I'm curious as to what sort of game Hellblade II will end up being. I'm kind of hoping for another short narrative focused experience but I think it's more likely it'll be scaled up to a larger action game akin to God of War or Gears. I guess "Saga" is a hint to that direction.
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Hellblade II: Senua’s Saga will use Unreal Engine 5
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I mean....wasn't it obvious it was on Unreal Engine 5 once UE5 was revealed? I think Phil Spencer even put out a tweet back then alluding to the same.
I hope it's the same length of the first. I love that game so much!
its pretty much everyone but 343i (slipspace), Turn 10 + PG Forza Team (ForzaTech or whatever it was called)
if you're a big enough dev, you can get it early. 2021 release is just the public release
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They probably have access earlier. But still the game is early in development. So 2022 is alot more realistic.
They are working on a pre-release build of UE5, so can test early which is good news.
This isn't true. You don't have to be upgrading your engine version throughout development but you also don't lock your version at the start. Also Unreal 5 is just a major update to Unreal 4. Transferring your game over if you have been using the latest version of Unreal 4 shouldn't be super difficult unless you are making major customizations to the engine yourself.
And, I have to say it clearly uses all the features in that video outlined in the ps5-ue5 demo, and that demo put to rest that it was not just using ue5 already, but they clearly have it tuned to work with the xbox ssd.
Am I off on this?
Great thanks guys . Good to know they have early access
Epic said the transition is easy and Fortnite will move to UE5 next year. But let's be serious here Epic wouldn't say the transition is hard. Not saying this is the case, but I guess the proof is in the pudding. I am very much looking forward to UE5 games like Hellblade.
Do people who's played Hellblade find it a bit odd so many people now are hyped for this sequel? I have a feeling it's more down to it being a next gen showcase than the game itself, because an adventure-horror game about self-hatred, depression, schizophrenia, grief, limited combat, and Norse mythology, isn't exactly the easiest game to sell to a broad audience. I loved the first game, it was #2 as my GOTY but that's because those themes and more experimental games are my jam.
It's exactly the type of game Xbox lacks. It's perfect for honing in on gamers who want narrative driven action games.
which every studio at that level does, no one is making Gears 5 for example with stock unreal.
Also you very much do want to decide what engine and what version you want to use at the start, having everyone on the same page, all systems loaded and ready saved a ton of time and effort which for companies just means wasted money
I'm one of those who thought the game didn't need a sequel and it successfully wrapped up it's themes and story in the first game. However if Ninja Theory is passionate and confident they have more to explore in a bigger game then any worries I had are put to rest and I can't wait to see more.
I mean the original game was hyped by most every media outlet and gamers were super positive too. Why wouldn't people be hyped especially when there's so much potential to expand what the game is?
Are the bats and water moving at half frame rate or something? They look weird.
So you are saying that a major triple A developer will not upgrade their version of Unreal during a 3 to 4 year development cycle? That's nonsense.
The Ps5 and Series X are launching this year. You think that means that's the same time developers get their hands on the hardware?
Ninja Theory will already have preliminary builds of UE5 if not by now, but relatively soon.
Expected.
The game was always supposed to launch in 2021 at the earliest and by then UE5 will be available; Epic promised a completely smooth transition, so barring major unexpected bugs and glitches after migration, I would imagine every UE game in 2021 to launch running on 5 and benefit from it, even when the majority of the development was done on UE4.
I just wonder if NT (or any other developer) was aware UE5 was coming and were they already targeting UE5 features and the level of fidelity it allows, or will they have to readjust and maybe upgrade to take advantage of the new engine.
The trailer did seem to target features beyond UE4.
The game was always supposed to launch in 2021 at the earliest and by then UE5 will be available; Epic promised a completely smooth transition, so barring major unexpected bugs and glitches after migration, I would imagine every UE game in 2021 to launch running on 5 and benefit from it, even when the majority of the development was done on UE4.
I just wonder if NT (or any other developer) was aware UE5 was coming and were they already targeting UE5 features and the level of fidelity it allows, or will they have to readjust and maybe upgrade to take advantage of the new engine.
The trailer did seem to target features beyond UE4.
If they said that's in engine then people have every right to compare it to what the game will look like.
I think the sequel will be more broad audience and much more ambitious and will benefit big marketing thanks to MS.
But yeah the first one is really intimate and niche.
In engine cinematic is also in engine. Using a game trailer early in development as expectation is just setting yourself up for disappointment.
It means they are still in very early development. Also hardware access has nothing to do with UE5 builds.
Compare, absolutely. And compare they will.
The point is, people keep bringing Hellblade 2 up as proof of what Series X is capable of, but like I said many times before, no one ever clearly stated it was realtime, running on Series X.
And there it is. It's a cinematic, rendered in UE4 (which can work as any other offline rendering software) on who knows what hardware, which took who knows how many seconds to output each frame.
It's a target render, we'll see what the final game ends up looking like. It might get close, it might surpass it (uhmm) but as of now that trailer means nothing.
I don't know if it can be more ambitious AND also be more broad or big, but we'll see.
Hellblade II will use Unreal Engine 5 according to a Phil Spencer tweet
Edit: thread tittle change requested to the MOD team, I misread the Phil tweet: Here is the tweet we still need to see more confirmation from the developers but this pretty much says it, this also shows that more Xbox Game Studios teams are using UE5 what do you think?www.resetera.com
ATOMICJORGE redeemed! :p
There are those who said this day would never come, What are they to say now?
HAHAHA I knew it! thanks for the heads up bro you made my day!
considering pre pro will be at least 1 of those years meaning they actually wouldn't upgrade to a new version for 2 yearsish? yea
deciding what engine and version you are using is a pretty important part of pre pro. You are asking for a mess if you go around moving from different engine releases let alone straight up moving engine while still making the game, there are ways to go around it to lessen the mess and move up but its time consuming and depending on the studio is probably spent better working on the actual game, gets harder as the project goes on too.
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Not sure why people are worried a sequel is coming. I doubt NT and even more Taheem is gonna make a sequel if they dont have a great idea for it.
Its not that NT even makes alot of sequels or even at all. So they probably have confidence what they can do.
Its not that NT even makes alot of sequels or even at all. So they probably have confidence what they can do.
Yeah I am also stocked about people getting so excited about HB2 because I loved the setting of the first one but also very confusing since while it was very much up my alley it certainly was no ordinary AAA Action adventure game. Will be interesting to see what they do with this one.
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What do you mean? didn't Booty say all their games will be cross gen for at least 2 years
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No. He never said "at least". He said in november 2019 "1 or 2 years" But this has been said many times already and people still bring it up.
But doesnt matter in the end. Hellblade is only announced for Series X atm as "build from the ground up" and we expect Hellblade to be a 2022 title also.
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