HELLBLADE Senua's Sacrifice - Ending & Final Battle
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- Опубліковано 6 сер 2017
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I went through about 25 minutes of combat in this scene, standing up, hands sweating until I at some point realized that I was believing Senua's delusions and that I was supposed to give up. I felt heartbroken but had to accept and had to let go. Truly an ending like no other. I'm still not sure how I feel about that ending but it was the first time a game made me think like the character, so much so that I kept slashing without even thinking. Just endless respawns and ignoring the voices, determined to prove myself, to myself as it turned out.
Chris TBTP amazing
such a good way to put it
I fought for like half an hour at that part it was epic being knocked down a few times but not giving up but later realising that I cannot win was a bit depressing
25 minutes did that to you?
Hi, the same here, I was fighting around 40 minutes. My hands got sweating + tired. Then I realized that I could not touch the controller and let things go. Guess what ? The game goes on... And I figured out that all I had to do is to LET IT GO !
The music in this final battle is gorgeous.
It's a nice song that's for sure and I think it fits the atmosphere very well, especially when you are immersed into the character. It's such a pity the gameplay doesn't match the song's excellent. Heck, look at the final battle alone! Just that alone. Sorry, that's a repetition disaster.
Music is fine, but it doesnt fit at all
Maybe it doesn't fit to you as just a viewer, but when you're immersed in the character it's amazing. To me it felt like I was clawing my way out of the abyss with every step and every victory. Very inspiring, one of my favorite parts of this game.
same here
the music motivated the shiet out of me to kill that hela. no doubt i resist more than 30 min at the end being like 'wtf its wrong how many solders are left?'
"I learnt the hard way, to not be afraid of death. Because a life without loss is a life without love. You turn your back on death...and all you can see is the shadow that it casts. The longer you hide from it the longer the shadow grows, until all you can see is darkness. When our time comes, we must look death in the eye and embrace it as a friend. Only then can we let go of our fear, and emerge from our darkness."
I will tell that to myself once I die, I promise myself.
I've always been scared of dying young, because of my mother, she almost died at 37 cause of brain cancer,
This game and ending gave me fucking goosebumps
This statement is so true...it gave me goosebumps
My heart almost broke when she said "Good bye".
Good bye to this amazing experience... Thank you Ninja Theory.
Goodbye..
I'm still crying T.T
That '' good bye my love '' still gives me the chill everything time...
SAMEEEE OMG I'm not crying, you're crying 😭😭
Im here after ninja announced a part 2
In the very beginning of the game we see a girl named Senua who is going to hell to save the soul of his boyfriend named Dillion. She believes Dillion and everyone in her village suffered and died because of her darkness ,and Hell Queen Hela is torturing Dillion’s soul. Senua’s mother Galenna also had that darkness and committed suicide when Senua was a child to save others from her darkness. But more we play the game more truth behind this darkness’s story starts to reveal in a great way.
Actually Senua is a mental patient who is suffering from severe psychosis and is dealing with the loss of her beloved Dillion. Who was killed by the Northmen Tribe! Since she suffers from hallucinations, it’s difficult to trust what you see. The whole story twists and turns as you move forward, taking down demons, overcoming obstacles, and finally coming face to face with what lies in the center of it all. The end tells a lot about Senua, so it’s important to sit back and really take it in.
Senua’s father is a very religious man who kept her locked in a room full of runes so it makes sense that during her tribulation, her psychosis would use those same runes and stories to guide her along. Her father believes, to save everyone from her darkness all these stuffs should be done.Her father was not a good man and he force her to believe that she have a darkness that’s why people are dying in her village. In fact he willingly sold his own people to northmen , just to save himself.
Senua starts to remember something she buried in her mind long ago, the death of her mother. Throughout the game, it’s said that Senua’s mother killed herself in order to spare those around her from her darkness. Like Senua, she suffered from psychosis, and many saw it as a curse that brought about bad tidings. Deaths, storms, bad luck, and more were believed to be caused by her. Yet, Senua's mother didn’t kill herself, though she did try very hard to not have people suffer. Instead, it was Senua’s father who led the villagers, as they burned her alive as if she were a witch. It was what the gods demanded.
This memory of her mother’s death brings other thoughts rushing back as well. How her father abused her mother, kept Senua locked up and terrified, convinced her that she was cursed and that all bad things happened because of her. How it was all due to the gods and he was just trying to protect her. A rage builds up inside her and she believes that Hela is actually her father and she goes to face her. She starts to go through all the stages of grief as she moves to confront the last demon holding her love Dillion hostage.
Her anger is at its highest as Hela sits over her, just staring blankly, but that eventually descends into her pleading for Dillion, her lost love, and willing to give up herself. In the end, she chooses to just accept her fate as Hela drives her sword into Senua’s chest. Senua is dead, after vowing to not let her father take her life or have any further control over her it is done. We next see Hela, holding Dillion’s skull that Senua carried throughout the entire game, staring into its empty sockets. It’s not until Senua dies, though, that Hellblade’s story all comes together. As Hela sits there with the skull, she’s no longer in Helheim. And it appears as if she is crying - not something you’d expect since at one point Senua was convinced that Hela was her father in some form. At least it seemed that way. As the final cutscene continues, Hela walks to the edge of the platform she’s on and lets the skull fall to never be seen again. As the camera pans away from the skull and back to Hela, we see Senua sitting there, beaten down, but far from defeated.
