by SKIDROWCODEXHellblade 2 came out of seclusion for an extended gameplay premiere at The Game Awards 2021, and it didn’t skimp on the details. Fans of Ninja Theory’s action-adventure saw plenty of the game’s Icelandic world and the brutal combat they can expect there.
A six-minute trailer, recorded in-game just this past weekend, opened with a cinematic of Senua and her warrior companions hunting a giant deep inside its lair. The sequence blended rather easily between gameplay action and fixed-camera cinematics, with just slight pauses noting the breaks.
The giant crawls out of its cave, surviving the bloody assault, which sends up many of Senua’s comrades in flames. The scene concludes with the giant saying he recognizes Senua, foreshadowing her harrowing adventure to come.
Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2 is set in ninth-century Iceland, following the events of Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice, which was set in the late eighth century and took place largely in the Norse underworld of Helheim.
There’s still no release date for the game, but it’s due out on Xbox Series X/S and PC, and will be available on Game Pass.
Nice. Second part of one of the most boring games ever in story 😛
Small/personnal comment :
I really feel like the devs are taking revenge on the fact that there have been practically only male protagonists for several years … It might just be me, but I feel like most new video games have women as the hero / main character. Considering that almost 80-90% of the customer base are still male, I find this new trend a little aberrant. In 2022, I believe that we should be able to customize our character (girl or boy) in order to increase our commitment to a game. I’m telling my thoughts just because I saw Forspoken trailer today and for me, incarning a girl hero is a big turn off (horizon Zero down was good, but I feel like it would have been a master piece if I could have played a male)… No hate tho, it’s nothing against the cause of gender equality that i’m really looking forward to…