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Hades II Technical Test Details

The indie world was taken by storm when Hades was released in 2020. The perfect time-killer during lockdown, it was the biggest Rogue-like since The Binding of Isaac, and managed to get everything right from an engrossing story to pulse-pounding gameplay. On top…

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What Story Will Hades II Tell?

Lately, I’ve been playing a lot of Hades, mostly because it has been a while and I can play a few runs before bed. However, I’ve also been prepping my muscle memory (and refreshing my actual memory) so that when Hades II…

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Hades (XBO) – Review

What can I say? Hades is a game of the year contender in a year packed with The Last of Us Part 2, Ghost of Tsushima, Doom Eternal, Cyberpunk 2077, a Resident Evil 3 remaster, and several others. Some aren’t bad, some were just disheartening, and others were just…

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Is Hades Coming to PlayStation 4 and 5?

The odd thing about last year’s Game of the Year discourse was the amount of love Hades got despite only being on Switch and PC. There are hundreds of thousands of people who haven’t played what some considered the best game of 2020.…

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Hades’ “God Mode” is an Incredible Choice in Game Design

Warning: Minor spoilers up to the second boss of the game ahead! The term “God Mode” usually refers to a sort of cheat code in video games that enables the player to accomplish things not normally possible in intended gameplay. Take Skyrim…

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Hades is the New Gold Standard Roguelike

I play a lot of Roguelikes. Specifically, I play a lot of Roguelike Action games. When I am not playing them, I have a few favored YouTubers I watch that play some that I don’t own. This is a long-winded way of…

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Transistor is Free on the Epic Store

I for one have carved out a nice little niche for myself. I have covered the majority of the free/deal content you can pick up for about a month now here at Phenixx Gaming, and I am back for another. Once again,…

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