Hellblade II: Senua’s Saga

Мне очень жаль, что я откладывала прохождение этой игры из-за жизненных обстоятельств. Я искренне считаю, что эта игра одна из самых лучших. Ни одна игра не вызывала у меня такой спектр эмоции. Мурашки по коже, сердце колотит так, будто сейчас выскочит из груди. Музыка, персонажи, история - всё просто идеально. Я верю ей, я ощущаю ее боль, я проживаю этот путь. Я тоскую по земле, на которую сама не ступала, я ищу месть и справедливость за тех, кого я сама лично не знаю, но эта игра заставляет меня сменить свою душу и прожить жизнь за Сенуа. Спасибо разработчикам за то, что они создали такой шедевр.

I was a fan of the original Hellblade since 2019. When they announced this sequel shortly after I first played it I was so excited. Then a couple years went by and I kind of stopped caring about this game. It's been such a long time that the hype kind of died down for me. Then Hellblade II finally released in 2024. And the reception I've seen was not what I expected. People trashed this game all over the internet. Called it a 3 hour walking sim, a glorified UE5 tech demo, said it's more of a movie than a game. So naturally I wasn't very excited to pay almost a full price for a 3 hour tech demo. And now it's been 2 years. It was on the latest Steam summer sale and I decided to grab it and finally play it (not before another replay of the first game). And what do I think of it? I don't know who were the people who said the things above but now it's clear they probably were not actual fans of the original and were just looking to trash this game for the sake of... I don't really know. Hellblade II is not a perfect game and it's not a perfect movie. It's something in between that is unique to itself. While it does have walking sim qualities (much like the first one...) it is not something that I think can be just done as a full on movie. Or a full on game. What it does can only be done in this way. Ninja Theory took the immersive and intense cinematic traits of its 2017 predecessor and turned it up all they way to 11. This is a bold, sprawling experience that just picks you up and takes you wherever it wants to go. It does not shy away from its walking sim/tech demo nature. It embraces it and uses it to truly blur the line between what exactly is a game and what is a movie. The puzzle are quite simple but can provide some brain activity from time to time, honestly that is all there is to say about them and I think that is totally fine. They were a step down from the first one, like almost every other "gamey" quality. But I peacefully live with this trade off. The story does start out in quite a random way. For a good portion of the experience I was not quite sure if this was some silly side quest to the first one. But at a certain point the ties are made and the confusion gives way for a strong and satisfying narrative. It is not as intimate or personal but it does have its own merits. On a side note - I have no idea how anybody finished this in 3 hours. This one is as long and maybe even a bit longer than the first one. If anybody was expecting a 60 hour RPG that's on them. The combat is where the biggest sacrifice of video game-for-movie was made. The enemy patterns are quite hard to accurately read and the overall feel and flow of the combat is much less responsive. If I parried my entire way through the first one with ease on hard difficulty, in this one I was nearly dying in almost every fight, or was made to feel like I was. The fights do get repetitive but god do they feel big and heavy. Truly a showpiece. And the animations are industry-best. To summarize, If you liked the first game you will like this one too, maybe even appreciate its cinematic traits a little more. The story being told here may not be as strong, but in my opinion it is still worth experiencing. There is a trade off to traditional video game aspects like puzzles and combat but I think it's worth it. Hellblade II is not a perfect video game and it's not a perfect movie, but it is the most unique and bold "in between" I have ever experienced.

es hat etwas gedauert, bis ich reinkam, aber danach war ich gefesselt von der Story. Würdiger Nachfolger. Blockbuster Game.

First of all, I don't understand why Ninja Theory, after making games like DmC and Enslaved, ended up making games with some of the poorest gameplay I've ever seen. You can do much better than this gameplay wise, DmC and Enslaved are masterpieces. [h3]Pros[/h3] [list] [*]Graphics [*]Atmosphere [*]Voice acting [*]Music [/list] [h3]Cons[/h3] [list] [*][b]Lumen lighting[/b] is the worst lighting technology I've ever experienced. It would be much better to use Ray Tracing instead, every time the light source changes, my frame rate drops from 120 FPS to 5 FPS, which is unbearable, please optimize the game or switch to RT. [*]The gameplay is basically non existent, it's just walking, walking, a 1min puzzle, 1 min fight that requires no skill... it quickly becomes repetitive and boring. [*]The story doesn't make much sense to me. Sometimes NPCs are talking while the voices in Senua's head are speaking at the same time, and I have no idea what anyone is saying. [/list] I hope the next Senua game will have gameplay closer to an Action Adventure.

se você for como eu, grande platinador, que após platinar hellblade sacrifice, que foi fácil pra crl, que te fez ver o lado bom da vida e agora acha que o 2 é na mesma linha.. irmão, desiste. o combate do 2 é completamente diferente e muito mais punitivo. tu vai pegar o modo dark rot e vai ficar imersivo pra porra, pq se tu morrer, tu fica na merda. platinar isso custou minha alma. se tu vai jogar só por jogar, eu repito o mesmo ponto da analise do primeiro: muito puzzle e agora muita caminhada. se não gosta de dar W, rala. o combate que tem só não te incomoda se você for jogar namoral, pq se você decidir pegar todas as conquistas como eu, tu vai sofrer e vai reparar o quão falho o combate é e como o combate do primeiro jogo era muito mais interessante. eu, particularmente, gosto de jogos desafiantes, mas isso aqui não é desafio amigo, foi o anticristo que criou esse modo, foram demônios que fizeram esse combate e deram a ideia de ter só 4 mortes. pqp, eu poderia ficar horas reclamando dessa bosta. entretanto, o gráfico do jogo é lindo, a trilha sonora é simples mas funciona, a historia é bem ok, eu achei legal, e a sensação que traz é como se você estivesse assistindo a um filme mesmo. dica agora pros masoquistas que vão tentar a platina e vão enfrentar o modo dark rot: desista. se não desistir: a senua não tem uma barra de vida, mas o jogo te mostra quando ela está prestes a morrer através da animação que ela faz ao sofrer dano e ficar nas últimas. ela simplesmente espatifa no chão. depois disso o próximo hit é morte. oq eu recomendo é: sempre que acontecer essa queda, volte pro menu e tente novamente. certas batalhas tem checkpoint no meio delas e mesmo se você chegar com a vida baixa, você também pode ir pro menu e voltar, assim você estará com a vida toda cheia de novo. abuse do parry e do desvio. descobri que, em alguns inimigos, você não precisa desviar para os lados, tu pode só usar o ctrl e espaço, um clique já funciona e ela desvia dos ataques. va com calma e ore muito pela sua alma.. que Jesus Cristo abençoe o inocente que tentar pegar essa conquista, amem.

Brutal, emotional, subtle sometimes but essentialy beautiful. This is a perfect continuation of the Senua's sacrifice. The game play is still great like the first one and the details of everything just make it a great great game indeed. Don't try to find everything in the fisrt run, just play and enjoy the deep, emotional, heavy and dense Senua's saga. I deeply, strongly, REALLY recommend this game.

Der 1. Teil war um Welten besser! 20 Eur für den 2. Teil wären schon zu viel