🔬 VaporLens
Positives:
Stunning, photorealistic graphics and visuals
Significant improvements over first game
Exploration of mental health themes
Brutal, cinematic, engaging combat
Immersive, high-quality audio design
Negatives:
Repetitive, simplistic combat system
Tedious, uninspired puzzle design
Rushed, unfocused narrative
Story/characters less compelling
Short length, limited gameplay
Gameplay:
Linear gameplay, simple mechanics
Exploration of Senua's psychosis
Cinematic focus, interactive movie
Significant amount of walking
Pace and mechanics differ
Performance:
Inconsistent, demanding optimization
Hardware impacts performance greatly
Letterboxing on standard monitors
Near-nonexistent loading times
Unwanted post-processing effects
Recommendations:
Wait for sale; short, beautiful
Play first game beforehand
Cinematic, story-driven experience
Visually stunning, emotional masterpiece
Play with headphones, dark room
Miscellaneous:
Setting in Viking-age Iceland
Short playtime, average length
Replayable with different narrators
Sequel to Hellblade 1
Reviewer's personal experience