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HOPLITE SHIELD GIB FULL

Nikandreos, having ascended to godhood, sets about recreating humanity from clay.

Bittersweet Ending: All of humanity is killed, but so are the deities that would slay them.

The Hades level is perpetually dark, and requires you to use the torch or another light-giving item to see your way forward.

The room is dark, except for the glow provided by Apollo's fiery attacks. The latter even implies she was just using you the whole time, but you became too powerful for her to control. At the end of the game, you're powerful enough where you can just leave her to rot as you hunt down Zeus, or gib her with his lightning in one hit. It looks like she's betraying you when she sics the guards on you, but afterwards she reveals that she had to do that to deflect Zeus's suspicions. The two are alternatively turned into prey and hunter several times, until Nikandreos manages to hunt down and kill the goddess of the Hunt. She turns Nikandreos into a stag, who is forced to flee from her until he manages to turn HER into a deer.

Baleful Polymorph: The myth of Actaeon is recreated in the fight against Artemis.

Attack Of The50ft Whatever: Several of the bosses are plus-sized, include Brontes, Poseidon, both Ephialtes and Otus and Zeus in his final form.

This would be justified by Zeus being, well, Zeus except for the fact that Nikandreos is a god too at that point.

HOPLITE SHIELD GIB FULL

With the exception of the Final Boss, who has more health than you despite the fact that he's naked as a jaybird, while you're in full armour. Armour Is Useless: No, it's really not.Art Imitates Art: The game's art style mimics "black figures" pottery from Ancient Greece.Art Game: The specificity of its visual style could easily qualify it as thus, given how happy they are to keep to a thematic.Her transformation into a laurel tree did not damper his enthusiasm. Anything That Moves: Apollo pursued Daphne, a water nymph.Alpha Bitch: Hera can definitely come off as this in many occasions.However, the stones one can read before entering every area of Olympus dominated by a specific deity contain excerpts from classical works of Ancient Greek literature (such as the Iliad and Prometheus Bound), detailing the life of the Deity or creature you are about to face. All There in the Manual: There is no manual.Action-Adventure: Combining puzzle elements and a fast paced combat mechanic, Apotheon easily fits in this genre.Action Girl: Artemis, as the Goddess of the Hunt, is the most renowned archer and eager to meet someone with enough skill to impress her.Nikandreos rises up to the challenge of stabbing the gods for their powers, or taking the powers of a host of deities for his own in order to challenge Zeus and save humanity. This task is spurred by the decree of Zeus, who gets tired of humanity's flaws and decides to end their lives. This means that your character, Nikandreos, will join the likes of Hercules, The Roman Emperors, George Washington, and The Flying Spaghetti Monster. For those not familiar with Ancient Greek art, it means that there is a healthy amount of penises and breasts to look forward to.Īs the very name of the game suggests, your task is to ascend to godhood. If you are even moderately familiar with Ancient Greek art, you will find its representations are very similar to those of the original pieces, as their attention to detail seeps in the majestic representations that permeate the entire game's style. It is a Hack and Slash, with Platformer elements and its art style beautifully mimics the black-figure art style that is most commonly related to the pottery of Ancient Greece. Apotheon is a 2d epic heavily based on Greek Mythology.