>Hades II major update
>No thread

I am...... forgotten.......

why would you want to talk about a game that's just a reskin of the first game

>>712970897 (OP)
It's woke trash that's why, I'm going to play some actual chad greek mythology games now

>>712971151
Quite possibly the most low effort criticism I've ever seen considering they play completely differently
>>712971228
How is it woke?

>>712970897 (OP)
>female protaginist

feminist garbage game

The new extreme measures was mostly fun. Was not a fan of them bringing back poison though

>>712971481
She has sexy thighs though

Anyone know how to unlock the new aspects?

>>712971328
How is it not?

Hades 2 thread means I get to post the wheelchair fatty

>>712972120
Which I forgot o attach

>>712972082
In the same way the first wasn't

>>712972031
Charon gives the waking phrase for axe. Artemis daggers, Medea skull, Circe staff, Selene coat, torches was Moros I think. You don't have to have the weapon equipped during the run it was just through dialogue

>>712972248
Would throw off a mountain

I'll play it once it's out of early access, stop fucking bothering me

>>712972279
I see, some of them are abysmal dogshit, and therefore I didn't use them, that's why I couldn't put 2 and 2 together, thanks anon.

>>712972248
he tried to rape athena once btw

>>712972449
how would you do so in such a state?
>>712971481
In the first one Zagreus can date his step brother... I didn't know this until after i purchased the game... lets just say I only flirted with Meg. I wouldn't have bought the game if I knew that and would've probably just kept playing it on gamepass until i was done with it. Good gameplay, alright meh story, good art sometimes, Athena should look wayyyy better imo, same for Aphrodite. Music's good. I feel like they should've just added a dlc to the first game, the sequel looks so boring.

>>712970897 (OP)
We had a couple. They mainly consist of incels raging about being forced to play as a hot chick.

>>712970897 (OP)
>nigger gods
no thanks, take that slop away from me

>>712972335
This. The game has so much meta progression I 'd rather wait until it's all there.

sex with narcissus

>>712970897 (OP)
nobody likes DEI faggotry. seems you missed the memo

>>712971328
>how's it woke
gtfo tourist

I am not interested in DEI slop

>>712970897 (OP)
I'm waiting until it's released, no reason to spoil and burn myself out on an unfinished early access version

>>712976808
rough mating press with chaos hermes and #3

>>712974681
That's fanart.

>>712970897 (OP)
Just finished the third Rival bosses. Thoughts in no particular order.

>Hestia's boons are finally good because Scorch doesn't take for fucking ever to do meaningful damage. Don't like that they took away her ranged attack-deflection sprint though, it's not even that broken because it's easy to miss proccing it running away from projectiles. At least she gives the cooler sprint animation by default but it's cold comfort mechanically.
>They nerfed Hera into the ground and she's still high-tier lmao
>Athena's new Legendary boon should be mandatory for the new not!call on the Path of Stars, otherwise it's just a one-pump effect that isn't necessarily situation changing
>new cloak aspect is the cope version of Beo shield + the Aspect of Lucifer for the rail. Tries to do too much at once, is shit as a result
>Speaking of the rail, it's hilarious how it actually nerfs Eris on the Rival oath because the one piddly beam is piss-easy to dodge compared to her quick shooting
>Meanwhile Rival!Polyphemus/Medea is balls-hard because FUCKING POISON MECHANICS and Rival!Scylla is a pure statcheck because the entire goddamn screen goes full Touhou
>I shat a brick when I saw Hercules tag-teaming with Prometheus but actually it wasn't too bad, mainly because the new guy has a comically small hitrange
>What the FUCK did they do to Ares' droplets? Used to be magical shiny blood. COOL. Now Meli is running around catching little cum droplets for some fucking reason
>How do you progress Hypnos' questline (I assume there is one) after going into his dreams the first time?

>>712972687
>Athena should look wayyyy better im
Agreed holy shit. I was actually fine with her in 1, but 2's Athena comes straight from the ghetto
>sequel looks so boring
Chaos was right. The fundamental problem with Meli is that she's a boring stick in the mud, which informs all her relationships. Like the fact that she's specifically able to befriend Narcissus because she's too dense to have the context for how insulting he is.

>>712972279
>for the axe
Do I have to talk to him during a run or something? Not that I'm expecting any aspect to surpass Charon's own. That shit is literally the only way I can beat the Rivals.

>>712972360
I actually like the Hel aspect for the skull. Not enough to actually play the skull though, they clearly realised they fucked up the weapon too hard the first time around and are making it more of a full-on gun. And that's too little, too late compared to eternal axe supremacy.

