Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice

Brace yourself for a spine-chilling journey filled with intense gameplay, eerie atmospheres, and heart-pounding moments. Will I survive the horrors that await in this full horror game experience? Tune in to find out and prepare to be on the edge of your seat as we unravel the mysteries of Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice together. You can see my entire playthrough over on YouTube! Jay's Horror Gaming

This is not a game... it's a Master Piece! I cried because I felt something I had not felt for many many years: I was playing a masterpiece. This game does not need anything else: it does not need updates, it does not need DLC, it does not need sequels... This game is complete! The Graphics, the Sounds, the Music,,, oh... my GOD!... While I was playing, I felt that I was absorved to a parallel world!... It.is.amazing! Congratulations to all!

This is a game that represents a lot more than just a fighting action game, its indepth story, stunning visuals and great voice acting play great parts along with the well paced action. A few annoying bugs here and there dialog over another voice multiple times but the best game I have played all year.

One of the best stories and immersive experience I've ever seen in a video game. The world is beautifully crafted, Senua is rendered in unparalleled detail and 3D audio makes you really feel you're in this world experiencing what Senua is going through. Although it's not without flaws because combat and puzzles are repetitive and feel sometimes like filler but they're not the main part of the game. The main part is the interactive journey through Senua's tormented mind. And that's done fantastically well!

Tough one to score... on the plus side, phenomenal technology and art direction makes for a truly beautiful world and some gobsmacking character models, particularly during dialogue. And the combat, while repetitive, is basically OK. On the minus side, god, it was boring, walking around listening to all those voices. No doubt that's supposed to make me sympathize with psychotic folk, but she could at least get her jog on while she's being psychotic; a game can be ruined by a slow move speed, and even with the 'run' button it's still very dull moving back and forth in each area to solve the let's-be-honest-pretty-simple puzzles. And it's a shame the puzzles are simple, as some of the mechanics would bear a lot more weight. The story is Meaningful and Emotional in the extreme; Time To First Stab is over 20 minutes, and Time Between Stabs approaches that on occasion. Ultimately, I'm scoring it based on prettiness and overall effect, but be warned, this is not the sword-swinging game of fun murder you might have expected from Ninja Theory, and I rather hope they find a better use for their awe-inspiring tech now that they've gotten this out of their system.