It turns out that Hela was Senua deep down inside and that makes a lot of sense. Hela rules Hel in Norse mythology, and that’s the world that Senua’s psychosis created so it only makes sense that she would be its ruler, knowingly or not. While it was the loss of Dillion and her father’s abuse that drove Senua to this state in Hellblade, it was ultimately her who created this hell for herself. Her grief and the fact that she blamed herself for everything that transpired in her life caused her to turn inward and lock herself down. The voices she hears, a maddening part of her psychosis, pull her thoughts back and forth leaving her confused which made matters even worse.
But, thanks to Dillion’s lessons from when he was alive, and that you hear repeated through Hellblade’s story, Senua slowly came to realize that she had to triumph over herself, that only she could escape the dark twisted world of her mind. During the fight with Hela and the discarding of the skull, Senua finds acceptance. Yes Dillion is gone, and yes her father is a large source of her pain, but she realizes that she must be strong and move on. She relied heavily on Dillion before he passed, but that’s no way to live. One must be strong alone as well and Hellblade’s story taught her that even though it was a nightmare to get through.
While the voices in her mind left before the fight with Hela, they have returned at the end. Psychosis isn’t something so trivial that it can be miraculously cured, that’s just unrealistic. However, it shows that Senua has found new strength that she will use going forward. Before it ends, Senua asks us, the players, to follow her on her new adventure. One that we pray is free from the demons she fought so valiantly to overcome.
Excellent summary of plot . A few questions still remains in my head. Did she really travel on vikings territory or she was imagining that as everything else in game ? Also who exactly was Druth and what role he had in her life ?
Here's how I understand it.
The first question is hard to answer. Probably she stumbled upon a place that looks similar to what she knew of Helheim and she imagined the rest. I'm saying that because it's hard to imagine that in here state at that moment she could find a passage from northern England to Scandinavia.
The second question is easy. He was a slave of the Vikings (for 6 years) who escaped them during a raid by running through the fire (perhaps it was the same party that raided her village). Senua found him during her self-imposed exile in the forest and before his death he told her stories about Viking gods - that's why she could imagine them.
Excellent summary. The Hela part was exactly was i thought as well.
RonitAholic they somewhat set up a HellBlade 2 but I'm unsure of how they can top this. What's her goal? Is it to kill the Vikings?
To be honest, although I think Hellblade is a great game, I don't really want a sequel. It actually works best with an open ending like that.
Hellblade is an experience, watching it has nowhere near the amount of wonder, fear and anxiety as playing it all alone in the dark.
Hel Yes.
It was creepy, but not that much,
Exactly how I played it. On my 72", in the pitch dark at night with high bass gaming headphones. Was amazing.
Played it with psvr headset each night was pissing my pant
this game touched my heart
Nothing can express what I felt when I was charging at Hela in this final battle.
"Aaaaargh !? / Rrrraaaawr ?! / I will die, but I will take them with me. / FIX DEATH, Lady ?"
"WroooAAAaaoooOOOR !" ?
Ivan Valencia i was literally sweating from the first fight in Helhiem To the end, i felt like i was Senua and im a dude... then the background music was a huge Boost for me I actually felt 100% connected to Senua
Hela confused is how I felt.
same with my mother in law
She wasn't fighting Hel the Queen of Darkness that she thought she is. She's actually battling HERSELF the entire time.
And, if you think about it...every single trial and battle she went through, was unreal...everything was inside her head because her mental illness. She was fighting against the reality...of Dillion dead, and against herself, trying to see reality and forget the darkness. All the game....was just, an illusion....
@@Murri-wl1hj But there's Hela lying on the floor as she leaves though.
@@thibautisserant I think that is a symbol of her finally letting go.
"Come with us. We have another story to tell." With the sequel announced, we will be hearing it soon.
Senua's Saga : Hellblade ll. That's such a badass name. I'm hyped
@@armandogalindo7412 "soon"
Senua will be hearing it with us soon as well.
Can’t wait to continue her story
Still waiting..
24:39 denial
25:29 anger
26:09 bargaining
26:44 depression
32:09 acceptance
the phases of mourning
Wow. Nice catch
Solid observation!
Damn.. now this is even more powerful
@@ElhainvanHoutten Also phases of morning
Every time the voice said... let go Senua... my mind replied... kiss my ass. Never had such a "keep fighting" feeling as this game provided me.
Me neither. The combat in this game was so brain dead easy losing would be a disgrace.
@@LecherousLizard Because the physical combat was the least important aspect of it all. "The most important battles are of the mind, not the sword". And which game has a more challenging battles? The only way battles differ in video games is that patterns enemies use are a bit more varied in some - nothing different in the core of it. The moment you will see a not "brain dead easy" battle would be when we let actual AI battle with you with all of the power of the engine at its disposal, learning to fight while also creating moves (within the boundaries of the engine) for itself. Like chess playing AIs out there. You give it the board, but it learns to play, makes its own moves, does its own calculations based on the things it learned.
A battle like that would not only be hard, it would be unwinnable for a human. As is the case with current top chess engines that can only play against each other as no human alive is good enough to beat them anymore.
But that is a very long way from today. In current times, all you can hope for are more or less patterns. And by definition, patterns are the easiest way to combat... because they are patterns. But as of now, we can't really make anything else for games like these.
@@Wustenfuchs109 Are you for real?
You can perfectly win every single fight with a maximum of two buttons in this game. I only lost one fight in the entire game.
The first one, because I didn't know the controls _(assuming controls weren't hard-locked for that fight to begin with)._
It's like playing Solitaire with one color, practically you can't lose, unless you are a certain kind of stupid.
Honestly, I found Visual Novels which were more both physically and mentally engaging than this excuse of a "masterpiece".
@@LecherousLizard me too. Only died in the beginning.
@@okay207 You're supposted to die in the first fight. It's an unwinnable fight.
