![]() Away from the master’s eyes, Orpheus had decided to sing again. I don’t know if it is by design or coincidence that Zagreus’s escapes and Orpheus’s arc combined so that Zagreus was sneaking through an empty house as gentle humming filled the halls. I progressed far enough in these escapes that Hades and the three-headed guard dog Cerberus were out of Hades’s house while Zagreus sneaked into a forbidden area. Meanwhile, Zagreus continues his attempts to escape the underworld. Zagreus, the player-controlled main character, acts as a go-between for Orpheus and Eurydice, first learning what happened to them and then hoping to reunite them. He plays his lyre but does not sing, not even at the angry command of his master, the god Hades. At first, he is burdened with grief for his lost wife Eurydice. For example, the fabled musician Orpheus becomes a court musician and friend of the main character. I was suspicious of Hades’s ability to tell a story with randomized character interactions, but, as usual for Supergiant, character moments were the most memorable. The combat feels good the characters pop. More than by showing off clever design, Hades is experienced in wonderful moments of story and gameplay. ![]() ![]() It’s a game about escaping the land of Hades that constantly reminds the player when their character dies, “There is no escape.” Hades sustains these tensions in brilliant ways. In Hades, the perpetually-small Supergiant Games studio has produced a remarkably large game (no doubt thanks to the mystical tool of contracting artists), with innumerable voice lines for its dozens of characters reacting to the unique and specific actions the player takes. The characters are almost all gods, and like their mythical originals, they are flawed and interesting characters reflecting humanity more than divinity. It is a forgiving rogue-like, where progress is lost in the short term but gained in the long term with every death. Available on: Windows, macOS, Nintendo Switch
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