Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice Retrospective - Fear Unmasked

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Check out Manta Sleep here - https://tinyurl.com/4w6k4c6s and make sure to use MONTYZANDER for 10% off your order! Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice is - on the surface – incredibly simple and finds power in that simplicity. But its journey is layered, nuanced, and intimate. When it released in 2017 it was hailed as a technical marvel, but even a cursory look at some of the behind-the-scenes footage its developer – Ninja Theory – released shows a game that’s so much more than its graphics. So let's talk about it. BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/montyzander.bsky.social Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/montyzander Lore Dump: @LoreDump Thumbnail by: Zoltiboi - https://x.com/zoltiboi Valravyn Art by: @SamanthaSaunderz *HELLBLADE 2: SENUA’S SAGA CRITIQUE - A GIANT MISSTEP* https://youtu.be/U8E7b0KXNiI *ALAN WAKE 2 CRITIQUE - BEYOND THE LAKE* https://youtu.be/YtpmAwSTJeo *ALAN WAKE CRITIQUE - BEYOND INSPIRATION* https://youtu.be/p7WasN_BNfU *BATMAN: ARKHAM KNIGHT CRITIQUE - LEGACY OF THE BAT* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rruHbLSDTRo&t=3640s&ab_channel=MontyZander *GOTHAM KNIGHTS CRITIQUE - SHADOW OF THE BAT* https://youtu.be/hfM8HZ6IaHA *BATMAN: ARKHAM ORIGINS CRITIQUE - VENGEANCE OF THE BAT* https://youtu.be/9RYwQpZ1tac *BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY CRITIQUE - BREAKING THE BAT* https://youtu.be/8aiK00lFVsI *BATMAN: ARKHAM ASYLUM CRITIQUE - FINDING THE BAT* https://youtu.be/WDlY2RP3R3A The Old Hellblade Critique: https://youtu.be/BHYnUP_6t6g TIMESTAMPS 00:00:00 - Introduction 00:02:56 - Part 1: The Painted People 00:14:35 - Part 2: Warrior of the Wilds 00:27:17 - Part 3: Trick of the Mind 00:39:58 - Part 4: The Trials of Odin 00:52:53 - Part 5: The Horrors of Hel 01:02:36 - Part 6: The Land of Mist and Fog 01:15:21 - Part 7: Fear Unmasked MUSIC INTRO Angel Salazar - Scotland Mountains PART 1 HillTopTrio - Whole Heap of Little Horses - Instrumental Version Kyle Preston - Inn of the Fermented PART 2 Israel Wasserman - Just a Dream - Instrumental Version PART 3 Sun Tailor - It Goes On - No Lead Vocals PART 4 Aleksey Chistilin - Overcoming the Impossible Daniel Robinson - The Isles PART 5 Pablo Suarez - Shiver Hellblade Soundtrack - The Tower Hellblade Soundtrack - The Sea of Corpses PART 6 Lance Conrad - Waiting and Hoping PART 7 Tadhg Daly - Losing Streak The Hunts - Years REFERENCES 1) Ninja Theory - Behind the Theory - Episode 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYe0cTnwJhs&t=560s 2) ItsPinkie - ASMR for Big D*ck Men: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KniThJPqTXk&t=455s 3) Cracked - ASMR Youtube Videos (Sorens Creepy Fetish): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_45TGmO3ms&t=212s 4) Michael Lynch - The Northern Earldoms 5) Alfred Smyth - Warlords and Holy Men: Scotland 80-1000AD 6) Bafta Guru - Melina Jurgens on Motion Capture and Acting in Games: 7) Ninja Theory - Combat Review Meeting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovov5djvEdc&t=210s 8) Ninja Theory - Development Diary 6: Combat, Controls and Camera: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFKjWciYbBM&list=PLbpkF8TRYizaT6GfMcKBG-RoUOQ6BJRXp&index=6 9) The Verge - Hellblade is a Harrowing, Frustrating Descent into Madness: https://www.theverge.com/2017/8/9/16117978/hellblade-senuas-sacrifice-review-ps4-pc 10) Smithsonian Magazine - The Vengeance of Ivarr the Boneless: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-vengeance-of-ivarr-the-boneless-4002654/ 11) Ninja Theory - Development Diary 9: Sound and Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSkbpxaE21c&list=PLbpkF8TRYizaT6GfMcKBG-RoUOQ6BJRXp&index=9 12) Ninja Theory - Development Diary 7: Creating the World: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFKjWciYbBM&list=PLbpkF8TRYizaT6GfMcKBG-RoUOQ6BJRXp&index=6 13) Ninja Theory - Development Diary 3: Creating Senua: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PojGyYP5AB0&list=PLbpkF8TRYizaT6GfMcKBG-RoUOQ6BJRXp&index=3 14) Tim Clarkson - The Picts: A History 15) Much of the development history was pulled from the full series of diaries Ninja Theory released, so here's a link to the full playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbpkF8TRYizaT6GfMcKBG-RoUOQ6BJRXp