Best Friends Play Hellblade - Senua's Sacrifice (Part 2/2)

[@sparkjolt]

I actually like the whole "find a symbol to open the door" mechanic. Notice she never actively tries to push open the door beforehand. She physically CANNOT until she finds matching symbols. A big part of psychosis and schizophrenia is pattern recognition, finding links to things that don't have links, and the inability to complete a task because of imaginary barriers to overcome. The doors were open the entire time. There was no magic blocking the path, only her own mind.

[@squidlump]

I love how it's like pat and woolie are just two more of senua's voices

[@McPhisto]

Right? Because what she needs in her confusion and terror is two guys talking about whether DMX is in prison

[@Frellyouall]

@@McPhisto This comment made me loose my shit.

[@MantraMan2077]

This game in a nutshell: DARKNESS IMPRISONING ME ALL THAT I SEE ABSOLUTE HORROR!

[@severteran9897]

You should see the final gram trial. Literally the ENTIRE NUTSHELL.

[@BlackSabbath628]

RA RA RA I FORGOT THE WORDS

[@zedre7633]

*CRAWLING IN MY CRAAAWL*

[@ShadinCore]

CUT MY LIFE INTO PIECES THIS IS MY LAST RESORT

[@neloverg3774]

I'll do you one better fam: I HEAR VOICES IN MY HEAD THEY TALK TO ME THEY UNDERSTAND THEY TALK TO ME :^)

[@FLAMINGBABYPUNCH]

When the Randy Orton DLC coming for this game? "I hear voices in my head! They come to me, they understand! They talk to me!

[@ChristianStout]

Regardless of my own opinion of this game, I'm absolutely amazed how divisive these comments are. Seems like everyone would give this game either 1 star or 5, with no middle ground.

[@SteelBallRun1890]

Anything to avoid Gabe's punk ass.

[@genm4827]

Why not a full LP?

[@NohorseRU]

Remember, everyone. Pat hates getting shot. Woolie hates when people set his dreads on fire. And Matt.. uh.. hates the creepy sex thing?

[@TheTurtleinariver]

Hell of a day for the Arson desk. Good thing the LAPD finally started doing coverage in Viking hell.

[@sketchywest1176]

"Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice" Boy, I wonder what's going to happen at the end of the game!

[@wheelskellington3112]

pat's stand literally got dmx arrested

[@johnlugtu4113]

I dunno about the new direction this God of War game is taking you guys. Not enough gratuitous violence if you ask me.

[@severteran9897]

lol, It does look like it doesn't it.

[@mellowhero3520]

Is it weird that this game is the God of War I want? I like grim low fantasy, though.

[@LadyBlackmoor]

I like how they are basically two more voices in her head. And from her perspective they are the most annoying of all.

[@MiraiGen]

"That looks like a video!" It is! It's probably the creepiest and coolest FMV ever made!

[@JackTarboxProduction]

This game looks fuckin awesome! Wish I could watch you guys play it more, I really enjoyed these videos. Thanks for the great content boys! Oh and Ninja Theory!

[@ladamedesaraignees1764]

"I imagine that you're going to fight Surt as the final boss of this area, considering all the shit that's been talked." Shit such as "You have to fight Surt to move on"?

[@shadowblaster124]

You can see what they're doing with the combat voices. They're making it so you can trust those voices when you're in combat. Later on, they will DEFINITELY either betray you, or tell you to do something that leads to a bad ending.

[@bloodyangel1]

When I saw that monument with the moving textures, I was totally thinking of Silent Hill 3 right before Pat mentioned it. *Bond with Pat has increased.*

[@TheNocturnal1]

So far this game looks pretty solid. I don't expect this game to be boundary pushing for the genres that it represents, but rather a journey for the player to undergo. Games are technically art, which means that it's subjective. People have certain taste to what makes a game great. Story, Gameplay, Replay Value, "FUN". They want to play a game that can justify their time/payment towards it. I haven't read too much into Ninja Theory after the whole Devil May Cry Remake shitstorm (I'm a fan of the originals yet have a neutral respect towards the 2013 release for what it offered gameplay wise, but would've prefer it be called something else) but based on this alone, they learned to best stick with something original and invest in quality time for development in order to provide a solid experience.

[@thisismyshow9697]

That feeling when you actually, no joke, start screaming "YOU IDIOTS, TURN RIGHT" just as they pass the X Symbol.

[@oldmansharples9700]

Seriously? Cat Lady gets a full play through but this only gets 2 episodes? What the actually fuck, guys?

