Hellblade 2 Is Shaping Up to Be Another Beautiful Nightmare

As I slowly worked my way through an Icelandic settlement freshly ravaged by rampaging Northmen, I found myself flanked by bubbling volcanic pools and a pile of mangled corpses left to rot by their creators. Ahead, along a bloodied path stretching into the distance, dread-fuelled bellows soundtracked an ominous pulsating glow. It was the sort of glow that erupts into the night sky as if the Earth’s core is trying to escape from its shell – a deep orange light …