This has to be one of THE BEST endings for a game of all time. Making the player that connected to the Character in the way that you ...YOU...are her passion and motivation for her passion and drive to not give up... and for it to TEACH you about letting go... I'm just speechless... its beyond a game... its art, its learning its therapy... what other game does this??? This is a moment for the medium. Ill never forget it.
The combat in this game is so damn smooth and satisfying
nah bitch
@@andrada9506 wtf why you call someone 'bitch"
@@rokwrok mind your own beeswax bitch
@@andrada9506 Nice b8 m8
Agreed. Your hits feel like they have impact as enemies actually get staggered with each hit. Its simple yet satisfying. The combat rewards skill and timing. The feeling you get when senua sprints at her enemies and she screams. Actually prefer it over dark souls rolly polly.
Even after the voices ''leaving'' senua, we can still hear the ''behind you''. But this time, a more softer tone than before. So whatever might happen, the voices never really go away.
Anani yeah softer. I forgot that they left her in the mirror. I thought they said it like that because they knew she was going to die and they didn't really care or something lol.
the point is, in the end you have to live with that, go check the movie a beautiful mind
She's come to live with them. They never go away, but she's finally found a way to cope with her illness without letting it dominate everything.
I think this time it's her mother's voice.
Dawid M its either her mothers voice, or her own voice
Jesus christ people are hard on this game. It's an indie game. A very good indie game. It delivers a unique, empathetic look into the life of a person suffering from psychosis. It looks great, it sounds great, the animations are outstanding. It has some very clever moments (using binaural audio to locate your enemy) and some very terrifying moments (the trials). It's not perfect and it's a little short but for the price I think it delivers. It's highly original and the industry needs innovation right now.
Criticism is what drives the industryand art in general, get over it.
+Damien Ostler the problem though is that it isnt criticism as what they are saying are just blatant hate with no reasoning nor logic behind it. Not a single comment on this video ive seen a comment that has a valid point in it. This game is an indie game that looks and plays like an AAA game. It is a game with an amazing meaning and has won countless awards because of it, especially at the recent game awards where it and zelda were the 2 games that won the most awards...
This is not an indie game tho? It was made by Ninja Theory who developed one of the devil may cry games... I'm all for your comment but don't dissuade people into thinking this was an indie dev team.
Business Moogle Donald Frump Indie game means that they did not publish the game through the help of a publisher. The game was made and published in-house by a small team of devs and artists. Devil May Cry was published by Capcom, for example, and thus not entirely in-house. Some people are calling Hellblade a AA game because of that.
what?? i heard only praise for this game. they made a triple A quality game with a very small budget
I loved how they depicted Hel. She's not good or evil. She's the personification of the death that Senua has to accept. She doesn't compromise. She doesn't negotiate. She offers no favors. She's absolute.
It's a slight deviation from the mythology, but works well in this game and what it's trying to say. They using the accepted view of death (Hel is evil in Norse Mythology) and basically said, "No, it's not."
But in the end is not hel,
In the end what we see is the senua SHELL, full of trauma, when hel kill senua, the trauma almost kill the last bit of sanity of senua, but thanks to dillion, senua made it to say goodbye to his love, so in the end we see dead on the ground the traumatic shell
Hel is not evil
Hel is not an evil figure in Norse mythology whatsoever
I loved this so much. I remember fighting for half an hour just shouting "No I wont!" until my fingers got exhausted and I gave up. Only to realise that was what you were suppose to do.
Satisfying. It connected with the player and their will to see Sauna succeed the way we all thought she would. Only to have her finally get closure.
I hated this so much, because it's literally impossible to lose combat in this game and I wasted way too much time "playing" this "game's" "final boss battle" before I searched "what the fuck" on the internet.
PS. There was no closure, she's still hearing voices. This was just one of her _"ran out to the forest half naked and wasn't heard from for days"_ episodes mentioned before.
Literally I just kept fighting and fighting I was so determined for her to succeed i was like “I came all this way, we need this for her” and then I realized I had to give up and I was like oh my god...
So I beat the game without playing it ? Sweet
@@LecherousLizard pretty bad take from you. For one, don't be a pretentious douche. It's not "literally impossible to lose combat in this game", unless you're playing on easy. As far as her still hearing voices: no shit. She has a chronic condition. But through her journey she learns to cope with her loss and realize that she isn't "cursed" like her father made her believe. If you watched the feature about the making of the game then you'd understand they had a LOT of advisement from mental health professionals, and one of the things they mentioned is that people with psychosis sometimes do go through a transformation after an episode, where they come out relatively at peace.
Sidenote: her journey wasn't purely mental or metaphorical. In the developer diaries they say that she was fighting real vikings. She simply depicted them as hellish/demonic due to her condition.
Haha half-hour?
Me, 2 hours straight :/
My brother suffers from severe mental problems. He always told me I would never understand what his mind puts him through. I felt this game brings my one step closer to understanding what my brother experiences every second of his life... Mental problems is something that can never be taken lightly.
Jason Garnett 😂😂😂😂
Manuel Talavera you dump?
American schools: I'm going to pretend I didn't see that
@@manueltalavera7877 coming at you sideways a year later to say. I hope you're suffering.
@@jubbw492 I am suffering, but I can handle it though. So what you been up too after a year ??
Many people that say the game is terrible because of the gameplay. This is a story driven game, its not call of duty or those heavy action type games. This game has a fantastic story to it, 10/10 would play again.
Well, gameplay is the most important aspect in all of gaming. Not story. If you make a game with a decent story but with shit gameplay, then your game is shit.
