Hi All,
Today we are going to explore the house of Hades and see what other mythological figures are there in this game. First, we are spawned back to the house of Hades, where are going to meet a lot of other mythological figures and explore to see what other side activities we can do in this game. I love Greek mythology and the last time I met Hades, I was suckin' his life force right out of him with his own weapon in the god of War 3. but it was a long time ago tho. let's see how he is in this game.
As soon as we are spawned back to the house of Hades, the artwork of the house itself is stunning, and the drifting souls that just move away when you move towards them are just the cherry on the top, First mythological figure we are greeted to is Hypnos, Sleep Incarnate. I've never heard of him tho. then we can see the hades doing a desk job with his bulk-type body which is more than funny.
We can clearly see the relationship between Zagreus and his father hades. this game feels more like cat and mouse chase, zagreus tries to run away from this house and his father hades throws everything he can to stop him from reaching Olympus. along the way the other gods, I mean uncles and cousins in Olympus help Zagreus achieve his goal by giving him a part of their power. Hades does not hate Zagreus, he just wants to protect his son. Their relationship is adorable, to be honest. just look at their dialogue here,
Hades asks Zagreus "stupid boy. I told you nobody gets out of here, whether alive or dead, though, how was your wanton ransacking of my domain?.
And the Zagreus answers "Greetings father, my ransacking was a delight, thank you for asking. so I'll be just on my way again"
At this point, I can see that this game is like a sitcom type of game where the son has come of age and do rebellious activities, and the father tries to stop that. I thought this game was serious and the last game I played was cult of the Lamb I thought that game was lighthearted, who does when I judge a game by its art style and decisions for its plot, it's always reversed?. anyway, this game is a delight if you are a sucker for narrative. I'd say this game reminded me of Deadpool sometimes, Love that game. And the developers have won a BAFTA award for the narrative of this game, so glad, totally worth it. Okay now moving on.
Also, developers are a W for letting us pet this underworld terrifying (only for enemies tho) and adorable three-headed dog. Totally love the devs when they include this feature, I have spent a lot of time petting dogs whenever I visit a new town in red dead redemption 2. and also the dog responds differently every time you pet it. sorry guys, I have to include a screenshot of petting the watchdog.
After petting the dog, there was a hallway on the left, and another known face was standing there, it was Achilles, the forgotten hero. He's hailed as the Strongest warrior in Greek mythology and one of the key characters in the trojan war. judging by the dialogues between Achilles and Zagreus, Achilles seems to be a mentor to Zagreus.
there is also a chamber full of artifacts in it along the hallway. I thought this would be an unlockable room, but it just introduces us the to house of Hades which we are already there..
I really love this game for its humor. this game is hilarious, Zagreus responds to the narrator by "You know I can hear you, Old man" who was just doing his job, narrating the game elements to the player.
After entering the hallway on the opposite side, there was the incarnation of night Nyx, standing there. she is the one who made contact with the Athena, even tho it was dangerous. She almost talks like a mother figurine to Zagreus.
now its time for a personal visit, this is Zagreus's room, there is a large mirror where you can upgrade or level up Zagreus by spending dark crystals.
From here, we can upgrade a bunch of stuff.
Shadow presence: increases the attack damage when we attack an enemy from behind.
Chthonic vitality: adds some health to us when we clear and enter a new chamber.
Death defiance: Revives Zagreus with 50% of health when the health is totally depleted
I chose death defiance because that is the only value for dark crystal deal in these upgrades.
The next stop is the training grounds, this is the place where you can also buy weapons with the keys you can collect while ransacking through the Hades domain.
there were a few powerful-looking weapons, but I only had one key, and there is only one weapon with the price of one key, so I unlocked it.
After unlocking the weapon, there was a skeleton spawned, looks like he is the training dummy, he is also quite a funny guy. I tried to beat him with the unlocked weapon, since it's a bow and arrow, it took me some time to defeat him, but after defeating he just spawned right back. I think nobody can die in the underworld it seems.
With this it's the end of the road, I am really glad I had enough dark crystal to upgrade the death defiance. I think that upgrade is really useful, the game is really hilarious, and just watching Hades and Zagreus talking to each other can make my day, the developer did a really good job in script writing and I am really astonished by their dev choices.
I hope you enjoyed the post, thank you and have a nice day.
more importantly GAME ON!