Hades (video game)
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Hades is a rougelite about escaping from the Greek Underworld by cutting through and battling the forces of Hades. Along the way Zagreus, the player character, receives assistance from a number of Olympians, as well as from some Chthonic gods and other entities. Released in 2020 by Supergiant Games.
Tropes used in Hades (video game) include:
- Affectionate Nickname: Dionysus calls Zagreus “Zag”.
- Back from the Dead: Hades attempts to stop this.
- Berserk Button: If two gods offer a boon, whichever god who’s boon the player did not pick will be very upset.
- Bolt of Divine Retribution: Associated with boons from Zeus.
- Cardboard Prison: Averted for most, as Hades is very difficult to break out of. Played straight for skilled players.
- Classical Mythology: Heavily draws from Greek mythology.
- Divine Parentage: Zagreus is the son of Hades.
- Dark Is Not Evil: Nyx, the personification of Night, is quite benevolent to Zagreus.
- Don't Look Back: A lyric in The Lament of Orpheus is literally “Don't Look Back”.
- Eldritch Abomination: Exemplified by Chaos. Befitting of their origin, their mechanics don’t quite match those of anyone else, being at least somewhat harmful to Zagreus.
- Everybody Hates Hades: Downplayed, Zagreus and Hades do not get along and the Olympians intervene on behalf of Zagreus, but Hades isn’t portrayed as particularly evil.
- Father Neptune: Poseidon, of course.
- Hades Shaded: The Chthonic gods, being the deities of hades, have unnatural shading.
- Has Two Mommies: Zagreus has two mommies and a daddy. Persephone (Biological) and Nyx (Adoptive) serve as maternal figures.
- Horned Humanoid: Asterius has two impressive horns as a Minotaur.
- Jerkass Gods: Many of the gods, both Olympian and Chthonic, engage in some Jerkassery at some point.
- Like a Badass Out of Hell: Zagreus fights out of Hades.
- Orphean Rescue: The Olympians send their boons to assist Zagreus in an attempt to get him out of Hades. Lore wise, Orpheus attempted this as one would expect.
- Pyrrhic Victory: Zagreus cannot last long outside the Underworld.