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Thanks to Factor75 for sponsoring today's video. Use my link to get 50% off and free shipping on your first Factor box! https://strms.net/factor75_monty_zander Hellblade 2: Senua's Saga yells about graphics. Fidelity roars over the combat, art direction, and story. Peeling away the layers just shows how clumsy and uninteresting it is as a game and as a work of art, drowning in swollen budgets and its desire to be lauded as the latest “best-looking-game-ever” in a long line of “best-looking-game-ever”’s. BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/montyzander.bsky.social Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/montyzander Lore Dump: @LoreDump Thumbnail by: Zoltiboi - https://x.com/zoltiboi Ymir Art by: @SamanthaSaunderz *HELLBLADE: SENUA'S SACRIFICE CRITIQUE - FEAR UNMASKED* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8j0ChJDhhE *ALAN WAKE 2 CRITIQUE - BEYOND THE LAKE* https://youtu.be/YtpmAwSTJeo *ALAN WAKE CRITIQUE - BEYOND INSPIRATION* https://youtu.be/p7WasN_BNfU *BATMAN: ARKHAM KNIGHT CRITIQUE - LEGACY OF THE BAT* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rruHbLSDTRo&t=3640s&ab_channel=MontyZander *GOTHAM KNIGHTS CRITIQUE - SHADOW OF THE BAT* https://youtu.be/hfM8HZ6IaHA *BATMAN: ARKHAM ORIGINS CRITIQUE - VENGEANCE OF THE BAT* https://youtu.be/9RYwQpZ1tac *BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY CRITIQUE - BREAKING THE BAT* https://youtu.be/8aiK00lFVsI *BATMAN: ARKHAM ASYLUM CRITIQUE - FINDING THE BAT* https://youtu.be/WDlY2RP3R3A TIMESTAMPS 00:00:00 - Introduction 00:04:35 - Chapter 1 - Senua's Slog 00:22:57 - Chapter 2 - Senua's Sword 00:33:11 - Chapter 3 - Senua's Spooks 00:44:18 - Chapter 4 - Senua's Simplicity 00:54:32 - Chapter 5 - Senua's Sight 01:09:49 - Chapter 6 - Senua's Psychosis MUSIC INTRO Ziv Moran - Rebirth (Instrumental Version) CHAPTER 1 Jon Gegelman - Changed SPEARFISHER - Delta Moan CHAPTER 2 Melancholicks - Countless Linus Johnsson - Rothera Point CHAPTER 3 Okaya - Remotely Sid Archaya - Lullaby CHAPTER 4 Amik Cutler - Swell Cristof Walters - Mended CHAPTER 5 Ian Post - To Edinburgh (Alternative Version) Ian Post - The Isle of Sky (Instrumental Version) CHAPTER 6 Mark Grundhoefer - The Carpenter Tommy Jervidal - Always Friends Ziv Moran - Like a Feather Tom West - A Folk Singer From Outer Space REFERENCES 1) Ninja Theory - Capturing Performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIayxOTplqU&t=2s 2) Ninja Theory - Iceland: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYZVKI-j0YM&t=2s 3) Ninja Theory - Creating Senua: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vp1p0Z3Sp9U&t=1s 4) Ninja Theory - Senua's Psychosis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVBxvlRV0d4&t=166s 5) BAFTA - How Ninja Theory fuses narrative and technology for Senua's Saga: Hellblade II - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxQOO5zTIPA&t=178s 6) BAFTA - Senua's Saga: Hellblade II Exclusive Look: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59X7XHXZwYw 7) BBC News - Hellblade 2: "my mental health helped me play Senua" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBXVo2xKwho&t=418s 8) Kinda Funny Games - Senua's Saga: Hellblade II Review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNR67EuYzgg&t=2587s 9) Friends Per Second Podcast - We chat with Ninja Theory studio boss about Hellblade 2 (and Xbox stuff) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeK6h47Y5Lg&t=3311s 10) RadBrad - SENUA'S SAGA HELLBLADE 2 Walkthrough Gameplay Part 1 - INTRO (FULL GAME): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvTuqw6A9hw&t=3057s 11) Lorrie Wood - You Can't Keep A Dead Man Down: https://hrafnar.org/articles/lwood/draugar/ 12) A Sound Effect - Behind the Spellbinding Sound of ‘Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II’ – with the Ninja Theory Game Audio Team: https://www.asoundeffect.com/senuas-saga-hellblade-ii-game-audio/ 13) Gaming University - Gaming University Podcast #3 | Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZPSPfHu5xI&t=4095s 14) Richard Makover - The Power of Naming: https://www.psychotherapy.net/blog/title/the-power-of-naming 15) Kinda Funny Games - Hellblade II Dev on Xbox Future, Senua's Saga Launch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yj6LUelXlAE&t=868s 16) Simon Wessely - Mass Hysteria: Two Syndromes?: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/19585494_Mass_Hysteria_Two_Syndromes 17) Ninja Theory - Combat Review Meeting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovov5djvEdc&t=210s 18) Ninja Theory - Development Diary 6: Combat, Controls and Camera: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFKjWciYbBM&list=PLbpkF8TRYizaT6GfMcKBG-RoUOQ6BJRXp&index=6 19) The Verge - Hellblade is a Harrowing, Frustrating Descent into Madness: https://www.theverge.com/2017/8/9/16117978/hellblade-senuas-sacrifice-review-ps4-pc 20) Ninja Theory - Development Diary 7: Creating the World: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFKjWciYbBM&list=PLbpkF8TRYizaT6GfMcKBG-RoUOQ6BJRXp&index=6 21) Ninja Theory - Development Diary 3: Creating Senua: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PojGyYP5AB0&list=PLbpkF8TRYizaT6GfMcKBG-RoUOQ6BJRXp&index=3 22) Tim Clarkson - The Picts: A History #Hellblade2Analysis #hellblade2 #Hellblade2review