This is a game so let's start with the gameplay. Nothing ground-breaking and nothing really special even considering it's all old hat. The beginning of the game nearly put me to sleep. Exploration is meh. The only good part of the exploration is in the visuals. It's really simplistic as far as the "puzzles" go. You look around for runes to open doors and frame shattered images to modify your surroundings. Blah. Combat is ok. You have three attacks, block, and evade. There is one really slick feature of combat I won't mention as it might be considered a minor spoiler. Hint: Not the mirror. Where the game shines is in telling a story. The audio and video presentation are truly special. The story is good as well. Senua as a character is really impressive. Her psychological demons are really what makes this whole game work. I don't like the 5 star rating system as it doesn't provide enough granularity. I give this game a B-, C+ Pros: Stunning presentation. Impressive characters and good story. Cons: Very short(Hence the 30$ price tag). Repetitive gameplay that is a bit trite. I suppose all gameplay is trite these days but this just felt especially dull. People really need to stop giving games more credit than they are due just because they are pretty. This is pretty good. I would say it's in a tier above walking simulator type games.
