*tl:dr?* I love Hellblade as a game. But jeez, can we get some quality control with video game reviews these days? This video discusses the problems that arose with Hellblade due to its day-1 launch embargo, the bounty of misinformation that was flooding KZread, and the problems associated with rushed Hellblade reviews.

@austinobambino1360

7 жыл бұрын

Downward Thrust "18 hours ago". I knew you were a fuckin time traveler

@mtotowamidiri

7 жыл бұрын

Downward Thrust TL:DW instead though right? But as always I'm just hyped for more of your content! *flies away*

@davidg4612

7 жыл бұрын

You are right. But the changes that would need to happen won't. And smart consumers won't happen either but it is refreshing to see a few people not exploiting others for a quick buck.

@Mojavekight17

7 жыл бұрын

Downward Thrust good vid

@wankfuckingspeed3663

7 жыл бұрын

Reviews are dead long time ago and should be ignored anyone with 3 digit IQ can conclude this. Kotaku said for example that pillars writing is superb even obsidian said otherwise so yeah....

I'll save you 6 minutes: He believes Ninja Theory's lack of sending out free review copies for people to make content and profit from, is a 'REAL' problem with Hellblade

@YasmineSDJ

4 жыл бұрын

thanks mate

@coltonruscheinsky7863

4 жыл бұрын

Oh cool. Won't waste my time. Thanks.

@vdochev

4 жыл бұрын

Well... spoiler alert?

@gimmejokers3948

4 жыл бұрын

no he's not. It's about that reviewers got keys only on release of game, leading to many rushed reviews with false statements so they can grab views first.

@X3MAntics

4 жыл бұрын

What about the overly cryptic puzzles that absolutely kills your buzz? The game's an atmospheric masterpiece, and the combat mechanics is pretty great. But the damn puzzles, wtf were the devs thinking? Do it once, ok, twice, fine...But the whole damn game?

I will never blame a developer for the sloppy work of bloggers. They're not obligated to give free stuff to anyone.

@ThatNormalBunny

7 жыл бұрын

Don't tell that to the KZreadrs they will scream at you

@stadusunids

6 жыл бұрын

Spot on

@sempraviar9775

6 жыл бұрын

Agreed! Developers giving free stuff dont support then in anyway...

@imaginarychip4916

5 жыл бұрын

@Zfast4y0u Lol this people are rich but they're lamer than mr krab

@slidethreetimes

5 жыл бұрын

@@imaginarychip4916 Mr. Crabs was a hustler dont ever dis him

"What is real in Hellblade?" - Wondering about reality in a video game is a real Inception moment. Love it

@joeberger3441

3 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/rIdq2aqzp7iqeZc.html ^ i had to nerd out on this and from 7:25- 8:00ish they talk about how the events and combat are real. The viking enemies are real and she's actually fighting them. She simply perceives them as demonic and hellish due to her condition (based on past trauma). I am so glad they clarified that lol. There's something kinda distasteful about it literally being her tripping out by herself fighting imaginary battles. Especially since she's covered in cuts at the end

@MatthewM-fk1ku

2 ай бұрын

​@@joeberger3441imma watch this cause I been so lost even after just finishing hellblade 2 which was great sadly it was to short but your comment made me kind of understand now those things we were fighting weren't as they appeared they were just vikings attacking her people but she seen them as demons or whatever because of her psychosis imma go watch

Wait, so the problem with the game is that they didn't release an early copy to reviewers to review beforehand, and so reviewers rushed their own work and produced half-assed results? I'm sorry, what the actual fuck? How is that a problem with the game or its developers if professional critics weren't professional with their work? Sure, a game-breaking bug like the one you mentioned probably should have been caught early on by the devs, I'll give you that much. It definitely needs a patch to fix it. But other than that, what exactly is wrong with the game itself? What you describe here is not a problem with the game, but rather with professionals not acting that way, but just trying to be the first to get a review out.

@lel9422

7 жыл бұрын

he talked shit about people making half assed reviews and talked shit about company which didnt give him a free early copy so he could put a day 1 review and he is being like he is the mightiest person in the world i didnt like this guy first and last video from him for me lol

@franzpattison

6 жыл бұрын

wizardkevin101 Touche

@noneofyourbusiness4294

6 жыл бұрын

wizardkevin101 generally, the early reviewer copies are a dickmove in my opinion. Yeah, I get it, they are supposed to help get the games sold to more people, because they can see ingame footage, but on the other hand if a game's marketing campaign and trailers aswell as ingame footage from the publishers themselves won't sell the game to me, some dude who got a free copy won't sell it to me either.

@balbanes1

6 жыл бұрын

This is exactly what he said if you bothered to finish the video. This comment is a perfect example of his point.

@BodamEscapePlan

6 жыл бұрын

I'd hardly call the majority of KZreadrs he's referring to "professionals."

just finished it and what an absolute spectacular experience, so much love for Ninja taking a huge risk with this. hopefully this turns into a finacial success for them!

@DownwardThrust

7 жыл бұрын

Hope so!

@MrSamadolfo

7 жыл бұрын

How long is a complete walkthru watch? 🤔

@MerryBlind

7 жыл бұрын

I love Nina too.

@nickyoung1668

7 жыл бұрын

MrSamadolfo 7 to 8 hours.

