Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice

There are not much Norse games around these days and Hellblade could have been the game changer but failed. The game starts out very strong with its Title-Sequence (which was the best part of the game and probably the most memorable Intro of all time in game history) but sadly, fades afterwards instantly to a generic and bleak game story. If you must get this game for whatever reasons, go, get it on sale.

Video review: https://youtu.be/B9JUGdkGuxY Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2 is upon us, but where did Senua start? Why, with Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, of course. Developer Ninja Theory released their ambitious and risky take on the cinematic 3rd person action adventure game with a focus on how people deal with psychotic symptoms, weaving in tales of the Norse gods in Senua's quest to avenge her lover's death and hopefully resurrecting, till we don't know what's real anymore. It's truly an epic, exciting adventure, if not a little overly linear and full of ledge shimmying, crawling under things, and all the rest of the Sony exclusive tropes,

This is one of the best gaming experiences I've had in while. The story follows a pict warrior experiencing psycosis on a quest to save her lovers soul from helheim. Though the game is somewhat short (<10 hours). It has a very rich story with many memorable experiences. One of the games tasks was to bring an understanding of psychosis to people playing the game. There are many games and movies that have titles such as "historical advisor" on the roll as a marketing ploy, but Ninja theory really did their research and it shows. The combat is fluid and fast paced, the puzzles interesting and the graphics and atmospherics are truly incredible. I think every gamer needs to try this game.

Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice is a very unique game. I can't think of much games where you play as a warrior woman with psychosis. This game is far more enjoyable then I expected. From looking at all the trailers you would think that this is a walking simulator but no this is more of an action puzzle game. The puzzles are far more difficult than I expected. The combat is fun and fast. The game is short but for the price I see no issue with it.

The main thing that this game can give is inspiration. Especially for people with "subtle"(invisible) disorders of the body. With such a difficult to share, tk. you face misunderstanding. It's not visible. Most people think that you are imagining everything, you are making yourself an actor, that you want attention, that your symptoms are petty. Senua's story helped me to understand that I'm not alone. I'm with Senua. That we both suffer and struggle. I like to know that there are people like developers(Ninja Theory) who made the game on behalf of a person with "subtle" symptoms. I can not speak for other sick persons, but it seems to me that it is also important for them to seek inspiration in order not to despair. I very often want to just disappear, dissolve, cease to exist. This desire is difficult to control. For this and other reasons, inspiration, hope and motivation are very important. So I really appreciate this game and the people who did it, and also to people who helped developers, bought Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice. Such works of art are rare. Of the similar, unless there is a film "Stay" 2005. The game helped me, although Senua had mostly positive symptoms. I would very much like to see a work of art with negative symptoms. This is even less in art. I have not met yet. Such art is important for the reason that it spreads information among people so that they understand and do not stigmatize people with "subtle" diseases.