>>712977120
You dont progress hypnos yet (patch notes say it). The new extreme measures for the surface especially seemed strange-the poison on the cyclops is annoying given your low health pool, but Eris is easier imo with the lucifer rail and prometheus seemed less aggresive and fire spammy with herc joining in. I also found the final bosses on extreme measures a bit disappointing although Chronos has a cool phase 3 arena. The major difficulites are really just the first bosses

>>712977510
I talked to him in a shop and got it. Its a big aoe hammer that can heal when charged up

skulls are fun

>>712970897 (OP)
How do you unlock the later harder boss fights? I got Hecates one and beat it but the rivals vow thing is still only saying the first guardian will change, not any of the others

>>712977713
The new persophone skull change make it so all boons picked up during the run start with 1 to 6 poms built in. Its crazy

>>712970897 (OP)
I saw it on sale and knew the game was dead from that alone since it's not even out of early access.

>>712977806
Beat both boss 1 underworld and boss 1 surface to unlock the next level. Then repeat for level 2, 3 and 4

>>712977556
>patch notes
Ah that'll do it, thanks
>Eris is easier
WAY easier, yeah.
>final bosses
And that's really weird like you said. The only rival boss that comes close to the first ones is Scylla, and that's only because of the sheer volume of projectiles onscreen. Even Cerberus feels easier than he looks since by that point you're probably doing enough damage to carve through his phases.

>>712977662
Huh, guess I'll have to talk to him more.

>big aoe hammer
Nice-
>that can heal
-aww, I want more damage.

>>712977713
>>712977825
>new persephone skull change
Fuck that sounds great. I should give skulls a second chance.

>>712977889
Ah, I see, thanks

>>712971228
how does this manage to look the same but without the gods filter.

Somehow this soulless cashgrab is way more popular than the first game.

>>712971481
tranny game too, sadly

>>712978541
Is it really that surprising? 1st game had to work with a new fanbase. 2nd is capitalising off the popularity built by the first.

>>712970897 (OP)
Don't care about "major updates"
Just finish the game already

>>712970897 (OP)
all their games suck and the "voice acting" is dogshit

fuck off

>>712983491
yes, by that I'm also saying bastion sucked too

Game is awesome. I pity joyless fags itt

bump

You can keep giving Herc nectar after he reveals he's a traitor

This seems like it'll be patched...someday.

Meli doesn't rat him out to EVERYONE instantly

And this seems very out of character.

>>712985376
Oh yeah and the dialogue where Meli still sounds like she's under the impression Herc's still trying to defend the mountain still plays if you didn't activate it before activating 3rd rung rival mode. Kind of feels like an oversight predicated on them assuming it'd take more tries.

>>712970897 (OP)
I haven't forgotten in the slightest. I'm just waiting for 1.0.

>>712985648
I don't blame you. Honestly the main reason I'm playing is because judging from Hades 1's development, Supergiant has a bad habit of overcorrecting the fun kind of broken shit while leaving in the cripplingly bad kind of nerfed shit. 1.0 only players will never know the joy of a 40-60% speed boost courtesy of Apollo, or the OP version of the Chaos Shield.

They've added so much new stuff since I played. I kinda want to start a new file rather than continue my old early access palythrough. But then I'd probably want to do the same for the release. I mostly bought it for the EA discount, since I'd get it on launch anyway (plus who knows what the regional pricing will be when it releases, might as well grab it now). I wasn't planning on actively playing the EA versions to begin with.

>>712985376
I don't see why it would be stopped seeing as we've always been able to give Eris nectar despite her entire existence being to get in our way for shits and giggles

I haven't played it yet but why did they change Persephone extra omega damage was fine.

>>712985847
At this point, I am tempted to just wait for the Switch release and start fresh from there.

>>712970897 (OP)
Release your game and maybe I'll play it. I'm not paying you money to beta test your game.

How is modding the game BTW? I found the files but editing them seems hard

>>712972082
>>712976736
How is it woke?

>>712987301
Gays and the gods have different skin colors

>>712972248
Hephaestus was a cripple

>>712987372
Didn't the greeks bang boys?

>>712987440
Yeah

>>712986168
Okay but Eris was introduced as a cunt while Herc's reveal was more sudden

So of this flops, this studio is likely shutting down, yes? If not, they abandon all DEI initiatives?

>>712988029
it already made more than the first game

>>712988029
Ehh IDK it seems to be doing well so far

>>712988029
It's not flopping just because you don't like its politics.

>>712988073
I highly doubt that

>>712988530
https://steamcharts.com/app/1145350
https://steamcharts.com/app/1145360

>>712971151
because i liked the first game? retard

>>712971328
lmao did you shills just give up on trying to blend in? Even the fucking jeets put in more effort than this, christ.

What I am confused about is how the game will continue once Chronos and Typhon are defeated

>>712989116
Hypnos puts Chronos to sleep, Melinoe (god of nightmares) enters his dream to keep him in a nightmare. The end

>>712976808
i think they look nice. bar hestia.

>>712989241
Hypnos x Meninoë sexo

>>712970897 (OP)
>how about we make the same game again
I get this, Hades was very successful, but still

Are there suggestive Dora and Arachne scenes yet?
This game has little else to grab me.

