“When we tried to bring him to life as a protagonist, he has this risk of being very generic”
We all love Zagreb, right? Right ?!
He’s the crappy protagonist you enjoy or don’t mind playing, but for a second we almost had a busier hero. Speaking to The Verge, developer Supergiant Games explains that Theseus, one of the game’s most contested enemies, almost made the cut.
It would have been Theseus entering the maze of Crete, building the myth of the hero while playing. The team notes: “It was interesting in a cerebral way, but when we tried to bring it to life as a protagonist, it has this risk of being very generic. But as soon as we start adding specific details, it really doesn’t feel like Theseus “.
Here is the crux of the reasons why the change was made. The study’s co-founder, Amir Rao, explains: “[Creative Director Greg Kasavin] in a way I had this idea that we could probably keep everything in the game, but reformulate it as Zagreus These different ideas, all these different characters, came together. I think one or two days I had convinced everyone that it was a better idea. “
I mean, to be real, Hades he probably would have been fine with a different main character. Interpersonal relationships could have been just as deep and the game could have been 100% the same, as Zagreus was like a model of mechanical mud for what developers wanted me to do.
It’s good that it came out the same way, but Supergiant is likely to have a blow to his hands anyway. And this idea of Theseus is still fire. A sequel, perhaps?
Hades almost starred in his worst character [The Verge]
