Death to Chronos

Zag>Mel

Hades 2 is pure shit but i would make Mel eat my ass.

>>713246527
>pure shit
>an improvement to the original in nearly every way
Sure, some of the character designs are definitely woke cringe, but the game isn't even finished and I'd still say it mogs most other roguelikeslop

I will not buy your woke slop

>>713246602
lowkey no cap bussin fr fr

Dora and Arachne sex

>>713246641
You gonna have a melty, you little faggot?

>>713246807
Buy an ad.
Or better yet, lay off the fag who can only draw gay men and hire somebody who draws cute and feminine girls for a living to redesign the characters to be actually attractive.

>>713246446 (OP)
Looks like shit

>>713246527
Looks INCREDIBLE what the fuck

>>713246641
Relentless extreme shit, hate the forced diversity, hate the extreme overweight shit and a literal wheelchair, hate the extreme overdesign with regards to colour on all but two of them, jesus these are literally deviantart tier

>>713246497
I never really noticed anything I disliked about anyone's design in Hades. Really felt consistent, congruent, and just well done. Why is Hades 2 going so far away from that?

>>713246446 (OP)
>Every enemy is now a massive damage sponge even more so than in the first game
>Weapons are a lot weaker than they ever were in the first game
>Boons are outright just worse than in the first game
>Devs seem to prevent players from feeling powerful inside the game
Garbage game, shit developers and studio probably hijacked by trannies.

>>713246497
I do get that they wanted the reverse character development, where Zag is a wastrel who learns responsibility and Mel is a plank of wood that learns to how to loosen up, but goddamn they needed to give Mel more personality at the start.
She feels like a robot until you get about ten runs down, and while the contrast does feel cathartic when she starts unknowingly emulating Zag and shittalking Typhon to his face, I don’t blame people who write her off early.

>>713246641
Based and vote with your wallet pilled

>>713247202
Zag grew up with a life of luxury and relaxation. It shows in his character, Melinoë has trained since birth to slay a titan. Fighting is all she really knows. That's why she would absolutely mog her brother in fight. I do prefer Zag though, as a character.

>>713247103
Zags upgrades are more about single enemy damage and he's faster, but Melinoë has much more diversive ways to handle encounters with her Magic and Specials. It's harder to balance your builds as you ascend/descend to be curated to one playstyle. Hopefully they can make boons feel more impactful and unique before 1.0, rather than all my builds feeling like the kitchen sink

>>713246497
Zag becomes unlockable in a future update

Is this awesome y/n?

The art in this game is fucking atrocious.
I still thing it's overall good that this game exists, because it encourages interest to Greek mythology among demographics who would have otherwise never thought about it outside of their school education. Which is especially important with all those browns running rampant all over internet promoting semitic genital mutilation mythology to retards.

>>713246602
True, anyone who says otherwise didn't play Hades 1 enough to recognize its blatant faults, and hasn't played Hades 2 enough to recognize its vast improvements.

>>713248894
I think a hidden end-game boss is more likely, if not just for the fanservice.

>>713248341
>Zag stunlocks Melinoë in place with a shield
Not much of a fight.

>>713248438
>It's harder to balance your builds
Imo this in itself is the major flaw of Hades 2. You're encouraged to minmax, to go all or nothing in your builds-and the bosses are turned into damage sponges with Touhou game-like attack spread to compensate. This is especially noticeable if you do the Rival stuff for the Testimony of Night. You pick the Charon axe, the Supay torches, or you fucking die because the final boss smashes the entire screen at once while you're trying to figure out some kind of clever combo attack with your finicky weapon.

With Hades 1, even on Extreme Measures although some weapons felt noticeably stronger or more intuitive than others, it felt more like you had a fair shot no matter what you brought. With Hades 2, people complained about having to play it with "bitch tactics" but I honestly think the intent of how it's set up IS to encourage bitch tactics. You're SUPPOSED to smash Typhon with your strongest attacks before he can whittle you down with light attacks. You're SUPPOSED to run the fuck away from Rival Chronos. You're SUPPOSED to abuse the moon powers briefly letting damage over time-effects persist while both you and the enemy are locked in place. Because doing anything less, trying to attack the foes directly, gets you brutally punished. And to add insult to injury the game frequently tries to limit your range of motion by transforming Meli into a harmless form or limiting range of motion in an arena, as if to punish you for not taking every opportunity.