>>712971328
>How is it woke?

>>712986168
Eris isn’t working for Kronos, she’s just a massive asshole that finds it funny.

Is one of the love interests Mel can get with Icarus? I asked this yesterday in another thread for Hades 2 but no one gave me an answer.

>>712989563
Given she lost an arm for him, I’d say it’s likely.
There aren’t any confirmed yet, though.

>>712987410
he was? what's he doing these days?

>>712972248
why the metal leg? just more weight you need to wheel around

>>712988029
>if this flops
Nigga by their standards it's printing money.

>>712989563
So far the only confirmed potential love interests are Nemesis and formerly Moros his revelation with this update is that the Fates ordained him to marry someone he THINKS is Eos, but is quite blatantly endgame Melinoe. So Meli in her typical dense way is trying to encourage him to go for "the other girl" while he is blatantly conflicted because of his own crush on Meli. None of the above went anywhere because everyone involved decided the war with Chronos is more important.

Icarus is pretty damn heavily foreshadowed as a potential love interest though, I'd be surprised if he wasn't.

>>712989730
It better happen, only relationship in the game that makes sense.

>>712970897 (OP)
>wokedes-u
Not for me.

>>712989563
It's always felt like it's heading that direction from his first introduction. I'm sure she'll be able to romance a whole bunch of characters, but Icarus is the only one where it feels like a natural relationship and not just two jocks hatefucking.

>>712989828
Arachne has also some weird allusions.

I need to fuck Eris to submission

>>712989834
This.

>Nem is Megaea 2.0 but even worse
>Moros is too autistic in his own right to be a good match for Meli even though he's blatantly pushed
>Apollo is too sinister under his easygoing charm
>Hecate and Odysseus are teacherzoned
>After how awkwardly they handled the whole "Hecate turned Arachne into a spider" arc I just don't see the point
>Heracles is too angry to be in any kind of relationship right now
Which leaves Dora. And Icarus has way more chemistry with Meli.

i played on release and the first few updates. (which didn't add anything new really, just rebalances)
Did they add any new boss fights after chronos?

>>712987301
See >>712976808 and then answer the fucking question, how is it not?

>>712990375
There is also Charon too

>>712970897 (OP)
Waiting for the full release

>>712990375
There’s also Eris for the I can fix her crowd

I will never NOT be pissed off by Eris's inclusion. The devs being THAT butthurt that people could do a fresh file clear of Hades 1 that they made the only viable option to not be hit once totally sapped my enjoyment of the game. It was like a forced "easy" mode from the original.

>>712990480
...shit, you got me there. Alright fine, I will accept Charon as Icarus' one and only true maale rival for Meli.

>>712990571
Eris gets a pass too, she's just the right amount of catty for a hatefuck.

>>712990602
...what does Eris' inclusion have to do with a fresh file clear of Hades 1?

>>712976808
Reminds me of when Marvel made Thor a nigger. Disgusting art.

>>712990663
she shows up and curses you if you progress too far in a run, essentially blocking your progress

>>712990663
When Eris shows up at the beginning, at least the first time I played, she imposes a stacking incoming damage penalty on the player which means facing Chronos taking like 3x damage, where a single hit kills you. It made an incredibly frustrating playthrough because I never got to experience a "fair" boss fight without all the metaprogression BS and I'm never going to experience a "fight a boss for the first time and beat them by the skin of my teeth".

>>712972335
based non retard. Paying for early access is completely retarded

I want to play this game, im sure it is great

but i want to wait for release, and play on switch, not on pc, so looks like we re gonna wait some time.

>>712991219
Next update will be the 1.0 Switch release, so it should be this year still.

Does Medea stop showing up in regular rooms once you unlock extreme measures or am I just unlucky

>>712991381
yea i think autumn release, or christmas one
though, there would be lots of releases in autumn, and i will need to play some special mmo for money then, so hades 2 will wait.

>Liked the first game, thought it could have used more variety like alternate routes though
>Friend gifts me Hades 2
>Still waiting for launch

Hope it's decent because some of the doomposting is putting me off.

the first game was extremely mediocre as a roguelite and only got insane praise because of its marketing budget. Suprise suprise the 2nd game with no marketing is pretty much dead in the wider vidya discussion zeitgeist

>>712976808
Sex with chaos

>The devs being THAT butthurt that people could do a fresh file clear of Hades 1
Retards actually believe that, when the game has included logic and voice lines for a fresh clear specifically.

>>712995268
Yeah you can fresh file clear Hades II if you run face first into a wall memorizing enemy attack patterns and deleting and creating new profiles, but a true first playthrough, even if they are playing conservatively and recognizing attacks as they play isn’t going to be able to do that.

>>712970897 (OP)
I'm waiting for the full release.

>>712971328
>considering they play completely differently
true, the first one plays much better