Avo Gaming Yes, storytelling can be important in some genres like visual novels
Id rather play this then a stupid as fuck telltale game. =/
Julian Sanchez the game play is good i like it epic
The Protagonist .... and You pretend to be the one who knows what ALL video games should be focused on?!!! Yet U call others pretentious, just becase they made a statement that this game has some emotional deepness which is utterly beyond U.... for any reason!
Just finished this game yesterday .. I literally cried .. I fought so hard, lasted for so long .. but only when I couldn't recover one last time, did I realize I was meant to lose this battle :'( this game is easily one of the most amazing games I've ever played - took me on a crazy emotional roller-coaster literally..well done Ninja Theory *claps hands*
Thank you ninja theory, very cool.
I agree 100% This game was emotional journey that was so frustrating yet satisfying. I'm glad it's over yet I wanna go back, but I don't think I can handle it again.
Dude, i feel you there, I legit got upset when I died only to see the cutscence appear and realize she needed to let go
This game is so damn amazing..its beautiful
that game has touched me
lol, fought for 20 minutes until I realized I should not had to
Alexander Chasovskikh
Piss poor game design.
@@colin-campbell for someone who doesn't understand shit what the game was about and the true meanings of everything you played through your statement is right but to someone who does there is no words to describe this game i just finished it and still came back to rewatch the ending for i understood what the game was about
@@colin-campbell you stupid as hell i bet you suck at og resident evil and cry when a game makes you lose a fight
That's the point. Senua keep butting head on something that's is not real, keep searching for "Dillion's Soul" that doesn't exist. She has to let go of the "quest" and the "fighting" to be free.
This is a happy ending.
Nier: Automata's Ending E in a nutshell.
One of the most emotionally charged climaxes of any game I played. Wielding that sword, running at Hela, I felt every ounce of Senua's rage, hatred, pain, and desperation. A real masterpiece of a game that needs to be experienced by anyone with enough brain cells to appreciate it.
"When our time comes, we must look death in the eye... and embrace it, as a friend..... only than we can be let go of our fear.... and emerge from our darkness..."
Hell, that goes really deep
Yea...it’s the kinda thing that makes you think for a moment......
I love how she grew as a character and now no longer lives in fear And now sees the world in a new light.
a this is how YOU FUCKING MAKE A GREAT WOMAN CHARACTER
no shit like the emoji movie, fucking feminist forced shit.
this is a true great woman, wait no, a great person! she have a dark past and a mind full of darkness.
but she has the strength to fight his darkness and grow up!
Hell yeand!😀😀
PucciusLOLcannalunga it has nothing to do with she or he- the story would work for either sex. And I think this game is a great movie, I would pay to go watch it- but UA-cam got me covered.
yeah that why is a good chara, the story was going to be good even if male.
@@PucciusLOLcannalunga In general, this is how you made a strong character.
''Goodbye my love...'''
...Impossible not to cry... :'(
This ending really made me cry a river like no other game or even movie. Extremely moving.
Laurent Verscheure theres one called nier automata
There's one called Ni No Kuni Wrath Of The White Witch
@@rumputpanjang7380 theres one called deez nuts :troll:
Who's here after Hellblade 2 trailer?
Meee
Same ❤️
Yup. I played this one. Looking forward to the second.
hey... high five.
You guys shouldn’t be. This was a very big spoiler for you guys. You guys should actually play Senua’s Sacrifice. It’s has a very good story, Graphics and gameplay.
This final makes me cry a lot... just because I can see and hear everything as Senua...
And the most important... the final made a moment where I felt as one with Senua... like another voice inside her head... saying "We can't die yet, GET UP"...
This is the first time where a videogame made me feel, hear, see and understand how people live with... this mental problem...
While a lot of companies and people saying with ego "we are so inclusive"...
I love this game, and one day.. I wanna help this people to stop been invisible by society, because I'm invisible too for my asperger syndrome... we need more games like this 👍
This game is a masterpiece. One of my favorites game of all time.
This is by far the best story game i played my whole life
tiger heart try nier automata so emotional and heart breaking
@Solid Dante death stranding is garbage though
Xenogears bitches
(But MGS4, DS, NiEr automata, and Hellblade are in my top 10 games with best story )
@@ignaciovirgenramirez2847 you miss one, it's called No Kuni Wrath Of The White Witch
Try Red Dead Redemption 2
There are two aspects of Senuas' personality: the one you play, which is the part that can't let go of Dilion, the part that buried the memory of her mother's death and the abuse suffered from her father. The other aspect is represented by Hela. It's the part that know about her mother's death, which is why she visually resembles her, and also the part that can let go of Dillion. So essentially, the player is playing the diseased part of her mind, the part that will fight endless, hopeless battles and kill herself that way. Throughout the game, that part of her mind is slowly dismantled with memories resurfacing one after another and in the end, the Hela part kills the other, allowing her to move on.
Such
a
good
game
playing with headphones makes it even more amazing
DJ Pepperoni i cant wait to play it soon. Watched a streamer play it and now I want to experience it myself
When she said "goodbye my love" that was it, that was the line that made me cry.
When the final battle began and the music started I got goosebumps and teared up a bit. Such a beautiful choice of song for that last push.
The only battle where you're ALLOWED to have Senua beaten/killed. Seriously, I was paranoid the entire time because of what I read when I began the game! 😂
This game is a goddamn masterpiece
Kids just don't understand
New God of War is a masterpiece, this is just an interesting story told through a game
@@michkon1410 Aaand you've just proven that you didn't understand a thing.
@@JuliusKeusch Do explain, since I don't understand. Don't just leave me hanging...
@Nicolas Spolita I'll take your word for it.
@Nicolas Spolita It's called "visual novel" and they aren't "a whole new way to tell stories".
The only unforgettable thing about this game was how I wasted 30 minutes of my life TRYING to fight the final boss. That's was truly novel experience.
