Apotheon
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Logo of Apotheon
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| Developer(s) | Alientrap |
| Publisher(s) | Alientrap |
| Director(s) | Lee Vermeulen |
| Designer(s) | Fredrik Henriksson |
| Programmer(s) | Lee Vermeulen |
| Artist(s) | Jesse McGibney |
| Composer(s) | Marios Aristopoulos |
| Engine | Microsoft XNA |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux, PlayStation 4 |
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Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4
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| Genre(s) | Action role-playing game, platformer, Metroidvania |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
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| PC | PS4 | |
| GameRankings | 80% | 74% |
| Metacritic | 78/100 | 76/100 |
Apotheon is an action role-playing platformer video game developed and published by Alientrap for Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux, and PlayStation 4. The game was released on Microsoft Windows and PlayStation 4 on February 3, 2015 and on OS X and Linux on February 10, 2015. Apotheon is Alientrap's second commercial game and utilizes a unique art style based on ancient Greek pottery, particularly in the black-figure pottery style.
Apotheon is a fast and brutal 2D action game with an art style and heroic narrative based on Ancient Greek mythology. The player controls Nikandreos, a young warrior who, with the help of Hera, fights the Olympian gods. Nikandreos can use different weapons of the ancient world, including swords, spears, bows, and knives. Apotheon can be played in three different difficulty settings.
In the times of Ancient Greece, the Gods have begun to punish the humans of Earth, resenting their arrogance and defiance among their societies. Zeus, the father of all the Gods, has forced his children to stop giving their gifts of life to the Earth, so that all humans are soon deprived of animals, food, and even daylight. With most of the Earth cast in darkness, man begins to fall prey to the savage destruction of their cities.
Meanwhile, in the Village of Dion, invaders ransack the entire area and lay waste to most of the village. A young warrior named Nikandreos awakens to find his home destroyed and many of the raiders killing Dion soldiers and citizens. Arming himself up and with the help of the surviving soldiers, Nikandreos is able to cast away the invading forces and slay their leader. In the temple, Nikandreos meets face-to-face with Hera, the wife of Zeus, who congratulates him for his victory in saving the village. Hera informs Nikandreos of Zeus' anger with the humans, as well as her hatred for his many affairs with other Gods and mortals. Wanting revenge as well as way to help Nikandreos save his people, Hera tasks him to slay Zeus and his siblings so that Nikandreos might bring back their gifts and save humanity. Nikandreos agrees and ascends to Mount Olympus to begin his hunt against the Gods of Greece.
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