@ibrahimhassan6566

7 жыл бұрын

I hope this game flops so nobody makes anything like it again. Waste of money even for 30 $

I wanna talk about this game, this seems like a good place to say something My expectations of the game was way off, these are the guys that did DmC and Heavenly Sword let's not forget. It was mostly due to the latter that I expected a hack and slash, Heavenly Sword, Hellblade you see where I am going with this. So I was surprised with what the game was, but it was very enjoyable. The story is amazing, at its essence it is someone struggling to get over the death of a loved one, but add in the mental illness and this game took that common story to a whole other level. This world and story she creates thinking she could free the soul of Drillion. Without spoiling the end, it all tied in well at the end of the story and that final fight was perfect, I wanted more but in hindsight it was absolutely perfect. The puzzles in the game are awesome and echo the whole mental illness aspect of the story, they are confusing. And that is what makes them awesome, they are not that challenging, they are not frustrating, they are confusing (remember our protagonist has a mental illness) Sound design, oh where do I start. The voices in MY head kept nattering away. She's lost, no we are not, go back, we don't know where to go, what's that?, look behind you, hahahaha, where do we go, no not there, you are going to die here, yes we are, go though the door, we have to go back and on and on and on, coming from every direction, constantly going on and on they where both useful and frightening, they took over the job of a HUD, a map, mission markers, enemy attack prompts etc and they where in MY head. I can't stress that enough, if you played the game with headphones you know what I mean when I say my head Combat is what I expected from the game as explained before, and yet the combat system felt rewarding and cinematic. Countering one opponent so you could hit him, finishing him off using your focus to quickly run towards another enemy knee him in the face, slice him up, hear a voice say "behind you" dodge another voice says "focus" so you stop time and finish him. It didn't have Devil May Cry level of depth to combat, but what it did have felt just as rewarding as a complex Devil May Cry combo TL;DR - Great story, good combat, amazing sound, puzzles felt relavent. Oh and the theme of the mental illness falls into all of the above, yes even combat

@nighthawkviper6791

4 жыл бұрын

Headphones are great for this game. I used my surround sound and it disturbed my neighbors a bit. I jumped a lot and actually felt like I was her which is great immersion. In fact the only other game to immerse me like that was The Evil Within. Grizzly atmosphere, with bleak underpinnings allowed my senses to be temporarily tricked at times in believing I was actually in purgatory/hell facing these forces of mayhem. Looking forward to the second one.

I say screw reviwers, developers should let us the consumers try out demos of their games so we can from our own opinion.

@CrAzYGAMINGWOLF

4 жыл бұрын

Or just buy the game and have your own opinion.

@rachi7629

3 жыл бұрын

@@CrAzYGAMINGWOLF In a overloaded game market like today's I can't imagine anyone but a spoiled kid saying something like that. We can't buy all the games, kiddo. We gotta know which ones are worth it. Demos used to be great at showing what a game was really about. Not sure why they stopped making them.

@CrAzYGAMINGWOLF

3 жыл бұрын

@@rachi7629 Who says I'm buying all the games? I'm just saying that people's opinions differ, so you can't trust reviews. You need to trust your third eye.

@CrAzYGAMINGWOLF

3 жыл бұрын

@@rachi7629 Why back in my day, we didn't have online reviews. We just trusted our gut.

@TheGalantMAN

5 ай бұрын

@@CrAzYGAMINGWOLFPeople back then also played demos, so, they could've kept making those

Look, I get what you're saying, I really do, but it also sounds like "they are kicking their own ass by not giving people like me special treatment"...just saying.

I get what you're saying, but I also think that the people who rush out their content to get out in front, is THEIR decision and deserve a good amount of the blame. They don't have to rush out that stuff, they just choose to do so. We all probably understand their selfish reasons to do so, but again, they are at fault for choosing to do so imo.

@Fuerto203

6 жыл бұрын

The fault lies with the impatient reviewers but his point is it could have been avoided entirely by ninja theory if they gave out review copies in advance

@pawelkapica5363

6 жыл бұрын

I agree the problem is more with the attitude of reviewers. Even with a embargo everybody had exactly the same chance to do a proper review and release it on time. If the game was released to content creators 2 weeks earlier: so what? still there would have been those who rush through. It is only unfortunate that a game gets bad press due to it, but again, the reviewers who rush their content are to blame, not the devs

@hammer326

6 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU! I'm a huge fan of Worth a Buy; RARELY does he have his reviews (often well over 10 minutes in length whether he loves or hates it, usually like 15-20) out by launch day, you don't see many of his guys screeching about it. People need to not only stop preordering, but just can all prerelease hype and basically just operate as if a game doesn't come out until about a week after it actually does. FIXED.

@pawelkapica5363

6 жыл бұрын

wait. Isnt worth a buy the guy who made a review about a game he didnt play and said its pay to win?

@SynphamyMusic

6 жыл бұрын

I don't really see Worth-a-buy as a reviewer, he draws too much from his own opinion... I mean fair enough, he's a funny guy but he barely likes ANYTHING. I can't rely on him to determine whether or not i should buy a game because his videos are never impartial, he's not ideal to help determine what games you'd like yourself.

Just admit that you're complaining about not getting review copies because you have to pay for games you review.

There is no perma-death. It is only stated in the game to scare the player. It is revealed nearing the end of the game when Senua stated "The darkness was a lie." Basically saying whatever is on your arm is not there and is not gonna reset the game on you if you're too much of a scrub :p

@lucasgill7819

6 жыл бұрын

Xavier Ong well thanks for the spoiler, mate

@lenerflenerius7808

5 жыл бұрын

wow great im going to rush and finish the game without fear then

@homevalueglass3809

5 жыл бұрын

@@lenerflenerius7808 Yep, was relieved to read no perma-death. Played it nice and slow and beat it tonight and the game was awesome.

@annalorrainehidalgo1674

2 жыл бұрын

Hi thanks! I just want to ask if you know y , i died few times in zhe boss fight valrvn, the next day i tried playing again, but the door is already closed. No flashes either on the door symbols.. i was trapped and had to restart again. 😪 thank you in advance

@TheWesternFountain

2 жыл бұрын

Wait really? I've played the game multiple times and I thought the perma death was real is just took a lot of deaths to happen.

Shits on the game because he didn’t get early access...smh, it’s a great game for the price and yes it has some bugs but what game has been perfect since launch?

@tiredartist8496

5 жыл бұрын

@P. Spit laughing at your comment

@TheDeadlyEntiyGaming

5 жыл бұрын

P. Spit poor sales because most people on Xbox don’t have interest in games of its caliber. It’s easily the best experience on Game Pass too. Yes, it has bugs. But it’s far from boring and if you’re willing to dig deep into it, there’s so much more beneath the surface. I doubt you’re willing to listen to any of that though.

