Senua's Saga: Hellblade II Review
The best sounding game ever made. Headphones aren't a suggestion.
The Good
- Binaural voices put the game inside your skull
- Iceland looks like a film, start to finish
- Duels are heavy, mean, and personal
The Rough Edges
- Combat stays simple across the whole run
- It's six hours, linear, and proud of it
Senua's Saga: Hellblade II is the best looking and best sounding game on Xbox, full stop. Ninja Theory built a trip through Viking Iceland that looks like a film and sounds like it's happening inside your own skull. Headphones aren't a suggestion here. The voices Senua hears swirl around you, doubting every step, and the binaural audio does things no other game on this list even attempts.
The fights are duels, heavy and mean, one enemy at a time, more Braveheart than button masher. The puzzles bend light and perspective through Senua's eyes. It's about six hours, it's linear, and it knows exactly what it is: a playable nightmare about grief with a sword in it.
The critics graded the game they wanted instead of the one on the screen.
The critics stopped at 81. I think they graded the game they wanted instead of the one on the screen. My knocks are real, the combat stays simple and the walking stretches are long, but atmosphere this thick is rare.
A 9.3. Nothing else on this list sounds like it, and sound is half the game.
The best sounding game ever made. Headphones aren't a suggestion.
The Good
- Binaural voices put the game inside your skull
- Iceland looks like a film, start to finish
- Duels are heavy, mean, and personal
The Rough Edges
- Combat stays simple across the whole run
- It's six hours, linear, and proud of it
Quick Answers
Senua's Saga: Hellblade II review score: what did it score?
Moe Train scored Senua's Saga: Hellblade II a 9.3 out of 10. The best sounding game ever made. Headphones aren't a suggestion.
What platforms is Senua's Saga: Hellblade II on?
Senua's Saga: Hellblade II is out now on Xbox, PC and PlayStation. Moe played and scored it on Xbox.
Is Senua's Saga: Hellblade II worth playing?
The best sounding game ever made. Headphones aren't a suggestion. Read the full Senua's Saga: Hellblade II review above for the breakdown.
