![]() Icons litter the main map, which makes for a much less soothing and organic world than Breath of the Wild's clean, wide-open grasslands and dense forests. ![]() The caverns that serve as Immortals' answer to Breath of the Wild's Shrine puzzles and dungeons aren't quite as interesting-looking, nor are their simple puzzles as cleverly put-together as Link's trials. ![]() Yes, its world design blatantly rips off The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, but I guess you may as well steal from the best.īut Immortals' insistence on hewing close to its inspiration also makes its flaws more apparent. I'm lukewarm on most of Ubisoft's (in)famous open world titles, but Immortals somehow feels more fun, more substantial to me than other Ubisoft tower-climbers. Outside of its dialogue, Immortals is a good game. Consuming Immortals' story after pouring hours into Hades is like chewing on an unripe apple after feasting on Persephone's own pomegranates. Immortals Fenyx Rising, an open-world exploration game from Ubisoft that's also steeped in Greek mythology, has a tough narrative act to follow. I believe Hades has raised the standard for every depiction of the Greek gods in the media-books, movies, television, and games included. It touches on everything that's fun and fascinating with Greek mythology, and it does so in quick snippets and snatched character moments in lieu of exposition. Hades' presentation of the Greek Pantheon is similarly witty. I recall it again and again whenever I play Supergiant's Hades, a brilliantly written roguelite that's rightfully up for several 2020 Game Awards nominations. ![]() I read countless accounts of Greek mythology after I was done with it, but that slim blue book I read in grade 6 still ranks as the most entertaining and informative of the lot. It was obviously written for schoolkids my age, but it still described the gods, their rages, and their petty squabbles in admirable detail. In grade 6, I picked up a library book about the Pantheon. Unsurprisingly, I fell into Greek mythology with the gusto of Dionysus bellyflopping into a vat of wine and cocaine. I crawled from the womb with a troubling fascination for demons, monsters, and dragons. ![]()
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