Better to just watch a playthrough on youtube?

[krutik]

I hear this game is amazing but not very interactive and feels like a walking simulator. I guess I could get the experience of this game just from watching the playthrough?

[Olin_Odinson]

While I would not compare the experience to a rollercoaster, I do concur Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice is an experience that would be lost if just watching a playthrough.

[Hekteur]

"walking sim" usage has stretched way past its actual meaning. True walking sims are games based on story telling ONLY and offers literally no kind of interaction or ways to experience the game in any different way. Those games are mostly "go there, watch what happens, go to that other place, rinse and repeat" with barely to no gameplay implied whatsoever. Stanley's parabol is an example of true walking sim. Nowadays, people use this term for whatever games they don't like and feel like there is no game play invovlved. In essence, puzzle games or games which offers feww combat opportunity aren't walking sims, but a lot of people who dislike these games tend to call them that way.

[Mord]

Ya, watching a play-through isn't going to be the same experience as a hands sweating fight with Fenrir in the dark. Play the game.

[jashan]

Best to play it in VR. Being in this world, with Senua, is totally mind-blowing - in a good way.

[krutik]

Originally posted by jashan:

Best to play it in VR. Being in this world, with Senua, is totally mind-blowing - in a good way.

I thought the game is in third person?

[Shanomo]

@Crouton 3rd person perspective is fairly key to game so I'd assume VR mode follows suit, OP(jashan) likely meant the feeling of being their with alongside her in the journey. It's like you're another voice in her head guiding her... gotta play it for sure to get the whole idea of the game and experience it properly. This certainly isn't a game trying to be a movie and won't really transfer well to watching a playthrough, well worth the purchase to find out why for yourself :D

[jashan]

Originally posted by Crouton:

I thought the game is in third person?

It is. That's why I said "being in this world, with Senua". It really changed my mind on the subject of "VR and 3rd person". The difference between playing the flatscreen version and experiencing it in VR is simply that in the flatscreen version, you watch Senua behind a screen. You're detached, it's distant. It may still touch you - but not as deeply.

In VR, you participate in her journey. You are there, with her.

It's really amazing! I have just finished it[redd.it], at about 9 hours play time, and am still deeply moved.

[(ADORA)ble 🌈👊]

Originally posted by Crouton:

I hear this game is amazing but not very interactive and feels like a walking simulator. I guess I could get the experience of this game just from watching the playthrough?

If you don't want to see games like this made then don't pay for them. If you DO want masterpieces like this made in the future... then pay for them.