@weaponsofwarfare9537

5 жыл бұрын

@P. Spit Pretty bad game? It got 9/10 rating

@stanners1714

5 жыл бұрын

P. Spit because it’s not a triple a game? Because it’s already been out nearly 2 years? I get you weren’t a fan but no need to make your self look like such a dumbass

@Nathan-Croft

5 жыл бұрын

But it's still like a triple A game tbh.I could not tell the difference in this case.

Replaying this game again - still a masterpiece. Seriously this game is incredible.

@blaket1841

2 ай бұрын

Wrong. Pacing is thrown off entirely by gateway puzzles that can leave players stuck in a loop.

No offense, but you made a video about missinformations and lack of competent reviews. But in the end you are not clearing out these misinformations. You answered only 1 of your questions. Now is there a permadeath mechanic or not?

@PetersaberHD

5 жыл бұрын

The permadeath mechanic is false. It's a tool to induce anxiety and fear into the player, while in reality, you can die however many times you want.

@Noreceipts400

5 жыл бұрын

@@PetersaberHD Are you serious? I got stressed and turned down the difficulty to avoid having to restart the whole game after i died 5 times in combat early on (didnt know the controls well but i figured it out). I guess it worked then.

@PetersaberHD

5 жыл бұрын

@@Noreceipts400 yeah, it worked. I'm glad you didn't ditch the game after dying several times - that's the risk of Ninja Theory's permadeath trick

@Noreceipts400

5 жыл бұрын

@@PetersaberHD Yeah that would turn a lot lot of people away from the game i think. But now i know that i could've just left it on the normal difficulty

@davecarsley8773

5 жыл бұрын

@@PetersaberHD THIS IS A LIE. The permadeath mechanic is absolutely real

People shouldn't get early review copies/codes. I can make an exception for big gaming magazines like Game Informer or something along those lines, but in this day and age way way way too many people are getting early copies of stuff and it feels less like it's so they can review it and more like they're part of some elite group who's opinion is worth more than the rest of us. I guess I'm probably overreacting but I don't think that early copies should be THAT important. The fact that so many fumbled and got things wrong, or didn't give themselves time to even take in the game to properly review it, shows how desperate certain people are just to be first. Not to get it right and give us an honest opinion, but just so that they can be one of the only voices on the subject. If this power was put in the hands of everyone (i.e. we all have the same release date) then we would truly know who wants to give us their honest opinion, and who just wants to be ahead of the line and/or gets salty that they didn't get special treatment this time. We should all collaborate, all say what we think of things, and within all of our own voices and opinions a clear picture will emerge, sure as shit.

That moment when you're bitching about the quality of other reviewers while using click bait titling for your own video. :D I get what you're saying but... this is why we can't have nice things - pretty much.

"Is the performance really that bad? Is there really a game-breaking bug involving torches? Is the permadeath mechanic a joke or is it for real? And is the game really 25 hours long or is it 10 hours or maybe 5 hours?" You only answered one of those (the last one) and that's kinda the least important one. No offense but you're not doing too much to clear away the misinformation yourself.

@GomesHeitor

7 жыл бұрын

Biscuit Eater Elliott except this is not a review...

@rodneyjones1990

7 жыл бұрын

Biscuit Eater Elliott No he answered all of them

@crawlerin

7 жыл бұрын

He does not have answers to these questions yet, because he is not rushing to play and review the game.

@Thelifreak95

7 жыл бұрын

Biscuit Eater Elliot: If he doesn't clear it up, maybe I can :D Here are my answers: Performance: As expected. On a 1080 I get 60FPS maxed out at 1440p. So, about Witcher 3 performance in my case. Which is absolutely fine considering the graphical fidelity. Game breaking bug: Yes aaaand no. You can't really miss the torch, it was obvious for me. But it was also obvious in Jim's video, and he didn't see it, so...yeah. And the last question was already answered. It took me about 8 hours, and I as well would wholeheartedly recommend it

@DarkBloodSouls

7 жыл бұрын

Niraseth and permadeath?

Useless clickbait, seems like your channel is consistent of this.

@Skrapes

4 жыл бұрын

Facts

@joyuz6583

4 жыл бұрын

how?

@zenzonerzz4789

4 жыл бұрын

@@joyuz6583 because not sending out free copies to reviewers is not an actual problem.

@joyuz6583

4 жыл бұрын

@@zenzonerzz4789 I wasn't paying too much attention to the video sorry

I just got around to playing this game a week back, and it completely gripped me. I loved the puzzles, the story, the way the voices and hallucinations were integrated into the gameplay, it was just all something very different. It felt very genuine and fresh and it got me very invested very quickly. Most videogames don't do that for me, nowadays. But damn hellblade knew what it set out to do and just did it so well. If you haven't played it yet, give it a go, guys!

They really should've marketed it much better. I've already seen way too many people jump into this game expecting some hack n slash action game. The title of the game doesn't help with that either. Not to mention when ever they showed off the game, the main thing they showed was the combat which misled a lot of people. I watched a streamer yesterday that bought the game expecting a DMC style action game. An hour later he shut the game off, said it was "fucking boring," and called it a walking sim. There's nothing wrong with that. Everyone has their own opinions but it's things like this why I just wish they would've explained what the game was better. It's definitely not a game for everyone. Just my two cents. *Edit:* I want to make a correction by saying I was wrong about saying they mainly showed combat in the videos. Dev diaries explain it much better. I apologize for that mistake. However the point still stands that they should've done a better job marketing the game. Not everyone watches dev dairies. You can say that's their own fault for not doing research but the average gamer isn't gonna go through extensive research so they can get a game. They see the name "Hellblade," and watch a trailer and expect a action game. Can you really blame them? I hardly saw any ads for this game before release and the ones that were there don't really say "hey this isn't an action game btw." I understand that they don't have a huge budget but man I feel they could've done a much better job explaining the game through ads.

@Booster_Gold115

7 жыл бұрын

Sweet Muffin Really love your profile pic

@DownwardThrust

7 жыл бұрын

Yeah, also they really f'd up the whole permadeath thing.

@pulsevzero

7 жыл бұрын

Daniel W The things is, it's not a feature at all. Players have already tested it and has been debunked.

