A journey into the mind of a psychotic person. A disturbing experience, expertly delivered. The only game i know of that offers this kind of immersion. I absolutely loved this game. It’s a unique experience for those mature enough to understand it. The face animations are so good that you can actually feel the fear and despair. I found that the simple combat system was great because i had something simple that i could hang on to while everything else went to sh*t. Thank you for this experience. Would recommend to everyone.

Truly incredible game with a very interesting story and impressive visuals. To be completely honest, the story, the main character, the graphics and sound design are basically the only good things about this game. The gameplay itself is quite mediocre. I don’t really enjoy those puzzles present in the game and combat is also a bit lacking, but still enjoyable. Overall, Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice was a great experience.

Conclusion: Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice is a cinematic game with incredible visuals and weak gameplay elements.

A very original idea, when you play the game with headphones is very immersive and the representation of psychosis is the best I have seen/experienced so far, as a doctor I really appreciate that point. The graphics, the story, the dialogues are awesome. The gameplay is a bit limited because they just want you to complete the parts of the story so you can continue discovering it, it can be a bad point for a lot of people but for me is not a problem.

A unique game about a pict warrior on a vision quest to save her love from hell. The twist is that she has a psychotic mental disorder (likely schizophrenia) and a history of trauma. The game puts you in her shoes, meaning you experience visual and auditory (voices) hallucinations, and are never sure what is a delusion and what is real.
The game is very sensitive toward mental illness, they got several psychiatrists on board and consulted with mentally ill people to make sure its accurate and reflects the experiences of real people.
Even the puzzles in the game where you look for patterns in your surroundings represent how a delusional person searches and finds patterns and connections that others see as coincidence.

The game looks amazing, the art style and visual effects work brilliantly. The sound design is great as well.
The combat is fairly simple but fun and challenging. There wasn’t a huge variety of enemies. However the combat isn’t a main focus of the game and there are long stretches without combat, so this wasn’t a problem at all. The variety of settings and game mechanics kept the game feeling fresh the whole way through.

It’s a very well paced ans cinematic story, it’s gritty and deals with difficult/important subjects really well.

This is one of the best games I played. The graphics are incredible and the storytelling is really well constructed and makes you want to understand more and more. You get sucked in what is real and what is fake and it is hard to figure what which one is which. The environment is also great. It makes you doubt your own decisions and also makes you want to see things from different perspectives, even when you don’t have to.
The combats and puzzles are very well balanced. When the games gets too much into your head, there is a puzzle or you to calm down a little bit. When it wants to build up for something, there will be a combat. And the mechanics are great.

While the gameplay itself is nothing exceptional, the overall experience and presentation is unlike anything I’ve ever had the pleasure of playing. Plus it grabbed my curiosity in wanting to learn more about Norse mythology, Celtic culture, and mental illness. Nothing like a video game to make you want to enrich your life beyond it.

Good idea. Awesome story. Yet stupid controls and atrocious combat. Also annoying puzzles used as “filler”.

Loved it! Love the story, love the graphics and the involvement. I liked the puzzles along the game and the awesome Sena’s character! Very intense! I was not expecting it to be this good, really.

The game is alright, it talks about a serious issue, psychosis, however that was worked better in prior titles, for instance spec ops the line. I tried to make the most of it collecting all runes and trying to find all stone faces, the later is interesting lorewise, the former is interesting for the story (but only a small bit, what is really important will be explained regardless if you collected the runes or not) and about norse mythology.

The controls are smooth, the story is meh, there are few battles in the game, but once you get used to the controls (which are few: heavy and fast attacks, body slams, block and dodging) the battles will be piece of cake. Senua has a good character development – even because she is basically the only character in the game.

Better played with eaphones, hearing those voices in your head makes the experience a bit better.

It’s cheap so I’d say it is worth the buy.