This game is better played than watched
Sancho Ventura It's the 3d binaural audio that really is the icing on the cake.
Sancho Ventura ikr
The game was fantastic, people saying its trash are probably just too dumb to understand the story
*SPOILERS*
It's about Senua, a girl whose mother got killed by her father when she was little, and got locked away in the house until she forgot what actually happened. Her father kept telling her that she was cursed by the darkness and if she leaves the house she'd spread the darkness to other people (he probably did this so she wouldn't tell anyone that her father killed her own mother)
Then she met a man called Dillion and felt in love with him, because he accepted her even though she was already weird as fuck
Her pscyhosis gets even worse when she remembers how dillion got killed and tortured/blood eagle'd by northmen (you see this in a cinematic)
In the end she finds out that she is in fact not really cursed, but her father was a dickhead and he was the one causing her mental illness (aka the darkness)
she throws away dillions head and makes peace with her past in the end
amazing 10/10 game
Or maybe because people strangely dislike for no any reason, because they praise that type of game in the first place and now prefer having a good symbiosis between the Vidéo game part and the narrative part like for example Silent Hill 2.
From what I see, the story is not the problem, a lot of people complain about the gameplay.
OF COURSE. I should have know. Female protagonist means men MUST be the bad guys. So of course her father is responsible for everything bad happening to her. Why did I even give this game a chance? It seems every game with a female protagonist these days does this. Even Portal went from woman vs robot to daddy issues.
I think your comment is strained. Actually it's meaningless who is responsible for everything bad happening to her. What's important is that what and how happening to her. It's not against men... It's just about mental illness.
Yeah, the game has its flaws but it is still a great experience nonetheless. Gameplay mechanics could be a little smoother but I didn't mind too much. A view of Senua's struggle with her mind is what the game was all about. I daresay the gameplay was secondary to that.
Andi the game is fantastic but just not worth the money thats all
Voices when you're down: "Give up Senua, you're killing yourself! let go of your battle"
Me: NEVER!!! Stand up Senua, let's blind them with courage and light!
dodid0 😬
@Velocerbate 🤷🏽♂️😂😂
It's ironic that a game with message of "Let go...", doesn't let me go, even after all these years.
the symbolism of the last sequence is just so great!
after she loses the fight we see her laying on the ground shrouded in darkness, writhing in pain. the darkness represents her denial, the light represents the truth (dillion is dead, he is gone forever). we can see her slowly crawling towards the light, still writhing and moaning in pain, because accepting the truth hurts, yet, she keeps on going towards it, because staying in denial (in the darkness) will eventually consume her. consume in the sense that she either kills herself or will completely lose touch with reality.
she crawls right to the point where the darkness ends and the light begins and stops there, the light divides her, representing her inner conflict, she is not ready yet to accept reality so she sits down right at the border between truth and denial and starts bargaining and begging. hela in that sequence represents death, and the reality of loss.
we see senua comes to and from denial a few times during her monologue, but no matter what she says death just stares back in silence, it has no intention of harming her, it wants nothing really, it is just there, it exists as a fact and nothing can change that, there is no reasoning or negotiating with it. we see most of the scene from hela's perspective, because while we feel for senua, we know (or at least supposed to know by this point) that denying the truth will only bring her more pain, it will make her detach from reality completely. hela's perspective represents reality, and it is the first time we pan from senua's perspective to reality's perspective. we look at senua, we feel her pain, but death isnt something that can be changed, senua needs to accept that.
eventually senua says that without dillion she is nothing, she has no purpose in this world, she is completely alone. it is the first time senua ever reveals what losing dillion means, its the first time she acknowledges he is dead. she thinks that by acknowledging his death nothing matters anymore (you have no power over me), so death picks her up and stabs her, which metaphorically means that accepting dillions death is the same as getting stabbed to death, its a sharp realization of the truth and hurts beyond measure, it hurts so much that it feels like dying.
after dillions short monologue we cut to senuas "dead body" which represents her old self, that part of her has ended and we can now see "hela" walking towards dillions head and dropping it into the abyss. the camera moves from hela and and when it moves back we see that its senua, she has internalized hela. or more accurately, what hela stands for, she stands for death, loss and by extension grief. by internalizing hela, senua can finally let dillion go, physically and metaphorically, and start grieving over him and evetually heal and move on with her life (we have another story to tell).
I know for a lot of people this wouldn’t classify as a “horror” game, but for me it was terrifying. I can’t watch horror movies, I closed my eyes all the way through the first paranormal activity. I am Legend gave me nightmares as a teen, I don’t do scary. All this to say, I couldn’t stop playing. I was terrified the whole time but I had to finish it. The character was so real, I felt like I had to complete her mission. Like it was my mission. I don’t have any sort of mental health issues, not even anxiety. So the voices and the shadows completely terrified me. It was by far the scariest thing I’ve ever played/watched….. and yet again, I felt compelled to finish it. And I’m so glad I did. I cried so many times I can’t even count, the story is so intense and heartbreaking, while being somehow beautiful at the same time. I came on here to see if maybe there was an alternate ending to make sure I did the right thing, and just watching the cutscene again made me cry all over again. So one last time, never a game I would see myself playing in a million years, but so thrilled and thankful that I did.
"Let go Senua... Let go of your battle." Never!
So many " I think the game is about.." comments. Really? Did none of you look up this game before hand? Ninja Theory has been giving interviews about this game for months. Senua is schizophrenic, she's suffered trauma, stigmatization, and the loss of her only support system to keep her hold on reality. Ninja Theory went way beyond what most developers would to accurately portray psychosis. They not only had the help of multiple psychologists and psychiatrists but had a group of actual psychosis patients help them to understand and portray what psychosis is like for them. This whole game is supposed to be following her journey through her psychosis through her eyes, seeing and experiencing the world through her eyes. It's beautiful, terrifying and heartbreaking. It's not just to entertain, it's meant to make you think and get an understanding of what real psychosis patients experience everyday.