>>713247103
There is one way to feel powerful: Ares Special on the Charon axe. Otherwise playing the game feels like being a leaf on the wind trying to scratch an eagle to death. Even the torches, undisputably the second strongest weapon with the new Aspect, only feel so powerful because they do all the fighting for you while you adjust their range and output.

>>713246446 (OP)
How do I unlock the other alt bosses?
I activated the vow of rivals, but only Hecate was different. I'm guessing you have to beat the run or something to unlock more?
I just wanna see the alt Scylla...

>>713249058
I remember when Age of Mythology served that purpose for me. Fucking tragic that THIS is what's getting a new generation into mythology.

>>713249230
Worse.

>Zag just swats Meli's ranged attacks out of the air

>>713249379
You have to beat BOTH bosses in the underworld and on the surface for a given tier of rival, before unlocking the incantation needed to unlock the next tier of rival. Good luck on Olympus, you'll need it. Seriously the first bosses for both rival runs are so brutal on early builds that they feel like gatekeepers which determine whether your run is bricked or not from the get-go, because you WILL need every revive you can hoard and AT LEAST a 150 HP-strong healthbar for both final bosses. There's literally too much shit on the screen to evade death by a thousand cuts no matter how good you are.

>>713249485
Huh, bit gay that.
I've the alt Polythemus only once and got destroyed.

>not on GOG
Shan't be buying.

>>713246641
Explain to me how the designs for Eris, Chronos, Polyphemus, Selene and Aphrodite are "woke". I can't see it.

>>713248341
I understand that the script justifies her personality, but if her personality is an issue until a few hours in, the script needs to be reworked.
Something I was pleasantly surprised by was how thoughtful and sweet she tends to be, again contrasting Zag being generally irreverent outside of the people he truly respects. That side of her ought to come up sooner

>>713249349
>There is one way to feel powerful: Ares Special on the Charon axe.
Triple homing moon laser says otherwise, even if the base form sucks absolute balls.

>we have Doro at home

>>713246527
Based.

>>713246641
They look fine. If this artstyle gives you hives then I understand disliking it, but those are neat designs.
Except Hestia, you could make her look homely but this is too much.
>t. gayreek

>>713251281
Tits too small on a lot of them

I hate hades 2. They've never once made a sequel and every single other game of theirs mogs hades in story, art, and music, but hades has the best gameplay and had the best release window, but I played enough Hades that I don't want to play more Hades. I wanted to play their next game. I guess I can hope they're doing this all for money and this will be the last in the series and they'll go back to making actually interesting shit.

Oh yeah and the character designs in Hades 2 are hideous.

>>713251431
This is also true.

>>713251281
>Hephestus being a fatass in a wheelchair
>neat design
Fuck off, t. actual greek

>>713248894
This is the only way you could get me to play this game

>>713250951
>homing moon laser
>homing
The problem with the fucking moon laser is that it puts you at the mercy of the RNG because if you CANNOT MAKE THAT SHIT HOME it is a death sentence because you need to stand still to use it. In a game that expects you to run laps around bosses to survive.

Also I take they buffed the damage? Was pleasantly surprised that Dark Side has a slightly less pathetic attack/special with this update.

>>713249912
It totally is yeah, the surface in general is designed to drill playing dirty into you once you get complacent with the underground.

>>713251281
>Hestia
For me, it's the godawful androgynous shit they did to Athena. She was fine in Hades 1, but fuck the current design.

Hera is the best designed goddess, with Demeter at a close second.

Axe combo is so fucking atrocious
the third hit takes so long to start up that it basically guarantees you get hit

>>713253834
just spin bro

>>713253834
The thing about the axe is that you shouldn't be bothering with the basic attack at all. Special, Omga attack, or RUN. Spin2win.

The new Eris sprites are cute !

Does this game still have a cheat death mechanic? Because if so Im not playing it.

>>713254654
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>>713254747
Sure does, and it's basically mandatory for the Testament of Night (it's version of Extreme Measure, now darkness/nightmare-themed)

>>713254805
Hell I'd still hit it, just grow out the hair a bit

Hades 1 is so much better in absolutely every category that it blows my mind that retards are still shilling for this sequel. Every weapon feels worse, the music is worse, all the dialogue is worse, the roguelike elements are all worse, and the character designs genuinely look like shit. As a fair warning to anyone who hasn't already bought this trash, don't.

>>713254904
Unironically the most attractive woman in the game next to Meli herself. Arguably moreso than Meli because the newer portraits make her look more derpy.

>>713254908
Honestly the only reason I'm still going with it is that somehow, every other roguelike I've seen out there the market is worse in terms of the gameplay loop. Somehow.