Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2 is here to continue, well, Senua’s saga. Hellblade 2 will pick up speed again indefinitely after 2017 Hellblade: Senua’s victim.
The events of Hellblade 1 have a clear effect Hellblade 2 — especially on Senua — but you have to play it Hellblade: Senua’s victim to enjoy Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2? Let’s break it down.
Should you play Hellblade 1 before playing Hellblade 2?
The short answer is: you don’t have to play Hellblade 1
There is a handy (skippable) summary movie when you start a new game Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2. In addition, the events of the Senua’s sacrifice are more background than basis for the events of Senua’s Saga – it’s good to know them and they make the world tangible, but they are not absolutely necessary.
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Regardless, when you start a new game you will receive a five-minute video with carved megalithic graphics covering all of the events of Hellblade 1. It’s thorough enough to get you up to speed for Hellblade 2 without too many questions.
However, if you missed something in the video, here is the crash course to prepare you Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2: Senua hears voices (the Furies). Her mother also heard voices. Senua’s father was a bad person and killed her mother because he thought the voices were evil. Senua fell in love, but it didn’t go well. People died. Senua continued to hear voices and now had a different voice in her head – that of her father (the Darkness and later the Shadow). Senua went to hell to get back her lost love and kill a god. She was semi-successful and eventually learned to accept loss as a part of life (but she still stabbed a god). She learned to live with the voices as part of her.
This last part is the reason for the voices you will hear everywhere Hellblade 2 are neither encouraging nor discouraging – they have taken on the role of observers or commentators (or a Greek chorus) rather than that of antagonists.
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