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Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice |OT| The Mid-Tier, in Limbo
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Necro900
Member
Are people really defending a 1/10 and blatant unprofessionalism? As far as we know he's the only one with this issue, and he should've at least reached out to Ninja Theory for insight before getting a 1/10 recorded on metacritic and calling the game "unplayable crap".
I guess all Bethesda games and even GOTY material is unplayable crap if you're unlucky enough.
Last time I checked the developers were saying 6-8 hours
I guess all Bethesda games and even GOTY material is unplayable crap if you're unlucky enough.
Last time I checked the developers were saying 6-8 hours
Wut?! Who is supposed to pay these bonuses? It's self published. On top of that, how is releasing a game with a game breaking bug anyone else to blame than the developer? In a world where this would affect 'metacritic bonuses' (which are shameful on it's own) in these cases, it's totally on the developer.
Make one
SomedayTheFire
Member
For real. This is a game shipping with a gamebreaking bug and people are annoyed that someone called them out? Fuck I'd never ever trust a reviewer again if they found that bug and still have it a high score. People would rather protect developers bonuses than customers. Crazy.
Running into a gamebreaking bug and giving the game a high score is 100% "unprofessional" or whatever buzz word you want to use.
How common is the bug? I did not watch the Sterlingreview so I dont know what exactly and when it did happen, but maybe the just didnt notice it before.
Durrzerker
Banned
I like Hellblade a lot, but if he had a gamebreaking bug, that's in no way his fault. I understand you guys want the game to succeed but he in no way owes it to them to hide information for the sake of that.
Necro900
Member
Except maybe the other reviewers didn't encounter it?
If every game that gets published and has an uncommon game breaking bug at 1.0 is "unplayable crap", then you'd be surprised to know how much unplayable crap we've enjoyed throughout the years.
OrbitalBeard
Member
Bethesda games give the player multiple save points. It's actually pretty tough to completely ruin an entire playthrough because of that. That being said, Bethesda games definitely get a pass for their technical disasters a bit too often.
Well yeah, and that's why none of them gave the game a 1/10, which is fine.
Don't know how uncommon it is or isn't. It doesn't appear he did anything wrong, a thing that should have triggered didn't and he got beyond a point where he needed said item and since he didn't and couldn't get any more the character would die. Again. And again. And again no matter what he tried.
Maybe there is something to the bug, maybe there isn't. Could be bad luck. Only way to know is if others start reporting it.
SomedayTheFire
Member
Cool. What does that have to do with anything I said?
And those reviewers that ran into the problem would be 100% well within their rights to give it a 1/10.
OrbitalBeard
Member
There's a review thread now, so we should probably move discussions about that aspect of the game over to that topic.
Karak
Member
Took about 6
Necro900
Member
I figured out it was a stab at big name reviewers who supposedly gave the game a high score anyways. My bad.
So, let's suppose you review books for a living. You get sent an incredible book, everyone is loving it in your industry and people are writing great reviews. You're loving it but.. you're missing the last pages, infact, the book stops in the middle of a sentence. It's obviously a printing issue: do you review your experience with the book so far (which sucks, given there's no ending) or do you at least get in touch with the publisher who provided you with the copy and sort things out to get to the end and give your readers the most accurate and fair review of a product?
Oof, missed this. Good, then.
Neuro
Member
6, I just saw IGN's review and he mentions it as a 6 hour journey
flaxknuckles
Member
I really enjoy the combat
Angelus Errare
Banned
Amazing OP, but holy fuck it does a number on my dyslexia. Couldn't even finish reading. Not a condemnation on you but man typefaces made for display/headings/signage are terrible when used for the body and display.
Anyways on to the game itself, I've been following it on and off saw a vertical slice of combat a month or two back where the game beat went on too long but the combat itself looked pretty good.
Might pick this up since it's only $30
Anyways on to the game itself, I've been following it on and off saw a vertical slice of combat a month or two back where the game beat went on too long but the combat itself looked pretty good.
Might pick this up since it's only $30
I just re-read it, and there's no mention of length on mine... I am feeling tired this morning though, so my brain might not be processing something...
That Dude John
Member
So, uh I've died quite a few times to the fire and
the rot is already halfway up her arm. Should I reset? I don't even have both marks yet.
Holy shit this game is intense. Also really like how they kind of give you a clue on not missing the collectable. I'm only a little over 3 hours in with 28% trophies. Ninja Theory is Hellblade 2 up for pre-order yet? Also I'm going to need you to go ahead and get the rights for Diablo.
ChackanKun
Member
Seeing all the positive feedback and the high reviews, yep I'm buying this
Duchess O'Death
Member
How's the game on PS4Pro? Is there Pro support even?
Debating whether I should get it on PS4 or PC.
Debating whether I should get it on PS4 or PC.
