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HADES 2 HADES 2 HADES 2 HADES 2 HADES 2 HADES 2
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HADES 2 IS OUT NOW IN EARLY ACCESS!!!!!!!!!!!! ON STEAM AND EPIC!!!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Miu_akSity4
IT'S REALLY GOOD!!!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Miu_akSity4Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?
“We expect Hades II to be in Early Access development at least through the end of 2024. Given the nature of Early Access development, we don't have a specific end date planned at this time.”
What is the current state of the Early Access version?
“Hades II in Early Access already has more environments, foes, and fully-voiced characters than the full version of the original Hades game. But it isn't complete, and key areas, characters, foes, narrative events, and systems are still to come.
We have been actively working on the game for more than three years already. For our Early Access launch, we wanted Hades II to be far enough along that as many players as possible could have a good experience right away, yet not far enough along that it's too late in development for us to act on the feedback we receive.
You may reach certain points in the game where it becomes clear that you've reached the end of the current content. Furthermore, various interface screens, HUD icons, and character art are still temporary or work-in-progress, along with various other aspects of the presentation.”
IT'S REALLY GOOD!!!!!
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Hades is back, baby
Took four tries or so to beat the mini boss
NEMESIS IS GIVING ME FUNNY FEELINGS
I WANT HER TO STEP ON ME
I got the ranged shot deals flat damage + AoE pushback at Epic, quadrupling its damage, and then got the + 2 bounces hammer upgrade so I could stand anywhere and just spam shots that would bounce and home their way to any enemy while keeping them far away from me
Yes
Yes!!
I’ve made it to the 3rd area once but I can pretty consistently get to the second boss which is INCREDIBLE.
Also I absolutely love the axe
There's something about the character portraits that feels like a step down from the original and some of the voice work isn't really hitting for me, but overall it still feels really good!
Steam: Chagrin LoL: Bonhomie
I'm getting the hang of the new pace I think
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If you're struggling on a boss, Odyssesu's Keepsake will help you wreck them - it's really, really good, reducing their max health AND giving you damage resistance.
FWIW, i also got utterly owned by the first boss for a while, but i'm now downing her consistently.
Steam: https://steamcommunity.com/id/TheZombiePenguin
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Yeah when I beat her I had literally one hit point left lol
I imagine it will get easier the more I do it. Was the same way in the first one
I died three rooms into area 2 via a regular enemy
I've not gotten there but I am like 90+% sure what it is
Oh, it's so much better than you're probably picturing.
The buzzsaw shield was the easiest way to take out the Hydra
And then I hit the third boss, who has alllll sorts of ways to punish close combat, and that was that.
Unless you got the cluster rocket hammer, it was always fun one-shotting him into the next phase
Yeah, the third boss is rough if you don't have your ranged damaged goosed in some way. The boon to aim your cast circle seems to be the best avenue I've come across for that. Especially combined with the boon that increases your cast damage 20% every time you cast it in an encounter.
I just got a tarot card that's conditional, that can only be activated if I have the right combination of other cards. In this case, I need five cards of differing costs.
Which means now I've got this little game, somewhere between inventory management and Sudoku, building a combo of buffs to unlock a bigger buff. And it... Beats ass?????
I'm not just clicking toggles in a buff menu, I'm getting funnelled into combinations of abilities I might otherwise NEVER pick, figuring out what sort of build I could make to best take advantage/paper over gaps, it's fuckin' RAD. It's lighting my brain up when it could have been this passive, easier thing. It's all starting to click for me.
(I still kiiiiiinda wish I could bring more resource gathering tools with me on runs, but I get why the limiter is there)
Oh, oh, (extraordinarily minor mechanics spoiler that you're probably very close to anyway)
There's so much weird, interlocking depth to this stuff!
I am really digging everything about the game so far. I’m excited about the plot and the characters I’ve met, and I really want to keep playing but I have stupid work tomorrow.
fuck yeah they did
No way not to spoil some stuff, so...
But then around the time you're probably reliably getting to the zone 4 boss, you also open up an entirely different path through a whole new zone (multiple zones??) that seems unrelated to that main path. Maybe it ties back in? Maybe there's a whole other branch to this plot?
And there's still at least one other big obvious path that's still barred.
How much game is there??
It's wild.
It may not be Shakespeare but for what it is, it's extremely good (and it helps that the entire song also rocks)