History Awesome / HellbladeSenuasSacrifice

* A meta-example: the lead actress for Senua, Melina Juergens, was just a video editor at Ninja Theory and was merely meant to be a stand-in mocap actress for a real actress. That clearly did not pan out, as she gave ''[[SugarWiki/SheReallyCanAct such]]'' [[SugarWiki/SheReallyCanAct an emotional and well-received performance for her role that Ninja Theory used her as the lead actress instead]]. So impressive was her actress's performance that her first role helped win her a freaking '''[=BAFTA=] Award''' for Best Performer, and was agreed by critics to be one of the best parts of the game. [[SincerityMode Not bad at all for somebody who literally never acted before]]!

* A meta-example: the lead actress for Senua, Melina Juergens, was just a video editor at Ninja Theory and was merely meant to be a stand-in mocap actress for a real actress. That clearly did not pan out, as she gave ''[[SheCanReallyAct such]]'' [[SheCanReallyAct an emotional and well-received performance for her role that Ninja Theory used her as the lead actress instead]]. So impressive was her actress's performance that her first role helped win her a freaking '''[=BAFTA=] Award''' for Best Performer, and was agreed by critics to be one of the best parts of the game. [[SincerityMode Not bad at all for somebody who literally never acted before]]!

* A meta example: the game manages to buck the industry trend by showing that even an indie developer can create a small-budget game with production values that rival or even surpass "AAA" games. Not only did the game became profitable at only 500,000 units sold, but the game has received countless awards and much praise for its cinematic experience and depiction of mental illness.
* Another meta example; common media in general but video games specifically often treat mental illness as a grab-bag for character traits and rarely actually put in more than the surface-level research, leading to cases of AmbiguousDisorder, FunnySchizophrenia, and HollywoodPsychology that does a great disservice to those suffering from mental illnesses. The fact that this game not only is one of the more starkly accurate depictions of schizophrenia in video games but builds its entire plot, level structure, combat system, and even ''art direction and level design'' around Senua's illness while never denigrating her or making her seem like a bad person for dealing with it is jaw-dropping in its awesomeness.
* Yet another meta: Melina Juergens was a video editor at Ninja Theory who stepped in to do motion capture and voice acting for the character of Senua while they set up the mocap system in anticipation of hiring a professional for the role. She was good at it. Really, ''really'' good at it. So good, in fact, that they decided they didn't need to hire someone else for mocap or voice acting after all--Juergens was able to inhabit Senua's character that well. So very good, that Juergens won the The 2017 Game Award for Best Performance and the 2018 BAFTA Games Award for Performance, beating out fellow nominees Creator/LauraBailey, Creator/BrianBloom, Creator/AshlyBurch, Creator/ClaudiaBlack, actress Valerie Rose Lohman, and actor Abubakar Salim.

--> Senua: I never beat you in the wilds, did I? It was all an illusion! '''But not this time!'''

--> Senua: I never beat you in the wilds, did? It was all an illusion! '''But not this time!'''

* The final fight at the end of the game is the greatest of its moments of awesome. [[spoiler:Senua, empowered by her iron-hard determination and burning rage, charges through the heart of Helheim and cuts down everything in her path. Her damage goes through the roof, and with the legendary sword Gramr, she can rip through most of the horde of common foes with ease.]] It's extra awesome if you've gotten really good at the combat by now, as that combined with the above turns the entire first part into [[CurbStompBattle a pure one-sided beatdown]].
** The fight gets even more intense and awesome in part two. [[spoiler:You have to fight a shapeshifting mass of shadow [[FinalExamBoss that swaps between the three previous boss forms]] as you damage it. If that were not enough, a second one drops in and you get tag-teamed by them. But Senua just grits her teeth and kills multiple gods...AGAIN.]]
** Senua also drops a short BadassBoast between part one and two, just so you know she has gone full {{Determinator}} for this part. [[spoiler:"[[CallingTheOldManOut I can see through your darkness!]] [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech You're a liar and a murderer!]] [[BlasphemousBoast And if you really are Hela, then I have a sword here that can kill a god!]]"]]

* Yet another meta: Melina Juergens was a video editor at Ninja Theory who stepped in to do motion capture and voice acting for the character of Senua while they set up the mocap system in anticipation of hiring a professional for the role. She was good at it. Really, really good at it. So good that they decided they didn't need to hire someone else for mocap or voice acting. So very good that Juergens won the The 2017 Game Award for Best Performance and the 2018 BAFTA Games Award for Performance, beating out fellow nominees Creator/LauraBailey, Creator/BrianBloom, Creator/AshlyBurch, Creator/ClaudiaBlack, actress Valerie Rose Lohman, and actor Abubakar Salim.

