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Hades (Heat Levels)

Some folks may have a hard time escaping the Underworld for the very first time but with enough upgrades for weapons and the Mirror of Night, it’s doable. Then the Pact of Punishment gets introduced and it’s an escalating level of difficulty via Heat Level that sees enemies gaining more health, bosses gaining new attacks, and escape attempts being on a timer. Granted, you choose modifiers for raising the Heat Level and use multiple weapons (instead of one, since that raises the Heat Level higher and higher) but it can still get very ridiculous at the higher levels.