There was a moment several hours into playing Hades that I could feel the frustration mounting. The game's beautiful third area, Elysium, has an especially troublesome boss, in that you're tasked with facing two of them simultaneously. Their tells are tricky, and every time I faced the duo felt like an act of desperation. Even if I made it to the other side, there was no sense of victory or pride. Instead, I limped to the final area, so thoroughly beaten down and weakened that attempting the game's final area seemed pointless. Death awaited.
After reading this Iām disappointed that it doesnāt sound like Patrick engaged with the pact of punishment because I just want to see him turn extreme measures up to 3 and experience the beauty of Theseus and Asteriusā new form
Itās such a great moment! Some of the Middle Management stuff is fun as well. The time limits really helped me learn to get through the game faster, too.
I definitely think thereās a split between āpeople who played Hades more for the story completionā and āpeople who played Hades for the āchallengeā optionsā.
