Hades

Contexto e história

While GAIA oversaw the terraforming process and the creation of animalistic machines, Hades served as a failsafe: a system designed to trigger a controlled extinction if the restoration efforts went awry. However, an unknown transmission caused Hades to go rogue before GAIA could complete her work. In response, GAIA attempted to self-destruct to stop Hades but failed, losing control of her entire terraforming network. This failure resulted in machines becoming aggressive toward humans—a phenomenon known as the Derangement—and allowed larger, deadlier machine classes to appear across the post-apocalyptic United States.

Guia do leitor

To defeat Hades, players must understand its role as both antagonist and key to understanding the game's world. Hades is not fought through traditional combat but through narrative progression and puzzle-solving within the main questline. Players control Aloy as she explores underground ruins, hacks machines like Tallnecks to reveal map locations, and uncovers ancient data logs that explain Hades' origin. The climax involves retrieving the master override from the Nora mountain after defeating Helis and the Eclipse cult. Success requires mastering stealth, ranged combat, and machine dismantling tactics to survive encounters while gathering intelligence on Hades' plans.

Você sabia?

• Hades was originally designed to trigger a controlled extinction if Earth's terraforming process failed.
• Aloy is specifically a clone of Elisabet Sobeck created by GAIA as a contingency to destroy Hades.
• Sylens initially founded the Eclipse cult after being tempted by Hades' promises of knowledge.
• The Derangement caused machines to become aggressive toward humans and brought about larger, deadlier machine classes.