‘When we were trying to bring him to life as a protagonist, he risks being too generic’
We all love Zagreus, right? Right?!
He’s the taciturn protagonist that you like or don’t mind playing, but for a second, we almost had a more boisterous hero. Speaking to The Verge, developer Supergiant Games explains that Theseus, one of the game’s most contentious enemies, almost passed.
You would have dealt with Theseus by diving into the labyrinth of Crete, building up the hero’s myth while you were playing. The team notes, “So, kind of brain-like, he was interesting. But when we were trying to bring him to life as a protagonist, he risks being too generic. feels more like Theseus. “
Here is the crux of the reason for the change. Studio co-founder Amir Rao elaborates, stating: “[Creative Director Greg Kasavin] we kind of had the idea that we could probably keep everything in the game, but rephrase it like Zagreus. These different ideas, all these different characters, all kind of came together. In a day or two, I think he convinced everyone that it was a better idea. “
I mean, to be real, Hades it probably would have looked good with a different main character. The interpersonal relationships could have been so deep and the gameplay could have been 100% the same, since Zagreus was like mechanical modeling clay for anything the developers wanted him to do.
It’s good that it came out the way it did, but Supergiant probably had a chance on his hands. And this idea of Theseus is still on fire. A sequence, perhaps?
Hades almost starred in his worst character [The Verge]
