Senua's Saga: Hellblade II Review: Moe Gives It a 9.3 / 10

Senua's Saga: Hellblade II is the best looking and best sounding game on Xbox, full stop. Ninja Theory built a trip through Viking Iceland that looks like a film and sounds like it's happening inside your own skull. Headphones aren't a suggestion here. The voices Senua hears swirl around you, doubting every step, and the binaural audio does things no other game on this list even attempts.

The fights are duels, heavy and mean, one enemy at a time, more Braveheart than button masher. The puzzles bend light and perspective through Senua's eyes. It's about six hours, it's linear, and it knows exactly what it is: a playable nightmare about grief with a sword in it.

The critics graded the game they wanted instead of the one on the screen.

The critics stopped at 81. I think they graded the game they wanted instead of the one on the screen. My knocks are real, the combat stays simple and the walking stretches are long, but atmosphere this thick is rare.

A 9.3. Nothing else on this list sounds like it, and sound is half the game.