Assassin's Creed: Odyssey - The Fate of Atlantis: Episode 2 - Torment of Hades Review

Xbox Series X|S

The new explorable area of the Underworld does offer some thrills but eventually, Torment of Hades becomes a serviceable penultimate journey.

Reviewed by Grayshadow on  Jun 06, 2019

Assassin's Creed Odyssey's The Fate of Atlantis continues with the Torment of Hades, forcing Alexios or Kassandra into service with the God of the Underworld. Much of the DLC has you completing errands to try and learn about your staff, but it resolves many of these tedious activities with great boss battles. Some battles were molded by your actions within the core campaign. The new explorable area of Underworldorld does offer some thrills, but eventually, Torment of Hades becomes a serviceable penultimate journey.

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The Torment of Hades involves Alexios or Kassandra being dumped into Underworldorld and faced with Hade's Guardian, Cerberus. After killing the d, Underworldorld is left without a guardian, causing calamity within the realm's delicate structure. Hades then conscript four legendary warriors to guard the gates and fix the rifts that prisoners have been using to escape Tartarus. In exchange, Hades also agrees to tell you more about the staff.

These many jobs have you traveling through Underworldorld, killing hell hounds and supernatural beings. Some enemies are recycled from the previous adventure, but the new enemies offer a distinct, formidable challenge, mostly due to their absurd health.

What makes Torment of Hades stand out is the boss fights. There are a lot of powerful enemies in the Underworld, and each fights using distinct tactics. Some seek revenge against the player for killing them, and others are old allies. While the DLC can be accessed directly without the need to progress through the story, it's highly advised that you complete the core campaign for narrative purposes.

The boss fights against legendary Greek heroes such as Achilles, which are amazingly challenging but hollow. Each fight starts and ends with barely a whimper. As the heroes simply accept the job of Guardian, the player defeats them. 

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Outside of the boss fights, you'll locate optional areas to explore littered with new weapons and armor. For the most part, the story required armor and weapons to easily surpass anything else in the DLC. Making much of the grinding unneeded unless you want to get all the achievements.

The world does have its specific themes, with skulls carved into mountains, sulfur pits, and that distiUnderworldorld look. It's definitely a contrast from Elysium. Hades is particularly unsettling, teeming with confidence and power that God does care about his realm but enjoys toying with mortals both emotionally and physically. The player is no exception.

Torment of Hades does bring its bounty system. There's no police system like in the core campaign, but instead, Fallen enemies. These enemies consist of people the player killed in the core campaign, back again for revenge. Most are optional, but the player is expected to kill most targets in order to progress.

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Torment of Hades offers a great selection of boss fights but expects to comb through a lot of tedious jobs. Exploring tombs, defeating legendary heroes, and finally closing rifts for much of your time in Underworldorld. All ending with a cliffhanger to be answered in the finale. It's a good penultimate episode that will leave players with more questions than answers.

Adam Siddiqui

Contributor, NoobFeed

Verdict

Torment of Hades offers a great selection of boss fights but expects to comb through a lot of tedious jobs. Exploring tombs, defeating legendary heroes, and finally closing rifts for much of your time in Underworldorld.

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