[OpenCritic] Senua's Saga: Hellblade II Reviews (82 Top Critic Average 80% Critics Recommend)
[OpenCritic] Senua's Saga: Hellblade II Reviews (82 Top Critic Average 80% Critics Recommend)
Senua's Saga: Hellblade II is rated 'Strong' after being reviewed by 100 critics, with an overall average score of 82. It's ranked in the top 11% of games and recommended by 80% of critics.
-Eurogamer 5 / 5
-PC Gamer 58 / 100
-IGN 8 / 10
-GamesRadar+ 5 / 5
-Metro GameCentral 5 / 10
-Game Informer 9 / 10
-GameSpot 6 / 10
-Hobby Consolas 70 / 100
I didn't play the first one. Though I started playing this last night on game pass knowing nothing about it.
It's intense, beautiful, intriguing and I'm looking forward to playing more.
The game itself is more of a story that you sometimes sword fight in. Exceptionally linear, which to me is a refreshing change from the abundance of open world titles available at the moment. The story is interesting, though I'm starting to think I should play through the first one first, there is a recap at the beginning so I feel I'm up to speed on what's happened. The combat is fun, and very cinematic, it feels like every interaction has been coded separately.
Overall it's a solid 8/10 if you are a fan of narrative story games it's worth a look, though as mentioned I'd be tempted to start at the beginning, there isn't much hand holding through the features which I imagine is explained more in the first game.
I've been trying to play the first one after getting it a few months ago, but I can only play for a little bit at a time because it's just so... heavy. It's so good at portraying Schizophrenia that it fucks with your head, and the controls don't help, causing further madness. Every time I try to play a bit, I feel off afterwards, like my mind slipped away. I really want to play and finish it, but it's taking some time.
Watching the fire of haters and lovers of this game is going to be very fun
Been a while since a game was this polarising I think, right? Some reviewers giving it perfect scores and some 5/10s. Like Stephens also seemed to hate it, though I didn't watch the video since I haven't played the game yet.
Very interesting and curious whether I'll land in the love or hate camp. I really enjoyed the first game so I'm hopeful.