Senua's Saga: Hellblade II is a haunting experience. My cortisol levels spiked at every sound and every voice inside my head. The binaural audio is the highlight of Hellblade 2, as it is in the original Hellblade, but it’s an experience unique to Ninja Theory’s take on Senua’s psychosis. There is a smaller feature that revolutionizes the immersive gameplay experience — trust me.
Before Hellblade 2 begins, the game introduces you to the control scheme. Not through any tutorials or videos. It’s just a typical controller diagram you’d find in the settings. Why would Ninja Theory display the controls before you start? Because no tutorials exist in-game. Yes, quite a few games don’t spoon-feed you tutorials, like the brutal FromSoftware titles, but there’s never been an impact quite like this.
