radiofloyd Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 Quote DmC: Devil May Cry and Enslaved developer Ninja Theory's upcoming psychological horror viking epic Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice is coming to PS4 and PC on 8th August. Already available for pre-order on PSN, Steam and GOG, Hellblade will launch at the unique price point of £24.99 / €29.99 / $29.99. If the price seems steep for a self-published independent game or worryingly inexpensive for a AAA blockbuster, there's a reason for that: Ninja Theory considers Hellblade is be an experimental affair with a smaller scope than most retail games but with the sort of high end production values and polish that rival anything on the market. Indeed Hellblade's motion-capture tech is top of the line. "Our aim is to bring back the mid-size game, so Hellblade is half the size of a AAA game, but sold at half the price," said product development ninja (his actual title) Dominic Matthews. "By going digital only we can assure that we keep costs low for you, plus more of your money comes directly back to us to reinvest in new games," Matthews explained. "If we can make Hellblade a success, others will follow to make games a richer, more varied place for both gamers and developers." The developer also noted that Hellblade was made by a smallish team of 20 people, though you'd never know it looking at the game in action. Our first look at Hellblade in 2015 was cause of concern with our Bertie Purchese being underwhelmed by Ninja Theory's lofty ambition of portraying psychosis in the form of a viking action game, but Hellblade has evolved a lot since then and more recent builds show promise. http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017-06-06-hellblade-senuas-sacrifice-sets-release-date-and-price Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craymen Edge Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 Performance capture & voice acting looking fairly good, as you'd expect from Ninja Theory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radiofloyd Posted August 8, 2017 Author Share Posted August 8, 2017 Reviews: IGN - 9 Gamespot - 8 Game Informer - 8 PC Gamer - 78% Destructoid - 7.5 Eurogamer - Essential Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendo Posted August 8, 2017 Share Posted August 8, 2017 It's sounding pretty good. Is it digital only? Edit: so it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendo Posted August 8, 2017 Share Posted August 8, 2017 The perma death save file thing (if you die too many times you will have to start from the beginning) is a bluff. I quite like that idea and it's not meant to be a long game anyway, but it sounds like this might be this generation's Eternal Darkness in fucking with the player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DisturbedSwan Posted August 8, 2017 Share Posted August 8, 2017 Currently sitting at an 81% average from 22 critic reviews on Metacritic And an 82% average from 24 critic reviews on OpenCritic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmmark Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shinymcshine Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 What, that's an outrage, same price as PS4 RRP - where's the extra £5 Switch tax ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmmark Posted April 3, 2019 Share Posted April 3, 2019 10 hours ago, Nag said: To be honest that's the most unSwitch like game ever but enjoy. Are you saying each console has its own style of game? And that people that liked mario odyssey can’t then switch over to and enjoy hellblade? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DANGERMAN Posted April 3, 2019 Share Posted April 3, 2019 I said this somewhere, I thought here but apparently not. Given what the game is and how much how it looks is part of that, I'm a little surprised they're bothering with a Switch port. I thought it was a great game so more people playing it is fine with me, but it does seem like an odd fit for Switch for any number of reasons. No harm in having more stuff like this on there I guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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