Hades II

Context: I played the first game and loved it; I didn’t play this one in early access.

first impressions:

• I was debating about whether or not to play with god mode enabled (as I did for the first game) but doing so was the right call, I struggled HARD in the first few runs, particularly until I got the second weapon
• I love it when Nemesis talks to me…
• I love frog
• I probably failed against the first boss like five times in a row, and then I stumbled upon a sicknasty boon combo that was so op that I beat that boss and ended up going all the way to fight Chronos in that same run (?!?! the epic highs and lows of gaming)
  • build description: sister blades. cast boons that had really good synergy: hestia boon to shoot fireball + allow ranged casting, demeter boon to freeze enemies inside circle, zeus boon to hit frozen enemies with lightning; also hex that morphs enemies (SO funny); daedalus hammer upgrade for +3 special arrows. this was all GREAT for attacking at range which really allows you to play safe lol
• I can’t believe there’s digging, mining, and farming. just like stardew valley
• gameplay remains as fun as ever
• environments and art are beautiful. LOVE the second level down. everyone is super hot.
• goty