Passtech Games

Hades was a huge breakout hit in 2020, so I was sad when a few months later Curse of the Dead Gods came out and did not get the same fanfare. They were both in the same field – mystery dungeon isometric combat games – and although Hades had the better story, CotDG had the better combat. This might be a controversial opinion but I am sticking to it. It is heartening to see that my fellow Xbox Tavern writer also liked the game and gave it a 9.1 for their review.

Curse of the Dead Gods is the latest rogue-lite to come to the Xbox platform. It spent the past year-plus on Steam’s Early Access program being refined by the developers Passtech Games, who built a solid foundation and kept adding more and more content until its release last month. The game is an isometric dungeon crawler with many randomized elements. It features an intricate combat system with many different weapon options and combinations.

Curse of the Dead Gods hat einen schweren Stand, denn es tritt gegen Hades als übermächtigen Kontrahenten an. Das Action-Rollenspiel nach Roguelike-Blaupause von Passtech Games und Focus Home Interactive schafft es zwar mit intensiven Kämpfen zu überzeugen, aber abseits der Dungeonhatz geht dem Spiel schnell die Puste aus. Ein fast namenloser Abenteurer?