Sisyphus' keepsake got revamped, it now gives you +% damage to your attack/cast/special while you have no boons. This could lead to some interesting run styles.
If you max out the friendship meters on the home characters they give you stuffed toys that can be used as summons in battle.
I just got Mag's, and it's BEASTLY.
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Sisyphus' is my favourite - he and bouldy drop in, bouldy doing a chunk of damage to whatever they land on, and Sisyphus drops some coins, darkness, and food. Not a ton of healing, but it can make the difference between losing a death defy on a boss fight or not, and if you have any uses left you can use them on the last few rooms before you face the final boss to heal up a bit more
My first new hidden aspect unlock was for Exagryph(the gun). I see now why they hid the full name in the patch notes, not the aspect I was expecting though I'm not surprised. I really like it though, going to have to try a run with it.
I have been way into this lately and I can't believe how effective this is as a "just one more run" game despite the runs taking like 35 minutes on average
It's SO easy to get caught in an infinite loop of just going back over and over
Sisyphus' is my favourite - he and bouldy drop in, bouldy doing a chunk of damage to whatever they land on, and Sisyphus drops some coins, darkness, and food. Not a ton of healing, but it can make the difference between losing a death defy on a boss fight or not, and if you have any uses left you can use them on the last few rooms before you face the final boss to heal up a bit more
There’s honestly not much of a reason to take any of the others IMO. The extra money and healing (especially once completely leveled up to 5 stars) outweighs a one-time-per-encounter damage burst in a few encounters by a lot.
Also the new Hermes boon (Side Hustle) that gives you bonus gold just for entering a chamber combos really well with the mirror buff that gives you a % of your total gold after every boss, if you get it early. I bought out Charon’s shop completely in the last chamber and had plenty left over.
Ok finally got enough time in on Dead Cells that I got an achievement only 1% of players have gotten, beaten Binding of Isaac about a thousand times, and I don't see myself getting any father I'm Rogue Legacy.
Considering Badtion and Transistor are favorites of mine, how much will I line Hades?
Ok finally got enough time in on Dead Cells that I got an achievement only 1% of players have gotten, beaten Binding of Isaac about a thousand times, and I don't see myself getting any father I'm Rogue Legacy.
Considering Badtion and Transistor are favorites of mine, how much will I line Hades?
The run length in Hades is exactly perfect for me. It's not so brief that decisions feel pointless, it's not so long that death feels enervating. There are little morsels of story and character work whenever you're done. It is a deeply satisfying way to spend an hour.
So I'm not sure why they added this, but they added a new Daedalus boon that increases the damage of each consecutive arrow hit fired by the bow's special. This does work with the boon that increases arrows per special by +4. The Chiron bow was pretty strong before(but not broken imo), but now it's just ridiculous.
Hmm yeah, I'm digging this. Got all the weapons unlocked except the last one. Love the shield and fists so far. I give all nectar to my good good doggie. Beat Meg and called it a night.
Can't help but notice there's room for two more weapons they could add
My current run with the rail, I have the aspect that makes me do extra damage when I'm in the blast radius*.
I have a lvl 2 Epic version of the Aphrodite boon that gives it Weak and +186% damage
I have the Daedalus upgrades that let me cast it 3 times in a row, and enemies hit by it are slowed and take +30% damage.
I also have the boon that makes weakened enemies take extra damage.
My attack does chill and has +92% from Demeter, and +30ish from Chaos.
I then in short order picked up the duo boon that makes my god effect auto charge to and cap at 25% in like 5 seconds for my Zeus call, and the one that makes my revenge effects (lightning and doom) fire automatically every 3 seconds.
it has gotten really silly.
edit: Oh right the asterisk. Does the daedalus upgrade that makes the special do 200% centered on yourself actually damage yourself or is that just goofy flavor text?
The one with red text I think implies that you take damage as well.