[@kingofthemoon3063]

The comments here seem exceedingly hostile about this game. It looks perfectly fine. It's not incredible in terms of gameplay, but if you just want a neat story with very simple gameplay, it's fine. I think it has good presentation.

[@kingofthemoon3063]

Also DMC was trash, but I don't see how it makes this gam bad.

[@DigitalGame18]

Because they made DMC a thing and dissed the old fans, gamers are like elephants, they never forget and they will run like a wild stampede if you mess with things they love.

[@severteran9897]

This is why I said it was a bad idea to do a vid on this. This is not a game to watch. It is specifically designed in that most of it's content is only experienced actually playing the game. You're not going to get shit watching because all you are waiting for is combat.

[@sparda-blizzard5484]

no actually. the DMC fans are not shitting on the game for the sake of it. the game does go downhill half way through.

[@SlickAnims]

King of the Moon everyone complaining about the game probably thinks you either need 2000 mechanics and overly complex systems to make a game fun, or just hate Ninja Theory for Enslaved/DmC. Games ok, like 6/10. Would probably only recommend if you dig Norse mythos and/or slow, heavy combat.

[@DarthCariss]

This game seems good. Luckily I don't care about DMC so I don't have to be a big baby like the others. Wish it was a full LP.

[@hugehuman1]

Hyper-realistic ghost man looks just like Matt, he's even got a skull on his hat!

[@aidlord23]

I just realised... Senua has the ability to see the Hunter's Mark from Bloodborne.

[@fake._]

I don't know why there's so much hate for the game that's priced at $30. It's a puzzle game with combat, with a good premise and detail. Maybe everybody is salty that it's backed by Ninja Theory, and don't like walking from place to place.

[@Maioly]

its simple, its an ultra linear walking simulator with very generic and never changing combat mechanics its about 10 bucks to expensive for what it actually is for you americans and 30 too expensive here in brasil

[@fake._]

Maioly the combat is deep enough with a little challenge. Detailed combat would feel bad for a game that is inspired by psychosis. I enjoy the journey of the story and voices you hear. A game this good looking is fine at 30.

[@severteran9897]

The only hate that exists are from people not educated enough to understand that you cannot "watch" this game and expect much.

[@matrix3509]

"Watching" the game is 90% of what the player is doing too. That, and holding forward.

[@brunomunemassa8266]

You know your opinion is totally valid and the only part i disagree with is the "walking from place to place part" why would i pay for that if i already do that in real life ? Now all salt apart from this, i believe Ninja Theory is capable of making great games, they just need to stop putting "art" before "game" when they make a videogame.

[@gigaganon]

wow at all the negativity! Sure the game isn't interesting combat-wise... but EVERYTHING else is amazing! The art direction, the sound direction, the actors, the story, the main subject (psychosis)! It definitely deserves praise, way more than the other game they released before that!

[@sitromxe9472]

"The game in this game isn't interesting or engaging at all. Why do people dislike this game?"

[@blitzkriegdragon013]

Not even close to what he said.

[@SleeprunnerInc]

The game is a walking simulator with puzzles an 8 year old on crack cocaine can do with his eyes closed, the combat is boring, the visuals aren't that great, its just woodlands with some blur here and there. The story isn't anything new either and has been done multiple times before. Sound might be nice but it's just a niche pick.

[@GammaRingHunter]

It's not a game

[@DaRealJGRIF]

to be fair the combat is actually a lot more fun woolie makes it look like there are more than four moves woolie just isn't trying different combinations

[@117johnpar]

"Sometimes you gotta shake the door to see if its a door"

[@jaye5716]

Billy you ask which is best girl, but don't give me any choices that are even Mildly reasonable.

[@5282890]

L.A. Noire but instead of clues, you look for viking runes. Sorry, sometimes you need to shake yggdrasil to see what falls out.

[@coraert]

Dear comment readers, please wear appropriate attire when entering the salt mines down below.

[@Dinoboots]

Ok but for real though, this game looks amazing. Like, story-wise alone this looks so fascinating, I am so drawn into it and honestly want to see more.

[@Taractis]

Surt's fight was one of the highpoints of the game for me. Just the buildup, and then the music playing, and the new mechanic that you have to figure out for yourself.

[@customercareskeleton]

I like how her spirit guide kinda looks like viking Matt

[@ShutterSnapped]

The beginning is a good introduction to the game's use of binaural audio but Surtr is also a fantastic use of it. In the game with headphones when you activate the fire sacrifices, it's terrifying. Loud screaming crosses your ears and as you run you hear the wails and suffering of people all around you. It's so good.

