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Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
Released On: Aug 8, 2017
81
7.9
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 71 Critic Reviews
81
86% Positive
61 Reviews
61 Reviews
8% Mixed
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
1% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 71 Critic Reviews
81
86% Positive
61 Reviews
61 Reviews
8% Mixed
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
1% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice is beautiful and terrifying at the same time. Its combat mechanics and puzzles are strong, but its true strengths lies with its ability to tell a story and craft a world that differentiates itself from other titles out there. Together, we're offered an adventure that is equally horrifying and brilliant - a true masterpiece of a game.
Rather than exploit psychological trauma so as to advance shallow narratives, the game is committed to putting an often-misinterpreted and dismissed subject front and center.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 1,534 User Ratings
7.9
75% Positive
1151 Ratings
1151 Ratings
12% Mixed
191 Ratings
191 Ratings
13% Negative
192 Ratings
192 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 1,534 User Ratings
7.9
75% Positive
1151 Ratings
1151 Ratings
12% Mixed
191 Ratings
191 Ratings
13% Negative
192 Ratings
192 Ratings
I can't remember the last time I got tears from a game. Masterpiece. Must be finished to appreciate this game. If you stop playing half way through you'll never get the point.
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PlayStation 4
Muito lindo esse jogo e desafiador, é meio confuso no começo mas é uma delícia de gameplay
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PlayStation 4
Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice is a complete experience for a bargain price. Struggling through life as a psychosis sufferer is an alarming experience, and Hellblade provides an illuminating glimpse into the lives of those afflicted by such terror.
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice is every bit as vicious, epic and dramatic as its predecessors in the Ninja Theory library, but interweaving a delicate storyline through simple, yet ruthless mechanics makes it one of the most visceral portrayals of psychological turmoil in recent video gaming.
It’s frustrating how close to a masterpiece Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice is. It has the looks, the atmosphere, the swordplay and the heart. If only it had more focus on the storytelling and gameplay. First, it’s the burdensome narrative that almost drowns all the sensibility stored in Senua’s tale. It takes far too long to actually care for her. When the narrative finally starts to ease off towards the end of the game, it’s the repetitive gameplay that gets in the way. The game drags on for its own good, making it too often boring and laborious. All the same, Senua’s trembling journey is a one that needs to be seen to the close to get its true meaning. I realize I might have sounded quite harsh in my critique but my heart told me to rate the game better. After all, Senua's cry for help made me shed tears.
Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice is not going to appeal to all tastes, and nor does it try to. As a character action game, it has decent if underdeveloped combat and a mixture of some excellent and some overplayed puzzles. But it’s the way that the title utilises the unique attributes of the medium to raise awareness of mental health that elevate this release beyond the sum of its parts.
Ultimately what was intended as a thoughtful depiction of a terrible mental illness has ended up casting it as something of an asset: a helpful superpower that can give you the strength to soldier on through the darkness, so long as you can put up with the odd breakdown here and there. That, we suspect, was not what Ninja Theory intended. It's certainly not what we had hoped for. [Issue#310, p.112]
Absolutely incredible game. Story, puzzles, combats, all top level. Critically underrated game
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PlayStation 4
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice is a weird game. The title has clear messages about mental health and schizophrenia, and while it's nice to see these themes get representation in a videogame setting, the actual videogame goes like this: enter an area, fight a few monsters, spend 10 minutes looking at a **** puzzle, fight a few more monsters, get earrapped by the voices, and rinse and repeat until you finish said area. It's more of a movie/experience than an actual videogame, and i don't know if that's really a plus. The combat is pretty good, and the nordic areas look gorgeous, but there isn't really much else apart from this. It weirdly enough reminds me of God Of War but without the things that made that game good.
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PlayStation 4
I enjoyed this game. I had some good story times with it even if I think the gameplay is mostly low point even if I enjoy the combat .
The surround sound in this game is amazing to hear all the voices from all directions. It is truly a good experience to have to play this game.
The problem is that walking from A to B is mostly boring even if you hear all the voices so at some point you might begin to long for some radio in the background. Just in the moments where you are Just walking with no dialogue.
This is mostly in one and done kind of game, but it is an experience that you will remember and that is always worth playing.
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PlayStation 4
After really enjoying "A Plague's Tale: Innocence" I wanted more of that dark moody stuff. So I Googled "Games similar to..." and this game came out as the first result. After very briefly reading one of the many stellar reviews, I purchased the game.
Right after the first few seconds, some voices in my head started telling me that this was going to be an amazing game. Until I had to actually start playing.
Mindlessly mash some buttons whenever a baddie appears in front of you, slump around like a headless chicken trying to find shapes in the environment to open gates, rinse and repeat.
And the most baffling thing about this game, is that you can lose your savegame if you get killed too often, with no option to turn that off in the settings (AFAIK). In a game this boring? Having to slump through the whole thing again? No effin way.
I ended up "playing" this thing with a walkthrough constantly open on my tablet, until I decided to simply not bother anymore.
In my opinion, this is an experience more than it is a game. I would have actually enjoyed just walking around, taking in the dark yet beautiful scenery, and interacting with the lorestones for some Valhallian history. The developers could at least have included that as an option. It seems to me that this would be the perfect game for that. It would at least justify the full price I paid for it (40$ CAD).
But, unlike Senua, I don't feel like making the sacrifice of slumping through this, just because I splurged the full price for it.
Now, those voices in my head are laughing at me, saying "he just wasted 40$, heehee", and I keep seeing red dollar sign shapes everywhere.
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PlayStation 4
Such a disappointment. Don't understand the hype this game is just so boring. Dreadful story dreadful puzzles and dreadful gameplay. The combat was fairly decent but you won't be doing that a lot. What a waste of time and money.
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PlayStation 4
Summary Unsheathe the bloodstained blade of gritty warrior Senua as she fights her way through a nightmarish landscape in a ferociously personal journey. Can you survive a fearsome realm of vicious swordplay and terrifying creatures?
Rated M
for Mature
Platforms:
- PlayStation 4
- PC
- Xbox One
- Nintendo Switch
Initial Release Date: Aug 8, 2017
Developer:
- Ninja Theory
Publisher: Ninja Theory
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