Senua's Saga: Hellblade II Review & OT "The hardest battles are fought in the mind, not with the sword".

Lord Mittens

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Looking forward to what you think.

I saw another post somewhere; it was about people suggesting that you wear headphones when playing it.

@Lord Mittens is going one better than that, he said he wants the full experience when he plays it.

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I say save your money if you are not doing the the 1$ gamepass thingy, the lord of the rings trilogy extended version is much better bang for your buck and you can start an yearly ritual of watching it over the holidays in december
 
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No HUD or Map.



"These blips in reality are of course, a way to display the world through Senua’s lens, but they’re also extremely helpful guidance from a gameplay perspective. In Hellblade II, there’s no map or interface guiding the way, and Attwell chuckles as he adds that they’ve made life quite hard for themselves by not having an in-game HUD.

It means all of the clues on how to proceed have to be shown with audio or visual cues, and this is done so incredibly intuitively; it’s rarely unclear where you need to go, and the narrative paths through these landscapes are crafted so well that it’s impossible to predict what you’re coming up against. There’s no walking into a big clearing that indicates you’re about to get into a brawl loading screen transitions – this is one smooth, seamless adventure where transitions between locations, be it the grounded external world or Senua’s supernatural inner mindscapes – are entirely intentional."