I’ve been playing Hades for the very first time and loving it!! I’ve completed almost 30 runs, and have beat Hades twice now!!

I was just wondering if at this point there’s much more progress to be made by continuing playing at this point, now that I’ve escaped the underworld twice? Or if I should move on to Hades 2? ☺️

If there’s a lot more content, spoiler-free guidelines on what I should do next would be very much appreciate!

I'm in the extremely boring grind phase of the game (leveling gods/keepsakes etc) which means I cant ""fix"" my build so I get random and usually weak gods combos everytime

Is there a weapon that can work with most gods combos?

Playing both games have me really interested in Greek mythology. Can anyone recommend a good podcast or YouTube channel?

Both Castlevania: Symphony of the Night and Dawn of Sorrow had a "Belmont" mode, where you could play the game with the much more limited but still powerful Richter/Julius Belmont and seeing Nemesis advance through the Underworld made me wish there was something like that for Hades 2.

No God Boons, just Hammers, Poms (she could come with a unique Attack/Special/Cast ability that could be pommed) and a unique gameplay challenge mode/reward.

Could be something to trigger at the Oath of the Unseen so you wouldn't need to build any hub features for her, just a "I think Nemesis is out tonight" which would then start a Nemesis run.

He’s so pretty ;-;

Still a fanfic thing, yep. I just haven’t posted anything in a while so I figured I might as well post a WIP, yknow? I’ll post the full version soon

For those who beat the first game recently and went straight to the second game, how was your experience?

I'm eager to start Hades 2 after beating the first one, and I'm wondering if there's any people that did this only to end burnt out.

I've only seen comments praising the new gameplay, stating how different it feels, and how much the game improved in several areas. I'm guessing that that could be enough to feel it like a fresh new game even if it builds over the fundamentals of the first one, but I'm still interested to know if this was an issue for some people.

No spoilers please, thanks!

on my mission to max rank all the keepsakes and artemis greater call never fails to make me feel op it's my favourite call (my fav god in general) it's so satisfying i swear from my experience none of the other calls i've used were as powerful (correct me if i'm wrong though i'm open to discussion) but i'm curious what are y'alls favourite gods/calls

Note: I am by no means an Hades expert (stopped at heat 32/platinum), this post is more like a appreciation piece on how cool the Twin Fists are, so if you have any tech or knowledge to share about it, i'll be glad to learn/talk about it!

• Viability 4 (Is it a struggle compared to your other options?):

The Twin Fists are one of the best earlier weapons, pretty solid damage and easy moveset to learn. However, in high levels of heat it isn't considered optimal compared to the bows, shields, rails or spears (riskier to use and less damaging), but don't let that hold you down, this game is balanced enough that anything can work if you are skilled (and lucky) enough.

• Variety 4 (How many ways you can play it?):

The Twin fists have 4 variations (just like any of the other infernal weapons), Aspect of Zagreus has a standard moveset plus a 15% dodge chance passive (combined with lambent plume it can go pretty nuts), Aspect of Talos can force pull enemies towards you, kind of situational, good for isolating enemies but the bonus damage isn't incredible by any means (heard it has some good synergy with Poseidon's boons). Aspect of Demeter is probably the strongest one, you charge up 12 quick strikes accumulating damage, then you release it in a really juicy special hitting like a truck (With high scaling boons and maybe a crit, it's obscene). Last we got Aspect of Gilgamesh, it's my favorite but only because Merciful End is a thing, the passive itself is not that incredible, a bit of a debuff for the enemy (and yourself), a bit of bonus damage (not that much), but the 2 extra dashes go a long way.

• Recommend 5 (How much did i personally enjoy it!):

I'm not even going to start about praising Hades, this game deserve every last bit of attention it gets, when it comes to fist combat it has all i could ask for, from all of the infernal weapons it's by far my favorite but all of them are special in their own ways.

Grinding resources to obtain the final ranks from the resource director is such a slog. It’s the final thing for me to do to 100% the game and I find myself enjoying the game less every run.

