Being used to playing the Switch version while docked made me appreciate what the current line of hardware can do even more. Playing it at 60 FPS in 4K on a large screen makes it feel fresh again. Was playing it on the next-gen consoles worth the wait? Better yet, should you buy a second or third copy? Simply put, yes. It’s hard to believe that a team of twenty put together such a remarkable game, let alone without resorting to things like crunch time.īut all of this we learned last September (or sooner if you were part of it’s early access on the Epic Games Store). And the combat is as frenetic and strategic as any of the best action games. There are over ten hours of recorded dialogue that constantly doles out pieces of a fractured narrative that have you going for “one more run” not only to unlock some cool new gear or ability but to learn more of the Underworld denizens and the gods that they eschew. The music pulls you in and plays as much a role in the plot as it does as background noise. The art style offers each god or goddess in the manor you would imagine a sexy fresco painting. Rarely can you play a game and feel the level of love that was poured into it but with Hades every room you enter reminds you that this was made by a team that truly gave a damn. The Game of the Year award winner does so much right that it’s easy to understand why. Yet here we are, nearly a year after it’s release and the game’s long-awaited release to PlayStation and Xbox are atop many Most Anticipated lists. It’s an isometric rogue-like story of Greek gods and betrayal. On paper, Hades isn’t the type of game you would expect to be one of the highest rated video games of all time.
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