2024 Game of the Year Awards — Achievement Awards

Not all games need stories, and not all stories need to be deep and intelligent, however those are the ones we remember the most. A good story should also have great characters, but some times it doesn’t. Stories are one of the few things in gaming that are malleable and don’t need to follow a specific pattern or recipe.

Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II

Hellblade 2 sadly sacrificed a fantastic story for gameplay as there isn’t nearly as much as the first game, but that’s okay, you play these adventure titles for the stories and character and not really the gameplay. If you play Hellblade 2 from the start knowing there isn’t a lot of engaging gameplay than you won’t be disappointed. This was also the issue with The Order: 1886. I personally loved the story of that game and can remember it to this day, but I went in knowing there wasn’t much gameplay, but what was there was solid.