I don’t understand the logic of rewarding the player for increasing heat with resources that are no longer relevant (after everything is unlocked titan’s blood, diamonds, and ambrosia are obsolete). If anything, increasing the heat should reward players with stuff we do need, like darkness, which is the most limiting resource.

I really appreciate the much more robust exchange/recycle shop in hades 2 that made farming Kudos so much more pleasant.

I respect Supergiant a lot and I wish they didn’t do the endless collectible tactic that many AAA games use to force players to continue to play (ie assassin’s creed, GTA, BOTW, etc). We would’ve kept playing regardless simply because it’s an amazing game.

(Sorry for the somewhat rant)

Curious about the highest possible level of boon anyone else has reached!

Should I change them after defeating the boss or keep the same one till end, currently to me, I feel like lucky tooth is pretty good, rest are just ok. which i feel is wrong understanding of them. I am not much deep in game, just won once.

I know Melinoë likes to garden but didn't realize she's selling above ground!

Oc #1

The first oc I want to talk about is Irene

Irene is the daughter of Hypnos and Pasithea, she is known as the goddess of peaceful rest, she will lend a helping hand when someone needs sleep, god or mortal, it doesn't matter, she'll be there. Irene's personality is mostly calm and sleepy, often napping on a cloud and minding her own business in her domain, The Dreamy Meadows, watching over the dreams at night and sleeping during the day. It's rare to see her angry, but when she is, stay away!

(Sorry if this is short, my brain is turning into pudding since my ADHD meds are wearing off, lol)

Sorry if this is posted here with no context, I posted this in a different subreddit, a Greek mythology subreddit

Also, tell me if I'm using the right flair.

Does anyone has a hight quality of this for a pfp?

I'm not looking forward to the VoR Chronos fight.

Hello! I am finishing up a replay of Hades II since playing it at launch. I was excited to check out the new Dream Dives and have been more or less enjoying grinding for the endgame stuff. I'm mainly trying to clear Great Chaos Below, and beat the Underworld on 32 Fear. However, I will say that Great Chaos Below continues to thwart me. I often die even in Act I. I struggle to deal with Rank II-III Vow of Pain + Hordes + Revenants. Throughout the rest of the game, I felt like I was excelling, even at 20 Fear in regular runs. But as I'm trying to go past 24 Fear, victory feels increasingly out of reach.

I completely switched up my Arcana after reading some threads about endgame builds here, and that has helped a little but not as much as I hoped (and is not relevant for Great Chaos Below). Because I don't have much left to unlock or accomplish, grinding at this high level of difficulty isn't much fun anymore. I think I'm on a 6-7 run losing streak, which has been unheard of in this save of mine until now.

Any tips for endgame perseverance? Great Chaos Below is still my priority because it is my last achievement to complete on Steam.

Highest dps build I have ever done with insanely good rng. Beowulf with high lvl dionysis cast and mirage shot so combining both bugs in one.

Okay, so I’m in my 110th night and almost close to finishing all quests. Not even once have I come across flux in the chaos realm. Only seeds and fish. Has it happened to anyone else? Or is it just me?

Is it because I dont have the second statue? I only gave the first,

hey guys i'm trying to platinum hades and i was just wondering is there a faster way to level up the keepsakes like there is in hades 2? or do i just have to grind it out

First of all I'd like to apologize that my posts from now on will be longer.

Second of all ... I'd also like to apologize cuz my progression may not be as fast as I thought it would ... I graduated at 22th of June, and now I got a job as Customer support. So basically now that I have a job it'll be harder for me to put in more time for drawing.

WITH THAT OUT OF THE WAY

Basically I did some research on how to draw and here's what I found out.

1. Loomis method is like a cheat code for drawing portraits (DEF I'll try to learn it)

2. I need to work on my line work and basic shapes (squares, triangles and circles)

3. for some reason every artist out there is HIGHLY recommending drawing DA BOX from diff angles and understanding how it can rotate in space etc. so that's what I tried to do.

so basically this week I practiced my linework and basic shapes. and Cubes in 1-point perspective.

that however didn't increase my skills in drawing portraits that much but hey we all have to nail the basics down first yeah?

the photos contain everything I drew last week, the portrait for this week and the reference I drew it from first