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Supergiant Games is streaming Hades II right NOW
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I'm so happy when people acknowledge Pyre. I thought it was such a good game with some great characters and the end song almost gets me to tear up each time I hear it.
It took them 9 months from the Steam EA launch to ship 1.0, everything about what they're saying gives a similar timeline for Hades II. I'd expect a summer 2025 release.
Agree with all of this, the portraits I've seen have a pretty generic feeling to them compared to the dynamic poses of the original which were full of personality.Bit of an outlier so far in that I actually think most of these portraits are a bit of a downgrade. The character designs and the art quality itself are still top shelf, but Hades 1 felt like it had very expressive and varied posing and angles for all their characters that really informed a lot about their personalities. Here most of them I've seen so far are just basically standing in the same 3/4 angle with fairly basic posture which feels rather samey. These three characters all have the exact same pose.
Might sound kinda nitpicky but I think Hades 1 was exceptional in making portraits feel more expressive and bespoke between just about all the characters where I'm seeing a bit less of that so far. Comparing the Artemis portraits between both games for example, the new one looks kinda boring compared to the original. I hope that's something they improve for the full release.
Not hard at all! Took me about 80 hours to 100% and it was great! You will do a LOT of runs to unlock certain boons so be prepared for that.
Bit of an outlier so far in that I actually think most of these portraits are a bit of a downgrade. The character designs and the art quality itself are still top shelf, but Hades 1 felt like it had very expressive and varied posing and angles for all their characters that really informed a lot about their personalities. Here most of them I've seen so far are just basically standing in the same 3/4 angle with fairly basic posture which feels rather samey. These three characters all have the exact same pose.
Might sound kinda nitpicky but I think Hades 1 was exceptional in making portraits feel more expressive and bespoke between just about all the characters where I'm seeing a bit less of that so far. Comparing the Artemis portraits between both games for example, the new one looks kinda boring compared to the original. I hope that's something they improve for the full release.
To each their own, but from the looks of the game from the stream it's a darker vibe that they're going for. Melinoe's family is missing, she's a witch, the stakes are higher, etc. I think the less expressive portraits of some of the characters are fitting. Demeter looks better in 2 than she did in 1.
Also, some of the gods like Aphrodite and Poseidon got big upgrades with their portraits IMO. Both of which are equally as expressive as their portraits in the first game.
View: https://twitter.com/sophkat7/status/1780660730016014698
Not feeling the new portraits. Poseidon looks like your neighbor who stopped mowing the lawn to come over and chat, and Aphrodite looks more domineering than flirtatious. They're more downgrades than upgrades for me, but I do like Demeter a lot.
Being entirely fair, that's exactly how Poseidon already is in Hades.
Same here. I mean, they're okay. But the ones in the first game were fantastic. So expressive and gorgeous. The new ones are rather dull, by comparison.
The game's still an insta-buy, but I'm disappointed.
I love the new portraits. Even Artemis is growing on me given her seemingly more immediately friendly relationship with Mel. I did like the dynamic poses from the first game, but there's something to be said for the consistency the new portraits offer.
My favorite thus far is Aphrodite. No, not because she's naked, but because of her face:
It's one thing to make the goddess of love and beauty look pretty. It's another to make her look convincingly gorgeous in an almost otherwordly, indeed godly way. (Also the stripe across her face reminds me of Ares.)
My favorite thus far is Aphrodite. No, not because she's naked, but because of her face:
It's one thing to make the goddess of love and beauty look pretty. It's another to make her look convincingly gorgeous in an almost otherwordly, indeed godly way. (Also the stripe across her face reminds me of Ares.)
While I do understand that Artemis is closer to Mel given that she has seemingly known her for a while, I don't get people acting like she was cold to Zag or something.
Zagreus and Artemis's interactions were actually one of the friendliest ones he had with his Olympian family.
Zagreus and Artemis's interactions were actually one of the friendliest ones he had with his Olympian family.
Yeah the first game's portraits had this wild, whimsical style, where this one's are a lot more static-looking. Agreed it's an insta buy regardless though. Sad it sounds like it's still so far away.
Portraits vary from improvement from the last game to something seems off. Demeter and Aphrodite are great. Artemis feels like something is missing. But we'll see what they add to them within the next year. Maybe faded is the right word as opposed to saying generic like that means anything.
Bit of an outlier so far in that I actually think most of these portraits are a bit of a downgrade. The character designs and the art quality itself are still top shelf, but Hades 1 felt like it had very expressive and varied posing and angles for all their characters that really informed a lot about their personalities. Here most of them I've seen so far are just basically standing in the same 3/4 angle with fairly basic posture which feels rather samey. These three characters all have the exact same pose.
Might sound kinda nitpicky but I think Hades 1 was exceptional in making portraits feel more expressive and bespoke between just about all the characters where I'm seeing a bit less of that so far. Comparing the Artemis portraits between both games for example, the new one looks kinda boring compared to the original. I hope that's something they improve for the full release.
