When Hades was first in development, Zagreus was not the initial protagonist. That honor would have gone to the Greek hero Theseus, who coincidentally is also a hero who went through katabasis.

Hades is considered one of the best story-driven roguelike games to exist, and it would likely retain that title even if the plot were altered to make it so that Zagreus had never reached the ...

Hades pits Zagreus against a relentless onslaught of underworld terrors, including slain heroes, furies, and once-vanquished monsters like the hydra, now thirsty for vengeance. Ancient Greek ...