Senua – Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice
It may be hard to believe by looking at or playing Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice, but the game was made by a relatively small independent developer, Ninja Theory.
The game is horrifically beautiful and at the center of it all is a young woman named Senua. I mean that literally, everything in the game centers around Senua as she undergoes a severe battle with psychosis.
Senua’s struggles with psychosis force her into imagining terrifying and life-threatening situations where she has to face hell’s most horrifying creatures –all while coping with the many haunting voices echoing in the back of her head.
Senua is such a deep, broken, and real character. Ninja Theory went the extra mile to research and write an accurate representation of how psychosis can manifest in a person –incredible writing, complemented by Melina Juergens’ incredible performance and you have the makings of a truly astounding character that you don’t hear about quite often enough.
Maybe when the sequel releases in 2021, Senua will be able to finally get some wider recognition.
