When I first played this game in 2019, I really loved the story, Senuas character and the way her mental illness was presented, and the overall presentation from her perspective, along with the general art direction. I found the combat fine but nothing exceptional. Thats more or less where I stand now, but I feel even stronger on the story of grief and acceptance told through a very unique perspective. The combat, sure, its not amazing, but its passable and doesn't make the game any worse by existing. Really though, this is an incredibly well told story with one of the best characters in video games, with a performance by Melina Juergens that rivals any of the best game performances ever. Definitely a must play just to experience it, very excited for the sequel.

Esse jogo é uma experiência única, MUITO lindo, difícil achar algo tão bem feito, o combate é muito gostosinho e os puzzles funcionam muito bem, mas claramente o foco é a narrativa e sinceramente, É MUITO BOM.

Toda a jornada da Senua é intensa e retrata temas sensíveis e doenças mentais da maneira mais criativa e madura que já vi em uma obra, fazendo a personagem crescer MUITO pra mim, amo muito a Senua, uma das melhores personagens femininas nos jogos pra mim. O jogo conta com toda uma ambientação da mitologia nórdica muito boa, cheio de historias e um universo próprio que faz você se sentir na pele da Senua mesmo, me senti imerso no game e na mente da Senua a cada segundo que passava jogando.

ما وراء تضحية سينوا | Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice

لم يتبقى الكثير على الجزء الثاني من هيل بليد، لهذا أقدم هذا الفيديو عن الأستديو الصانع للعبة هيل بليد، وسبب تميّزها وقوّتها.. استمتعوا

https://youtu.be/66TvGl513PI

As a story about mental health I don't know that it quite ends up working.

As a game, it's beautiful. Gorgeous. The length is just right for the story.

As a game it's also... kinda simple. The combat isn't super engaging. The puzzles are boring, but also often very finnicky.

Curious how the sequel turns out as this is a strong base to start, but yeah... perfectly fine game.

O começo é muito fraco, mas quando passa dos 2 primeiros bosses, o jogo vai melhorando exponecialmente e acaba por te entregar uma excelente história, que vai sendo contada naquela forma de juntar peças de um mistério até ele ser revelado no final, além de uma gameplay de combate extremamente satisfatória e até viciante, pena que fica meio repetitiva, mas não deixa de ser divertido mesmo assim.

Na primeira vez que eu joguei, lá em 2020, eu dropei, por conta que meu PC da época não conseguia rodar direito, ficava cheio de stutter, e também por conta do jogo não ter me prendido no começo, como aconteceu dessa vez, mas dessa vez fui até o final e valeu a pena. Aliás, se você for jogar no PC, não ative o Ray Tracing no máximo, pois ele não muda praticamente nada (só notei o reflexo na água) e joga a perfomance lá pra baixo. Você pode pensar que por ser um jogo de 7 anos atrás, deve rodar tranquilamente com o Ray Tracing no máximo, mas a verdade é que fica cheio de stutter e com um fps baixo, então apenas desligue o Ray Tracing e seja feliz, ou deixe ele no médio, caso goste dos reflexos, que no foi o que eu fiz, já que ele no médio não deu tanto problema, com exceção de uma batalha de boss.

Joguei por conta do lançamento iminente do segundo, mas não pensei que o primeiro me deixaria mais animado pro segundo. Subestimava muito ele, mas no final é um bom jogo.

Holy shit what a stellar piece of art. The concept was crazily innovative. The amount of experimental shit done in here in order to convey the main character's thought process is extremely impressive. The combat is fun but the camera is so damn clunky, sometimes it completely blinds you if you go near a wall and you get whooped by the enemies as a result. But yeah like I said it's fun but it lacks any sort of depth to it, it's your usual parry, evade and attack kind of thing but the parrys feel so good when you time it properly and there are moments when the voices in your head help you if there's an enemy attacking you from behind so you can parry in time to save your ass. The idea of Auditory hallucinations during combat is so damn good, sometimes you get demotivated by those voices when in a fight and sometimes they guide you and kinda motivate you to push through, the implementation of that is just chefs kiss. They're annoying and pestering you all the time giving you a slight glimpse of how it feels to be in such mentally unstable and anxious state of mind. The Valravn puzzle was a pain in the ass to finish other than that all the puzzle/walking simulator segments were fun albeit time consuming; the alphabet/symbol matching one grew too old too quickly and that is what they stuck with until the end. Again goated atmosphere and goated sound design. The story is kinda messy and it's probably intentionally done that way since the protagonist is kind of insano. The graphics seemed too good for a 2017 game, the second game will definitely push some boundaries in that aspect. The ending dragged on a bit but what an amazing game nonetheless. Also congrats Microsoft on killing the 2nd game even before it's arrival with absolutely no marketing whatsoever, gotta be the most dumbass corpo to ever exist.