@robertwallen1582

7 жыл бұрын

Daniel W it's not actually in the game you have been mislead gun

@HetkiPieni

7 жыл бұрын

Good advertisement is a multi million dollar/euro investment and often studios just can't obtain such money without a publisher.

I think it's oddly fitting that in the end the reviews were so untrustworthy, and hence paranoia inducing, as the things you encounter in the game itself.

this is a review of the reviews of hellblade and throwing shade. Seriously dude just review the game already.

@laurabarbosa6367

6 жыл бұрын

He literally just reviewed the game though. In the video, he said he most definitely recommends the game, talked about the basics, about the combat too, and wrapped it up. Perhaps you didn't watch the whole video? Even though it was pretty short. :C

@m.i4728

6 жыл бұрын

Laura V. 2:10-5:24 "Reviews Reviews KZread Reviews Blah blah blah.."

Last christmas I was shopping for gifts for my younger brothers and I came around Hellblade. I'd never heard of it despite it winning a ton of prestigious prizes and awards! I wasn't up to date with the gaming world but still... My brothers play Xbox and I play on the Switch... At home I watched some gameplay and I was blown away. I wanted to go back and buy the game but never did. Earlier this year Hellblade was announced for the Switch and I bought and downloaded it on release day. This game is just....perfect. I'm a huge Skyrim fan and Hellblade reminds me of Skyrim....an 8 hour long dungeon of Skyrim! I love Hellblade, I love the character, the gameplay, the story, the riddles (usually not a big fan of that) and it's also the first time that I noticed that a character is evolving and growing over the game. It's hard to explain but it feels like Senua really learns to handle her darkness and it's relatable.

One of the best games this year so far , really like the dark story , and I like how they balanced the game in term of combat , puzzles ,exploring and story. Please consider buying this game people , it just blows my mind how such small team ( about 20 developers ) with tight budget make a game this big.

@Tzero12

7 жыл бұрын

Kushy Nah man the combat segments are actually a lot and long if u play the game , it just the game have the same amount of story and puzzles that's it felt like there is " too much walking " or " no gameplay "

@kyotheman69

7 жыл бұрын

looks boring, to much of walking simulator game is you either will love it or hate it

@Tzero12

7 жыл бұрын

kyotheman69 Exactly , Ninja theory made this game for those who knows what they will get. I think blaming the game for being boring it just ur mistake to begin with. say for example I don't like sports games I can't just say that's it's boring even if I felt that. They never promised a heavy combat game.

@silvafox07

7 жыл бұрын

kyotheman69 five bucks you buy COD still.....

@words_on_a_screen

7 жыл бұрын

T zero, I agree.. it's a fucking fantastic game! beautiful concept and I really enjoyed the celtic/Norse mythological world you embark in.. Overall, it's a gem.. Perfect embodiment of how the battle of our minds are in fact the toughest battles to be won.. definitely recommend folks to own.. peace..

Thank you for being HONEST! I'm looking forward to playing this game.

I pre-ordered on Playstation Store a few weeks ago. It downloaded. I played. There was one glitch that happened to me. I was in the castle with a torch. I avoiding going the route of where you have to go through water and swim beyond a small gate. I took an alternative route. Somewhere on the spiral steps I sudden fall down to the area I was going to. Somehow I and torch were unharmed. Lucky for me that was the only bug/glitch I experienced during my time playing the game. This game is just awesome and it took me by surprise how much I enjoyed it. I am not going to lie but the fighting wasn't my cup of tea but I got use to it. Dodging and blocking are your friends. Also being able to slowing down time...made the combat fun for me. I wish it was a bit longer but it didn't hurt my enjoyment of the game.

Jim Sterlings problem isnt a bug. Usually someone would have the common sense to relight a torch before moving onward. Reminds me of people who complain about not having enough ammo to use on a boss in a survival horror game because they used it all willy-nilly beforehand. Their fault, not the game's.

The real problem is that you can't jump in the game. I legit feel suffocated when your supposed to be a fighter and can't freely jump.

I've bought the game on my own accord. I haven't read the ratings or any review whatsoever. I just loved the trailer and I really into this kind of psychologic story driven games. I have played this game in exact 7.2. The only thing I am pretty dissapointed with was the ending. [SPOILER] I fought thousands of enemies respawning around "Hella" and I had this goddamn God killer sword only to realise I have to "let go and die" to reach the end. All this time you had overcome any thoughts of giving up on your BF and then what gets you is the moral of letting go of the dead? Man I had a God killer sword. I really wanted to force Hella or kill her! I just wished they added two endings for that moment.

@jdphillips7539

7 жыл бұрын

Andy Velandus I think they were saying there was no Hela to rescue him from. The darkness was part of Senua and that's what she had to let go.

@purpleguy319

6 жыл бұрын

Did you really have a God Killer sword or did you just think you had one?

@cynicalsystem5012

6 жыл бұрын

You do get a god killer sword, made by odin

@kennylaysh2776

6 жыл бұрын

Or...do you just THINK you did?... ;)

@Panzerjager2344

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah I wish we had a chance against Hela. But I really enjoyed the game. Played through it twice

Love your channel it is professional but fun you are really underated wish you could get more exposure man

Some might be disappointed that the game turned out to be different than they expected. But the good thing about how they showed only action sequences before release and did the embargo thing is that the game stayed a real surprise and not everything got spoiled by the internet, like it happens with every other game. I also don't have a problem with the fact that there's no perma death because I didn't know it. It had the desired effect on me as a player, although there was no perma death.

Yeah, no. I have enough trouble being paranoid without playing this thanks.

i'm kinda exited to get this game. im a guy who has had psychosis. i was diagnosed as a schizophrenic at one point before they re diagnosed me as having anxiety disorder which caused my hallucinations and super paranoia. id love to see how they framed it.

@jdphillips7539

7 жыл бұрын

Nexus They actually spoke with a number of sufferers to get as real a take as they could. They included them during the making of the game as well to get feedback along the way.

@strange8162

6 жыл бұрын

JD Phillips there where mental health professionals, consulting.