[@chaos396]

Good ol' salty comments from people who haven't actually played the game and think anything with a decent story is pretentious. I do so love the internet!

[@BlueScarabGuy]

Fun fact? That guy they kept saying was photorealistic IS actually live-action. They shot a guy in costume in front of a green screen and composited him into the game. All humans in this game except for Senua herself are live-action, but the effects used are so effective that it's completely seamless.

[@nono9543]

Isn't Surt like an extremely massive, powerful, primordial demon-type character? How does a woman with Psychosis just walk up and kill him like that? Still a cool game though.

[@sitromxe9472]

The same reason why Kratos can kill most of the Greek Pantheon, because it is cool, and because it is a videogame... Well, in this particular case the second point may not be applicable, but you get my point...

[@philipgodsworth4764]

Darrius Cooper Because almost everything in the game is a hallucination.

[@nono9543]

I should have known. It's Scarecrow's Toxin. Everything cool happens there.

[@chaos396]

Because it's not actually Surt, it's either completely imaginary or some random viking man in the woods taking a dump.

[@nono9543]

So I guess the Gods don't exist in this Universe? ... Ehhh...

[@Thorrison]

Woolie is bad at reading, walking, AND fighting! The trifecta!

[@Zer0BloodX]

Pat apologized about booing something, I feel the end times approach

[@Jonadiah13]

I was a little luke-warm on this game, it looked interesting, but the puzzles weren't really grabbing me... ... And then the music started on that boss-fight... FUUUUUUCK, I'm getting this game!

[@INvalidSYNapse]

*shits popping off all around you* Five minutes later: “You got some glowing things there...” Uuuuuugh...

[@kivapop8761]

I hate to break it to you guys, but the sequences with Druth, as well as Senua's parents and husband are all live-action layered over the gameplay. The reason Druth looks more real than Senua is because they just recorded the actor wearing that costume and layered lighting effects over it. I wish somebody could achieve cgi animation that lifelike, but this is not that. Still some damn fine animation on Senua.

[@kivapop8761]

Nevermind, I noticed that you guys already figured that out the second time Druth appeared in this video

[@ridjf]

Really hope you guys come back to this and finish it or at least play it till you perma-die

[@brian.jrmontoya3227]

Decided to come back and finish watching this, and I gotta say, good job Ninja Theory, you managed to make a game that's pretty damn good.

[@ODST_Parker]

There was a great character in the Starship Troopers animated movie, a dude that had a tattoo for every single religon. They'd always ask him, "Which one is gonna save you today?" and he'd just point to a couple of them. Gotta cover all your bases.

[@youknow719]

There's live action stuff mixed in with CG that's why Druth looks so real because he is

[@elahprice3126]

"Aye. Sorry for booing you at that event..."

[@Haweaz]

Really like the constant voices in your head, sounds like 3-4 people in your brain.

[@Nightweaver1]

It's always amazing to me how finely tuned the human brain is at recognizing faces and reality that we can immediately tell the difference between almost-real CG and actually real video of people. It happened in Avatar. The technology is very, very good, but unless CG gets way more convincing, it still won't trick the brain into believing that these CG people you're seeing are real.

[@TheFuryHasCome]

Lara Croft is the best girl out of them. Her name has rung through the generations of gaming. Not to mention, you could never go wrong with triangular knockers.

[@JeedyJay]

I think the description writer means New Lara, specifically, since she's the one that fits into a comparison with Aloy and Senua. Classic Lara was the 90's style "action bombshell" that Bayonetta is a throwback to/attempted revival of.

[@karolkowalski3842]

I love that scene from mummy too, when he started talkin' in hebrew / yiddish mummy said "ooh language of the slaves" so hilarious.

[@connorlehnert2994]

"X should be easier to find" Proceeds to overlook the giant X on his left

[@StoneOceanPhotography]

Why do we keep putting Woolie "i dont actually look around or explore during puzzles" Madden in charge of puzzles involving looking around?

[@Birbucifer]

The death system in this game is what hollowing in Dark Souls should have been

[@kingofthemoon3063]

No it shouldn't. Dark souls is not designed in a way that would make limited continues an okay mechanic. Forcing people to replay everything over and over just because they are having trouble in one spot and ran out of continues is not fun or enjoyable. Very very few people actually enjoy bullshit like that. There's a reason that limited continues is rare nowadays. It fucking sucks and people hate it.

