Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice

I love the whole concept behind the game. The implementaion of the visual and audio design is amazing. But the final experience was really boring.

I'm very fond of how this game structures some scenes. Few of them are very powerful. The whole picture doesn't impress me, though. And the gameplay, especially fighting mechanics, is a letdown. I think it's more of an indie statement than a fully realized work of art.

The whole idea of portraying the world in this game is perfect, appeals to me. But some levels (like 3-symbols maze with fire chasing you) take away the immersion by being simply not designed well to the situation. When I'm dying for the 5th time in a game like this on the same stupid level because I block on an invisible column, it's not scary or tense anymore. It's annoying and takes away immersion and pleasure from experiencing the game.

Yea sure, great style, A T M O S P H E R E, whatever, it's not a good game. You have no sense of direction in this game, and the most important thing is knowing where you've been before so you don't go in circles. Guess what 90% of this game is? Going in circles. Holding W until your arm falls asleep. Getting dizzy/nauseous, that's about it. Be prepared to do that or to play along with a walkthrough. Even the walkthroughs on youtube tend to get lost and go in circles. There's a sequence in a part of hell that is so good, just amazingly done, because it's combat. It's aesthetic, the art style and execution is superb. But for what? It's literally a throwaway combat sequence. Imagine an entire game, ARPG style done that way, it would be unreal. But it's short lived as soon after, you're back to walking in circles, dizzy, no idea where you're going. "Ok, I've already been here 10 times wtf, I don't have a schematic for this area how tf should I know where to go?". You feel like you've went everywhere before, and some of them will be setup so you can literally go in circles forever. How can you boast a story and then fluff it with all these maze puzzles to progress it? That's not a good story, I don't care what happened to her or Dillion or her mother, because by the time you give me a crumb, I am dizzy yet again with a stress headache. If you want a 'walking simulator' with a good story, go play Little Misfortune. It's literally 99% enjoyable. Better story, has a sense of humor, great music, 0 time wasted whatsoever, 2 hours for a playthrough. I've played Senua for 7 hours so far, which amounts to a handful of combat scenes, maybe 10% of the game, and the rest is walking around not being able to see clearly with no idea where to go. Game has no respect whatsoever for your time, and is passed off as a 'game' because mazes and puzzles. I wouldn't even consider this an interactive story like Little Misfortune because you don't make any decisions.

Hier geht's zu meinem Waetsch's Play: https://youtu.be/8JoL2qbQRTM Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice ist ein ziemlich ungewöhnliches Spiel. In keinem anderen habe ich mich so in den "Kopf" der Protagonistin hineingesaugt gefühlt wie hier. Man spürt regelrecht ihre Ängste und ihre Gedanken - das ist ganz großes Kino. Die Grafik ist ausgesprochen schick, die Ruckler konnte ich durch das Ausstellen von Ray Tracing eliminieren und ab dann hat es auch Spaß gemacht. Zu der unglaublich stimmigen Grafik kommen die Soundeffekte. Ständig hört man Stimmen "in seinem Kopf", es wird geschrien usw. Die ganze Atmosphäre wird durch kein UI-Element gestört, die gibt es einfach nicht. Also keine Lebensanzeige, kein Inventar etc. Interessanterweise vermisst man es auch überhaupt nicht. Man wird wirklich so unglaublich in diese Mythenwelt hineingezogen, dass man manchmal tatsächlich einen Kloß im Hals hat. Famoses Spielerlebnis.