@strange8162

6 жыл бұрын

Im sure who've played it by now. Im diagnosed Bpd. And have had some psychosis in the past. This game was amazing. Im so happy i played it. It explains what many of us go throw. I hope you found it as wonderful as i did

@nigemaguire7863

5 жыл бұрын

MH has lots of tangents, it’s difficult to give an exact diagnosis, I never realised that anxiety could cause psychosis, thank you for your enlightenment 👍

Playing through the game and I'm in the last trial to get the sword, is there permadeath in the game????? I've died in fights so far 5 times, and now I'm nervous, the poison is up to her elbow if that helps.

Hey guys I need you help. By the Posession VR does he mean the 2 minute shortfilm or is there something I'm missing out on?

Cant wait for second one!! :)

Just completed hellblade awesome game. I’m going to play through again. I have mental health issues and ninja Theory did a great job with hellblade because I can relate to suana conditions. Keep up the good ninja Theory and I hope they will be a dlc of some kind.👍🏻

@MrSteezy

6 жыл бұрын

You are not alone. Ive only played an hour or so because its so accurate it hurts...

This is still one of my favourite modern games. I loved everything about it and hope they really make a sequel worthy of the name.

I just finished it last night. It was a great experience. I could feel her desperation through each boss battle. It was a very moving game.

"If I wanted to make money on KZread, id post a half ass review..." Mins later after many unanswered questions and judgements almost as pretentious as the game itself "Donate to my patreon guyz!!!" You're a real winner pal.

And to defend Jim for giving 1* because he didnt get a early review code is even worse, KZreadrs aren't special

Great video. This is a business... and consumers rely on reviews more than their own intuition. I actually kind of miss the days when you could only use the box art and publisher to make a decision about what game to try. Game rentals were great for that too. Thanks for offering some insight to the confusion!

I ran into a bug myself on last night's stream. I was fighting the darkness (that big skin dog) and was killed due to a distraction. When the game loaded up again, I had no sword. I also learned one thing from the experience. And that is--that Senua can take a lot of damage. I was in there for a bit taking hits and dodging from the monster for so long that I thought it was part of the game. I finally gave up and reset the game and that is when my sword came back up.

This may be a little harsh but is youtubers who created this problem with embargos. You took it with grace because it benefited you from someone else getting a copy erlier than another youtuber, you guys did not want competition on the time when posting reviews, now developers are playing with this embargo who only benefits them. The embargo is an anti consumer idea, but you guys embraced it because it benefits you as a content creator

@ThePandafriend

7 жыл бұрын

yakza5 I wouldn't say so. Embargos are very useful for everyone when done right. When done right the developers give the reviewers enough time and everyone can release the review at the same moment without sacrificing quality. But it's true that too often either the developers/publishers fuck up (like in this case) or they release a game with many known shippables and use the embargo to prevent bad pre-release press.

@MR3DDev

7 жыл бұрын

Yes, but you can't expect an industry that needs to make money to do it right. What do embargos do? (not in the case of Hellblade) they prevent the customer from getting the information before the game releases. This way we don't see the problem until we already payed money for the game. This is no longer an industry dedicated to make the best product, is an industry dedicated to make the most profit at the lowest cost possible (with some exceptions of course).

Played through - loved it. Senua's irl actor is soo cute omg I'm in love.. there will be speedruns because a universal door glitch just pooped up and a wall barier skip.. I can't wait. Took me around 6 hours of chill paced gameplay.. maybe a bit more. It's a game worth playing.

I just played it 3 years later, HOLY HELL IT WAS SO DAMN GOOD! When I was done, I just sat with my stream saying “Wow” over and over. Beat it in one day. So damn good with the best game I have played in years.

this is one of my favourite games of all time, can't remember the last time i was so pulled in to a game.

You leave just as much misinformation as other reviewers lol.. sort of ironic.

The Poormans Tomb Raider 😄🕹🐢

Amen brother! Amen! Only finally got my hands on this game in 2019, and i have to say the experience was unlike any other. It even brought me to dig more into the subject of mental illness(Cause honestly it's a fascinating subject). Also the connection you feel having with Senua and what she's going through is just amazing.

I really love the idea of indie story with production quality.. I hope we keep seeing this approach.. the more options we get the better

I like how you amounted all day 1 reviews to "sweet youtube money". A bit too early to play the high horse gig I think. Also quality control with game reviews?, really?, you're going to assume you're the epitome of review perfection and before you say "no", take a look at other reviews first and look at your own. Also the game is far from perfect, so don't go trying to find reasons to label people as stupid or wrong for just not clicking with the game the way you do.

So is it a bad game and is the permadeath mechanic real? Don't bring up stuff if you aren't going to confirm it.

@HybridSpektar

7 жыл бұрын

Ilias Berdajs I have no intention of playing it. A friend of mind is but not me. I don't play horror games. Currently playing Lawbreakers and doing a play through of Nier: Automata in my channel.

@rodneyjones1990

7 жыл бұрын

Hybrid Spektar it isn't a horror game dumbass

@HybridSpektar

7 жыл бұрын

Rodney Jones Hey! Look here sweet cheeks, if it looks like a horror game, plays like one and has concepts like one, smells like one, and sure as hell tastes like a horror game it is probably a horror game. Bite me.

@grassninja

7 жыл бұрын

Aside from a few very brief portions/images that could be considered unnerving or tense, it doesn't play like nor have the same concepts as a horror game. Thanks to some of the imagery it could potentially be frightening for children, but I don't forsee the average teenager or adult losing any sleep from it.

@jameskylealboroto9714

7 жыл бұрын

Hybrid Spektar So okay, what are the things that make you think that Hellblade is a horror game? Can you please state 5 reasons?

just a small tip: use the running power attack almost exclusively and you can get through combat pretty easily.

Now i am 59 yrs old and have seen Hundreds if not thousand of reviews of various games from different Tuber's ..But you sir have the Best, and i do mean"THE BEST" Honest opinion of a game and the trouble with many of the Tuber's i have seen...yes i do watch videos alot and as i have stated..The Best has been found and i thank you so much!!..i Subbed and will be looking forward to new reviews..but in the mean time i have alot of BINGE watching to do of this New Reviewer by the name of "DOWNWARD THRUST" again TY for such and honest and informative and entertaining video!!!!!!

