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Same stuff as the previous DLC but a step in the wrong direction. To offset the fact that you are overpowered by this point in the game the DLC now has enemies that are impervious to your attacks until you enter a "rift" which tends to be in the center of where they all are. After that your health drops in half (until you find the right set of equipment) and you have to kill them. Clearly Ubi is struggling to provide a challenge this late in the DLC lineup. It is just a bad design with no real value.
The legendary equipment you do find (even on the heroes you kill) are no better than what you already have so the only reason to switch to the new stuff is because you have to as part of the DLC. Once the DLC is over you'll switch back.
Hades is bland (think Morrowind brown) and for the most part is fine except the dust storms that come up a lot that make it impossible to see. Environment is good but having to stop on your way to somewhere else because you cannot see in front of you doesn't make sense.
The story itself (as with the previous one) actually doesn't make any sense in the context of everything else. You're stuck in Hades at the end of the last DLC and you must broker a deal with Hades to get out. Yet at any time you can portal back to the main world. Why exactly are we told we're stuck then? A lot of this probably has to do with the modern time story arc that Ubi is stuffing down our throats in this DLC. As with every other AC game I completely ignore this section as it is doesn't matter to me. The story is just "who cares" that I'm still confused why they bother. On top of that Layla (or whatever her name is) is even worse than Desmond (if you can imagine). She is completely unlikeable, a jerk to everybody, self entitled and disconnected. I would take great joy if she was offed by Abstergo. It really makes me want to be a templar.
The side quests are reasonably fun but this DLC is a "last time" roundup of characters you've already seen in the base game. They are probably trying to save some time on the assets. As such it really doesn't matter how you interacted with them in the main game as they have a "core" story here that the DLC plays to. Whether you like them or not you have to deal with them.
The mercs for this DLC are called "Fallen". More of the same I was hopeful that fighting the Greek heroes would be cool but they were no different than every other boss you fight. They weren't even a challenge. Hades however, the final boss, was very much overpowered. He constantly spawns things that completely drain you. At any one time the area is 2/3rds covered such that you cannot move there. Then he can traverse the entire area in one move so it is easy for him to corner you. On top of that he periodically shoots a ball that homes in on you, grabs you and throws you down in front of Hades so he can do massive damage. Given that your powers are constantly drained there is nothing you can do to recover. You spend the bulk of the fight trying to stay at range and shoot minimal dmg arrows at him to recover enough to use healing. Then you do that some more to get enough to enable a power that does enough damage so you can melee him a couple of times before he drains your powers, hits you and takes away half your health and sends you running again. Not a particular hard battle, just really long and cheap. Overall I was not remotely impressed.
The worst part of this DLC is Hades himself. Every time he showed up I thought of Q on Star Trek. It was like they completely forgot they were doing Greek stuff. Every other character and area in the DLC is Greek-focused. This guy looks like, well Q. Completely breaks the Greek flow. I laughed every time I saw him. I've seen Hades in a lot of games before and this is by far the worst Hades I've ever seen.… Expand
