Hades (PlayStation 5)
Supergiant Games thrives through character and action. Bastion’s ubiquitous narrator transformed a fierce hack-and-slash into a comforting storybook. Transistor split the difference between action and strategy and infused the product with a melancholic narrative (featuring a talking sword). Pyre was half visual novel and half NBA Jam, both parts of which benefited from the finest and only mu...[Read More]
Hades
Supergiant Games have always made room for their characters alongside their action. Bastion’s ubiquitous narrator transformed a fierce hack-and-slash into a comforting storybook. Transistor split the difference between action and strategy and infused the product with a melancholic narrative featuring a talking sword. Pyre was half visual novel and half NBA Jam, both parts of which benefited ...[Read More]
Pyre Review
Looking at Pyre should signal that you have never played a game like Pyre. Its de facto battle system is a three-on-three, class-based sport. Its accompanying narrative is sprawling, choice-driven fantasy adventure. The former’s competitive battles are loaded with viable options and open strategy while the latter’s fiction cracks open a purgatorial, interpersonal drama ripe with angels...[Read More]