Persephone, seeing the value of rebuilding her immediate family, enacts a plan to have Zagreus invite the Olympian gods to dinner in the House of Hades to announce that she had gone missing because she and Hades had ‘eloped,’ and to acknowledge Zagreus officially as her son. In the interest of rebuilding Hades’ and Zagreus’ relationship now that Persephone has returned, Zagreus’ escape attempts are transformed into an official position: testing the security of the underworld in order to prevent others from escaping like Zagreus has. After several visits, Zagreus convinces Persephone to return to the underworld and builds a more positive relationship with both her and his father. Zagreus’ first successful escape attempt also reveals that, being a god of the underworld, he cannot survive in the conditions of the surface world for long, and will inevitably be returned to the House of Hades. She ran away from the Underworld because she was under the impression that Zagreus had died at birth, and decided not to return to Olympus in order to remain free of Demeter, her overbearing mother. Zeus, without telling the other Olympians, forced Persephone to marry Hades, leaving the other Olympians to think she has gone missing. When Zagreus reaches Greece in the surface world, he finds his mother Persephone. The Olympian gods, under the impression that Zagreus wants to escape the underworld and its inhabitants in order to join them on Olympus, lend him their support in the form of boons: powers that strengthen Zagreus during an escape run. The strongest figures standing in his way are the three Furies (Megaera, Alecto, and Tisiphone), the Lernaean Hydra, Theseus and Asterius, the Minotaur, and, at the entrance to the underworld, Hades himself. During his escape attempts, various figures from Greek myth attempt to stop him at the command of Hades. (In classical mythology, Zagreus is said to be the son of Zeus by Persephone.) Zagreus feels alienated from his father and, after finding out that the goddess who raised him, Nyx, is actually his foster mother, and that his biological mother (Persephone) is alive and somewhere beyond the underworld, he resolves to defy his father’s strict orders not to leave the underworld and find her. Hades centers around Zagreus, son of Hades, the lord of the Underworld. Related Literary Genre(s): Epic, Quest narratives, Classical Mythology and Literature 21st Game Developers Choice Awards: Game of the Year, Best Audio, Best Design.Hugo Award: Best Video Game (Special Award). Awards: Game of the Year, Action Game of the Year, Outstanding Achievement for an Independent Game, Outstanding Achievement in Game Design, Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction 17th British Academy Games Awards: Best Game, Artistic Achievement, Game Design, Narrative.The Game Awards 2020: Game of the Year (Nominated), Best Indie, Best Action.Golden Joystick Awards 2020: Best Indie Game, Critic’s Choice.Peripherals required: Speakers/Headphones Version used for entry: Nintendo Switch Ver 3 Platforms: PC, Mac, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, PlayStation 4, Playstation 5 Date of original release: September, 17th 2020 (Epic Games Store, Nintendo Switch, Steam)
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