Cozy....Killing?

I guess that sometimes you just want to be cozy (last week I wrote about how my internal gaming clock draws me back to the ol' familiar, heartwarming kind of games during the colder fall and winter months) and sometimes your brain does something weird and tells you that you really just want to rip, tear.  For some odd reason I found myself downloading Doom: Eternal and deluding myself into believing that I was fully in the mood to merrily demon-punch my way through multiple levels.  This delusion was fully-formed and also included thinking that I could raise the difficulty level and have some success (something that I've never been able to do in Doom).  It's no surprise that I quickly found myself floundering and regretting the 80G download.  Since the Doom failure, I've been flitting back and forth between Two Point Hospital, where I'm trying to do a full re-play with all the DLC included, and Hades.

In my TwoPoint re-play, I've discovered that I am truly not a fan of the wave-based levels.  There are several sprinkled throughout multiple DLC's and I weirdly found myself struggling with them this time around.  Some of them are relatively simple--increasing the percentage of patients that you cure during each wave--and some of them just throw random goals out during every wave (like accumulating so many research points or upgrading machines).  Beating them requires players to pause and plan at the beginning of each wave and also not to over hire staff (financials on wave levels are very wonky due to the fact that you run out of patients at the end of a wave and won't make much money--it's very easy to bankrupt yourself if you aren't careful).  I think I've finally beaten them all...and I am relieved.

Check out some cool Hades art featuring the goddess Artemis.

Being drawn back to Hades has made me re-realize what a great game it is.  I'm no fan of roguelikes, but Hades manages to make the repetitious nature feel worthwhile.  Since I hadn't played it in over a year, I'm pretty rusty and my first few escape attempts haven't gone well.  My first iota of success came last night when I managed to finally full clear with the damn Coronacht (my least favorite weapon).  I don't think I had played Hades since its full release and I'm noticing some features that I don't remember.  Currently, I'm having a ball with Hades and plan to continue trying to unravel the story of Zagreus and his underworld pals.