Recent reviews by Malmsteen

aaa

5 dollar cocaine.

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☐ You forget what reality is
☑ Beautiful
☐ Good
☐ Decent
☐ Bad
☐ Don‘t look too long at it
☐ Paint.exe

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☐ Very good
☑ Good
☐ It‘s just gameplay
☐ Mehh

A game meant to play with close friends, with a few drinks. You should savor the moments, and not take anything too seriously. Failing a mission can be just as fun as completing in the right mindset.

If you play this game to try and grind out levels, you'll hate it. If you solo, and are sober....oof, no fun.

Hades is an isometric Action Rogue Like RPG by SuperGiantGames.

You take on the role of Zagreus, the rebellious son of Hades and [unknown] who really doesn’t enjoy it anymore to be trapped in the Underworld by his dad Hades, and tries to escape as a result, to go a journey to find out what really happened to his mother and to learn about his past. What will he discover? Only you can help him to find out!

Gameplay
You start your game in the House of Hades which is your hub. There you find most of the important NPCs to talk to and it’s also the place to which you return after each death.
Each run, no matter if you succeed or not, you gain different resources which you can use to unlock new weapons and skills and to upgrade them. You can also change up the hub with new decorations or repair places to unlock new places/NPC’s, and even add new locations to the underworld which will benefit you on your escape attempts.
On each attempt you travel through different areas of the Greek underworld like the Tartarus, Asphodel and the Elysium. Each of these is made up of different rooms which are randomly put in order and filled with different enemies and power ups, so no escape attempt is like the last. After each completed room, the game offers you two different ways to progress. On your way to the surface, you randomly meet some of the Greek gods who will help you with buffs, which are a huge part of the different builds you can create. Hades has a ton of different weapons, abilities, power ups and other pick-up items. There are more ways to play the game than I could name here.
The Controls are super smooth and precise with Mouse and Keyboard or with a Controller. But personally, I would recommend a Controller to play the game.
If you die in a run, it never feels like it is the fault of the game or the controls, but a mistake you made.
On top of that, Hades offers a God Mode option. It won't make you invincible, but gives you huge benfits to make the game significantly easier. It's a nice addition for players who enjoy less of a big challenge and only want to expierence the story and characters.

Characters, Graphic and Audio
The Voice Acting of the different characters is absolutely fantastic. Each of them feels like a true individual. The background music always does a great job to support the current situation you are in.
I’m a huge fan or the art style they choose for the game. The characters look like they have been hand drawn for each dialogue and still image. The combats effects and animations are great and look fantastic. But a trailer can surely help you more with this than my words can! :)

Tech
I didn’t run into any stutters, crashes or glitches in my entire playtime.

Final Thoughts
Hades is a must have for every fan of the genre in my opinion. The art style is beautiful, there is a vast variety in the gameplay, the story is beautiful and takes you on a true journey, the characters are well refined and each runs gives you the feeling of making progress and accomplishing something. Failing maybe frustrates you for a brief moment, but you are back in no time on your next attempt with new upgraded skills/weapons, to refine your fighting style, and maybe even with a smile on your lips from a dialogue you had in the hub shortly beforehand.
Hades is a work of love from the first dialogue to the last pixel and must be experienced. Worth every cent and every minute of your time!

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