An excellent game with probably the best sound design in any video game. While the story and audio are sublime, there are still some flaws I hope are ironed out in the sequel. The combat, while functional is incredibly bland and repetitive. Combat encounters are far and few in between so it doesn't hurt the experience too much, though they are the worst parts of the game by far. While the puzzle designs are pretty amazing, the game keeps going back to the "look for the symbol in the environment" and hardly shakes up the puzzling with new mechanics.

"The hardest battles are fought in the mind, not with the sword."

𓏲 ๋࣭ ࣪ ˖🎐Discover a rich mosaic of Norse mythology intertwined with Senua's personal journey. Through hidden lorestones and symbolic puzzles, the game invites you to delve deeper into Senua's past, unraveling the mysteries of her troubled mind and the world around her. It's a narrative experience that rewards exploration and reflection, offering layers of depth beyond its intense combat and striking visuals. However things can get repetitive fast so theres that :'). But, if you ever feel overwhelmed, just take a break and remember: even Senua needs to step away from the chaos and listen to the whispers...lol. ִֶָ𓂃 ࣪˖ ִֶָ🐇་༘࿐

The experience Hellblade gives you is very introspective, its anxiety ridden and powerful but above all its a beautiful one. Knowing only that the game delves into mental health struggles and shining a light onto someone suffering from psychosis, I wanted to finish this before the sequel released and im so glad I did.

Hellblade strengths lie in its storytelling, vague dialogue allowing the player to sort of insert their own experiences into what the game is describing, feelings of loss, trauma, the fear of death and uncertainty its all very strong stuff that the game is able to bundle into its 5~ hour runtime and it never feels rushed or unneeded.

The environments are dreary and bleak, lots of muted colours and dark areas that really hammer in those feelings the game wants you to feel, but as the game describes in its own way, that in those depressing landscapes hold a sort of beauty that once you overcome hurdles you begin to appreciate more and more.

The one thing Hellblade falters in is its use of combat. For bosses I felt like the combat worked, it was weighty and cinematic and failure to parry or dodge, you felt the impact of messing up. The issue then comes in the minor enemy encounters generously sprinkled throughout the game, they suck and got annoying fast. Just having wave after wave of enemies varying in what combination they spawned in was frustrating and slightly took away from some moments proceeding those fights.

Overall the immersive experience Hellblade gives you is immaculate, its messages and portrayals are potent and it leaves you with a sense of melancholy, where you arent sure if things will get better but the experience you were put through has given you insight onto how you could be better.

I generally don't care about the appearance of characters but this game is so distractingly ugly that I don't even want to continue. There's no style here. It's just ugly realism. It has cool concepts but everything is so ugly. Senua herself occupies this really weird state of uncanny valley where she doesn't look human but you don't know why. She also has her jaw agape all the time and it's really awkward and takes me out of it.

I would genuinely go as far to say the cover art is false advertising because her mouth is open all the time. Like seriously, why did they make her do that? She looks like a Fallout 4 character, it's terrible!

CLOSE YOUR DAMN MOUTH.

4 years ago when I played this game I was a vastly different gamer. I had no patience and I went into this game thinking it was going to be a completely different experience. I did not like it.

I decided to give it another go in preparation for the sequel release next week, and let me tell ya, I could not have been more wrong about this game.

The atmosphere and world design are fantastic. The sound design is so haunting and immersive. Senua is a fantastic character and learning her backstory as her psychotic episode unfolds is so gripping and unique.

The most surprising thing for me is how much I enjoyed the puzzle solving and the combat. I remember hating it when I first played it, but man I loved it. The combat is so simple but every parry feels so damn good. Your blade feels so strong and as you hold run and press an action button and have senua charge into battle, you cannot help but feel the adrenaline of each encounter, as you wonder just how much you can die before game over, as the game informs you at the start (if you don’t look up how this actually works during your play through lol).

I cannot wait for Saga to release next week, just hope Xbox did not kill this game or do something wrong as the marketing for it has been non existent.