Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice

I have had the game since it first came out. Overall it is a great story in an unforgettable atmospheric setting. The warnings in the begging of the game are there for a reason, heed them. Recently, I saw that I received the VR version for free and decided to try it. I will say that I recommend that you first play the game in regular mode before playing it in VR so you can learn the game and mechanics. Once you put on the VR, it brings you into the world and completely changes the immersion of the game in the right way. Before, I played the game with headphones on and once in a while, got creeped out. Within the first few minutes of playing it in VR, I immediately got the feeling of dread. My hats of to the developer. There are some things of note. First, the game is still in third person while in VR, as if you are a passenger on the journey like before, so your perspective can seem a little off at times, but it does work. At first, I tried to use my VR controllers, (didn't see the nonsupport as the VR version appeared in my GoG launcher) then realized that I had to use a regular controller. It works as you are controlling Senua, but having the VR controllers would have been nice, especially if it was in first person perspective. Overall, I really enjoyed the game when it first launched, and I am looking forward to playing it again in VR mode. Overall, great game.

It has been such a good story, deep and meaningfull. Now I just want to continue with Senua's story.

There is a lot about this game that is utterly brilliantly done: I loved the 3D binaural effects and the voicework in general (especially Zynbel), the bizarre effects and game sections portraying the mental torment, the dark and grim depictions of characters and places, loved the story and all the different mechanics that propel it, thought the panic and the unsettledness was very well portrayed, didn't mind the combat (safe to recommend starting on hard), was OK with the puzzles - some of them were quite cool in fact - and all of that is really the important bulk of the game. The absolute biggest gripe about the game that I have and the most likely reason why some characterize the game as a 'walking simulator' is the backtracking and general confusion with the maps. Was not in love with that one bit, the maps look gorgeous but were super unintuitively done, I kept running in circles and missing turns and corridors, kept stuck at intervals with no end. Nothing that would be missed were it excluded from the game because it's literally finding your way back from whatever it is you were doing and the general confusion by the map design did not enhance the experience for me but broke the immersion. For how linear the game is (not a bad thing in itself) the maps demand way too much time just to be able to traverse or find your way around different puzzle bits. One of my least favourite things in games is searching for doors, paths or corridors and walking aimlessly just in order to be able to progress further. I would be excited about another game in this vein any time but please for the love of god and the devil no more of this. Without those empty walking sessions it would have been a 5 star from me. To mention one other thing I was not in love with, the facial close-up drama was a bit too emphasized perhaps, the facial motion capture was a bit uncanny valley for me. All in all, a game worth experiencing. If you see it on a sale, grab it for sure!

It's barely a videogame. Solve puzzle, fight battle. Solve THE SAME EXACT PUZZLE and fight THE SAME EXACT BATTLE. Repeat. It's a good atmosphere and a good concept, but there are other ways to tell a story. Videogames are supposed to be played.

nice scene nice graphic combat and mechanic so boring, i was not able to continue playing.