Senua's Saga: Hellblade II

Senua's Saga: Hellblade II

Developers
	Ninja Theory
Publishers
	Xbox Game Studios
Engines
	Unreal Engine 5
Release dates
Windows	May 21, 2024
Reception
Metacritic	81
OpenCritic	81
IGDB	73
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase, Subscription gaming service
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Cinematic camera, Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, Adventure, Hack and slash
Art styles	Realistic, Live action
Themes	Europe, Fantasy
Series	Hellblade

Hellblade
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice	2017
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice VR Edition	2018
Senua's Saga: Hellblade II	2024

Senua's Saga: Hellblade II is a singleplayer cinematic camera and third-person action, adventure and hack and slash game in the Hellblade series.

The game features a shader precompilation step.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
		Can be bought and activated only in Europe.
Microsoft Store		Xbox Play Anywhere. Included with Xbox Game Pass for PC.
Steam

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Hellblade2\Saved\Config\Windows\
Microsoft Store	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Hellblade2\Saved\Config\WinGDK\
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2461850/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Steam	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Hellblade2\Saved\SaveGames\
Microsoft Store	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.Superb_8wekyb3d8bbwe\SystemAppData\wgs\<user-id>
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2461850/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud
Xbox Cloud

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		Hor+. 21:9 & 32:9 are not pillarboxed or letterboxed.
4K Ultra HD		16:9 aspect ratio is letterboxed (black bars top and bottom, which are not completely black).
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		"Fullscreen" mode is borderless windowed.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Level used changes with Texture Quality option. 2x (Low), 4x (Medium) and 8x (High).
Anti-aliasing (AA)		TSR at 100%, DLAA, FSR3 Native AA, XeSS Native AA. See Anti-aliasing (AA) to disable anti-aliasing.
High-fidelity upscaling		TSR, DLSS 3.5, DLSS 4, FSR 3, XeSS 1.3 DLSS features Automatic Sharpness option which defaults to On.
Frame generation		DLSS Frame Generation, DLSS Multi-Frame Generation, FSR Frame Generation FSR FG is not available at launch. DLSS Multi-Frame Generation was added in the Enhanced update.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		On / Off. Vertical Sync Interval option allows choosing when sync happens from every 1/2/3/4 frame(s).
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		HDR Gamma Slider = adjusts midtones, 0 - 100 slider, HDR Brightness = Dark, Default, Bright, HDR UI Brightness = Dim, Default, Bright No matter what you choose in these settings game's maximum HDR brightness is 1000 nits on all display devices.
Ray tracing (RT)		Software Lumen is used for global illumination.
Color blind mode		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 5 page for more details.

Post-processing

Use NoMotionBlurNoFilmGrainNoLetterboxNoChromaticAberration
This INI mod will remove the Letterbox, Motion Blur, Chromatic Aberration, and Film Grain without suppressing any game graphics.

Disable Film Grain
Go to the configuration file location. Open Engine.ini with a text editor. Add the following text at the bottom of the file: [SystemSettings] r.FilmGrain=0 Save the file.

Disable Lens Distortion
Go to the configuration file location. Open Engine.ini with a text editor. Add the following text at the bottom of the file: [SystemSettings] r.NT.Lens.Distortion.Intensity=0 r.NT.Lens.Distortion.Stretch=0 r.NT.Lens.Softness.Intensity=0 r.NT.Lens.Softness.RadiusSampleCount=0 Save the file.

Disable Chromatic Aberrations
Go to the configuration file location. Open Engine.ini with a text editor. Add the following text at the bottom of the file: [SystemSettings] r.NT.Lens.ChromaticAberration.Intensity=0 Save the file.

Disable Depth of Field
Go to the configuration file location. Open Engine.ini with a text editor. Add the following text at the bottom of the file: [SystemSettings] r.NT.DOF.RotationalBokeh=0 r.NT.DOF.NTBokehTransform=0 Save the file.

Disable forced letterboxing

Go to the configuration file location. Open Engine.ini with a text editor. Add the following text at the bottom of the file: [SystemSettings] r.NT.EnableConstrainAspectRatio=0 [/Script/Engine.LocalPlayer] AspectRatioAxisConstraint=AspectRatio_MaintainXFOV Save the file. This fix will remove the black bars on the top and bottom of the screen and retain the proper field of view (the view will not zoom in).

Disable Motion Blur[citation needed]
Motion blur can be disabled in game's settings by going to Settings, Graphics, Accessibility and setting Motion Blur level to 0. Go to the configuration file location. Create an ini file called Scalability.ini. Add the following text at the bottom of the file: [PostProcessQuality@3] r.MotionBlurQuality=0 Save the file.

Disable Vignette[citation needed]
Go to the configuration file location. Open Engine.ini with a text editor. Add the following text at the bottom of the file: [SystemSettings] r.Tonemapper.Quality=0 Save the file.

Anti-aliasing (AA)

Disable AA by editing a config file
Go to the configuration file location. Open Engine.ini with a text editor. Add the following text at the bottom of the file: [SystemSettings] r.AntiAliasingMethod=0 Save the file.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse acceleration
Mouse input in menus
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger support

DirectInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers		DualShock 4, DualSense, DualSense Edge Native support was added in the Enhanced update. The DualShock 4 was treated as if it was a XInput controller.
PlayStation button prompts		DualSense button prompts.
Motion sensors support
Light bar support
Adaptive trigger support		Wired only.
DualSense haptic feedback support		Wired only.
Connection modes	Wired, Wireless (Bluetooth)

Nintendo controllers

Other controller(s)

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Input prompt override
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Master, Speech, SFX, Music, Interface volume
Surround sound		3D Binaural audio.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio		Labeled as Streamer Mode under Audio Options

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Arabic
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Czech
Danish
Dutch
Finnish
French
German
Greek
Hebrew
Hungarian
Icelandic
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Norwegian
Polish
Portuguese
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Latin American Spanish
Swedish
Thai				Fan translation
Turkish
Ukrainian

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
Native 3D		Dual-View Rendering use UEVR + VRto3D. Use SBS or TAB by default. For Interleaved or Anaglyph use with ReShade running 3DToElse. For Frame Sequential use with WibbleWobble. For Eye-Tracked Lightfield displays use with 3D Game Bridge GUI. Dual-View Rendering on Samsung Odyssey 3D monitors.
Nvidia 3D Vision		See Native 3D for Frame Sequential or Interleaved.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	12

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Input	SDL2	2.30.11
Cutscenes	Bink Video 2

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum		Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10, 11
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5-8400 AMD Ryzen 5 2600		Intel i7-10700K AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
System memory (RAM)	16 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	70 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 AMD Radeon RX 5700 Intel Arc A580		Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT Intel Arc A770
Other	SSD is required

A 64-bit operating system is required.