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Hellblade To Have Tactical Combat, A Lot of Exploration In Dynamic World

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10 February 2015

As you probably know, Ninja Theory (the UK developer behind such games as Kung Fu Chaos, Heavenly Sword, Enslaved: Odyssey to the West and DMC - Devil May Cry) is now working independently on Hellblade, a brand new IP scheduled for release in 2015.

Not much is known about the game so far, so it’s nice to get a bit more information in the form of a video interview published by PlayStation Access. Dominic Matthews, Product Development Ninja at Ninja Theory, stated that while deep combat is going to be important in the game, there will be more exploration than in previous games made by the studio:

We have a deep combat system that people can spend hours and hours exploring and mastering. A skill based combat system. You can expect a game that has a lot of combat gameplay and also a lot of exploration of the world itself. It’s not entirely open world, but there is far more exploration in Hellblade than there’s been in our previous games.

He also added that combat will be tactical and generally will take place against a limited number of enemies.

We’re taking a lot of inspiration from one-on-one fighters. We really like the idea of an entire move set available to the player from the beginning. Fighting games are super technical and we want that kind of feel for Hellblade, so we’ve gone for an over the shoulder camera. It’s very close and intimate, we wanted to feel like every fight mattered, so it’s going to be you versus one, two or three enemies. We’re not talking about hordes of ten/fifteen enemies, it’s about taking on small numbers of enemies for it to be really tactical.

Finally, Matthews said that we can expect a dynamic world, although it’s not fully clear what he meant by that.

You can expect the world to be quite dynamic and have a lot of movement and to feel alive.

Hellblade, where gamers will play as Senua (who’s embarking on a personal journey in a world filled with Celtic myths), will be available for PlayStation 4 and PC. Stay tuned for more on the next game by Ninja Theory!