#Hades switch release date series
#Hades switch release date windows

Hades features a combination of roguelike and dungeon-crawler elements, where obols and certain types of upgrades are lost upon death and must be collected anew each time, while other types of currency can be used at the House to purchase permanent upgrades that affect all future attempts. The player will move through rooms to gradually climb up the Underworld after clearing a room, the player will be given the room's rewards, allowing them to grow stronger or recover lost health points, however should Zagreus' health points drop to zero while he has no 'death defiance' tokens left he is defeated and taken by the river Styx back to the House of Hades, which effectively acts as the game's overworld between attempts. The Boons are themed based on the Olympian for example, Zeus's Boons provide lightning damage effects and Poseidon's provide push-back wave effects. Throughout a run, the Olympians will provide Boons, each of which provides a choice of three persistent boosts and effects for that run that the player can select from. The player has a primary attack and a secondary 'special' attack depending on their pre-determined weapon of choice, a magic 'cast' that can be used from long range, a dash providing momentary intangibility and mobility which can deal damage when combined with an attack or Boon, and a summon attack that can call tremendous power from one of the Gods. The game has a hack and slash combat system. The player starts a run-through of the game by trying to fight their way through a number of rooms the rooms are drawn from a pool of pre-determined layouts, but their order and the enemies that appear are randomly determined. The game is presented in an isometric view with the player in control of Zagreus. The game world is divided between four main dungeons, each representing one of the regions of the Underworld, namely Tartarus, Asphodel, Elysium, and the Temple of Styx, with each new region being unlocked upon clearing the previous locale. He is also helped on his quest by notorious residents of the Underworld, such as Sisyphus, Eurydice, or Patroclus. His quest is supported by the other Olympians, who grant him gifts, called Boons, to help fight the beings that protect the exit from the Underworld. The player takes the role of Zagreus, the prince of the Underworld, who is trying to escape the realm to get away from his unloving father, Hades, and reach his mother Persephone in the mortal world.

Gameplay Hades is presented in an isometric view, with the player controlling Zagreus (center) as he fights his way out of the Underworld.

A sequel, Hades II, was announced in 2022. It sold more than a million copies and was named game of the year by several award ceremonies and media publications. Hades has been cited among the greatest video games of all time, with its narrative, gameplay, art, music and voice acting receiving universal acclaim. The roguelike structure of Hades gave them the opportunity to tell these branching stories to the player over the course of multiple runs. Hades was developed following Supergiant's Pyre, a game in which they wanted to explore procedural narrative storytelling, but due to the nature of the main gameplay, found that players did not play through Pyre multiple times to explore this. While Zagreus will often die, the player can use gained treasure to improve certain attributes or unlock new weapons and abilities to improve chances of escaping on subsequent runs. The game has a hack and slash combat system the player uses a combination of their main weapon attack, a special attack, a dash ability, and a magic ability to defeat them while avoiding damage to progress as far as possible.

#Hades switch release date series

Each run challenges the player through a random series of rooms populated with enemies and rewards.

Players control Zagreus, the son of Hades, as he attempts to escape from the Underworld to reach Mount Olympus, at times aided by gifts bestowed on him from the other Olympians. It is also set to release for iOS in 2024 through Netflix Games. It was later released for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S in August 2021.

#Hades switch release date windows

It was released for macOS, Nintendo Switch, and Windows following an early access release in December 2018. Hades is a 2020 roguelike video game developed and published by Supergiant Games.