During the many times there's nothing to do but hold the left bumper and up on the left stick, I think to myself: "this could've been a pretty cool movie instead"
It's funny because, as a "gameplay first purist," Hellblade's balance of cinematics didn't bother me in the slightest because the binaural audio is 1000% a storytelling mechanic married to the medium of games.
Like, I genuinely don't think anyone should play this without headphones.
Like, I genuinely don't think anyone should play this without headphones.
They're based and correct. (most of the time, few movie-wannabe games are worthwhile and watching a youtuber play it gives the same experience).