Yeah i agree too, be sure to tell them that, that's what early access is for! It's finished art but there's stilla chance they might change it
Any word on a Mac version of this? Is it safe to assume the Mac version will be available on official release like the original game?
Looks to me that the changes to the portrait style were done to make their designs easier to read, as most characters faces are now in clear view with their heads angled straight and their posing allowing for their attire and arms to be fully visible. I imagine that'll help fan artists. (Demeter's shows a change in attitude, but it lacks the power—the sense of remove, of distaste—of the original portrait. But then winter is a harsher season than fall.)
I just need a ticket sometime today. I'm praying for a ticket. I've prayed for this day. I bought a Steam Deck JUST for this. I don't even like that thing, but it's gonna become my favorite system of all time when it lets me play Hades II. I need this. I just worked ahead 6 hours tonight so I can slack at work tomorrow and play this on the side. No one wants this more than me, I can guarantee that.
I really missed the whole original Hades hype train and never got around to playing it but getting into this test all I can say is visually and functionally this game is quite amazing and if the rest of the game is like this I'm sure it'll be in 90+ metacritic range.
Massive spoilers below, so don't click if you don't want to see it, but someone datamined the technical test and found a lot of not announced characters, I'm presuming a lot of these are on the EA launch:
Some really cool ones, that Eris one is sick, also a couple that look WIP (like Icarus), still great designs.
Some really cool ones, that Eris one is sick, also a couple that look WIP (like Icarus), still great designs.
Just got invited
Damn! They're already opening it up? I never get lucky with these things. Hopefully sooner than later.
Is there a summary of what was covered in the livestream? Any mention of timelines etc?
this is a criticism many people had of the original game, but i really wish there was more body diversity in the character portraits. they at least have one kind of chunky dude now with hephaestus, but nemesis's snatched waist still makes me wince
Technical test is expected to last longer than a week, shorter than a month. Early Access should launch right after that. I don't know how long they expect to stay in Early Access or if they said.
One thing I'm glad that is fixed is the low quality character models. The last time I tried to play Hades (which was for like 20 minutes) I remember that sticking out, like how do all the backgrounds look amazing but at 4k the character/npc models looked like trash.
Jen is deep in her bag with these designs. The missing Gods so far are very fascinating though as far as what it might mean for the story.
Given that development started in full in 2021, and how their stated Early Access plans align with the original game, I would expect it to release within the calendar year of 2025. I honestly don't expect early access to last much more than a year.
Launch EA in June. First update in Fall. Next update around Christmas. Penultimate update around Easter 2025 w/ launch date announcement. v1.0 three to four months after that.
I like the Hades 1 portraits of Artemis, Poseidon, and Zeus. New Artemis looks a bit waifu-y, such a downgrade.
New designs of Demeter, Skelle-bro and Hypnos are great.
Aphrodite looks fabulous both old and new. Previous one captured her goddess of love aspect, the newer one is going for her goddess of war aspect.
New designs of Demeter, Skelle-bro and Hypnos are great.
Aphrodite looks fabulous both old and new. Previous one captured her goddess of love aspect, the newer one is going for her goddess of war aspect.
Bit of an outlier so far in that I actually think most of these portraits are a bit of a downgrade. The character designs and the art quality itself are still top shelf, but Hades 1 felt like it had very expressive and varied posing and angles for all their characters that really informed a lot about their personalities. Here most of them I've seen so far are just basically standing in the same 3/4 angle with fairly basic posture which feels rather samey. These three characters all have the exact same pose.
Who is that ?
Hermes got a cute little turtle, nice!
New characters look awesome. Selene, Hephaestus, Nemesis, Hectate, Arachne, Eris, that bear guy wow, all of them are wow.
New characters look awesome. Selene, Hephaestus, Nemesis, Hectate, Arachne, Eris, that bear guy wow, all of them are wow.
I'll buy it but only try like 1 or 2 runs, then wait for 1.0
I just want to support them, even if they don't need to with the amount of success they have
The post got deleted but you can still find them on Twitter or other places if you search. Gotta say, love them all. Probably more than most of the designs we have seen so far officially.
I am surprised how slightly creepy this character looks. Although, maybe they are just supposed to be in a bad shape.
This Icarus(?) looks quite pale and spooky. Maybe that is just because he is sad and dead though:
Oh I am DIGGING Eris. It's her and Hestia I most wanted to see, since I mained the Rail. Absolutely a 10/10 design right there. Damn. Reminds me a lot of how Allison from Kill 6 Billion Demons looks at the moment, which I am also a huge fan of.
Hestia (placeholder art for now) and Hephaestus are already in, Hera is still MIA.
Yep, still there, still a toggle.
I messed around for about 2 hours last night after putting 250+ in the original. Maybe I haven't wrapped my head around how to best use the Omega powers and the push/pull around them with the MP based powerups but so far it feels like this is the Doom Eternal to 2016's Doom: The addition of mechanics is a net subtraction from the gameplay.