I played Hades for the first time in 2021 after it got into Xbox Game Pass and I’m really cursing myself that I didn’t go after it until two years ago when it first came out in the full version. I’ve enjoyed it a lot, and among roguelites it’s one of the best descents for me, maybe the best ever. The authors from the Supergiant studio know that they don’t make sequels, so I was pleasantly surprised when they announced a full-fledged sequel at the end of 2022. It was quite logical when the single sold a million copies and collected a lot of awards.
It was a surprise Monday when Hades 2 suddenly appeared available on Steam and the Epic store. Although the developers hinted a little that the game is now in a playable state with the help of several closed technological tests, they did not talk about a specific date. Please note that, as in the case of the first part, they first used the form of advance entry. So I have version 0.9, so not quite a finished game. And in this form, the tax will remain minimal until the end of the summer year.
So do you have to worry that it will break the connection with a fraction of the total content available? Not by chance! According to the author, he is here more in the content, not in the finished first work. And after several hours of testing, I have to agree with them. In many ways, Hades 2 doesn’t show that it’s a prequel at all. There is nothing wrong with the end of the run itself, plus extra locations are being prepared, weapons were added, and so there are temporary textures switched off from the first part in several places.
If you played number one (and you should), then number two is probably not too surprising in many respects. This is the same principle of a roguelite game based on Greek mythology. The main character Zagrea is surrounded by his sister Melina, the setting of the thumb, in which the god of the underworld Hades met with me in an infected forest. Melino, just like his brother in the first part, has to repeatedly resist the trials of several new regions, and death always means a return to prison. Their goal is to kill the Titan Ace, Chrona.
The course of individual attempts is similar. First of all, you have a starting location, where you first talk to your allies, collect items for various stickers and assemble your equipment to take with you on the next trip. Subjectively, it does not seem to me that the starting location is a sharp coat, which can be glued, not the thumb in the first hand, but that should eventually change.
The characters, made up of gods, demigods and other mythological characters and creatures, you will meet in addition to the infected forest in the appropriate generated locations themselves, which is nothing new. In this case, it seems to me that the cars have only let their imagination run wild in the duo, and right from the edge of the game there are quite noticeable surprises in the nature, roads, and other unique events that are waiting for you.
It flows nicely as the game progresses. In the first attempt, you will sweat only during the journey through the level, in the second one you will somehow get to the end of it, in this one you will beat the boss on the way out, in the fourth one you will overcome the horse and come across and at the end of the second location, you will get a good beating again… and so according Of course, it’s just my impression, some people suffer from me, others, the weathered windsurfers, who still have the clocks from the first one in their memory, will progress faster.
Otherwise, it is quite a matter of chance, what combination of stickers and bonus features the game will prepare and how you choose the paths. The progress of the game even with failed attempts flows quite nicely, I wouldn’t actually go anywhere when I know that the same end of the game is still wrong. Hades 2 is simply not designed for those who like to devour games as quickly as possible, on the contrary, it pays to slow down and deal with the fact that you will finish the game in two to five years.
I will also praise the perfect soundtrack by Darren Korb, the great acting of the good guys, the overall very stylish graphic website and the fact that I haven’t experienced a single day of bugs. In short, this only underlines the fact that you don’t have to take this preliminary step, it goes without saying that someone will simply want to try the full version. I’m pretty sure that Hades 2 will dominate the indie game scene for the next five years. Death to Chrono!
