Rate top gamesEl primer juego "AAA indie" se arriesga con un experimento que pocos se atreverian a hacer, manejar a un personaje con psicosis y su principal objetivo, hacernos sentir como ella. Voces que te hablan, te alientan y te lastiman nos acompañan en un viaje solo de ida a traves de tierras nordicas. El juego en si se encuentra muy segmentado: puzzles, recorrido, pelea. Esto deja obvias sus limitaciones, y vas sabiendo ya que te vas a encontrar la mayoria de las veces, pero hay momentos en los que solo puedo admirar lo que hace, y a veces solo lo que intenta. Por ejemplo, morir mucho te borra la partida permanentemente, o enfrentas a peligros de formas muy unicas, que me daban mucha ansiedad y por eso tarde como 3 semanas en pasarmelo. Este juego no es el mejor, ademas, en su principio no me enganchaba, pero es un juego que posta puedo admirar por su desarrollo puro y unico, algo que quiero que pase mas en el mundo de los jueguitos. Definitivamente una experiencia que solo se puede y se debe jugar.
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combat is decent, puzzles are repetitive but level design changes it up enough to stay fresh for the couple hours it takes to finish this game.
I honestly don't have much to say about the psychosis part because I have no experience with psychosis whatsoever.
My only real gripe here is the absolute abysmal walking speed
The story, atmosphere and visuals are amazing! The game takes place in some very interesting places. But the actual gameplay... While the puzzles and combat feel OK in the beginning, towards the end I just felt annoyed when I saw a door with runes on it or Senua drew her sword. And the length of the combat phases as well as their frequency just went up in the last chapters.
As far as post-millennial awareness games go, this could've been far worse, especially considering it comes from Ninja Theory. Slow and whispery with ham and cheese acting accompanied by a stale hack and slash system doesn't make up for how pretty it looks but that's ok because it's about psychosis. I'm thankful I don't suffer from similar issues myself but I can't imagine this makes people more appreciative of how able they are when they have to deal with pretentious narrative trumping the "message." It checks off a bunch of boxes you have to expect from AAA-Indie at this point - if you love tearing up when female protags find their strength like the lyrics to Fight Song, you'll probably also enjoy this. The very definition of meh. Imagine Dear Esther but you can mash X.
«Disappointment of the year»
«Waste of time»