So far 2017 has been a really good year for gaming as a whole ! Persona 5 Nier:Automata Hollow Knight Horizon Zelda Yakuza 0 Resident Evil Prey Little Nightmares PU's Battlegrounds Mass Ef- **cough** **cough** and now Hellblade ! Let's hope the oncoming games won't disapoint ! We still have a lot of big realeases ahead of us: CupHead, Shadow of War, South Park, Metroid 2, Mario Odyssey, Wolfenstein and Dragon Quest XI (please come out in 2017...)

*spoilers The final "boss" really pissed me off. I was fighting wave after wave of enemies for at least 20 minutes not knowing that I was suppose to let Senua die. Other then that,I really enjoyed the game.

@Ayeris21

4 жыл бұрын

In my opinion I think that it was meaningful, I guess, I looked it as if Senua had to fight until she could, because she wanted to keep fighting for Dillion, the voices were telling her to let it go away, obviously as a player you will keep fighting no matter what.

@tdarassp

4 жыл бұрын

The voices tell you to stop fighting

@tdarassp

4 жыл бұрын

The lack of HUD and spoonfed instructions is a much welcomed change of pace in Hellblade. Obviously some just can't handle that much independence lol

@geraq0

4 жыл бұрын

@@wwld9823 yeah but the voices tell you several times before to stop, to not go forward, or to not open a door. Anyway, that final segment is awesome, it's very symbolic and powerful.

@Mduenisch

4 жыл бұрын

That whole scene, judging by the single voice seems like it might almost simply be Senua's subconscious. Regardless I kept fighting until I couldn't take them anymore. The whole thing of the new sword killing enemies in less hits made it feel more powerful and dramatic

Can somebody explain the embargo term? I've never heard that associated with video games before, and generally shy away from reviews until after I play a game, to see how our opinions contrast.

this looks right up my alley. i appreciate you taking the time to give some solid feedback on this as i was on the fence about it. I never even knew it existed until it popped up in my suggested area on steam. ive been hoping for a solid cinematic experience in a game. it feels like there just arent enough games like this. im definitely gonna pick this up now and download it. thanks again for all your quality content.

Your channel is really underrated ! amazing content bro

@phenomenal_jorge235

7 жыл бұрын

adir 159 ik, i just subscribed yesterday and i already love it

@adir1598

7 жыл бұрын

i found his channel recently also and its already one of my fav on youtube

@DownwardThrust

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much. :)

@bigboi9711

7 жыл бұрын

I know right he deserves more subs for his fantastic content

@zimmerman1031

7 жыл бұрын

This type of comment pops up on just about every video, with basically the same replies to it each time. In addition it is always replied to by the channel creator, and it is always pinned as well.

Great game but you need to play it with headphones!You loose too much without it!Put to shame a lot of big games with multiplayer gaming with a small single player campaign!

@silvafox07

7 жыл бұрын

Wimpleton Duck you must think you're so smart. Dont you?

@silvafox07

7 жыл бұрын

Ajwad Mahboob what this bitch said.

@rtsa4633

7 жыл бұрын

hehe I deleted my reply to put a better one in :p

@TheGameO47

5 жыл бұрын

True.Without headphones while listening to songs on mobile I died several times where I passed without dying once with headphones

I love this game, even though I normally hate games that are somewhat like interactive movie (Which I can't say that's what this is because it really doesn't feel that way) but this game does it so damn well, once you get sucked in it doesn't let go, every step you take advances the story. There's no hallways that only serve as filler between cutscenes, it's all very fluid and natural. The sound design is the best I've experienced but it's also the only time I've enjoyed playing a game with headphones (which might be something I need to change and start doing it with other titles if it really makes that big of a difference like it does in Hellblade). The combat is fun and very personal, the puzzles at the beginning in the area full of illusions was the only time I didn't enjoy the puzzles and after that they were great, imo. What I like the most is what they done with Senua and just her as a person. I couldn't help but get emotional for her during alot of scenes, she's extremely vulnerable but at the same time extremely capable. She's one of my all time favorite fictional characters, definitely in my top 3 which says alot considering the game took only around 10h to beat on my first run. Ninja Theory has really outdone themselves and for me this has raised them up there with CD P-Red. I hope other Devs learn something from this, there's no substitute for a game that was made by people who actually give a fuck about what they're doing instead of only caring about the money(Looking at you SquareEnix, ya cunts).

So does it delete save data

So youtube reviewers suck at there "job" so that's some how ninja theorys fault? And i never saw the jim sterling review, mainly because after awhile you begin to pick up on who shouldn't be taken seriously

Absolutely recommend this game. It is a rare unique experience!

great review!!!! i watch your reviews allot but after watching this review seeing and your dedication to gaming and giving great quality reviews i subscribed and liked the video great job bro!!!!! seriously keep it up.

Can one change the camera angle so she's centered on the screen and not off to the left like that?

I'm late to the party, cause I just bought this game for the switch. Incredible experience, and the focus on mental illness, and how others may have trouble because of these diseases like psychosis. Great video.

Dude you put a review up for Friday the 13th the day it was out...

@za-ne2dz

7 жыл бұрын

Eoghan900 He probably got an early review copy.

@Empyrean55

7 жыл бұрын

Eoghan900 is there even a story on Friday the 13th?

@arenkai

7 жыл бұрын

Learning from his mistakes.

@flushiez

7 жыл бұрын

no day one embargo......

@ali9456

7 жыл бұрын

He literally stated that they need review copies BEFORE the release for reviews to release the day its out. People rushed the play throughs in order to be the first person to get the games review out first.

I love you man. All the effort you put in your videos and just your voice too are just so awsome i genuinely enjoy your videos. Thanks for making so much great videos and puting effort into every and each one of them.

As always, great content and an honest opinion. That's why I keep coming back to you for information, reviews and everything video game related. Keep up the excellent work man :D

Best story based game I've played in years!!

