Hades
Video Game • 2020 • Action Report
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Risu
No, but one type of enemies makes cat-like sounds
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ironohki
The dog is safe.
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CesiousCookies
Some of the enemies you kill in the game are rats
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McGirlGal
It is mentioned that Cerberus has fought Sisyphus before, but there is none in the actual game.
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ironohki
This is technically yes, as the game takes place in Hades, the afterlife in Greek mythology. The animal appears alive.
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arcadebun
Yes, technically, but it comes back each time.
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CesiousCookies
There are gorgons that have snakes for hair and there is a hydra that can appear slightly snake-like
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paintedrocket
One of the enemies in Elysium is an orb that sends butterflies after you, but the butterflies are small and not very detailed. Two of the keepsakes you can get are also based on bugs (A butterfly and an ant)
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bbadman
(mild spoilers) The main character is searching for his mother, who left soon after he was born.
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mistersandman
Hades is verbally abusive to Zagreus, and some of the bonus dialogue you get at the beginning of runs implies this has occurred since Zagreus was a child.
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tollthedead
Semi-relevant, there is some verbal abuse directed at the main character from his father
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mistersandman
(spoilers) Yes. I’m guessing this dialogue may not always occur, but upon meeting Hades again after seeing the surface for the first time, Hades will tell Zagreus he must have simply made up the entire escape in his head, among other things.
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mistersandman
Not physically. However, Hades is implied to be able to see Zagreus’ movements at all times as he can send enemies for him in a specific chamber and makes comments as you ascend levels.
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GMont
Unsure if this counts but there are mentions of the River Lethe's mind-numbing influences on the shades of Elysium. One depressed character mentions considering (or having considered) drinking of it to forget the pain of his past.
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paintedrocket
Dionysus' dialogue always sounds a bit slurred as if he's intoxicated, but he's never shown outright being drunk (except [SPOILER ALERT] after the epilogue, where it's implied that he spent the entirety of a party getting blackout drunk. This scene is never shown in the game). Many of his boons inflict the "hangover" effect on enemies, but this appears as a generic poison attribute and the affected characters aren't shown to be abusing alcohol.
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ph03n_x
Multiple characters designs revolve around alcohol and are depicted as being drunk
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SF442
Zagreus can be restrained by enemies that are floating hands with chains attached. Passing mentions of the myth of Sisyphus binding Thanatos with his own chains and hiding him from the other gods for a time, as well as even vaguer mentions of the myth of Ares being bound and trapped in a pot. Both Sisyphus and Thanatos are reoccurring (mostly) friendly characters.
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SF442
Further spoilers? Though many of the Olympian gods have many instances of sexual assault in their mythology, it is never directly brought up, nor are we led to assume that that level of abuse is necessarily part of their character, though Zeus and Poseidon in particular are still portrayed as slightly out of touch, abrasive, "ladies men" types to some degree.
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arcadebun
There are skeletons whose bones break when they're killed but no living characters break their bones.
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arcadebun
There are some enemies that resemble eyes in Elysium, but there aren't any animations of them being mutilated.
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CarnivorousJellybean
Not on-screen but the first main bosses are implied to be torturers (the fury sisters), one in particular talks obsessively about it.
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autonomousTirade
in a loose interpretation of the question, there is an enemy in Asphodel that is a big rock that floats around and falls down to crush the main character. there is no animation that depicts this explicitly but one could argue that the main characters head would have been squashed
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arcadebun
no, however there is an Achilles
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CarnivorousJellybean
One of the boss fights requires cutting off a skeleton Hydra's heads but they just turn into piles of dust, there is no severing animation
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Risu
SPOILERS-POST CREDITS CONTENT; mentions of variety of death reasons, (played for comedy to assure the gameplay loop isn't interrupted) that aren't actually depicted other than voice over and its subtitles, including falling to death
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Risu
There's an NPC that can give you a tooth as a token of affection, but it's done without any harm.
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arcadebun
There's a lot of blood and bones but it's all stylized and none of it is very extreme.
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pommywhirl
there is an enemy in the 2nd area that slams down from above and attempts to crush the player. it is possible to die from this, but it is not at all graphic.
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CesiousCookies
Your character can step into lava and die this way, but the animation is the same as getting hit by other enemies.
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SF442
One of the various deaths Zagerus is said to experience upon successfully completing the game has him getting killed by an avalanche. This is depicted only through text, very non-graphically.
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morganyu
No, but the original myth of how Zagreus was reborn as Dionysus after being torn to shreds by the Titans as a child is mentioned as part of a song sung by one of the characters, however it is nonsense and meant to be contradictory to what actually happens in the game.
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GingerThree
An item you can gain later in the game allows you to summon a character to serve as a decoy/distraction, which he does willingly until he dies. He respawns each time though, and takes death very lightly.
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CesiousCookies
Due the game containing the Greek gods, Zeus has cheated on Hera multiple times, along with other other gods cheating on their significant others but this is not addressed in game
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McGirlGal
You can "kill" your dad, but he immediately comes back as he is literally Hades.