Gotta say tho, Dillian was really ahead of his time :)
“I won’t let you kill me.”
Aaaaaaaand that’s when I started crying.
She basically said Smash that like button for more at the end.
It's a narrative based game, it's about Psychology dealing with loss, quit complaining about mechanics and actually pay attention to the damn story
lol, a game can not be "narrative-based" unless it's a walking simulator or a visual novel, which are basically not games at all. And Hellblade is not one of them: (although there is an awful amount of walking too) there are actual gameplay mechanics such as fighting and puzzle-solving. The game having a plot doesn't mean it's dull, poorly designed gameplay mechanics can't be judged.
Nikita Paklin that wasn't really my point, my point was it has a strong narrative and people need to quit complaining about the game mechanics because its not "on par" with games like dark souls or other hack n slash games (even though i finished it and the sword mechanics are fluid af so i don't see why people are complaining)
Nikita Paklin and besides, there are plenty of non walking simulators that put narrative first, just look for them
story? it has a plot at max
JustPerson so you're telling me you learned nothing on celtic mythology? Our schools.....
When she is laying there, with Dillion comforting her as she slowly dies and the last thing she can does is lay her hand flat to be with his. Yeah kinda lost it right there.
That moment when the game is literally telling you to “give it up”. But you’re suffering from psychosis along with Sanua 😂😂😂
My only regret is that I can’t play this game for the first time again.
I liked the game, felt cinematic, I felt connected to Senua... in a time before modern medicine and technology all she had was her father and mother. her mother also suffered from psychosis and they burned her alive, her father kept her locked away and isolated from people, there were rumors and whispers about her family and her "curse" her father believed in the gods and their plan, he raised Senua in his belief...
she saw her lovers corpse from the vikings blood eagle ritual because they wiped out her village when she came back from the woods. Before I mention anything more, all in all it was a breath of fresh air. it was heavily story driven, it's meant to build an atmosphere in which you can immerse yourself into Senua's psychosis, because not only was she mentally ill, she suffered extreme isolation and PTSD
If you are more interested in achievements, blowing shit up, being attacked every 5 seconds, you dont enjoy exploring lore, you hate roleplaying, or hate simply taking in visuals as the story unfolds... Dont bother
What a great game it was.Just finished it.Pure ART !
it's somehow strange yet.. assuring to always come back to these moments. they deliver despair, fear, overwhelming darkness, and then... acceptance. accepting what you are, what you lost, what can never be brought back, whatever is thrown upon you, accepting the dark and despair within you... you don't surrender in the end. in fact, you accept it all in the end. everything mentioned above. despair, frustration, fear and your darkness. I love how this fight ends with accepting your "nature", you live with what you are and whatever darkness lives within you. And still brings hope and joy in all that darkness.
"so many qutoes" - Dillion
"Never forget what it's like to see the world like a child. (...)"
No medium nor "talk" was ever able to tell and assure me about all these things. For that, I appreciate and thank all the ones, who were involved in this "game". It was actually a journey. Somehow with someone else, but in the the end, it was a journey with you. And going through it all. All along. Never thought, it was possible to manifest it in that form, but it's incredible it did. For that, I am grateful.
"Be careful. Surrender. Let go. Don't die."
I come back to this as "reassurance" regularly. It's simply reproducable whenever I need it. Whenever I need to accept the dark.
At least that's what I think 🤷🏻♂️
We will follow her as a friend and it will be our story to witness... I absolutely love this game. I like how at the beginning of the game the voices greeted us just like another voice saying "come join us". We were just one of the voices, sometimes telling her not to give up by helping her fight, dictating her moves throughout the battlr with the help of other voices as they warned us about enemies. They sometimes ridiculed Senua by saying "she can't solve the puzzle" or "she will die" and sometimes others believed in her by saying "she solved the puzzle before" or "she can do it" just like us behind the screen. The voices are hers, we control her and we also have our commentary, so we are Senua. I was so immersed in the story that I didn't want to believe the voices during the Hela fight. I kept saying no, get up, keep fighting! This was really one of the best stories I've ever experienced. The narrator was right after all, this was not a story about a hero fighting evil.
people shit on this game, but yea story driven. look at telltale and tell me that is any different? played it twice now and i have to say, the story is good, the combat feels good for what it is, and even tho the game is relatively short, its an amazing game. would play it again 9/10. [ year 2000 + fanboys incoming., ]
Amyellevivv セベツク Far better than those damn Telltale games. And I don't know why I see no one talking about the Sea of Corpses segment, probably the most intense and sensory overload parts of the game with the waves of enemies, voices, the Shadow and the bad ass music with the groans of the dead and dying
CeriseArt telltale games are boring except for the wolf among us
Telltale's walking dead is pretty fun tbh
People hating on this game even though they didn't experience it first hand.
Arnie Formilleza this game has such a deep meaning ppl hate it bc they can't understand it
Chris Baker Definitely!!
That's because it sucks
Arnie Formilleza Xbox fanboys are everywhere
Maybe because the seemingly bland and boring combat doesn't appeal to them and they are not willing to pay 30 bucks to confirm the fact that they don't enjoy it?
Sidenote though, ''The game is deep people hate it because they don't understand it'' might just be the most pretentious, milked to death argument that I've ever seen.
