There are so many things I could say about Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2 – and I certainly tried to squeeze them all into my Hellblade 2 review. But there is one gut wrenching sequence that has stayed with me ever since I rolled credits: confronting the first of the giants, Illtauga.
Ninja Theory's harrowing action-adventure meets horror walking sim is not for everyone. It's a brutal, emotionally relentless slog through an unforgiving landscape, the clean UI and intense graphical fidelity disorienting the player to create more cinematic experience than most Hollywood blockbusters have to offer. Where the game really shines, though, is the masterful interplay of metaphor and storyline – and in the case of Illtauga, the effect is nothing short of spellbinding.
