And I have these attacks for each of my six weapons - but I can select only one weapon prior to each run. I have a basic attack, a special move, a dash, and a ranged attack called a Cast that fires a ranged barb that sticks into enemies for a brief time. I get to see Zagreus, and all my friends up close when they speak - thanks to beautiful character portraits - but most of the time I’m a red blur dashing between enemies.Īs Zagreus, I have a deceptively simple combat arsenal. Hades is shown from a top-down perspective. Now wielding a spear, I jump back into Tartarus from my second story window and start climbing again. I collect a trinket - gifts from my loved ones - talk to Skelly, my sentient practice dummy, and select a weapon from Hades’ arsenal. I enter my room to spend some currency I found on my last run - upgrading myself and increasing my chances at success - and move into the armory. Occasionally, I find Nectar out in the Underworld, which I can give to my friends as gifts, improving my relationship with my mentor Achilles, my step-mother Nyx, and a whole cast of characters - netting me new dialogue and trinkets to help with my escape plan. Father and son always part ways with a dismissive laugh or frustrated sigh.Įach time I come back from a run through the Underworld, I’m able to have a new conversation with different characters inside Hades’ house. In response, Zagreus exudes a real “fuck you, old man” attitude, but he’s too cool to ever say it out loud, preferring a sarcastic nod and a biting comment to direct, verbal confrontation. He doesn’t seem to have the time or patience to deal with his son’s rebellion any longer. Hades lives in that place of self-superiority, certain that his son will never understand the lengths he’s gone through to be a father and lord of the Underworld. There’s a shared history between these two characters, a mix of mistrust, love, exhaustion and frustration. The father and son rarely find common ground. He’s spent eons dealing with Hades, just as Hades has spent eons dealing with Zagreus. Every comment from Zagreus to his father is sarcastic or accusatory. As we chat, Zagreus himself has the smug air of a young adult committed to his goth attitude and aesthetic. The more I talk to him, the more I think there’s some kind of affection beneath his mean exterior, but it’s rare that you ever hear it in his voice.
Hades has the gruff temperament of Kratos from God of War, acting as if I’ll never do anything good enough for him. I’m not just some wayward soul trying to escape the underworld, after all, I’m prince of the underworld: Zagreus. And then I approach the desk of my father, Hades. I stop by Hypnos, who turns to me and offers me his condolences on my failure - remarking on whatever beast managed to take me down. If you want curated lists of our favorite media, check out What to Play and What to Watch.
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