Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice

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.

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.