Years from now, this console generation will be remembered for two things. The first likely being generational releases like Baldur’s Gate 3 and Cyberpunk 2077, which recentered the idea that big-budget games can be feature-complete masterpieces worth recommending years after release. The other being just how disappointing these machines have been for those who wanted a significant leap in graphical spectacle. While great-looking games have been released, they’ve rarely lived up to the hype of the fully raytraced tech demos and the total extermination of load times that was promised to players leading up to the Xbox Series and PlayStation 5’s 2020 launch.
One of the few exceptions to this general disappointment is Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2. This highly cinematic follow-up to Ninja Theory’s 2017 Nordic narrative adventure game may not have delivered the deepest gameplay experience when it released exclusively on Xbox and PC in 2024. But as a technical marvel and showcase of what is possible on current-generation hardware, it is an unmatched experience worth playing through at least once. And as of today, that experience is playable on PlayStation 5 with some added enhancements to boot.