[@Birbucifer]

King of the Moon I stand by my statement. Also chill the fuck out dude

[@TAMAMO-VIRUS]

How about you combine them? Every time you die, you hollow a bit. Then when fully hollow you have the choice to invade somebody, or use a Humanity/Human Effigy. In response to this, Humanity and Effigies are much rarer. This would also add more weight to covenants like Darkwraiths.

[@LuckeeStrikee]

jfunk1994 - You mean like DS2?

[@TAMAMO-VIRUS]

Luckee Strikee DS2, it only showed on your health bar, not visually on your character. at least not in my game.

[@SimplePhill]

As of this video airing, DMX is in fact in jail. Or house arrest. Which is kinda like jail. But for rich people.

[@majinmafia4740]

At 17:57 in the doorway This game just got super fucking spook. Hats off to the guys behind DmC to rebound pretty good with a game more focused on their strengths as writers rather than forgettable combat.

[@Atlittle104]

Also, like Woolie it took me a while till I learned there was a parry.

[@yozman55]

The scenes where Druth shows up are clips of the actor in front of a green screen. The reason you don't get uncanny valley is because it's an actual person. Woolie is correct.

[@KeyboardSavant]

Druth is actually an FMV with post-processing affects filtering the appearance to give him a more "ethereal" look. Or so, I think...

[@alexcomer63]

You missed one of the exposition stones at the gate where senua got the rot it was left of the main door you couldn't go through, That was the C you missed it looks like each chapters exposition stones are separated by the white dot between them.

[@robotpanda77]

This needs to be a full lp.

[@PixelleHearts]

Taking Surt's path technically sequence breaks the game in that you were supposed to obtain that runic mirror on Senua's belt from Druth in the other path.

[@ActivelyVacant]

This game feels like a weird ancient Nordic version of Sesame Street. "Can you find the letter 'dæg' in this room? Great job!"

[@LotusGramarye]

I'm loving all these hot takes in the comments. And by loving I mean I'm gouging my eyes out.

[@severteran9897]

Tell me about it.

[@19DeathlYAngeL94]

You know what is really nice, having blur motion on and turn 360 every 3 seconds, it's gets really good through the video. thanks Wools :)

[@SDallas777]

Aloy is my favorite current but PS1 Lara was awesome back in her time.

[@GreedAndSelfishness]

Yes! I'm glad Pat noticed that this game uses pretty much the same effect as Silent Hill 3 sometimes.

[@Frostman411]

For your question? Aloy. She literally overcomes all odds and fights giant robots, she unlocks most of the history of her world through sheer grit, each of the main story missions is basically a tomb raid that Laura would probably have failed, and she's probably the most skilled fighter out of all of them in the long run.

[@ShinigamiNTW]

Woolie: *turns the camera to see the x then does a 180* Pat: I dunno a symmetrical X seems like the easiest thing to see. Woolie: It really does.

[@vonschuhart]

That freaky shaman dude who fades in and out of reality referred to a group of god called "the devourers." The original word for the giants of Norse mythology, "jotun" roughly translates to eater or devourer (which might explain why that guy changed "titan" to "eotan" on the crunchyroll subs of "AoT," they are giant devourers). The word giant came to replace jotun once english started moving into nordic regions along with Christianity. This is why jotun are often thought of as beings of great size. While many of them were as large as mountains, they weren't necessarily any larger or smaller than a man, though they could often change forms as well.

[@KeeBlade]

I think Woolie only blocked twice: when first figuring out the controls, and figuring out if there's a parry. I think that might have some correlation with Hideki Kamiya's block button allergy.

[@CasualShinji]

That hallucination dude is actually live-action. The reason they put the filter over him is to disguise this. Another indicator of this game not having the largest budget.

[@dudemetslagroom8065]

I see that this is part 2 of 2...please KEEP playing these till the end come on guys!

[@Jasper_Silva]

I love that from the time of this recording to now (August 11th) DMX went BACK to being in jail.

[@timthechef9242]

The "For Honor" symbol that Pat saw was a valknut or knot of slain warriors, it's a symbol that was found on Scandinavian tombs

[@JoeAconite]

The best Silent Hill game seen in years.

[@sebastianbarrios2177]

I really really dont understand you guys, commenters. I know art is subjective and everyone has their opinion, but theres a difference bewtween "this is shit" to "I dont like it", and im not sure if you are hating it by asociation to Ninja Theory or if you really played it and found it boring, but at least from my side it was a good experience to watch this, used sounds in a creative way(seriously, this thing of setting noises to make it feel as if they are coming from different places, and how they effect your environment as actual commentators is amazing and should be used more, since it has existed for a long time) and is deeper psychologically than many other games, its great for me, and I wish I wasnt poor so I could play it. Only thing to say is that I dont find much use to the puzzles part, but eh, the good thigs override it.