Lot of people saying this game looks cheap and the mechanics are simple. A. The game looks incredible when playing it, especially on PC. B. Yes the mechanics are simple, but in the context of the game they are effective. It's an indie game, what do you want. If you have genuine criticisms of the game, please voice them. But if you're hating on it before playing it or because it looks different, please shut up, because you are the reason countless devs are afraid to take risks.
It plays a lot like For Honor. So I can't see how this is different.
The Protagonist this game literally plays nothing like For Honor. Aside from how you switch targets theyre completely different. Not to mention more than half of the game doesnt even involve any fighting.
Cameron Hillman which is why Ian not buying this game
The problem is this game is not for normies, is for deep people who loves the art, the feelings, the story and the message this game has. Normies just want to shoot guns, kill monsters and get high scores in some multiplayer game.
This is a mature game for mature people with mature themes. Its a story game. lol They are credible criticisms though, combat looks clunky, the art style couldve had more work done. Just because they are indie doesnt mean they dont have the same standarsd, whole point of this project was to create a AAA game at a indie game budget.
Jesus... 5 years later, I still can't watch without crying.
One of the most appropriate uses of phenomenally mixed stereo surround sound, a friend of mine told me that the voices sounded like they were in the room.
After reading all the comments here I think I should put this out. Some people prefer game play over plot while others are vice versa and that is OK. Every person has their own preference and likes. You is entitled to your preference and opinion. You are not entitled to demean others for their preference and opinion or shove yours down their throats.
SuperPhoenixDragon you're absolutely right about that, I find the issue being that people who are game play focus are just too vocal that It annoys people since it comes off as them just not grasping where the love for the product really is. It's like saying Hunger Games, Harry Potter, and other great book franchises are terrible cause "there's too much words and not enough illustrations to make you want to keep reading"
Jayyymallll Hunger games is awful though. Battle Royale is much better.
SuperPhoenixDragon o
The Protagonist you missed the point clearly
You missed his joke lmao.
Brilliant game, I was left shaking! Emotional story, beautifully executed
The only game that ever manged to make me cry. An absolute masterpiece.
the game isn't perfect but is easily one of the best gaming experiences I've had... incredible
Nothing is perfect.
Finished this game yesterday literally had me in tears at the end
Let go of your battle you don't have to fight anymore.
This game is a absolute masterpiece! It deserves all the awards!
The scope of imagination, art, skill, darkness, love and hope in this work is staggering. Oddly, in these times, this is so hopeful in several ways.
This game is absolutely incredible. The drama, the imagery, its exploration of a wrongfully taboo subject like mental health ... and the story! Aside from the combat mechanics, I give this game 10/10. Masterpiece from Ninja Theory.
I finished this last night. I was crying beating all The enemies, one after other, for a long... The tears wont go, The music gave me chills... While o remembered The things in my life and all i got to pass through... And then, just let it go... Wow! I was amazed. Masterpiece
Jeesus this game is a trip.
If there was ever a 10/10 game, this is.
I recently lost my mother, I wasn’t ready for that game yet...
Well Hel's design is more accurate than the one from Thor Ragnarok and i'm happy.
And a more accurate ragnarok
Am i the only one who started yelling with tears in my eyes the moment she said "I won't let you kill me" and the final battle began with this incredible music?
I don't understand why people get offended, like they were forced to buy it and it didnt meet their unreachable standards and expectations. The game isint meant for everyone and that's fine, you can just go and play another game. This game is objectively an incredibly well researched and crafted work of art.
You know... it's labelled "action-adventure" and there's neither of those elements in this walking simulator. I can understand why people got upset "playing" this "game".
@Dank Legosi Am I wrong? Imagine if Skyrim had no items, NPC or enemies beyond those required to beat the main quest and you are unable to walk off the main roads into the wilderness.
This is Hellblade.
@Dank Legosi And did a pretty poor job at it, because Bleak Faith's trailer actually shows something that may appear in the final game.
@Dank Legosi I meant Hellblade 2's trailer doing a poor job.
Also, I don't think it was even that expensive, considering 90% of it consisted of motion capture of whoever's face was used as Senua's model.
@@LecherousLizard maybe it’s just me but I do a bit of research before purchasing a game. This game was meant to be utilized as an insight to mental illness. To give the world an idea of what some people have to live with on a daily basis. It was never meant to be focused primarily on combat, collectibles, etc. the developer clearly stated he intentionally did not wanna go overkill on that because it would take away from the story. That’s what this game is. A story. Which people would know if they did more than look at the cover and decide, ugh I’ll buy it. Do your research.
30:33 can someone tell me, what is that beautiful song/vocal call please?
Epic. One of the most beautiful endings I've had the pleasure of experiencing.
Not only was the ending epic, I felt part of it. They made it feel much more first person. I truly felt like I was Senua and I was chasing my demon father to reclaim my love. I really felt like I was slaying the demons trying to come for my death. I really felt like I was the one who was wielding the sword against a God.
10/10
this battle in VR is just indescribable by words. I can only wonder how fantastic it would be if my first walkthrough was in VR
the moment when she is running to Hel over the bridge... omg all the scene is incredible. i had goosebumps
Note to self : you came here to experience 19:50 again
That feeling when the voices are telling you to stop, you've fully realized the fight can't be won but you refuse to accept it and keep fighting in vain.
The ending battles, cinematics, and music always give me chills.
The combat in this game is simple but it is some of the smoothest and most satisfying gameplay I've ever had the pleasure of experiencing. Fight me
I agree. The mechanics would be considered "simple" compared to other games but the fights were epic.
This fight touched me like no other before it, in a way maybe no other game I've ever played had.
