Even more Hades 2
Jun. 2nd, 2024 07:46 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
schneefinkI've been playing a lot of Hades II: about 66 hours and 80 runs by now. I told myself early on not to take so many screenshots/make so many notes this time, but I still take many and my notes (once I get around to them) are often around 200-300 words per run because all the characters and relationships are just so interesting. I'm working on fulfilling the prophecies now and the Hades II equivalent of Hades' Pact of Punishment and I'm still having a lot of fun.
The only weapon I still avoid are the torches. So many people dislike them that I'm confident that they'll be changed in some way later so I might as well wait for that and have more fun with the other weapons in the meantime.
I got a prophecy to help Echo and Narcissus reconcile, I didn't think that would be available already and I look forward to trying that. Though lately I've done many surface runs because of the Testaments, but I don't mind that much because of Icarus. And while Polyphemus is a very annoying boss to fight, as a character he's fun. Medea and Circe are interesting too, and I look forward to hopefully more story with Heracles too. (The annoying part is when I already have a fantastic build when I beat Eris and I can't continue ^^) I wonder if we'll see Callypso in the next overworld biome…
Icarus is still one of my favorites, and also the only character I'm currently interested in pursuing a romance with. Maybe Arachne?, though after some very interesting dialogue for a while currently it's very generic, the rest is locked behind post-EA progression. For a while I was interested in Eris, but even though I still feel for her a bit, she's too infuriating. And I don't really see any chemistry with Dora or Nemesis and Moros in that way, or anyone else.
I wish I liked Selene more. But not only are her hexes only sometimes useful (to be fair, that can also happen with god boons so it doesn't bother me that much), for some reason I don't really like her voice, and her “I see something here” reminders make that worse.
I think I've only used the pitch-black stone for chaos trials once or twice (literally.) It was fun that one time, and gameplay-wise it's very interesting for experimenting and I'd love to do more, except… it's meant to be a simulation of sorts, and talking to people inside of that just felt weird. If it was generic sayings by the gods that'd be fine, I could just say that's part of the simulation, but I met Arachne inside and talked to her and that just felt weird. So now my vague plan is to play some more until I at least have all the duo boons so there's no what feels like story progress in the chaos trials. The duo boon conversations are some of my favorite things in the game, they reveal so much about the Olympians.
The familiars are a great. I love that Frinos can hypnotize shades. But after I unlocked 30 grasp there's currently no other use for psyche, so I'm usually taking Toula with me for fishing. I could upgrade them (I mean, bind them closer to me) but I'd need to do chaos trials for that.
The only weapon I still avoid are the torches. So many people dislike them that I'm confident that they'll be changed in some way later so I might as well wait for that and have more fun with the other weapons in the meantime.
I got a prophecy to help Echo and Narcissus reconcile, I didn't think that would be available already and I look forward to trying that. Though lately I've done many surface runs because of the Testaments, but I don't mind that much because of Icarus. And while Polyphemus is a very annoying boss to fight, as a character he's fun. Medea and Circe are interesting too, and I look forward to hopefully more story with Heracles too. (The annoying part is when I already have a fantastic build when I beat Eris and I can't continue ^^) I wonder if we'll see Callypso in the next overworld biome…
Icarus is still one of my favorites, and also the only character I'm currently interested in pursuing a romance with. Maybe Arachne?, though after some very interesting dialogue for a while currently it's very generic, the rest is locked behind post-EA progression. For a while I was interested in Eris, but even though I still feel for her a bit, she's too infuriating. And I don't really see any chemistry with Dora or Nemesis and Moros in that way, or anyone else.
I wish I liked Selene more. But not only are her hexes only sometimes useful (to be fair, that can also happen with god boons so it doesn't bother me that much), for some reason I don't really like her voice, and her “I see something here” reminders make that worse.
I think I've only used the pitch-black stone for chaos trials once or twice (literally.) It was fun that one time, and gameplay-wise it's very interesting for experimenting and I'd love to do more, except… it's meant to be a simulation of sorts, and talking to people inside of that just felt weird. If it was generic sayings by the gods that'd be fine, I could just say that's part of the simulation, but I met Arachne inside and talked to her and that just felt weird. So now my vague plan is to play some more until I at least have all the duo boons so there's no what feels like story progress in the chaos trials. The duo boon conversations are some of my favorite things in the game, they reveal so much about the Olympians.
The familiars are a great. I love that Frinos can hypnotize shades. But after I unlocked 30 grasp there's currently no other use for psyche, so I'm usually taking Toula with me for fishing. I could upgrade them (I mean, bind them closer to me) but I'd need to do chaos trials for that.
