Gilbert Cruz

And speaking of highly anticipated sequels, we have to talk about Hades 2.

This is another indie game.

It's set in the world of Greek mythology.

In it, you play as the daughter of Hades.

She is a princess of the underworld who has to battle through waves and waves of monsters.

Along the way, she's aided by her family members, these Greek gods, with powers called boons that make you stronger and stronger.

And like Silksong, this was one of the best-reviewed games of the year.

What do we think?

Absolutely.

I was going to say, certainly with the first Hades, the voice work, the acting, and maybe people don't think about that as much when it comes to video games, but the acting that went into that performance.

It was very entertaining, sort of droll, but sexy at the same time.

Like, I thought it was great.

i just once again you know if we're talking about like how video games relate to real life maybe i don't deal with frustration well it's like that is this this is not what i want are you scared of death i think about it every day um i'm thinking about it right now

Well, let me complicate that, because the next game that we're going to talk about here also deals with death, and it has a very different tone, maybe more one that was to my liking.

This is Claire Obscure Expedition 33, and this is an RPG game

a role-playing game, the story of which is this.

Essentially, every year, the citizens of an island named Lumiere, and the world is like a late 19th century France or late 19th century Europe.

Belle Époque.

They have to deal with a being out there who is slowly exterminating them, year by year, age by age.

You see off in the distance every year on this one day a number written on a giant rock, and everyone who's older than that number dies.