[@MantraMan2077]

Is there any aspect of Norse life or culture that _wasn't_ metal as FUCK? Because I have yet to hear of something that wasn't cool as Hel.

[@JeedyJay]

I think the worst thing you could say about her is that she doesn't actually _do_ much. She has the same "vaguely sinister, but inactive and generally inoffensive" thing that Hades does, but with a cooler aesthetic.

[@fenris5932]

i mean the average joe who wasn't a viking either fished or raised livestock like anyone else in the medieval era, the only thing cool was the vikings and the mythology

[@nono9543]

I see what you did there :)

[@An_Actual_Rat]

Well, they had a pretty advanced legal system that involved some paperwork. Though considering it's about legal battles between norse-men it's probably the coolest trial drama ever.

[@Khoditsky]

I dunno man, jesus taking his execution/sacrifice like a champ then coming back as a zombie telling people to eat his flesh and blood is pretty metal.

[@ShadowWolfRising]

Time for more Norse Dante's Inferno.

[@themoleman6806]

Okay, I don't think people know what "walking simulator" means anymore. A Walking Simulator is a game with _no fail state_ no combat, and no actual challenge. It's not "any game with a lot of walking."

[@TehCookieSpartan]

That "For Honor symbol" you saw is called a valknut, the symbol of Odin.

[@Yal_Rathol]

that autotuned mass scream of pain is horrific.

[@mAceOfHearts]

17:40 Woolie talking about how it'll be easier to find the X while the entire left side of the screen is filled with that X, which he somehow misses, was painful to watch.

[@chaffXgrenade]

They're so hype about the [early part of the] game! If only they knew what lies ahead...

[@contardation]

chaffXgrenade a good game?

[@chaffXgrenade]

contardation An average game.

[@7Zealot]

Creature: The Woolie Element: Earth Elemental weakness: Fire The Woolie, or the Shout of Earth as the Northmen call, is weak to fire due to its flammable dreads. It does not share well, shooing away the little ones that seek its control, even when they ask nicely.

[@jamesd2021]

I wonder how long its going to take them to notice the hints that flow from the symbols to help you find them.

[@RandoChrisYT]

Billy, Kanji Tatsumi is best girl and you know it.

[@sofija1996]

He also doesn't take crap from anyone.

[@nnan4444]

i look forward to more of super best mental health awareness!

[@thatonedude675]

Woolie using guard breaks as normal attacks even after acknowledging melee attacks are guard breaks is driving me insane.

[@tiptaphooves]

Time to listen to Peter Stormare whisper about darkness or some shit and stare at super fucking metal environments

[@unversedhero6028]

Just imagine the Elder Scrolls games with this style of combat/melee mechanic.😱

[@Tanerion]

Took Woolie long enough to figure out that Druth was a video. Pay close attention and you'll notice that he's in 2D.

[@garidor3129]

"Time for some hall wuggin'!"

[@danielburns2219]

People who are interested in this game, dont be waylaid by the salty people who hate this game because its Ninja Theory who made it, it's actually a very heart wrenching story with epic character and world designs, with a simple yet epic feeling combat system.

[@severteran9897]

yeah, the combat is actually very engaging and feels awesome. You're not supposed to watch this sort of game. It's pointless, and the story gets fucking real once you actually get into helheim.

[@bobthespam]

its T O T A L Y E P I C right gamers?

[@KissShotAcerolaOrion]

I was not originally interested in this game but i'm definitely getting this at some point now.

[@GammaRingHunter]

Epic combat system? Lol fuck off

[@danielburns2219]

MrSakoK k thanks for your input, I appreciate your enthusiasm for being a child on the internet.

[@shortlong8936]

You guys ever get mixed up between Matt's: "OG's" and his "OH GEEZ'S" ?

[@GammaRingHunter]

Johnny Bartlett why are you talking about Matt in this video? Hes not in it

[@shortlong8936]

MrSakoK Because I live in a free country and I do whatever I feel like doing.

[@cottontailsify]

Oh, looks like DMX is in jail now again.

[@Flow764]

Good to see that Ninja Theory still doesn't get how to do Weapon "trails" or whatever you want to call that straight up PS2 Effect whenever you swing your sword.

[@gmkgoat]

It's better than anything else Ninja Theory has made, even if it is a huge corridor with N64 level combat mechanics.

[@PhiceT1917]

its a video of a real actor. If you watch the senua game diaries, its fascinating how they accomplished a lot of the visuals and audio in this game.