The poem: (I'm making the stanzas the way I think they sound best) In this waking nightmare Where all dreams come true Your searched for control A way to pull through When you were in love you left him in tears To smother your furies and banish your fears, But in darkness they came Through stormy black seas They raided these shores Do you still hear his screams? Now that you're home... He's so far away They've taken his soul To these gods you cannot pray They can break you, but not your promise, Even his death won't keep you apart Through this darkness you will find him, In your sword still beats a heart You fought for love And spoilt by your darkness within You fought for your dream, Now there is no way to win In the head of his corpse Lies the seat to his soul So you must carry his vessel To bring him back home They can break you, but not your promise, Even his death won't keep you apart Through this darkness you will find him In your sword still beats a heart
"You thought I would let you go? That you lost me back in the Wilds? I will never let you go, you can't get rid of me, I am you shadow!, and I will be watching as you draw your last dying gasp!"
@@Enderplays12 "To me, personally, this is the best cutscene in gaming history. Period. I know people have their own favorites, but this is the one I love the most." That's all it takes
Her body and her soul is completely distroyed. She has only her will, her wish to bring Dillon back... her promisse. That's so beautiful! That's what means "In your sword still beats a heart". Because as long as she is fighting for what she promissed, they can beat her as much as they want! Even death won't keep them apart.
@@Kitten_Stomper a pretty lame sacrifice. He wasn’t anyone of high rank or importance. Just a village warrior. As good as the scene was the Blood Eagle made no sense since it was rarely used and only for the worst of the worst among enemies or high ranking people like kings and chieftains. So these Northmen are a lil bit extra to do this to some rando like Dillion.
@@aislynnsavannah4341 Exactly, he was also most likely a very skilled warrior. I like to think that he took down his share of northmen before they subdued him.
Replayed it yesterday, and now i'm pretty sure this is one of the most powerful and chilling scenes in the medium. Feels like with Hellblade Tameem finally found a story that perfectly fits his writing/directing style, and performances really brought it home.
I've never had a game give me a physical reaction like what this scene gave me. I was in tears and trembling. TREMBLING. This game is the greatest piece of art ever created by the medium of video games. I'm not saying it's the best game, or most fun, or the best story, etc. But it is unquestionably an ARTISTIC MASTERPIECE unlike anything entertainment has ever seen. There's nothing else like it. Everyone should play this game, ESPECIALLY anyone suffering from depression and/or anxiety like I do.
An element of Senua's psychosis, developing irrational goals to fulfill, along with runes she can see in the environment and the trails she thinks she has to overcome
I went into this game not knowing exactly what to expect aside from its depiction of the main character’s mental illness. I was really enjoying the game up to this moment. But when this scene happened, I knew this game was REALLY something special.
@@robato3991 oh yeah. multiple times at this point actually. I've played through it in its entirety 3 times since I made this comment. Love the game so much. It's become a part of my "games that I play annually" rotation.
"but in darkness they came, through stormy black seas they raided these shores" - this verse came to my mind when I played Valheim yesterday and landed with my ship at night in a Plains biome and raided two fuling villages and killed everyone in there
She was spoilt by her darkness within because the suffering and abuse she had to go through was so enormous that she would forever carry the trauma, and the trauma would never let her see life with joy, or positivity... That's why the shadow can't ever leave her, the trauma became an integral part of herself. The shadow is like a scar because it will never heal, or just go away, but unlike a scar, the shadow hurts horribly and manifests itself in every aspect of Senua's personality. It hurts so much to listen how she screams at the end... nobody deserves what Senua had to go through.
They did research with people who genuinly suffer from schizophrenia to create this game... this moment lends a nod to those who have to genuinely suffer this waking nightmare of thought ❤
“Through his darkness you will find him, in your sword still beats.. a heart.” The music opens up so well when he says that. I played it again after beating it mainly for screenshots and game clips, such a work of art this game is.
He’s right at least in one regard. „To these gods you cannot pray!“ But every good deceiving has to have a true core. That’s where the seeds of lies take hold.
@@oooo1110 i think you might have to go through more pain to understand. The pain that pushes you so far that you have to break to keep on going. Like when your on the floor and they keep on kicking and people watch and they don‘t help and blame you for being too weak. And you just feel weak. And it‘s just getting worse. And then there is rage. So it feels less alone to see somebody also portray that feeling of desperation.
When I heard it the first time I thought the Shadow can sometimes be even uplifting. But at the end you understand just how heavily manipulative it is.
