Second of Senua

I finally decided to take the plunge and play the sequel. Sure, why not go through another emotional wringer.

This time Senua is after the slavers that previously attacked her village. She gets close, then a storm hits, and the game starts. We are her as she encounters a couple of people and through them get one step at a time closer to ending the problem.

While the first game was all about Senua's personal issues, especially around Dillion, this is about other people's issues. The end of the game tries to tie it into how Senua interacts with people, but the bulk of the game is not really Senua's issues, but helping other people. And the game is basically three repeated instances of find a giant, finding out their deal, then deal with the giant. Which involves repeated bouts of bits of combat, an environment puzzle, and a boss fight that's kind of a puzzle boss fight.

There are far fewer environmental puzzles this time, but that's because the game is a lot shorter too, and definitely feels it. I wouldn't say this feels like DLC for the first game, but it definitely isn't as full as the first game was. But I do seem to be a lot better at combat. Towards the end in the first one, I had to turn the game to easy, but this time I left it at dynamic the entire time. I did some lore stuff, but...

After finishing the game I unlock some extra stuff, but I don't think I feel like going back and playing through again, which does mean there is some lore I will miss (unless I watch it on youtube).

So decent-ish, but lower effort that the first time around.

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