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I make some questionable decisions concerning Pact selections. I tend to choose the one that boosts trap damage because I am pretty good at not ending up in traps. This last run I decided to use the spear's hidden aspect and make it to Elysium without too much trouble and then proceed to walk in front of the statue spear traps twice in a row instantly killing me each time thanks to the weapon's health reduction.
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I wish you could go up in heat without clearing the current heat level first and still get rewards
Its annoying to have every weapon stuck with one boss left at the current rank when I could definitely do at least the first two bosses at one or two heat higher and get bounties that are actually useful for making progress
I had an awesome run with the spear tonight. Special +40% damage, special chains to up to 7 enemies and does +30% extra damage per, special sends out chain lightning, lightning deals Thunder damage when they attack next.
I just sat in corners hucking my spear and not even moving.
The spear is easily my least favorite weapon. The melee, charge attack, and throw just never sync up well together so it just feels like a worse version of other weapons. None of the aspects really make for a better play style either.
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I can't for the life of me get past elysium with any heat.
If you max out the friendship meters on the home characters they give you stuffed toys that can be used as summons in battle.
I just got Mag's, and it's BEASTLY.
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It's SO easy to get caught in an infinite loop of just going back over and over
There’s honestly not much of a reason to take any of the others IMO. The extra money and healing (especially once completely leveled up to 5 stars) outweighs a one-time-per-encounter damage burst in a few encounters by a lot.
Love the new changes to the Asphodel boss - much easier to read attacks, and it's possible to find safe spaces. Much more manageable fight.
The Elysium boss is somehow even more annoying and harder to read. Boo.
but dodging in and beating the final boss' face in a race of their health against my Death Defiances is so much fun
Considering Badtion and Transistor are favorites of mine, how much will I line Hades?
A lot
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Or eight.
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Hades eschews the ridiculous number of item/buff synergies and is a much tighter experience, which is not a bad thing
Play Isaac if you want a massive game where two runs are nothing alike and there is potential to break the game in half over your knee
Play Hades if you want a relatively balanced roguelite experience with faster-paced combat and a much better story/characters
Really, though, play both
There's an archetype for everyone! Childhood friend, tsundere, genki girl, tomboy, twink, beefcake, bimbo, multiple flavors of himbo, mommy, daddy, granny, mysterious, skeleton, narcoleptic druggie, and boulder!
In only five runs I'd made it to Meg three times and defeated her on the most recent, which I'd never done before.
Also holy cow Nyx got a huge overhaul huh
I always save a nectar in my inventory to give to Bouldy
Can't help but notice there's room for two more weapons they could add
Oh boy! That's a powerful one! You can just hold down the button, you don't even need to press for each volley.
Gonna go try out the new gun aspect now.
Update: The new gun aspect is... not my thing! Managed to get it to the surface though so I can safely ignore it now if I want to, I guess.
edit: hmm, the boss buffing debuff i had maxed out might have been helping him
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I had a good time with it, but I was running with Athena's-dash and that was helpful since any sort of damage blows up the grenades.
Dio providing Hangover damage on the attack is also a recommendation since it's constantly stacking.
I have a lvl 2 Epic version of the Aphrodite boon that gives it Weak and +186% damage
I have the Daedalus upgrades that let me cast it 3 times in a row, and enemies hit by it are slowed and take +30% damage.
I also have the boon that makes weakened enemies take extra damage.
My attack does chill and has +92% from Demeter, and +30ish from Chaos.
I then in short order picked up the duo boon that makes my god effect auto charge to and cap at 25% in like 5 seconds for my Zeus call, and the one that makes my revenge effects (lightning and doom) fire automatically every 3 seconds.
it has gotten really silly.
edit: Oh right the asterisk. Does the daedalus upgrade that makes the special do 200% centered on yourself actually damage yourself or is that just goofy flavor text?
Its annoying to have every weapon stuck with one boss left at the current rank when I could definitely do at least the first two bosses at one or two heat higher and get bounties that are actually useful for making progress
I just sat in corners hucking my spear and not even moving.
PSN: Robo_Wizard1
Steam ID - VeldrinD | SS Post | Wishlist