Quando escuto a voz de zymbel é como se fosse a minha ansiedade falando. Quando penso que superei ela volta dizendo "vc achou que tivesse se livrado de mim, mas eu sempre estarei com vc"💔
In this waking nightmare Where all dreams come true You searched for control, a way to pull through When you were in love, you left him in tears To smother your furies and banish your fears, but in darkness they came Through stormy black seas they raided these shores. Do you still hear his screams? and now that you’re home he’s so far away, They’ve taken his soul To these gods you cannot pray They can break you, but not your promise Even death won’t keep you apart You will find in your sword still beats a heart. Best poem in a game ever.
My man Steven Hartley has a voice made of gravel and I'm convinced they could not possibly have found a better voice actor to do Zynbel. Pretty solid live action actor too.
On a deeper level, That deep voice sounds like God pretty much. He gives this amazing poetry but keeps death literally like right next to her- she doesn't know she created all of that. Now she has to literally become as a God with no middle ground, either destroying everything in her path like the hurricane,(the only 1 alive) or losing herself in the process, becoming a part of the destruction. This is my most favorite game in life like literally. My soul is so thankful to the developers of this beautiful game.
Best dialogue in the game, hands down. I actually wrote this quote on a black hippy chalkboard in the kitchen and although my fiancé doesn’t get it, I told her, “That’s okay, my love…” *looks at chalkboard* “…few will.”
Yeah, it's pretty cool. It's called Binaural. They used a special microphone for the voice recordings, with artificial ears to make sound bounce realistically.
This scene tells my storie. My shadow is torturing me. At the end I am responsible for everything I did. I‘ve lost you all. I miss you so much....I love you
You can always find an exit, you just need to see it through the darkness. Like senua did at the end. Life is difficult, you must flight till the end. You can always repent for your mistakes
@@greyfox357 hey🙂 thanks for your kind words. I wrote this in very dark times. Shadow is still here, tho. He comes and goes. But I grew a little bit more resilient to the things he want me to believe. I made some mistakes, yes. But I’m not entirely responsible for everything happened. I lost them, but they seem to be well… enough… I took my sword and hung it on my wall. As a reminder what I’ve endured. Sorry for this cryptics 🫣 it’s simpler this way. Again thanks that you wanted to lend a hand🙂✌️
One of the few last 100 games that I purchased that really worth the money..... The others 95+/- was like 1 hour game play then deleted...... Games industry is fucked up just like any other industry
Means the sword isn't dead, it hasn't fulfilled it's destiny. Senua was close to giving up and the voice insulted her and motivated her at the same time. The game is so fascinating.
I’m really enjoying this game so far but for the northmen to blood Eagle some random village warrior like Dillion is a little hard to believe. That ritual was saved for the worst of worst enemies or high ranking members like kings and chieftains. Unless Dillion did something horrific to earn this punishment they wouldn’t have done this to him. So it seems these particular Northmen don’t care about their own culture customs and just like being brutal to random village boys that don’t make for good sacrifices.
Probably he was chieftain of this village. His father was chieftain so it is pretty obvious that after fathers death (because of a plague), he became a new chieftain.
Anyone else ocassional comes back to feel the shivers from this poetry?
Every time. I might even tattoo that whole poem on my sides
Still gets me.
Ahmar Camacho in your sword still beats a heart...
Beautifully Dark💯
yeeeah. shivers all over
If this scene was the only thing in the game, I'd still have paid 30 dollars for it.
Music, Poem, Visuals. voice acting....this scene was a 10/10
pure modern art
The game was 11/10.
"in your sword still beats a heart" man this whole scene made the hair on my arms stick up.
Nothing has ever consistently given me chills. The music and scenes from this game still does.
"In the head of his corpse lies the seat of his soul." Sounds so wonderfully metal.
I’d give my kidney to hear more poems by the same writer and the same voice actor
Still think it's crazy that she put out this great of a performance on her first acting gig
this was her first??????????????? WHAT
this was probably the strongest gaming moment i ever lived through
oh my god
@ETJU fr fr she was the company video editor when they asked he to be a stand in, then made her Senua herself
"IN YOUR SWORD STILL BEATS A HEART" I have that phrase tattooed on my mind.
Two years later, and this is still the heaviest moment in video game history.
Now six...
Her screams actually make me cry. This is so sad :( The acting is phenomenal.
The poem: (I'm making the stanzas the way I think they sound best)
In this waking nightmare
Where all dreams come true
Your searched for control
A way to pull through
When you were in love you left him in tears
To smother your furies and banish your fears,
But in darkness they came
Through stormy black seas
They raided these shores
Do you still hear his screams?
Now that you're home...
