Honest Game Trailers | Hades

00:00:06.000when you need a break from the literal

00:00:08.240hell

00:00:08.639that is our world descend into an

00:00:11.759artfully designed fictional one

00:00:14.160where daily life is devil may cry

00:00:17.279and death carries the harshest

00:00:19.119punishment you could possibly imagine

00:00:22.080having to hang out with your family

00:00:24.480stupid boy

00:00:26.359hades

00:00:29.279escape from the endlessly shifting

00:00:31.279prison of hades

00:00:32.719as you take the role of zacharias god of

00:00:35.360saying

00:00:35.840[ __ ] you dad he'll get help from his

00:00:38.640extremely sexed up fellow deities

00:00:41.360who take advantage of his immortality to

00:00:43.680do a run-based roguelite thing

00:00:46.160and thrill as you bust every ghost in

00:00:48.640hell like

00:00:49.440bill murray until you finally get the

00:00:52.079right build to defy your extremely

00:00:54.719salty dad in a retelling of greek

00:00:57.920mythology that's as awesome as it is

00:01:00.239totally

00:01:00.879unlike greek mythology and that worrying

00:01:03.840sound you hear

00:01:04.640is uh he see it doing donuts in his

00:01:06.560grave

00:01:08.960marvel at the narrative of hades as

00:01:11.840supergiant manages to cram their

00:01:13.680trademark compelling characterization

00:01:15.759into a run-based action game

00:01:18.159a genre that's usually known for having

00:01:20.159as much story as a garfield strip

00:01:22.720but with three hundred thousand words

00:01:24.640worth of writing

00:01:25.759you'll get an ass load of story for a

00:01:27.680game that's mostly about mashing two to

00:01:29.759three buttons

00:01:31.119resulting in a roguelike with

00:01:32.720relationships so involved that you can

00:01:34.720have sex with at least

00:01:36.079two of the characters and from that day

00:01:38.880forth

00:01:39.680hades was known as the game that

00:01:42.000launched a thousand slash fix

00:01:44.520[Music]

00:01:45.680snap into the unforgiving gameplay of

00:01:48.560hades

00:01:49.520as you choose your weapon from a handful

00:01:51.520of period appropriate arms

00:01:53.759or a machine gun and descend into the

00:01:57.200labyrinth of chambers that stands

00:01:58.880between you and victory

00:02:00.560where you'll create unstoppable combos

00:02:02.640that will let you melt your foes by just

00:02:04.799hitting attack and dodge

00:02:06.240over and over again or realize that your

00:02:09.679bill just wasn't cutting it as you're

00:02:11.440bodied mercilessly by a room full of

00:02:13.680elites

00:02:14.959then unlock some new abilities and head

00:02:17.360out again

00:02:18.160until you finally brute force your way

00:02:20.160to the end

00:02:21.520only to find out that it's not actually

00:02:23.599the end at all

00:02:24.720and hades is laughing at your hubris

00:02:27.840as you'll actually need at least nine

00:02:29.760more clears just to see the credits

00:02:32.400and zeus knows how many before you wrap

00:02:34.640up all the story lines and unlocks

00:02:36.959in an in-game experience that feels a

00:02:39.200lot like being actually trapped in the

00:02:41.280underworld

00:02:42.800look i know i could stop but i really

00:02:45.200want to know where things go with this

00:02:46.480floating medusa head

00:02:49.040so grab that offensive shield and

00:02:51.519literally hotfooted out of hell

00:02:53.920in one of the most positive examples the

00:02:55.920world has ever seen of early access done

00:02:58.400right

00:02:59.120resulting in a game with action that can

00:03:01.200hold up to the best in the genre

00:03:03.599and a richness of detail that outpaces

00:03:05.760its competitors entirely

00:03:08.080in a complete package that truly feels

00:03:10.239like a divine

00:03:11.360miracle assuming you didn't spoil it for

00:03:14.159yourself by playing it in early access

00:03:16.159for the past three years

00:03:18.560and on that note maybe don't download

00:03:21.519baldur's gate three

00:03:23.040yet starring

00:03:27.879swaggarius are you

00:03:30.720losing sun yakko

00:03:35.840whip it whip it good

00:03:39.599dead daddy maleficent

00:03:44.159quay start the reactor doesn't

00:03:47.760karen the zeus is loose

00:03:51.920the voss boss too much

00:03:55.200bronzer aphrodite only fans

00:03:59.680merry christmas about to get murked by

00:04:04.000kratos

00:04:05.519the [ __ ] catalina wine mixer

00:04:09.360definitely on uppers ice queen

00:04:14.720long hair chris hemsworth zapp

00:04:18.479brannigan flank steak

00:04:22.600dendrophilia robert

00:04:25.440smith joe

00:04:28.560pesci yes you can pet the abomination

00:04:33.120what if you wiped that floating head

00:04:35.440from castlevania

00:04:37.840and the best written character in the

00:04:41.199game

00:04:43.199the binding of zagreus

00:04:48.720you may be able to escape from hell but

00:04:50.800you still can't get anyone to play

00:04:52.400warhammer with you

00:04:54.000tell us what you'd like to hear in my

00:04:55.680honest voice in the comments below

00:04:58.560knock knock who's there these

00:05:01.840nuts i'm going in cover me porkins

00:05:06.160the graffiti on the wall stirs images of

00:05:09.199your bedazzled sweaters

00:05:11.680i know the world is just a game but this

00:05:14.479place

00:05:15.039these people that's all i have

00:05:18.800you're acting pretty sus right now

00:05:24.240you