It’s like learning the steps to a dance and then getting so good that you start to improvise, which is when it gets really fun. Once you get a grasp of the flow of combat and the importance of managing your ability meter and planning a few steps ahead, you start to catch a sort of rhythm that makes each enemy encounter pretty engrossing, even if you’re just duking it out with a little hellhound in an empty field. Parrying, dodging, and pattern recognition are necessities for survival, but as in the main game, combat is always fair, and once you’ve felled the beast, you’ll be well prepared for the equally challenging battles yet to come. The battle is long, escalates in difficulty, and tests your reflexes and familiarity with all of the offensive and defensive skills you have at your disposal.

If you haven’t played Odyssey in a while, you’re in for a rude awakening. The episode opens with a face-off against the ferocious Cerberus, the Underworld’s towering, three-headed guard dog.

That is, unless you have an aversion to difficult boss battles, because “Torment of Hades” brings the heat right out of the gate. If you enjoyed Odyssey, you’ll certainly be satisfied with this DLC episode: it offers the same tight combat, story-driven missions and free-form exploration but in a new sandbox that’ll take about ten hours to complete. In “Torment of Hades,” the second of Assassin’s Creed Odyssey’s three-episode Fate Of Atlantis DLC, you’ll explore the desolate deserts and craggy cliffs of the Underworld as you carry out tasks for the manipulative Hades himself, encounter old friends and foes from the main campaign, and come face-to-face with some of the most formidable figures in Greek mythology.

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