He's so far away
They've taken his soul
To these gods you cannot pray
They can break you, but not your promise,
Even his death won't keep you apart
Through this darkness you will find him,
In your sword still beats a heart
You fought for love
And spoilt by your darkness within
You fought for your dream,
Now there is no way to win
In the head of his corpse
Lies the seat to his soul
So you must carry his vessel
To bring him back home
They can break you, but not your promise,
Even his death won't keep you apart
Through this darkness you will find him
In your sword still beats a heart
I did the same thing and made it my background on my phone (:
*you searched for control. Thanks for writing it out, I'm going to teach the poem in my ESL class
I think it is "You fought for love
unspoilt by your darkness within"
Blutaar666 you’re right there are errors in the subtitles
Grate! But I think "Do you still hear his screams?" must be in previous verse. So it's just my humble opinion)
To me this was one of the most emotional moments not only a video game but ANY medium ever has given to me.
1:15 is what I'm here for. Shivers! Simply incredible!
"You thought I would let you go?
That you lost me back in the Wilds?
I will never let you go, you can't get rid of me, I am you shadow!, and I will be watching as you draw your last dying gasp!"
Best cutscene in gaming history. Period.
It's definitely up there. The acting, mocap, cinematography and music are all so amazing
I knew some weak mind in comment section would blow it out of proportion.
@@FreeMan4096 Aight big brain man.
@@Enderplays12 "To me, personally, this is the best cutscene in gaming history. Period. I know people have their own favorites, but this is the one I love the most."
That's all it takes
The voice acting in this game is unmatched. Quote of the game for me “You’re the one rotting here”. That exchange is masterful as is this.
after all these years...
i still cry...
This is the best cutscene that was ever made for a game
Her body and her soul is completely distroyed. She has only her will, her wish to bring Dillon back... her promisse. That's so beautiful! That's what means "In your sword still beats a heart".
Because as long as she is fighting for what she promissed, they can beat her as much as they want! Even death won't keep them apart.
Blood eagle. Oh man, this game is poetry
I have seen many truly disgusting and horrific things in my life, but looking up this sacrifice really got me scared.
That's an actual Viking sacrifice to their gods.
@@Kitten_Stomper a pretty lame sacrifice. He wasn’t anyone of high rank or importance. Just a village warrior. As good as the scene was the Blood Eagle made no sense since it was rarely used and only for the worst of the worst among enemies or high ranking people like kings and chieftains. So these Northmen are a lil bit extra to do this to some rando like Dillion.
@@proudsaiyanprince2651 it was mentioned a couple times in the game that Dillion was the chief's son so he did have social status in their village
@@aislynnsavannah4341 Exactly, he was also most likely a very skilled warrior. I like to think that he took down his share of northmen before they subdued him.
2023 and this still haunts me
This game is so underrated. What a trip
Replayed it yesterday, and now i'm pretty sure this is one of the most powerful and chilling scenes in the medium. Feels like with Hellblade Tameem finally found a story that perfectly fits his writing/directing style, and performances really brought it home.
I've never had a game give me a physical reaction like what this scene gave me. I was in tears and trembling. TREMBLING. This game is the greatest piece of art ever created by the medium of video games. I'm not saying it's the best game, or most fun, or the best story, etc. But it is unquestionably an ARTISTIC MASTERPIECE unlike anything entertainment has ever seen. There's nothing else like it. Everyone should play this game, ESPECIALLY anyone suffering from depression and/or anxiety like I do.
“In the Head of his corpse lies the seat to his soul.. So you must carry his Vessel to bring him back home.“
An element of Senua's psychosis, developing irrational goals to fulfill, along with runes she can see in the environment and the trails she thinks she has to overcome
I SOBBED when I heard this and realized what Senua had been carrying with her the entire time...
I went into this game not knowing exactly what to expect aside from its depiction of the main character’s mental illness. I was really enjoying the game up to this moment. But when this scene happened, I knew this game was REALLY something special.
I like that the more she screams, the sound flattens, as they - the screams - cannot break the barrier
This scene is fucking powerful, "To these Gods you cannot pray" wtf yo
I still havent beaten the game. Glad to see this comment section is spoiler free. This scene destroyed me.
hoytster88 Batman dies at the end
Did you manage to beat the game?
@@robato3991 oh yeah. multiple times at this point actually. I've played through it in its entirety 3 times since I made this comment. Love the game so much. It's become a part of my "games that I play annually" rotation.
@@Rylai_xiv Yeah, it's an amazing game. I replay it often aswell. Also, a plague tale innocence is annother great annual replay game.