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Retr0Pillow
Something that happened in the past is discussed and compared to a kidnapping
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Retr0Pillow
The story is in the Underworld and “dead people” (shades) are shown as ghosts and are pretty much everywhere. They are not spooky though.
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GMont
Not unless you count the Aphrodite boon that causes enemies to fight for you (one character expresses distress at this).
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mistersandman
Not really. Some squelch/splatter noises are heard in the Temple of Styx, however, these are largely drowned out by the hitting sound effects and screeching the monsters do.
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CarnivorousJellybean
One of the enemies in Styx (satyrs) makes spitting noises whenever they attack
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GingerThree
Considering the game takes place in Ancient Greece, it would be a bit out of place.
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paintedrocket
No police or police-adjacent force are present in the game
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paintedrocket
Zagreus can date both Meg and Thanatos, and this is shown to be a mutually consensual polyamorous relationship. Meg herself even states that this is common for gods.
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paintedrocket
Zeus' boons often come with lightning effects that electrocute enemies, but it is not used in the context of electro-therapy
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paintedrocket
Some autistic people have expressed discomfort with the way hypnos is treated in the game (there is a common fan interpretation that he may be autistic), but he is not confirmed to be autistic. It could still be uncomfortable for those that have experience being mistreated because of being autistic, so proceed with caution.
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bumble
There's no self harm. However, when Zagreus dashes and attacks, he leaves gashes in the ground. When he dashes, they're particularly long and straight. When a bunch appear, it can make for an uncomfortable sight.
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Retr0Pillow
***SPOILER***
At some point you learn that there really isn’t no escape, yet you keep going through your certain death.
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SF442
The idea is toyed with via Achilles and Patroclus, but is never explicitly called PTSD, nor is it very deeply explored. Both make comments, usually in passing, about the effect of the ten year war in which they fought, and which killed them both.
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paintedrocket
Some of Patroclus' lines could allude to suicidal ideation, but it's not explicit and he's already dead
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opeka
There's a single fight that has a mechanic that makes the boss room it occurs in progressively smaller until your movement is fairly limited. This might be a gray area and is only a single, if reoccurring instance.
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paintedrocket
Tisiphone is implied to be mentally unstable, and she's devoted to her job of torturing souls and attempting to murder Zagreus.
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frootsnak
Throughout the 4th area of the game there's a enemy type that make hacking/spitting noises whenever they attack, there's sometimes multiple of them doing it at once
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GingerThree
There can be at times, but this can be turned off through the settings menu the moment you start the game.
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Cobaltxp
Damns and hells are as far as it goes
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paintedrocket
If you have a timer because of one of the "pact of punishment" rules, Hermes will occasionally comment on it.
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paintedrocket
Zagreus' birth is mentioned, but never shown
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paintedrocket
[SPOILER] Persephone explains that Zagreus was stillborn and she believed he had died. The event is not shown in the game.
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paintedrocket
[SPOILER ALERT] Persephone mentions that Zagreus was stillborn, but it is not shown in-game.
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GMont
In-game, though, both characters described in the first comment are already dead when you meet them
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GMont
Some might interpret treatment of characters like Zagreus and Hypnos to carry ableist connotations due to how certain struggles they face mirror those of neurodiverse people (for example, consistently being framed as incompetent for being unable to perform tasks others perceive as simple), but nothing explicit or confirmed outright
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pommywhirl
no real-world hate speech against real-world minorities, but alecto refere to zagreus as a “redblood” because he is the only person in the underworld with mortal blood. theseus also calls him “hellspawn”, a “foul daemon,” or a “monster” because he was born in the underworld. zagreus jokingly says that it makes him feel insecure. theres no genuine hate speech.
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morganyu
Zagreus is bisexual, and can die, though he returns to the House of Hades when this happens and it's treated as a normal thing by everybody with virtually no consequence. Achilles and Patroclus, who were lovers in life are now both dead after perishing in the Trojan War, but live on in the Underworld and help out Zagreus whenever he comes around.
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seigi
nobody is misgendered, and there's a canon nonbinary character who's referred to as "my mother and my father" as well as using they pronouns in all dialogue referring to them.
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Retr0Pillow
One of the romance option is a character that you grew up with as your half-brother, but you quickly learn you aren’t related. Some of your relatives can be a bit flirtatious with you
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McGirlGal
There are optional fade to black scenes with Meg and Than, however you have to consent. I don't think there's any negative consequences to saying no.
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pommywhirl
not explicitly stated, but hypnos appears to be narcoleptic.
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Retr0Pillow
The first time you clear the game, it’s bittersweet. Clearing the game 10 times gives you the actual conclusion of the story and it’s an happy one.
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paintedrocket
Santa is not mentioned in the game at all
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Risu
Not a car, but there's a type of enemies that are speeding or exploding chariots trying to bump into you.; SPOILERS-POST CREDITS CONTENT; mentions of variety of death reasons, (played for comedy to assure the gameplay loop isn't interrupted) that aren't actually depicted other than voice over and its subtitles, including getting hit by a chariot
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CesiousCookies
One of the weapons that can be unlocked in the game is a gun-like weapon
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tollthedead
The game has stylized art, and the only depiction of gore is bright red blood
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