Hades
Defy the god of the dead as you hack and slash out of the Underworld in this rogue-like dungeon crawler from the creators of Bastion, Transistor, and Pyre. Hades is a god-like rogue-like dungeon crawler that combines the best aspects of Supergiant's critically acclaimed titles, including the fast-paced action of Bastion, the rich atmosphere and depth of Transistor, and the character-driven storytelling of Pyre. As the immortal Prince of the Underworld, you'll wield the powers and mythic weapons of Olympus to break free from the clutches of the god of the dead himself, while growing stronger and unraveling more of the story with each unique escape attempt. The Olympians have your back! Meet Zeus, Athena, Poseidon, and many more, and choose from their dozens of powerful Boons that enhance your abilities. There are thousands of viable character builds to discover as you go. A fully-voiced cast of colorful, larger-than-life characters is waiting to meet you! Grow your relationships with them, and experience thousands of unique story events as you learn about what's really at stake for this big, dysfunctional family. The rich, atmospheric presentation and unique melding of gameplay and narrative that's been core to Supergiant's games is here in full force: spectacular hand-painted environments and a blood-pumping original score bring the Underworld to life.
Chief 0
I didn't expect much from this game to be honest, however lots of positive reviews and awards the game earned eventually made me buy it for Switch. And it turned out to be very impressive, great replayability achieved with a deep game design and combat mechanics, while also followed by an interesting mythology-based story. I played the game about 150+ times, on various difficulty levels, and almost every run was different in a way. Also important thing - it's best to play with a joystick. Highly recommended!
Steam User 181
Hades is...
Well how would I say it... I have 100% achievements on this game and on the question "What did it cost?" I would probably answer everything. But I enjoyed it. It was perfect. Perfect. Everything. Down to the last minute details.
Steam User 122
If anything about "isometric hack-'n-slash roguelite" appeals to you, you should play this game.
- The controls are simple and responsive with only four different buttons you need in combat other than movement. Despite their simplicity, they make comboing and animation-canceling satisfying. The gameplay is fast-paced and provides a lot of room for skill expression.
- There's a wide variety of weapons which all bring something unique to the table; no two of them feel the same. Most of them feel good to use, too, with clean attack animations and clear hitboxes. The exception for me is , which I think feels kind of clunky because of how long you're locked into the attack animation, and it lacks stagger on hit. It's still fun, though, and I can just avoid using it because you're never required to pick a certain weapon.
- There are plenty of different enemies, which all have their own strengths while feeling fair to fight. It's easy to tell most of the enemy types apart, other than a few that are palette-swaps.
- The powerup choices given to players during escape attempts are meaningful and diverse. The boon system is intuitive and pairs well with the weapons, and Daedalus hammers provide interesting playstyle changes. Some boons are clearly stronger than others (looking at you, deflect dash), but there's usually some situation or synergy that can make a boon worth taking.
- The metagame progression feels nice, too. Mirror upgrades and keepsakes are powerful and diverse (if you haven't noticed yet, the theme of this review is "options, options, options"), but you don't need to grind for all of them to escape the Underworld. I also like .
- The sound design is excellent. The sound effects are distinct and make it easy to track what's happening, and the music pulls together the whole "Greek mythology with a touch of modern aesthetic" theme.
- The cast of characters is memorable, if a bit cliche, but that's par for the course with mythology. Yahtzee said in his Zero Punctuation review that the voice acting "sounds like it's all coming from very sexy people," which I think is dead-on--at first I found the soft and occasionally oddly sultry way that some of the characters speak to be a little weird, but it's definitely unique and contributes to the somewhat-moody, fire-lit atmosphere and charm. I'm still playing the game long after the credits have rolled to see what happens in the characters' subplots (even though I already learned in school how most of them go).
- decorating the house is fun and Cerberus needs all the toys I can buy don't @ me
Overall, this game is great and I only have a few gripes with it. Co-op is the only thing I feel is really missing, but with how tight the gameplay is, I can understand not wanting to compromise that with netcode. There's so much content in this game and all of it fits together into a cohesive and entertaining experience. I recommend this game.
Steam User 108
Hades is a rare case where it really does have the whole package, gameplay, OST, Art, Story, you name it Hades has mastered it. Such a cohesive game where everything makes sense and all the elements are working together to form this godly experience.
Steam User 75
ive never seen a game quite as perfectly made as hades.
- the gameplay is smooth and engaging, riveting enough to want to play the game for its own sake
- the roguelike aspect of it is balanced amazingly, there are very few boons or items that dont seem like they could be made powerful if you focused a build around them
- being only a roguelite, there are some permanent upgrades and you cannot keep the run going forever, but this makes it so that the run never truly gets out of control and loses its gameplay value, and the permanent upgrades make it so that if you feel stuck, you can hopefully push yourself further with more upgrades.
- the shop in general is great, ive never seen a cosmetic shop for a SINGLEPLAYER GAME that i so thoroughly enjoyed buying thing out of
- this game has the most likeable characterization of any video game character ive ever encountered, its *that* good. its definitely helped by the absolute gargantuan amount of stellar voice acting the game has
- the story is something also really well done, but i'll not spoil it here, what i will say is that the game also has a bunch of mini-stories that slowly progress as you play, keeping tings fresh and interesting
- the pact of punishment is a perfect way to add difficulty without feeling cheap. the player controls their own difficulty??? thats so cool@!!!!
10/10 good game play it now
Steam User 409
Hades is better than sex cuz they are making hades 2. Theres no sex 2.
Steam User 76
Addicting gameplay loop that seamlessly blends in a compelling story with interesting characters and fantastic dialogue. Absolutely destroyed my free time during finals season of senior year of college
Steam User 80
A fun hack and slash rogue-lite game in where between runs you can have bisexual threesomes with a demon dominatrix and death himself.
Need I say more? Buy this game.