To sum up my experience with Senua's Sacrifice: impressive graphics, lackluster combat, "Match the Rune" puzzles that got old fast and lots of psychological stuff. For me it's a typical "Play once and never again" game, not too bad but also nothing to write home about, would have worked better as a movie.
This might be a game for Piranha Byte Fans, but not for me. positive: - only 2 crashes in ~50 hours of gameplay, other than that no technical problems neutral: - the main story and the quests are serviceable negative: - the combat system feels clunky and not intuitive - the player alter ego Jax is an absolutely dull character - same goes for most of the NPCs - being forced to join one of the obnoxious factions in order to complete the game - endless boring dialogs that made me want to shout "GET TO THE POINT!" - the world building does not convince me, never feels like being on an alien planet - it seems they reused some assets from prior PB-titles (plants, raptors, castle ruins) - the monster design is often more funny than scary - nearly all loot is dissapointing - no interesting dungeons - the stat requirements for weapons and armour feel contrived - the GUI for skills and inventory is cumbersome - the endboss fight is a joke Back in the day I had a lot of fun playing Gothic 2 and 3. Sadly Elex was more like a chore for me.
