Like everyone else I have a Hades 2 brainrot (let me in the Early Acces, LET ME IN-).
And while I know this WILL be a great sequel from a gameplay perspective, I wonder how the story will unfold in the end.
One thing I really loved about Hades that the game is about hope and mending broken relationships. In a game which is literally set in the Underworld with the catch phrase "There is no escape", it could have been easily grim dark. Instead the biggest driving force is hope and change in the game.
Hades 2 already has higher stakes. The Underworld has been taken over by Kronos, with the fate of Hades, Persephone and Zagreaus being left vague. Melinoe never knew her family but she wants to save them and kill Kronos for that he has done.
And I'm kind anxious to see how this game will resolve the conflict. Because this is still a rogue-like which mean we will have to kill Chronos so many times. He is the Titan of Time after all.
The question is how you can tie it in a story up which doesn't end up depressing?
At least I'm attached to the characters of the previous game and want them to have their happy ending and give Melinoe the option to met her family, a thing Zagreus fought so hard in the first game.
Good thing Supergiant Games is very good in that they are doing. I'm only hoping this also turns out to be a story about hope and renewal as well.
Question, do we see Zagreus in the released Hades 2 footage?
Cause from the designs of Zeus and Demeter I can tell that the gods are at war with Kronos, but that's not my problem.
My current problem is that I am praying that Zag and Persephone are safe at home or at least imprisoned by Kronos.
Because it would be a serious dick move for Supergiant games to be like, "Here's a game where you spend its entirety adoring this himbo of a god." And then in the sequel game be like, "SURPRISE, he's dead now."
Because that's what happened to Zagreus in actual mythology, he gets torn to shreds by Titan's that escaped Tartarus with the help of Hera of all people.
finally joined the team of 'people who bought hades the game' instead of just watching blue from osp play it in honour of hades 2 on the way. impulse bought it but i Do Not Regret
i made it to megaera in like the 5th run and then she whacked me. oof.
i like the shield build right now! anyone wanna share tips or fun stories? :> (waiting for thanatos to show up Patiently)
Presenting Thanatos Nonagesimus the Reverend Son, Heir to the House of the Ninth and Zagreus Nav Cavalier Primary to the House of the Ninth as they wander Canaan House.
Presenting Thanatos Nonagesimus the Reverend Son, Heir to the House of the Ninth and Zagreus Nav Cavalier Primary to the House of the Ninth as they wander Canaan House.