@magolor7856

7 жыл бұрын

Best game I have played in years! The story and the combat are both EPIC!!!!

like buying a new car you don't know what got until (you drive it). p.s.. this is a very good ride!

I got hell-blade and I haven't played it yet can anyone tell me if the permadeath mechanic is real or not

@filipmalik4272

2 жыл бұрын

Its not real lmao, it is an incredible game though downloaded yesterday and I'm hooked. Very touching and at times relatable game

Good job on this game really appreciate the honesty and the time you took to play and review. This insight should be reviewed by publisher and developers to give reviewers enough time to do their job properly, and also giving them time to fix any issues. We even see this same issue with the vega cards.

Hate it as a game, but as a movie its pretty engaging as something i can sort of relate to. Tweaking the .ini files to turn off motion blur and a few other ugly effects also annoyed me ;) I also respect that their making people more aware of mental health, but i just wish they could of done it in a more combat focus way. But everyone to their own , you'll either love or hate it.

@mtpstv94

6 жыл бұрын

Having motion blur in a PC game should result in the death penalty if you can't easily turn it off and it should NEVER be on by default on PC. The FoV in this game in the videos I've seen looks incredibly low like watching through a key hole. PC game/port sins.

@fiuttello

6 жыл бұрын

Blur represents visuals experienced by a person suffering psychosis

@Panzerjager2344

5 жыл бұрын

I played it on pc so there wasn't a whole lot of blur, as for the blur it was from her perspective. Loved the game, played it twice now.

You know what is better than some money from KZread? Our RESPECT!!! (I hope that's what you want because that's what you get from being honest)

@ThePandafriend

7 жыл бұрын

Mirza Şahinkaya Respect doesn't earn you a living.

@MegaMirza2000

7 жыл бұрын

Well, there are dozens of shitty review channels on KZread. Dozens of channels that I don't give a fuck about. I don't know how much he gets but I'm sure it is enough for him since he didn't quit yet.

@n3ddn3dd24

7 жыл бұрын

and no amount of money can buy respect

@Special-keiran1994

7 жыл бұрын

Mirza Şahinkaya money pays bills...

@kyotheman69

7 жыл бұрын

respect doesn't give you money or pays the bills though

Respect the content of this video. Thanks for the work in the community, to make it better.

I played through the majority of the game without knowing that there's block, heavy attack, and melee buttons, I just used light attack and dodge until I paused the game and realised that a bunch of controls were listed. I didn't think to try any of the other buttons during combat because I was worried about screwing up and dying. However, I still really REALLY enjoyed every bit of it, and once I knew about the other parts of combat, the game got 5x better from an already near perfect score in my eyes.

4:25 To beat up on Jim for a moment. There's nothing that stopped him from restarting his game. He has a Patreon that pays him about 5,000 a month. The rush to upload his review was his own choice. An autosave is not a bug. It saved automatically at a point where he could not back track. If you play Deus Ex 1 and invest all your points in swimming before the final boss and it autosaves to stop you from reallocating points, is that a bug?

@UltimaKeyMaster

7 жыл бұрын

Matthew Melange His *job* kinda doesn't give him that time. Also, Deus Ex lets you manually save as many files as you want, thats not even fucking close to the same example. Hey, remember Breath of the Wild only having one save file? Pretend it's only an autosave. Pretend you got stuck and couldn't get out of something. Are you gonna blame me for not wanting to restart the whole fucking game again? If I was trying to review it, I would never touch it again, because it can just decide to fuck me over when I DO catch up.

@jepsen1977

7 жыл бұрын

Actually he is payed almost 12.000 a month on Patreon so.....yeah.

@matthewmelange

7 жыл бұрын

His job gives him as much time as he wants because he doesn't have a job. Patreons are just begging people for money. There's nothing wrong with it and if you feel any pressure that is strictly self imposed. If Jim had waited 2 days to post his review do you think his patrons would've withdrew their funding for him? If you refused to finish a review because you got saved in an unwinnable spot that's your choice, not the game developer's. Also about the Deus Ex point. It's less about that game and more about the concept of 'autosaves as bugs'. Yes it's unfair that it saved at a poor spot but calling it a bug is like losing a PVP match and claiming the other side was hacking.

@Ktsjay187

7 жыл бұрын

Matthew Melange why would he restart the game? He put all those hours into his first try, only for it to force him to restart his game. Any normal person would be pissed and wouldn't wanna play the game, especially since these games always have 0 replay value

@matthewmelange

7 жыл бұрын

Kevin Toombs Yes to beat up on someone usually means to beat up on them. Good job! Question 1. Yes. An autosave is not a bug. It may be poorly implemented but if it works, then it works and is not a bug. Do you always trust what "Google says"?

Never heard of that game.

Super points made in your presentation! Well done!

What is that picture of Senua? Is it something I missed?! Looks like a transformation of some kind or something. Someone please clarify this for me if possible.

imo hellblade's just repetetive, puzles are boring, the game runs extremely well (i have a midspec pc and i ran the game in ultra just fine) and looks amazing but there are so many things wrong with it, you cant remap keys, you cant change the FOV so if you get motion sick from low FOV's tough luck. some may say it gets better the longer you play it but i say, im not going to play 6 boring hours to enjoy 2 afterwards.

@lostforever773

5 жыл бұрын

Makes you part of the problem

I gave this game a chance and played for something like 3 hours but really it`s just a circle jerk, get to area, look for runes, go to next area look for more runs rinse and repeat. It got boring really fast and combat is somewhat lacking, you cant feel your weapon weigh and fights are very repetetive.

@omnissiah4434

7 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately my friend PC gaming is going through a very decadence era with all of those story driven walking simulators, let's hope that the end of those experiments will come soon, but I doubt it cause all of those hipster retards who want to be "emotional" and "connected" and praising these "games" like god send and giving them a 9/10 or 10/10 after the second day of release...

@tyr8338

7 жыл бұрын

Yeah, story, voices, acting, atmosphere is top notch in hellblade even tho graphic is really blurry most of the time, but this game lack gameplay depth and I dont know If I will ever be able to cope with lack of intresting gameplay mechanics.

