

If you don't know why then you are more thick than I thought.

Stupid? You have no answers to it, and know it must've been sub 300k. Good games don't sell this poorly🤡Shit games do, tho.

You are thicker than I thought.

@tdkmillsy said:

@hardwenzen said:

@tdkmillsy said:

@hardwenzen said:

@tdkmillsy said:

Got to try harder than that, nobody believes a word you are saying

You don't need to believe me, how many copies have the game sold?

What a stupid question.

If you don't know why then you are more thick than I thought.

Stupid? You have no answers to it, and know it must've been sub 300k. Good games don't sell this poorly🤡Shit games do, tho.

You are thicker than I thought.

You can't argue dogshit sales, so you inevitably switch to insulting. Typical frustrated lemming.🗑

The only way playstation will get anything anyway near as good looking as hellblade 2 is if Microsoft decides they want millions of cow dollars and put it on the dust collector...

Gamespot didn't even give God of War 2018 a 10 and give it GOTY , but you would believe they would give Hellblade II a 10 and a GOTY if it was a Sony exclusive ? I agree. The Xbox Tax is real ! Life is unfair. Somebody please help Xbox. Maybe we should contact Phil Spencer to see if he can do something about Sonyspot ?

You constantly go on about how losds of gamers are paying very little for a month subscription to play a game on gamepass only to then claim a game that releases day 1 on gamepass isn't selling.

You are a grade A idiot

The first one got praise because it was a somewhat new concept: mental health in gaming. I liked it for what it was at the time and the graphics were great. Unless they changed up the formula a bit, it’s not gonna have the same appeal as the first one. I looked forward to this game until I saw the previews: all I can say is *eye roll*. It looks like it’s trying way too hard to be edgy. Without playing the game at all, it looks like a solid 8-9. I’d probably lean towards 8 just because of how short the game is. Don’t forget, Days Gone, a Sony exclusive, got a 5 on Sonyspot.

You tell yourself that Xbox exclusives are doing well, even tho we're at a point where MS is giving them away to Sony, just so they can make a bit of money on the side. Who is the Grade S Idiot now, bud?

The original Hellblade has an 81 Metacritic and released first on PlayStation. Hellblade 2 has an 80 Metacritic. What the hell are you on about?

If OP makes it to July without getting the banhammer, I'll be surprised.

It's rude to try and put words in people's mouths, don't do that.

If you want to know what I think about xbox exclusives just ask.

Cows are glad Microsoft games are going to PS5 just look at how well sea of thieves has done.

I'm totally fine with old games going to PS5 that then fund more games coming to gamepass.

In fact there is only you that seems to have a problem.

A multi TRILLION dollars company is in charge of the gamepass, and you want old games to be on the ps5 so there's more budget for new ones? Look at how interns feeling the whole of the Halo Infinite saga is. This is their $500M game, and there's only one biome in a 500M game. Money is not what's missing at microsoft. Vision, talent and management is what's not present, and its not by giving away your titles to Playstation that it'll improve.

Nice meltdown talking nonsense.

Lovely.

@tdkmillsy: Cows begging for Xbox games these days since all they have is remasters and low budget indies.

@IMAHAPYHIPPO: GS gave HB II a 6 yet HB I on PS they gave it an 8. The Xbox tax is real especially on SonySpot cough Gamespot

I mean, with the Xbox tax, based off the GS score, it's at least a 7/10 pre-tax, probably an 8/10, and possibly a 9/10 or more, the Xbox tax is a bit of a wild card but appears to go up when Sony fanboy morale declines.

Again, no arguments against it because you know its true.

There no arguing with nonsense coming from a mumbling idiot.

1. How dare you call me not just an idiot, but a mumbling idiot? This isn't right, not right at all.
2. You're being in denial. Permanently living in denial. Is this how you cope with negativity?

No negativity here I'm pretty positive you are a mumbling idiot.

Sony fanboys enviously watching us enjoy the games they constantly try to shit on:

@tdkmillsy: Savage but true. 🤣🤣🤣

No negativity, especially after Hellblade 2? Again, in denial, and insulting just to move the goalpost. You're not fooling anyone, tdkmillsy.