Hades & Children of Morta | Parallel Play
This week for Parallel Play , I’ll be cheating a little bit; I didn’t play Hades and Children of Morta simultaneously. I had in fact finished Hades a good while back after it came out of early access. But since I just finished Morta and Hades has just arrived on Gamepass, there is probably no better time to write about these games. As always: spoilers below for both these games, so beware! Most people won’t need an introduction to Hades since it’s been massively successful to the point of being nominated (and winning) tons of awards for Game of the Year. But in case you’ve been living under a rock (or not as much of a nerd as I am), Hades is the newest game to come from the acclaimed halls of Supergiant, a superstar indie studio I absolutely adore. It’s a rogue-like based on Greek mythology, with the conceit being that you are Zagreus, son of underworld-god Hades, and are trying ...