@koriharpoon2476

6 жыл бұрын

People like games that are different. It's boring eating the same food everyday. However, some will get it right and some will get it wrong.

@dreadcthulhu5

6 жыл бұрын

Welcome to the world of mental illness. Newsflash: It sucks to have one. Imagine if you had to go through your whole life like that and couldn't just put down the controller and walk away.

@ResolvedMC

6 жыл бұрын

tyr8338 something doesn't mean that needs to have shitty gameplay. And the game doesn't give anything that interesting to play, it's just walking, solving the same puzzle, repeat and occasionaly get to fight an enemy and even that's shitty.

Thank you for taking your time! It is appreciated.

Is it on Xbox or coming soon? I wanna play but honestly don't play much if it's not on my console of choice.

omfg, dude, stop boasting about you being the best and the most honest videogame youtuber there is! We get it, you prefer quality, now just lets focus on content you provide, instead of admiring how cool and awesome you are, alright?

@wslcfarm

6 жыл бұрын

so what are you trying to prove with your little rant.....If you don't want to hear what the guy said go somewhere else. Your not the know all of youtube either...

@aleksaa24

6 жыл бұрын

If everyone leaves, then who is he making videos for?

The order 1886 got nothing but shit for beeing a cinematic expirience and now this Game gets praised for that?

@will4673

7 жыл бұрын

Darkness1984 exactly, but the order 1886 was 60 bucks.....way too short, no multiplayer. Too expensive for the content but I liked the game.

@syahminazuhan

7 жыл бұрын

Absolutely love both games.

@quickenmyend

7 жыл бұрын

I love the order 1886 still on the fence with this game . Still it looks interesting and the price is good too.

@MrREAPERsz

7 жыл бұрын

The order was 60 bucks, this is 30 bucks and longer.

@azerohiro

7 жыл бұрын

was 60 bux m8

I finished it a couple of days ago and never encountered any issues as I took my time wanting to experience Senua's journey at my own pace and tbh I'm glad I did. I've only looked at reviews since completing it, for the small budget it's been one of my favourite games this year and I rank it up there with Horizon Zero Dawn for a gripping story and incredible realised world. I hope it gives NT the financial success they deserve, I want to go on another journey with Senua so badly.

I rage quit when i had to open another seal. How many seals i have to allign, all game long wtf.

When did experiencing psychosis become cool in videogames? Why would I want to play this?

@xGrapejamz

7 жыл бұрын

for the story mainly. If you're not a huge story person and more about gameplay (no cutscenes pls) kinda guy then you best save that 30 bucks.

@Magusslettewestberg

7 жыл бұрын

Because its 2017

@Dead_Goat

7 жыл бұрын

Super common in videogames as well. Cheesy mechanic to push the story along.

@Brickfrog427

7 жыл бұрын

What? Where did you get Psychosis from? He didn't mention anything like that in the video. Are you imagining things?

@antonellodaburrano2590

7 жыл бұрын

i watched the no commentary gameplay so i haven't played it yet myself. it's well depicted but i doubt it will win most of people because of that. Maybe it looks cool but people look for Experiencing Impossible-otherwordly challenges and situations in game while having abilities and power to fight back, don't just suffer the demention of the player they are controlling. think of the Malkavian in Vampire Bloodlines ... similar concept but there it is both an advantage and a disadvantage. Colm Murphy : if you have been following the development the psycosis experience it's the main focus of this game

The real problem? THE REAL PROBLEM? sorry mate but thats not even close to the "real" problem in hellblade. If you ask me the worst thing in the game is the constant search for runes. You barely walk 5 m and there's another door which is locked by another rune or more runes. For 75% of the game you do nothing but walking around looking for these damn runes. It totaly ruined the game for me. I know there are a lot of good things in the game like the presentation of the mental illness or the detailed hero etc. but still looking for runes non-stop is just too boring for me and im sure others feel the same way.

@ThatDudeDavid252

7 жыл бұрын

Martin Zsom that's one thing that makes me not want to get it

@apollyon-c6d

7 жыл бұрын

Same here :C

@Yungie201

7 жыл бұрын

I don't feel the same way so try again

@celticurse

7 жыл бұрын

Ah that part really didn't bother me, I mean hell I was used to the Arkham games getting all the riddler trophies, so the search for runes was rather refreshing compared to those.

@mrsanatra1

7 жыл бұрын

I knew people wouldnt like the puzzles, its really annoying. I think if it was just 1 level cool. Then the next level fix the visuals (like fix the bridge) then the next level go through the door to see a new way (like facing the illusion god). If they mixed it up along with new enemies it would have been better, this game was repetitive and drawn out.

Aside from everyone repeating what you've explained, I wanted to thank you for being forthcoming and genuine. I've just discovered you, and have definitely subbed. Keep up the awesome work.

Hadn't heard of you prior to this video. You speak a lot of sense. Subbed.

just came to drop a dislike for the clickbate title. didnt even watch a second.

@therealmaxspeedster

6 жыл бұрын

"didnt even watch a second".....How did you know it was "clickbait" then?

@rightwingersexposed8800

6 жыл бұрын

Because it is and people are not stupid

Game is great but combat system really really sucks

@JuanyeTuda

7 жыл бұрын

Twiggy Noir Bullshit. Explain.

@Hiramekiza

7 жыл бұрын

It does look basic and uninspired. But whatever, I guess we're the problem. >_>

@cyphaborg6598

7 жыл бұрын

Now imagine a so-called professional outlet that tells you that Hellblade's combat has depth. I know I know you can't spell ignorant without IGN.

@blacklight4720

7 жыл бұрын

Twiggy Noir havent played it yet,can it get any worse then dark souls rolling simulator?

@silasstryder

7 жыл бұрын

aka the walking simulator is great, the actual game really really sucks.

Love your style of game reviews and you are indeed concise and thorough. Subscribed.

I really only had a few problems with it: 1. Lack of different attacks 2. No different weapons or ways to upgrade ur sword & 3. Lack enemies & boss battles. Other than that I give this an 8/10