Senua's Saga: Hellblade II REVIEW: Outstanding & Not A Fun Game
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.พ. 2025
- Senua's Saga: Hellblade II has arrived on Xbox Series consoles and PC. The first game was dark, oppressive, and unique with it's very serious and mature subject matter.
Ninja Theory's sequel continues Senua's journey, with themes of psychosis, depression, anxiety, resolve and empathy.
** The game was played on PC and Xbox using Xbox Game Pass - We have no partnership or affiliation with the dev or publisher **
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Totally agree mate. Definitely one of the more balanced reviews of the game I've come across.
Have you also finished it? Would you say you liked it?
@@The_Asa_Games Yes I have. Whilst I can't say I had a lot fun, I enjoyed the experience of it greatly.
Amazing Asa I knew I could push you hard enough to start completing games. Good work and I look forward to the next ❤
That's my quota for 2024, thanks ;)
@@The_Asa_Games Congratulations for beating a game that takes around 5-6 hours? Really??? Mind you, most of it is just tilting the trigger up to walk... You HAVE to be kidding me? PAC-MAN has more content than this...
Fantastic review Asa 👏 if I'd not already completed it, this video would have made me try it out for sure.
Thanks buddy
But also, Oh no... that makes me sound like an influenza!
Great review Asa ❤
Thank you Darge. Give me a Callisto Protocol review!
@@The_Asa_Games I have in the discord
I love the game, everything on it. I wish it was a bit longer but not too long, that's all
Exceptional review Asa, keep up the amazing work 🔥
Thanks!
Fantastic game. Loving it so far. I actually love the combat. It also makes God of War and Horizon FW look like cartoons. Certain fanbois are gonna be mad when it eventually releases on their platform and an Xbox game ends up being the best looking game on that platform 😆
Spoiler:
Asa has a tiny sliver of his heart that gets emotional.
Technically this is the best looking game to release but Okami and Persona 5 look more appealing to me personally. I care more about art style than how technically advanced a games graphics are. I believe there are 2 main reasons people are so harsh when judging this game. One is we want value for our money and are getting really fed up with the game industry as whole and 50 dollars for a 6 hour interactive movie being sold as a videogame is not good enough for many. If it was 30 dollars i think people would judge less harshly. The 2nd reason is we do not want games to move in this direction in general. People are free to create what they want but people are also free to say they don't want more of it created because it takes away from more enjoyable experiences. I hope this game bombs and Ninja theory moves toward games that play more like DmC or Heavenly sword. If enough people exist who want more of this experience i will lose this battle which is also cool with me.
Hellblade 2 is a Seamless Cinematic Experience! A Masterpiece Technical Spectacle!
This is great 👍 more videos please
Hmmmmmm maybe
@@The_Asa_Games you mean yes
Its seems to be a great Engine demo.
Brilliant!
Thanks Drake
Its Senua Saga Not Sacrifice
lol the title and video description were both mis-labelled, and you are the first person to notice.
Thank you for pointing it out!
Ninja theory should make a amusement park game. Hyper realistic and you just wait in line for 6 hours for a ride . Then after 6 hours the ride breaks down and credits roll.
Couldn't stand myself, bad game which seems to get a pass due to a wildly pretentious story. I'm not really sure what it actually tells us about mental illness; usual when someone says "exploration" the answer is nothing structured 😅
Great review Asa. It was a breath of fresh air to see the game reviewed by its merit and not personal feeling 👏👏
🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤
Hellblade 2 is easily in my top 5 favorite games of all time 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
I couldn't agree more. I am glad that I finished it and got to see the story through, but I am also grateful I didn't pay $50 and will probably never play it again.
Might have to go back and play this again!
Imagine if this game was a "fun" game. Lol
🔥 review
YAY IT HIT 1K VIEWS WOOOOO
Did you give the same love to the order 1886?
It's a 5 hour game and I never touch photo mode. It's a stupid waste of time
this review was nearly as long as the game.
Fing love hellblade 2
Not a fun game?