This is one of the "video games are art" moments.
rarely do i ever get goosebumbs in a videogame. this is one of those rare instances. oh what a fucking game
"but in darkness they came, through stormy black seas they raided these shores" - this verse came to my mind when I played Valheim yesterday and landed with my ship at night in a Plains biome and raided two fuling villages and killed everyone in there
Bruh valheim looks like a fairy Minecraft game compared to this
The song is called ‘Shadow’ on the official soundtrack.
You're my hero, you have no idea how long I've looked for this
But isn't full, its stop in the first "In your sword still beat a heart" and the second wasnt in the ost...
She was spoilt by her darkness within because the suffering and abuse she had to go through was so enormous that she would forever carry the trauma, and the trauma would never let her see life with joy, or positivity...
That's why the shadow can't ever leave her, the trauma became an integral part of herself. The shadow is like a scar because it will never heal, or just go away, but unlike a scar, the shadow hurts horribly and manifests itself in every aspect of Senua's personality.
It hurts so much to listen how she screams at the end... nobody deserves what Senua had to go through.
They did research with people who genuinly suffer from schizophrenia to create this game... this moment lends a nod to those who have to genuinely suffer this waking nightmare of thought ❤
“Through his darkness you will find him, in your sword still beats.. a heart.” The music opens up so well when he says that. I played it again after beating it mainly for screenshots and game clips, such a work of art this game is.
0:51 is a great voice line. Such bass
He’s right at least in one regard. „To these gods you cannot pray!“ But every good deceiving has to have a true core. That’s where the seeds of lies take hold.
This scene gave me chills
Fuck man my hairs are tingling right now.
I just stumbled across this while having a joint I don’t think mental illness is a sham anymore
Thanks for the post.
That passage really deserves it, really do the job, a hard punch and an awaking call.
The piano in the background perfectly recalls Hella's song. 2:34
This game's packed to the brim with powerful scenes, aesthetic and imagery throughout but this moment elevates feels through the roof.
I'm thinking people have tattooed this phrase into their flesh
IN THE HEAD OF HIS CORPSE LIES THE SEAT OF HIS SOUL
I will never get tired of watching this
F U T U R E D I R E C T O R S
If you’re gonna make a game/movie/animation about mental health PLEASE MAKE IT GOOD LIKE THIS
I can't stop crying
I dont underatand can you explain to me why this is so impactful?
@@oooo1110 i think you might have to go through more pain to understand. The pain that pushes you so far that you have to break to keep on going. Like when your on the floor and they keep on kicking and people watch and they don‘t help and blame you for being too weak.
And you just feel weak.
And it‘s just getting worse.
And then there is rage.
So it feels less alone to see somebody also portray that feeling of desperation.
When I heard it the first time I thought the Shadow can sometimes be even uplifting. But at the end you understand just how heavily manipulative it is.
The game was pretty heavy and dark before this point but damn...I was not ready for this.
Nearly cried when I found this poem on Spotify. Gives me goosebumps Everytime I hear it.
Can you spare the link for it?
@@necronomicoy
This is in the game's OST. It's called "Shadow".
@@ex_cathedra4237 thanks
In this walking nightmare.. Where alll dreams come true..
My god ,I will always remember this game ,what an experience
Thank you so much for posting this. One of my favorite scenes in recent video games
Quando escuto a voz de zymbel é como se fosse a minha ansiedade falando. Quando penso que superei ela volta dizendo "vc achou que tivesse se livrado de mim, mas eu sempre estarei com vc"💔
In this waking nightmare
Where all dreams come true
You searched for control, a way to pull through
When you were in love, you left him in tears
To smother your furies and banish your fears, but in darkness they came
Through stormy black seas they raided these shores.
Do you still hear his screams?
and now that you’re home he’s so far away, They’ve taken his soul
To these gods you cannot pray
They can break you, but not your promise Even death won’t keep you apart
You will find in your sword still beats a heart.
Best poem in a game ever.
I literally keep coming back to this
Now that you're* home...
My man Steven Hartley has a voice made of gravel and I'm convinced they could not possibly have found a better voice actor to do Zynbel. Pretty solid live action actor too.
This is one of my all time favorite scenes in all of gaming!
Love this voice
I get shivers so much from this I tear up a bit
On a deeper level, That deep voice sounds like God pretty much. He gives this amazing poetry but keeps death literally like right next to her- she doesn't know she created all of that. Now she has to literally become as a God with no middle ground, either destroying everything in her path like the hurricane,(the only 1 alive) or losing herself in the process, becoming a part of the destruction. This is my most favorite game in life like literally. My soul is so thankful to the developers of this beautiful game.
Still a shivering moment after all these years.
