Understanding Senua’s Trauma in Hellblade 2

May 22, 2024 /Posted byadmin / 20 / 0

How do you move on from grief? You don’t — you just learn to live with it.

Highlights

Hellblade 2 continues Senua’s story, tackling unresolved trauma from her past with a clearer premise this time around.
Senua still struggles with grief and trauma related to Dillion and her mother, exacerbated by her psychosis.
The highly anticipated sequel, set in Iceland, will be launching on Game Pass for PC and Xbox Series X/S, continuing Senua’s journey.

Senua finally returns for the next chapter of her story in the long-awaited, AAA arthouse title, Hellblade 2. Though the premise of the story this time around is much clearer, there’s still one big problem Senua still needs to confront: she still has trauma left to work through regarding both Dillion and her mother. And her psychosis isn’t helping soothe her grief.

In this special episode of Save Room, I go over Senua’s history of grief from Senua’s Sacrifice and give a spoiler-free analysis on how Ninja Theory sets up Senua to tackle unresolved trauma in Hellblade 2.