** The fight gets even more intense and awesome in part two. [[spoiler:You have to fight a shapeshifting mass of shadow that swaps between the three previous boss forms as you damage it. If that were not enough, a second one drops in and you get tag-teamed by them. But Senua just grits her teeth and kills multiple gods...AGAIN.]]

** The music playing here is a gorgeous fit, as it matches perfectly with Senua's [[TheDeterminator tenacity]] and HeroicResolve by this stage of the game.

** Senua also drops a short BadassBoast between part one and two, just so you know she has gone full {{Determinator}} for this part. [[spoiler:"[[CallingTheOldManOut I can see through your darkness!]] [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech You're a liar and a murderer!]] [[BlasphemousBoast And if you really are Hela, then I have a sword here that can kill a god!]]"]]

** Senua also drops a short BadassBoast between part one and two, just so you know she has gone full {{Determinator}} for this part. [[spoiler:"I can see through your darkness! You're a liar and a murderer! [[BlasphemousBoast And if you really are Hela, then I have a sword here that can kill a god!]]"]]

** Senua also drops a short BadassBoast between part one and two, just so you know she has gone full {{Determinator}} for this part. [[spoiler:"[[BlasphemousBoast ...and if you really are Hela, then I have a sword here that can kill a god!]]"]]

* The final fight at the end of the game is the greatest of it's moments of awesome. [[spoiler:Senua, empowered by her iron-hard determination and burning rage, charges through the heart of Helheim and cuts down everything in her path. Her damage goes through the roof, and with the legendary sword Gramr, she can rip through most of the horde of common foes with ease.]] It's extra awesome if you've gotten really good at the combat by now, as that combined with the above turns the entire first part into [[CurbStompBattle a pure one-sided beatdown]].

* The final fight at the end of the game is the greatest of it's moments of awesome. [[spoiler:Senua, empowered by her iron hard determination and burning rage, charges through the heart of Helheim and cuts down everything in her path. Her damage goes through the roof, and with the legendary sword Gramr she can rip through most of the hoard of common foes with ease.]] It's extra awesome if you've gotten really good at the combat by now, as that combined with the above turns the entire first part into [[CurbStompBattle a pure one-sided beatdown]].

* The final fight at the end of the game is the greatest of it's moments of awesome.
[[spoiler:Senua, empowered by her iron hard determination and burning rage, charges through the heart of Helheim and cuts down everything in her path. Her damage goes through the roof, and with the legendary sword Gramr she can rip through most of the hoard of common foes with ease.]] It's extra awesome if you've gotten really good at the combat by now, as that combined with the above turns the entire first part into [[CurbStompBattle a pure one-sided beatdown]].

It's the story of a Celtic warrior woman traveling and fighting her way into and through the Norse version of hell, moments of awesome are all but inevitable with such a premise, and Hellblade delivers.

* The final fight at the end of the game is the greatest of it's moments of awesome. [[spoiler: Senua, empowered by her iron hard determination and burning rage, charges through the heart of Helheim and cuts down everything in her path. Her damage goes through the roof, and with the legendary sword Gramr she can rip through most of the hoard of common foes with ease. ]] It's extra awesome if you've gotten really good at the combat by now, as that combine with the above turns the entire first part into a pure one-sided beatdown.
** The fight gets even more intense and awesome in part two. [[spoiler: You have to fight a shapeshifting mass of shadow that swaps between the three previous boss forms as you damage it. If that were not enough, a second one drops in and you get tag-teamed by them. But Senua just grits her teeth and kills multiple gods AGAIN. ]]
** Senua also drops a short Badass Boast between part one and two, just so you know she has gone full Determinator for this part. [[spoiler: "...and if you really are Hela, then I have a sword here that can kill a god!" ]]

* The final fight at the end of the game is the greatest of it's moments of awesome. [[spoiler: Senua, empowered by her iron hard determination and burning rage, charges through the heart of Helheim and cuts down everything in her path. Her damage goes through the roof, and with the legendary sword Gram she can rip through most of the hoard of common foes with ease. ]] It's extra awesome if you've gotten really good at the combat by now, as that combine with the above turns the entire first part into a pure one-sided beatdown.