History VideoGame / HellbladeSenuasSacrifice

* GameBreakingBug: Jim Sterling's initial 1/10 score was because of one. It's triggered by forgetting to get a torch before you enter an area that requires one, and triggering it renders the game unwinnable.

* PlayingThePlayer: The game indicates that there are a set amount of deaths that the player can have before [[FinalDeath their save game is wiped and forced to start over]]. [[https://www.pcgamesn.com/hellblade-senuas-sacrifice/hellblade-permadeath-bluff Player experimentation]] indicates that this is not true at all, but rather a lie to make the player paranoid.

The protagonist is Senua, a warrior traumatized by a Viking invasion. The story is based on Celtic myth and it focus on Senua's point of view as she embarks on a very personal journey through a hellish underworld which are the psychosis manifestations of her own [[MindScrew reality and mind]].

The game is somewhat similar to the recent Franchise/DarkSouls games in combat, focusing on timing your strikes and dodging their blows. Be warned, as Senua can't take many hits before she goes down- even worse.

The game is somewhat similar to the recent Franchise/DarkSouls games in combat, focusing on timing your strikes and dodging their blows. Be warned, as Senua can't take many hits before she goes down- even worse, dying too many times will eventually result in a NonStandardGameOver that kills Senua ''permanently'', sending her straight back to the beginning of the game.

* FinalDeath: Die too many times and Senua's brain literally ''rots'', killing her permanently.

Set to be released August 8, 2017 for the UsefulNotes/{{Playstation 4}} and PC.

* FinalDeath: Debatable, but the game warns you if you fail too often and Senua will be killed by brain rot, and all progress are erased.

* TheFourthWall: Senua hears voices, and one of them seems to be the narrator herself. The narrator thus whispers to not disturb Senua too much.

NeedsMoreLove

* FinalDeath: If you lose too many fights, Senua gets fully corrupted and the game deletes the save file.

* ShellShockedVeteran: Senua.

* ShellShockedVeteran: Senua.
* XMeetsY: It's ''VideoGame/HeavenlySword'' meets ''{{Videogame/Bloodforge}}''.

* XMeetsY: It's ''VideoGame/HeavenlySword'' meets ''Videogame/Bloodforge''.

* ShellShockedVeteran: Senua

* PostHistoricalTrauma: The hero becomes traumatized after a Viking invasion.

Set to be released in 2017 for the UsefulNotes/{{Playstation 4}} and PC.

* ActionGirl: Senua.
* AmazonianBeauty: Again, Senua. The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FZaJ3-4A-g&list=PLbpkF8TRYizaT6GfMcKBG-RoUOQ6BJRXp&index=17&ab_channel=NinjaTheory developers used scanning technology]] to model the body of a female bodybuilder for Senua's character model, achieving a very realistic and muscular look for the character.

Set to be released in 2016 for the UsefulNotes/{{Playstation 4}} and PC.

* PostHistoricalTrauma: The hero get her trauma after a Viking invasion.

''Hellblade'' is an ActionAdventure VideoGame developed and - for the first time - published by Creator/NinjaTheory.

* DarkerAndEdgier: In contrast to ''VideoGame/HeavenlySword'''s fantasy set or ''[[VideoGame/EnslavedOdysseyToTheWest Enslaved]]'''s colorful post-apocalypse, it's the most mature game from Creator/NinjaTheory.