https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=593xCDfumN0
As the resident Supergiant cultist, I was super pleased to see this. I am... sans computer for a while, so I won't be able to partake, but I always wanted to see this team expand on the work they did with Transistor.
This is their first early access title, which I think is a good fit for roguelites.
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Gameplay looks like Transistor and a touch more SHMUP.
Likewise. Only thing holding me back is the idea that I'll be playing an incomplete game now, whereas I could play the complete game later... decisions, decisions.
I know I'll get it eventually, it's just a matter of when and where.
I'll probably cave and buy it in a month or two to be fair, their games so far have all been amazing in multiple ways.
I had some trepidation about a Rogue-like from them, since I wasn't sure how their usual narrative goodness would work with it... but it turns out it meshes super duper well.
Whenever you die, you wake up back at the House of Hades and the story progresses little by little from talking to the characters there, or monologues from Z himself and so on. It's super charming and this really neat breaking up of the usual Roguelike grind.
It's also astonishingly complete for an early access game. I've managed to get fairly far but there's no usual EA "sorry this isn't finished yet" wall that I've seen, and all the story stuff up to that point seems fairly complete. It's just lacking some polish and different weapon or powerup options beyond the handful it starts with.
If you're at all skittish about playing an EA game, totally wait- it's gonna be real good once it's finished. But if you're keen and sort of on the fence, it's a pretty wonderful game right now too.
I'm conflicted too. I love Supergiant, but I hate roguelites/likes.
That being said looks dope.
Or even a version of Orpheus would do.
Or maybe a woman that had her memories erased by the river Lethe, who turns out to be Hectate, the Cthhonic goddess of the underworld that Hades more or less replaced for most ancient Greeks.
I guess pretty boy is an easier sell. Shame though.
Is this an Epic exclusive forever or one of their "timed" exclusives?
Zagreus is also channeling Dante super hard which is pretty good.
Also I've being playing a good chunk of this. It's all super slick Supergiant stuff. The character's are all great and the art and music are naturally stellar.
The only real downsides currently are that 4 weapons feels a little slim on choices and that I think they could knock the bosses health in half and still be just as hard while being far less likely to hit the tedium part of the middle 1/3rd of the fury fight.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m sure it’ll be great! And I love Dante. But, eh, what if mythical woman or child of Morpheus though? That’s all.
And I'm still finding new mechanics. I'm not sure if they're rare or if the game just drip-feeds them based on how many times you've played. My last run ended in a room where I was to survive for 45 seconds against rapidly spawning armored enemies.
Finally made it to the first boss...she kicked my ass.
I'm liking the bow overall as my weapon of choice.
Best results so far is the shield and upgraded two dashes.
The voice acting/style/music is up to supergiants usual great standard.
Also loved
Sad to see most of the melee issues are still present though.
You basically have to build for dedicated single target damage if you want to beat bosses
The bow is good and consistent and the thrown weapons are great, but a melee shield (especially the rush) or sword build is very strong for boss killin'
Big fights become such an overwhelming gonzo bullet hell that you're barely safer at range than in melee, and tbh AOEs seem even more important
Excited to try the new patch though!
I like the hydra changes in the patch, actually! It feels a lot less crowded in there (and my sense is it's easier overall).
I was ba-roh-ken
Agree it seems best to stack up as much Attack damage as possible. I've found myself not using the Special very much?
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The last patch added a gun weapon, although... directly comparing it in the first patch and the second, they changed it so you can reload while moving (which is good, because previously you had to dash cancel or get stuck), but it added a spread to the shots, which makes it notably less reliable for chain stunning. The special is really unweildy still, too.
Cleared Hydra like it was nothing and was really sad that I couldn't keep going.
"Nothing is gonna save us forever but a lot of things can save us today." - Night in the Woods
So yeah, really looking forward to the final release and hoping it gets the attention it deserves.
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Some Supergiant folks were at MomoCon, and it sounded like it'd probably be another year before it's out of early access.
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