Most intense poetry I’ve been testifying 🙏
fuck guys this game was so good i really loved it and so happy that the second one will be out in a year
masterpiece
A masterpiece.
Can't compare how strong Senua is, through whole game she fights hardest battle of all.
amazing game amazing , play it with headphones in the dark is demand !
This poem hit
God yes this is art
Holy fuck this game... It's monumental.
Best dialogue in the game, hands down. I actually wrote this quote on a black hippy chalkboard in the kitchen and although my fiancé doesn’t get it, I told her, “That’s okay, my love…” *looks at chalkboard* “…few will.”
Do you noticed that the different angles of the camera the voice go with it? If the cam is on the right you hear only in right, same for left
Yeah, it's pretty cool. It's called Binaural. They used a special microphone for the voice recordings, with artificial ears to make sound bounce realistically.
I just finished this game, it's soooo good, I only wish I had played it before.
oh my god, I can't describe how beautiful this is
thank you for uploading this
do you know the name of the soundtrack that plays ?
thank you.
Maybe it's Passarella Death Squad - Just Like Sleep, but some game version.
maybe you are the coolest human, THANK YOU SO MUCH
FisherTiger It's the Hellblade ost i think
it's called Shadow
@@yakovassembler I wish we could hear this piano version of it more clearly. But I can’t find it on the ost
Shadow is some really heavy smoker. Damn
its even better in vr
2:12 my skin is exploding
This scene tells my storie. My shadow is torturing me. At the end I am responsible for everything I did. I‘ve lost you all. I miss you so much....I love you
You can always find an exit, you just need to see it through the darkness. Like senua did at the end. Life is difficult, you must flight till the end. You can always repent for your mistakes
@@greyfox357 hey🙂 thanks for your kind words. I wrote this in very dark times. Shadow is still here, tho. He comes and goes. But I grew a little bit more resilient to the things he want me to believe. I made some mistakes, yes. But I’m not entirely responsible for everything happened. I lost them, but they seem to be well… enough… I took my sword and hung it on my wall. As a reminder what I’ve endured. Sorry for this cryptics 🫣 it’s simpler this way. Again thanks that you wanted to lend a hand🙂✌️
Recently bought this after a streamer i watch played i,despite puzzle oriented games not overly being my thing this game is certainly an exception
I love this game !!! Imagine a New Silent Hill game made by this awesome team!!
I have been listening to this alot from a while , is there any other than soundtrack like this
Im getting revenant vibes from this scene
God I love the music in this part 😭
Does anyone know what it's called?
Am I the only one that feels like Valravn sounds supportive and empathic? I was always eager to hear his voice again in the game
I'm pretty sure that isn't Valraven speaking. If I recall it is "The Darkness" and the voice is her father's.
It’s not Valravn. It’s called the Shadow. It manifests as her father
What a game
Épico
Is it just me, or did you also fought differently on that bridge right after?
where is the song for this? It's soo fucking tragic.
And now tell me that Ellie is more "tormented character in the game history". Yeah...
One of the few last 100 games that I purchased that really worth the money..... The others 95+/- was like 1 hour game play then deleted...... Games industry is fucked up just like any other industry
Nice video man! How did you enjoy Senuas Sacrifice???
This game is so fucking metal! Amazing game!
Anyone know what the song in the background is? The piano sounds absolutely beautiful
It’s supposed to be a version of “parasella like sleep” but I can’t. Find this trailer version
does anybody have the sond during the dialog?
Shadow helblade ost song
@@cornelia-vm1mz thank you! But i've found it after buy the OST :D
@@Zephon011 Good choice!! The ost is amazing
I feel she looks just like me :/
Go conquer your fears and smother your furies.
1:15 thank me later
Thanks
In your sword still beats a heart. Makes no sense, but at the same time it does. Should be my next tattoo.
Basically it means "you still fight with purpose."
Means the sword isn't dead, it hasn't fulfilled it's destiny. Senua was close to giving up and the voice insulted her and motivated her at the same time.
The game is so fascinating.
I think it has endless meaning. Just the way people that the quote
I’m really enjoying this game so far but for the northmen to blood Eagle some random village warrior like Dillion is a little hard to believe. That ritual was saved for the worst of worst enemies or high ranking members like kings and chieftains. Unless Dillion did something horrific to earn this punishment they wouldn’t have done this to him. So it seems these particular Northmen don’t care about their own culture customs and just like being brutal to random village boys that don’t make for good sacrifices.
Probably he was chieftain of this village. His father was chieftain so it is pretty obvious that after fathers death (because of a plague), he became a new chieftain.