Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2 has an choice to delete your save file, if that is one thing you want, however the technique is not as clear as you might suppose. After you’ve got began a playthrough, the principle display screen will proceed to greet you with the choice to start a “new story”. Whereas helpful, Hellblade 2 solely has a single save file.
“Should you hit ‘new story,’ it is going to immediately and with none warning delete all of your save knowledge,” GameSpot editor Jessica Cogswell wrote on X (previously Twitter) as we speak. “This was a enjoyable factor to find.”
Now you understand to be particularly cautious if you happen to’re enjoying Hellblade 2 at night time after a protracted day and your focus is not precisely as sharp because it could possibly be. In case it is price mentioning, that is totally different than the “permadeath” mechanic in Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice, which threatened to delete your save file however truly did not.
In GameSpot’s Hellblade 2 assessment, Cogswell praised the spectacular visuals, movement seize, and performances at show, in addition to music and total sound design. But different features fell flat.
“There are many video games that show video games might be artwork, however as some studios lean tougher into proving that in a single particular means that cribs from Hollywood, we’re seeing some video games that really feel afraid of being video games,” the assessment reads. “With an excessive amount of concentrate on cinematics and too little on creating an expertise that’s partaking, Senua’s Saga fails to succeed in the identical highs as its predecessor–even if it does look gorgeous while attempting.”