![]() ![]() Following Senua on her journey through the Norse version of hell can easily make your rethink your life decisions. To give credit where its due, the fear imbued by Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice is intense to say the least. While it is generally successful overall in creating an in-depth experience, it does tend to toe the line between walking sim and action-adventure/psychological horror that leads to some disappointment if you’ve got the wrong idea. Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice is one of the more impressive examples of this approach, especially given the dedication of its developers toward creating a dark, brooding world, that’s faithful to its Norse mythological roots. It takes a truly iron-clad narrative to fully showcase the potential of this approach to a game, especially since many players become interested due to the gameplay itself. In general, I don’t mind games that pride themselves on telling an incredibly strong narrative while only being ‘walking simulators’ without many other mechanics. They’re sometimes the most difficult sort of game to pull of effectively without completely sacrificing making the game itself actually fun to play. During this adventure, she struggles with her own hallucinations, and fends off the undead soldiers who seek to bring her down.Story rich games are my personal bread and butter. In Senua’s Sacrifice, Senua travels through Helheim (the Underworld of Norse mythology) as part of a journey to rescue the soul of her dead lover, Dillion, from the goddess Hela. In case you didn’t play the original, Hellblade was a dark action-adventure game about Senua, a kick-ass Pict warrior dealing with mental health issues that she interprets as a curse placed on her. ![]() Hellblade 2 was revealed at The Game Awards 2019, with a dark, hard-hitting reveal trailer that didn’t give much away in terms of story or gameplay, but did reveal the key detail that the game is coming to next-generation Xbox and PC – it’s the release date we’re now curious about. That means you can expect to see it on Xbox One, too. The game is coming to both Xbox Series X and PC, Microsoft has confirmed, and it’ll be among the first to support the Xbox’s Smart Delivery technology that gives you access to the best version of the game on whichever system you’re playing on. Ninja Theory announced Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2, the follow-up to 2017’s Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice, back in late 2019. ![]()
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