Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2 Developer Diary Goes Behind the Scenes With Motion Capture

Ninja Theory outlines the upgrades made for performance capture, leading to more realistic animations in the upcoming sequel.

[rlow1]

This game looks incredible. Loved the first one, the story was good. I’m curious to see where they take it.

[potatoseal]

Yeah the story was really good in the first one and I have no doubt the story will be great in this one too. I just hope they can improve a lot on the gameplay side of things this time around, more specifically the combat.

[Tacoboto]

They'll have doubled the combat encounters from 6 to 12, with 48 motion-captured fall down and push back animations

[rlow1]

I agree, for me the combat was sluggish and repetitive. I’m really hoping they nail 60 fps.

[Terry_B]

..replace game with movie and it makes sense.

[cthulhucultist]

Funny this is that the QLOC's port of Hellblade on Switch, was amazing graphically (given the limitations of the hardware that is).

I was amazed by the graphics, lighting and scenes and I couldnt stop taking photos with photo mode.

My only issue is with the next game (and I suspect that most people will agree on this), is that we have not seen much gameplay (few actual gameplay seconds back at Game Awards 2021).

If this is indeed slated for 2024 release, they should showcase some gameplay in Gamescom or at another event this year.

[giovonni]

I can’t wait to see where this game takes us this time around

[CrimsonWing69]

Guys! Ffs, just show a normal bit of the game. Yes the motion capture technology and graphics fidelity looks great, but my god… it’s like all that we ever see. I want to see another VGA level showcase where we see more of the combat or something other than a cutscene or showing off the tech.

[Knushwood Butt]

Don't forget the clouds.

[Flawlessmic]

100%!!!

Becoming a joke now, it's been 4 years, it's about dam time we get some real gameplay.

Enough with the dev diary's already.

[Shadowsteal]

Announced in 2019, and not a lick of gameplay. Might as well just produce a movie at this point.

[Magog]

It's basically
Motion Capture: The Game