I felt like I was in a trance, fighting for my life; killing to stay
alive. It felt like a fight I cannot win, but I had to go on, to keep going; maybe there's a chance. Dying wasn't an option, I had to live. I had to fight these demons off. A combination of attacks, parries and dodges after another, slicing my way through the void within me. Not just for the person I loved, but for myself.
Notice how Hela was huge when we first ran into her on the bridge? Then at the end she was A little smaller? I cant quite understand that but it definitely has a meaning to it what do yall think?
Its her defiance of the darkness and realization that its all a lie that makes Hela smaller and smaller, untill they are two sides of the same coin
Why do I keep watching this? It makes me cry every damn time.
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*replays*
I've never felt so much emotion at the end of a game before.. Amazing game.
When I fell in the final battle I legit CRIED because I thought I lost and then I saw the ending... and I cried because it’s just a good game
You're a girl.
This game was absolutely beautiful. The emotions it made me feel. The whole experience was STUNNING. It'll mess with your head amd heart. I CAN'T WAIT FOR HELLBLADE 2!
Such a beautiful game. I rewatch this time to time to remind myself that good games still exist.
Eines der besten Videospiele ever! Selbst die ersten 15 Minuten des Spiels sind hammer! Die Grafik, die Rätsel, die geheimnisvolle Story, die Atmosphäre, der Sound,....
Freue mich auf den nächsten Teil
'Follow us, we have a lot of story to tell.' I always find that line so chilling in a good way. It's delivered in such a way as though it's full of hope.
I’m like an average player when it comes to multiplayer games. And the combat in this game was hard. I did have it on Auto difficulty, so I guess that kinda made it hard to predict.
The game was such a great experience. The story was well worth it. The depiction of psychosis was interesting. And I really didn’t think the mechanics were bad, they were actually rather fluid.
Although there were points where you’d be clueless and die, which was kinda annoying as the thingy keeps growing on your hand.
Probably not a game for everyone, but I do wish they made more of such experience. Let those who enjoy such games enjoy them, the rest get your kinda games anyway.
Pft the combat was pathetically easy. Dont get me wrong I liked the game.
Hellbalde is not a game, it's an experience, something you go through. I was rattled 1 day after the lastr scene. However this is probably one of the best experiences I've had in a game. It's crazy, I felt emotional damage for a bit after I played it.
The music ending is exceptional!
Great work on the thumbnail, really cool. Almost no spoilers. Love that I saw it one hour before beating the game.
Wow.. I wanted to come to the comments and discuss the phenomenal ending and the meaning behind it but all the unwarranted hate makes me sad. I feel most of the people hating on this game are from people who play multiplayer only games and look up the endings from new games and judge it on that basis :/ To each their own I guess. But to all the people who appreciate this masterpiece and fully experienced the game I want to ask what you thought of this ending? I personally think it's one of the greats! And that credits song is perfect!
Sleep Party God
I personally loved this game, and it really opened up my mind. I've often seen portrayals of mental illnesses like psychosis in movies and in tv, but they almost always have the characters act as if these people are completely dangerous or lack empathy. It's refreshing to take part in an interactive story that lets you see and even feel what it's like to suffer from this mental illness and the social stigma surrounding it. I was really invested in Senua, and was even afraid that she would be consumed by her own darkness and die at the end. I was super relieved once we learn that she didn't die, and that she had actually overcome the darkness that was crowding her mind. I don't think there's a better way this story could have ended. I just wish everyone else could see past the fact that this is a game, and realize that it is much, much deeper than just something to play when you're bored. I'm so glad I bought a ps4 and was able to experience this game for myself without any spoilers.
I loved this game, this, Persona 5 and Silent Hill 2 are my favorite games of all time
Criticism drives the industry and art, get over it.
I've never been extremely into games, although I go through periods where I will play a lot. I was addicted to games as a child, however, and this game made me stare in awe at my television just like when I was young. I would play for an hour or so after work, all the lights out, headphones on and I was completely enthralled. I couldn't get enough of Senua's story. The Last of Us was the most powerful game I'd played until this, and this was much more moving. I've suffered from debilitating anxiety since my father passed away, nine years ago. Anxiety and depression were my own darkness and Senua's story has given me strength I hadn't had before. I cannot recommend this game enough. I cannot stop thinking about it. It's truly a masterpiece to me.
Oh my god, it had me in tears for a half hour, and that’s saying something because crying over cinema and games is one ofthose things I just don’t do. It was so well done, and it really made me think, which helped me see how well crafted everything is. I think a lot of people hate on it because they don’t understand what happened, the story. It’s not straightforward, but it’s not supposed to be. She has severe psychosis, she doesn’t think like anyone else. To truly understand it, you have to think through the whole game, every comment and scene, have to think like her. A game that forces you to do that, that has everyhting tie in... mm. *snaps fingers* Perfection. A wonderfully crafted work of art that alternately scared the crap out of me and moved me to tears. If you are looking for a moving, story and atmosphere-driven game that makes you think, look no further. Totally aorth the money.
Congrat Shirrako for finishing it... Thank for the vid... And u finish it in one day... Niceee...
Butt no Hentai stuff that sad lol...
This game was powerful. I played with headphones as it recommended and boy did I have an experience. There were times where I felt senuas pain and stress. At one point, I had to put down the controller and breath due to how tense it was. The voices constantly speaking to you, senua seeing the darkness that clouds her mind. It felt real and authentic. However it sends a message, thats it's not easy going through something similar to what senua experienced.
In sum, this game is crafted to perfection and people who deny it being "good". Are people who hate to see a message. This game is one of my top favorites. Thank you devs....thank you
Her breathing when she is dying is so.... omg.. emotional and sad with that background music
It made me think of a panic attack as if all this realization made her spiral and the memory of Dillion helped her calm down