Ninja Theory
Hellblade 2 PC prerequisites have been revealed, and SSDs are not optional anymore
Ninja Theory has revealed what kind of power players will need to have on PC to be able to play Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2, and it’s no joke.
Since its first previews, Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2 has aimed to be a colossus in the technical department, with some of the most detailed and realistic graphics in the industry up to this day. Now, Ninja Theory has revealed the minimum and recommended requirements for the game on PC at different resolutions and performance settings, and it looks like an SSD is required in all cases, with an RTX 4080 If what you want is to play at 4K.
Is your PC ready for Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2?
Ninja Theory wanted to make the most out of current technology to offer a practically unprecedented visual experience, all through the photorealism that Unreal Engine 5 allows for, both in the expressions of the characters and in the environments. Below you’ll find four categories that list what is required for each of them:minimum, medium, recommended and very high settings, each of them with different resolutions and qualities.
Minimum requirements (low quality at 1080p)
- OS: Windows 10/11 64 bits
- Processor: Intel Core i5-8400 or AMD Ryzen 5 2600
- Memory: 16GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 or AMD Radeon RX 5700 or Intel Arc A580
- GPU Memory: 6GB of VRAM
- Storage: 70 GB available space
- Additional Notes: SSD required
Minimum requirements (medium quality at 1080p)
- OS: Windows 10/11 64 bits
- Processor: Intel Core i5-9600 or AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
- Memory: 16 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 or AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT or Intel Arc A580
- GPU memory: 8 GB of VRAM
- Storage: 70 GB available space
- Additional Notes: SSD required
Recommended requirements (high quality at 1440p)
- OS: Windows 10/11 64 bits
- Processor: Intel Core i7-10700K or AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
- Memory: 16 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 or AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT or Intel Arc A770
- GPU memory: 8 GB of VRAM
- Storage: 70 GB available space
- Additional Notes: SSD required
Very high requirements (high quality at 4K)
- OS: Windows 10/11 de 64 bits
- Processor: Intel Core i5-12600K or AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
- Memory: 16GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 or AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
- GPU memory: 12 GB of VRAM
- Storage: 70 GB available space
- Additional Notes: SSD required
However, no details about framerates have been shared with this list of requirements, despite the fact that at the end it is pointed out that greater resolutions and framerate can be achieved through tools like DLSS 3, FSR 3, and XESS 1.3.
Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2 arrives on PC and Xbox Series X|S on May 21, 2024.