Newest game by Supergiant, the makers of Bastion & Transistor! Two games I loved quite dearly comes another 10/10 from them frankly... they can't just keep getting away with it!! A roguelike game, which I usually hate, that fits its design and story together perfectly and I LOVE IT. You're Zagreus, the son of Hades and you're trying to escape hell - everyone else is real mad about this because it's screwing up the House and Underworld. Why are you going so far... Oh don't worry the game will tell you in due time. Each 'run' of this roguelike slowly peels back layers of excellent writing, both plot and characters. You're slowly working your way up the chain to get out of hell and with each failure you make just a bit of progress, or get a new conversation, that really keeps you going. Other reviews will mention that they were EXCITED to lose each run and I definitely didn't feel that but I only quit a couple times because I was just getting tired of minimal progress, and it usually wasn't too long until a new run came along to buoy me back up. So yeah story though - greattttt! Zagreus is immensely likeable and sympathetic and the more NPCs you interact with the more you see their perspective's on why they're not thrilled with Zag for his crusade. The ending is a biiiiit too saccharine I think but the main conflict between Zag and Hades is pretty great! It's a damn well-told story and maybe I don't hate roguelikes anymore...? Nah, they still suck.