Hades has found a winning combination of skill, rewards and randomness – one that has me absolutely hooked.
Some nights I wake up in a cold sweat thinking about my next boss fight – or about the one I just beat before going to bed. Some days it gets so bad that, when I close my eyes, I can still see Zagreus dodging bolts of purple energy, leaving behind him a trail of flashing thunder. When I’m not playing it, I’m plotting out upgrades for my next run. I can’t help myself. Hades on Nintendo Switch is a hell I just can’t quit. You’re reading Download This, TechRadar’s new weekly guide to the must-have downloads to fill your phones, tablets, consoles and computers with. Games, eBooks, albums, apps or movies – we’ve got you covered. Where traditional action RPGs might give you a skill tree or a list of stats for you to slowly sink your points into, Hades gives you something better – the power of the gods. Each run up through the Underworld towards Mount Olympus will give you different powers from the Greek gods, each of which can in turn be enhanced or combined every few levels. Because the game’s a roguelike (a game that’s procedurally generated rather than linear), the levels themselves change, as do each level’s enemies and final bosses.
