Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice

released on Aug 07, 2017

From the makers of Heavenly Sword, Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, and DmC: Devil May Cry, comes a warrior’s brutal journey into myth and madness. Set in the Viking age, a broken Celtic warrior embarks on a haunting vision quest into Viking Hell to fight for the soul of her dead lover. Created in collaboration with neuroscientists and people who experience psychosis, Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice will pull you deep into Senua’s mind.


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Jogo redondinho
historia excelente, combate fluido e super bem feito (lembra muito souls like), leve design do mapa incrível, trilha sonora impecável. o jogo ser curto se justifica pelo nível de detalhe em cada parte.

Esquizofrenia simulator. Esse esquema de escutar vozes e as ilusões visuais são muito bem feitas e não vi em nenhum outro igual. Mas alguns puzzles chegam a ser cansativos, ainda mais pro final do game, o mesmo vale pro combate. De resto é um excelente jogo

Nome: Hellblade Senua's Sacrifice (Windows)
Plataforma: Xbox - PC
Data: 17 Abril 2024
Horas Aproximadas: 10 Horas
Dificuldade: ☐ Muito Fácil | ☑ Fácil | ☐ Normal | ☐ Difícil | ☐ Muito Difícil

Story 3.7 | Gameplay 3.9 | Audio 4 | Visual 4.5 | Details 3 | Entertainment 3

Total 3.7

Great game! Amazing performance by Melina Juergens, stunning audio design and visuals.

Hellblade is quite a singoular experience. The main concept is exploring Senua's mind while discovering her story and her mission for redemption. Definitely a unique storytelling, especially because of the Norse setting, which also which also acts as a subject for the screenshots you will take, thanks to the wonderful technical section (there is also an in-game photo mode).

However, the gameplay is quite bland: it mainly consists of following the predetermined path and solving simple puzzles. If you really want, you can collect all the recordings to get a special achievement, but this seems to be more like a little extra added to the top of the formula rather than a challengge that makes you want to complete it.
Other than that, there's the combat system, which is quite poor as well: light attack, heavy attack, parry, dodge and camera locked on a single enemy. Everything ok, but the animations are way too slow even for a slow paced game like this. It seems like the developers originally implanted in the game a soulslike combat system but then they changed their mind, directing everything in favor of scenography rather than gameplay, which is totally fine, but in some instances it's difficult to properly respond to what's happening on the screen.

Overall, Hellblade is like a 1:1 transposition of a movie into a game: it's visually amazing and completely immerses you in its story, but it leaves behind the advantages of the medium.
I recommend to try it.