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SubRosa
post Aug 15 2017, 01:07 AM
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I started playing it today. So far it is alright. It has some utterly fantastic things. The story is simple, but draws you in from the start. Senua is journeying to Hel to get her dead boyfriend back. Or she is hallucinating because she is insane? She is clearly mad. Maybe it is both?

The game recommends you wear headphones when you play, which I agree with. The game uses binaural audio for the voices you constantly hear in your head. So one voice might speak in one ear, and the next in the other, or some in both. There are a lot of voices in Senua's head. The headphones really makes them come alive.

The voices are not just atmosphere either. They both tell the story, and give you hints on what to do next. There is no UI in the game. So the voices are your only guide. I am sure this is no accident. For the voices are Senua's only guide as well.

The creepiness really sucks you in. There is fighting, but the game is primarily story-driven. The combat is only secondary. At least so far. I have seen a lot of reviewers slam the combat for being simplistic. But I do not mind it at all. I have never been into fighting games that are all about mashing buttons in the right combinations like Mortal Kombat.

But there are some really simple things that really bring the game down. Most I think stem from being made with a console in mind. Most notable is that there is no manual saving, and no way to manually load a save. The game autosaves, and loads the last autosave when you restart it. If your save gets corrupted, I imagine you simply F'ed in the rear and have to start completely over. But we know that never happens right?

The graphics are mostly outstanding. But one issue I have is that the camera is too close to Senua's right shoulder, which makes the field of view really narrow. I found a fix for this:

The game's .ini files are found in Users\{Your Username}\AppData\Local\HellbladeGame\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor

Open Engine.ini and add the following:

[/script/engine.localplayer]
AspectRatioAxisConstraint=AspectRatio_MaintainYFOV


There is also no way of turning off Motion Blur and Colorfringng in the game's options menu, but you can do it this way:

Open scaleability.ini and add:

[PostProcessQuality@3]
r.MotionBlurQuality=0
r.SceneColorFringeQuality=0

NOTE: In the file scaleability.ini (the @3 is the quality setting you have it set to in gameusersettings.ini, 3 is the very high ingame setting. Set this number to match what you have in gameusersettings.ini)


Turn off Film Grain

Open Engine.ini file, find [SystemSettings], and make the following changes:
r.Tonemapper.GrainQuantization=0
r.Tonemapper.Quality=0



Skip Intro Videos

Go to to your Hellblade\HellbladeGame\Content\Movies and rename the following files:
NinjaTheory_Logo.bik
ThirdParty_Logo.bik
UE4_Logo.bik.


There is also a softness to the image. I am not sure what it is. I might be FXAA, or some other post-processing effect. I have seen some people say that turning Post-Processing down to Medium fixes this. But others say it made no difference for them. I will have to experiment.

The final thing that really gets to me is the camera always auto-centers itself, all the time. So if you look up, the camera automatically pulls down to center. The same if you look down. That gets really, really annoying.


Senua

Her BF

The gate to Hel looms

Really close up

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post Dec 14 2017, 09:42 PM
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Gog now has Senua's Sacrifice on sale for $22.49. Go buy it!


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SubRosa   Hellblade Senua's Sacrifice   Aug 15 2017, 01:07 AM
TheCheshireKhajiit   She looks like a Celtic Warrior Queen!   Aug 15 2017, 01:25 AM
ghastley   She looks like Pig-Pen's sister!   Aug 15 2017, 01:40 PM
Acadian   Another wonderful review in progress I see for ano...   Aug 15 2017, 10:00 PM
SubRosa   I turned down the Post Processing to Medium, and t...   Aug 16 2017, 01:24 AM
hazmick   I thought the combat worked really well with the t...   Aug 16 2017, 07:04 PM
Acadian   Wow, no interface sounds interesting but would cer...   Aug 16 2017, 08:25 PM
ghastley   I just saw a review that noted you can get auto-sa...   Aug 16 2017, 08:50 PM
SubRosa   hazmick: All in all I like the combat too. I thin...   Aug 16 2017, 10:50 PM
hazmick   Combat movement is really slowed down, and the cam...   Aug 16 2017, 11:44 PM
SubRosa   I finally figured out my main problem with moving ...   Aug 17 2017, 01:19 AM
Acadian   Dillion is quite the contrast of cheerful sunlight...   Aug 17 2017, 06:20 PM
haute ecole rider   Thanks for posting your experiences with this new ...   Aug 18 2017, 01:54 PM
ghastley   I found a few "making of" videos and the...   Aug 18 2017, 06:12 PM
SubRosa   Acadian: The whole scene with Dillion started out ...   Aug 18 2017, 10:32 PM
hazmick   Ah, I see you've met Hela. Love her design. ...   Aug 18 2017, 11:43 PM
Acadian   I can see where you could really get pulled into S...   Aug 19 2017, 06:39 PM
haute ecole rider   Even though I'm looking at static screenies, I...   Aug 20 2017, 01:48 AM
SubRosa   hazmick: I did not even realize it was Hela at fir...   Aug 20 2017, 02:11 AM
hazmick   The blindness trial was pretty nerve wracking, tho...   Aug 20 2017, 02:41 AM
SubRosa   I read some and found that the only difference bet...   Aug 20 2017, 02:54 AM
TheCheshireKhajiit   How replayable is this game?   Aug 20 2017, 03:38 AM
SubRosa   I would say the replayablity is very limited. It i...   Aug 20 2017, 03:45 AM
TheCheshireKhajiit   I would say the replayablity is very limited. It ...   Aug 20 2017, 03:48 AM
Lopov   Thanks for some explanation behind those pics. So ...   Aug 20 2017, 11:43 AM
haute ecole rider   so where can this game be purchased? I will have t...   Aug 20 2017, 05:05 PM
SubRosa   are they really there or is it all inside Senua...   Aug 20 2017, 05:28 PM
Acadian   What a fascinating game and such great pictures to...   Aug 20 2017, 08:21 PM
SubRosa   I started up a new game of Senua's Sacrifice l...   Oct 28 2017, 08:05 PM
Lopov   Rowing under hanging corpses is really creepy. Th...   Oct 28 2017, 08:29 PM
Acadian   And more Senua! That game has wonderful looks ...   Oct 29 2017, 01:02 PM
Renee   That game looks incredible. I wonder what it's...   Oct 29 2017, 03:58 PM
SubRosa   It is not blood or dirt on Senua's right hand ...   Oct 30 2017, 10:06 PM
Acadian   Looks very moody - in a neat way. It seems like t...   Oct 31 2017, 05:42 PM
Lopov   Great battle shots, first in the rain, then in som...   Oct 31 2017, 06:59 PM
SubRosa   Acadian: It's very moody and atmospheric. It p...   Nov 1 2017, 09:50 PM
Lopov   Hela really looks scary in "Hela rules here...   Nov 1 2017, 10:08 PM
Acadian   The screenshots are as wonderful to see this time ...   Nov 2 2017, 01:34 AM
SubRosa   Lopov: The entire story is Senua's agony. But ...   Nov 3 2017, 12:51 AM
Acadian   Despite the harsh lands, these are beautiful pictu...   Nov 3 2017, 02:50 PM
Lopov   How do you make Lopov shots in this game? Is it en...   Nov 4 2017, 03:26 PM
SubRosa   Acadian: They really did a spectacular job with pa...   Nov 4 2017, 07:56 PM
Acadian   Some more powerful shots. So glad you enjoyed you...   Nov 5 2017, 02:08 AM
Lopov   The final battle looks quite gory. I hope Senua f...   Nov 5 2017, 07:20 PM


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