What this game does with embedded and enacted narrative, ludonarrative harmony, and the player-avatar relationship is awe-inspiring; it’s a shining example not only for the rogue-like/rogue-lite genre, but for all games to come.
I also wanted to note that, while One Step from Eden gets the short end of the stick in this video, I do love the game! The gameplay is fantastically fun, but unfortunately, it’s no Hades–that’s simply how it is.
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Credit where credit is due to my footage sources:
octosmash (Exagryph gameplay): https://www.twitch.tv/octosmash_
Marcuz-X (Achilles-Patroclus story): @Marcuz-X
Signil G (Artemis quote): @Signil G
GameClipsHD (God of War screenshot): @GameClips
avsomesso (No boon dialogue): @avsomesso
kenuty (Late-game story footage): @kenuty
Luca Papale (Player-Avatar table): http://gamescriticism.org/articles/papale-1-2
Wikipedia and the Hades Fandom Wiki for the Candy Crush and Hades screenshots
and of course, thanks to Supergiant Games for making this thing.
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Yo this game looks le epic. Must buy!
Austin is a cutie
Simply cannot wait for more superb content from this 'Khamika' feller.
roguelikes always look cool but then i play them and get bored
How do you find using WASD? I played Bastion back in the day with WASD and found it a bit finicky with the iso viewpoint, switched to controller and never looked back!
I really like your perspective on hades unique way of integrating story with game play. I just wished the pacing of the video was slowed down by 10-15%. Idk may be I'm just slow.
Anyways I would love if you could cover another indie game like Celeste.
Concise and full of interesting ideas! Great analisys :3
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