#12360120, By Bionic_Pixel Hellblade Retail Edition

Bionic_Pixel 29 Dec 2018 09:32:06 187 posts
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simpleexplodingmaybe wrote:
The lack of a jump or much of a climb function was occasionally frustrating as there are some instinctive paths which can't be taken without them but otherwise I think once you buy into it this is a seriously brilliant game

From time to time, I feel frustrated at the lack of ability to jump down from or over areas of scenery.

The arch concept - switching on / off pieces of scenery might have worked better if there was a mini cut scene showing the out come each time, rather than having to walk back and forth working out if a change has happened.

Graphically I love the moment the weird twisted tree comes into view, only for the dark world to turn lush green with brightly colored flowers. Super nice!

I wonder why Ninja T. went with using footage of live actors from time to time throughout the game. It works well enough. I wonder why they didn’t model these characters?

Oddly enough, as nice as the visuals look, walking though puddles, they do not distort or splash. They remain solid.

I’m not 100% sold of the constant finding of shapes required to open gates. There have been a couple that I had no choice but to look on YouTube for the answer, as the shape was too well hidden.

For all the gripes, the game makes a change.

I've been cracking on with Hell Blade, I think the journey is going to end soon, as my characters arm is almost 100% black. If I have to start over, I doubt I’d bother. There was a rather unfair section that sees Senua run around an interior, a type of wooden maze, being chased by fire, the idea being to locate 3 shapes and locate the exit gate. This section took many attempts and many deaths to accomplish. I managed to fall through the scenery into darkness at one point. Had not choice but to exit to the main menu.

At the moment I’m at a rather good looking section by the sea. I’m working through the various blue crystal’s, each leading to a new location. I’ve complete 4 or 5 so far.

Edited by Bionic_Pixel at 09:32:42 29-12-2018