It's in the OP but you can choose between enhanced resolution/30fps or lower resolution with 60fps for the Pro.
flaxknuckles
Member
These goddamn
sequences have taken my life 4 times now. I didn't know they were timed and Senua would drop and die randomnly even when she's
if you don't go fast enough. I can already see the
The
boss was dope though. I like how the game doesn't throw up button prompts to tell you what ability to use. Gotta listen closely to the voices. I thought they were telling me to focus because I was getting beat up at first.
fire
not on fire
rot going past my elbow now 
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flame
Huh, honestly first time I heard someone complain about Ninja Theory writing. People usually only shit on their gameplay, story and characters are pretty much why these games are still cool.
More_Badass
Member
Presentation and gameplay arent seperate entities though. Presentation, atmosphere, and context are major factors in what makes gameplay compelling, and vice versa. The elements of a game are interwoven and interconnected, gameplay doesn't exist in a vacuum. Basic or simple doesn't equate to not compelling
still if he give 1/10 because of single game beaking bug and otherwise would give 8/10 ... something is really really wrong with his rating system
mindatlarge
Member
Awesome job on the OT! Definitely picking this game up!
Messofanego
Banned
"The dark rot will grow each time you fail. If the rot reaches Senua's head, her quest is over. And all progress will be lost."
Is there a way to have the rot go back like can you heal or the rot stays permanent and you've only got a limited amount of deaths? Just wondering if I should continue or reset having put the combat difficulty on Hard Oh wait, I can just change the combat difficulty at any point. Nevermind.
Is there a way to have the rot go back like can you heal or the rot stays permanent and you've only got a limited amount of deaths? Just wondering if I should continue or reset having put the combat difficulty on Hard
Oh wait, I can just change the combat difficulty at any point. Nevermind.Durrzerker
Banned
If you thought Enslaved had eyerolling writing you might not like this. I thought Enslaved was written very well.
MrS
Banned
Seems to be permanent. I have been save scumming every 15 minutes."The dark rot will grow each time you fail. If the rot reaches Senua's head, her quest is over. And all progress will be lost."
Is there a way to have the rot go back like can you heal or the rot stays permanent and you've only got a limited amount of deaths? Just wondering if I should continue or reset having put the combat difficulty on Hard
Yes it's viable.
Hey, can anyone with the game tell me if it's possible to "save scum", so to speak? As in, if you think you're getting close to a game over, you could copy your save over to PS+ or a USB drive, and continue from there if things be go bad? I want to know because I was interested in this game, but I don't like this permadeath mechanic, lol.
More_Badass
Member
To be fair, I haven't started playing this yet, but people are really going to save-scum this? I feel that's like playing your favorite horror game at noon with all the lights on and music blasting. In other words, neutering an aspect of the game.
Although to be honest, I tend to roll with the punches in games and find the notion of, for example, modding out creatures in Soma, to be just as weird as wanting to save-scum here
Maybe I'll feel differently once I play, just basing that on what I've read in this thread
Although to be honest, I tend to roll with the punches in games and find the notion of, for example, modding out creatures in Soma, to be just as weird as wanting to save-scum here
Maybe I'll feel differently once I play, just basing that on what I've read in this thread
MrS
Banned
Is your favourite horror game permadeath?
Nothing is being neutered because it seems hard to die anyway - save scumming in this game is merely a precautionary measure. You will see what I mean when you play it.
TheDeftone
Member
Played about 2 hours and I really like it so far.
The game looks great in 4k-mode on a Full HD TV. In 60FPS-mode the performance is pretty solid, but the image is kinda blurry.
The game looks great in 4k-mode on a Full HD TV. In 60FPS-mode the performance is pretty solid, but the image is kinda blurry.
I get what you're saying, but none of the games you refer to have a permadeath mechanic. I don't want to have to replay any game from the beginning again when it could potentially take hours to get back to where I was in the game.
Wow nice reception so far. Hellblade was always on my radar, but largely ignored until recently. I'm considering the PC version over PS4, because of the sound design/headphone experience. My PC headphones give me much better sound isolation. I don't want anything interrupting this experience.
The price makes this a insta-buy. The games visuals look amazing, sound and story look on point. I just hope I don't have to restart because of deaths.
The price makes this a insta-buy. The games visuals look amazing, sound and story look on point. I just hope I don't have to restart because of deaths.
From what I have heard save scumming isn't actually required and that people going on about "permadeath" haven't actually finished the game or taken notice of what is happening.
. I haven't finished or even played the game yet, but just something to bear in mind.
Apparently there is some sort of "the cake is a lie" twist at the end
OrbitalBeard
Member
Maybe "compelling" wasn't the correct wording. Replace that with "complex" and/or "challenging", I guess.
I have nothing ill to say to these types of experiences, they just aren't for me, in most cases. Exceptions do exist though (SOMA, for example), so if this receives high praise from GAF over an extended period of time, I may check it out.
Acquiescence
Member
In terms of what you'd personally score their games? Because their last three games have all averaged 8 and over.