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Does Hades Get Better?
- Thread starter redflamingolingo
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I got my first win at run 40-ish. After that I had 10 consecutive wins, sometimes with different weapons and sometimes with increased difficulty modifiers. Once you're able to beat it even once, you'll get dramatically better as the lessons you've learned will apply to other weapons and with higher difficulty modifiers as well. You will at first need to find a weapon you're most comfortable with and imo, that's usually either Aegis or Exagryph. Try these two if you're getting frustrated.
Yeah uhh regarding the talk of ppl beating Hades in under 10 runs? No fucking way. Not gonna lie took me over 20 runs to atleast get to him and beat him with the cheapest weapon. 3rd act boss hello? That should put a stop to many newcomers.
Well yes because Zag becomes extremely powerful at the end. Just keep on playing and find your favorite setups. Combat becomes faster and more chaotic but so your attacks and combos. You will unlock so many different styles that something will probably click with you. If not than this is not the type of game for you I guess.
Don't force yourself to play or enjoy a game just because of what the majority thinks. If it's not clicking with you, then it is what it is.
It's not just forum hype tho. It's getting accolades out the ass, second only to TLOU2 from a good amount of outlets. For good reason.
Now, Immortals is a forum hype game that I WISH I didn't buy. Lol.
Yeah if the characters and story aren't doing it for you you're gonna have a hard time staying with it because thats what makes the game so special.
I don't even like Rogue-likes, and I'm head over heels in love with Hades. That said, if it isn't clicking 3-5 hours in, then you should probably move on. Time is too valuable to waste it on a leisure activity that isn't generating fun.
Basically everytime you finish a run you get more of the story and side quests, without them there is no motivation unless you want to try a specific build or speed run it so if you don't care about the characters and the gameplay isn't sticking with you there aint no point in continuing
Actually no, OP, I'm afraid it doesn't.
Matter of fact, part of the reason it's unanimously winning so many awards right now is because it gets actively, wilfully worse as it continues.
They designed it that way.
C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER!
Matter of fact, part of the reason it's unanimously winning so many awards right now is because it gets actively, wilfully worse as it continues.
They designed it that way.
Or perhaps more accurately: it just isn't for you, so probably best to stop. You gave it a fair chance, but sadly it's not your thing.
C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER!
I experienced the same. And now I read glowing praise at every outlet.
Will try again, but I'm not sure if its for me. Great character portraits though.
Will try again, but I'm not sure if its for me. Great character portraits though.
It does get better, but if you're really feeling nothing at this point it may not get better enough for you. The story and mechanics are constantly expanding, particularly after the first completion. If you're feeling like progress is too slow, I actually think the God Mode setting is a really smart way to ensure constant progress without really sacrificing any of the looping aspect of the game.
Remember a lot of people play on Easy Mode and don't say it. The game doesn't gate achievements or anything if you activate it, so a lot of people end up activating it because it makes the game a lot easier. Don't ever feel bad about not completing the game in 10 runs, (and also don't ever feel bad about activating Easy Mode.). People get weird with this sometimes.
I find the ending very touching but if you did not care about the characters 4 hours later than its hard to recommend to you to keep
It took me 20 tries to finally reach and beat the final boss (17 to reach and 3 to beat). Now I finish in 40 minutes
Did you unlock all mirror's upgrades? You need something like 50 keys and they change the game
I really like this game and never thought the story was particularly good or anything. It's cool to give context to what you are doing, but not much more than that.
Combat, art direction and music is where it's at for me.
How many weapons have you unlocked? That's what kept me playing. Trying new combinations and stuff while increasing the difficulty.
I'll say it. I love the loop of Souls games, and have come to appreciate how punishing / demanding it is of the player. Especially when you die and have to trek all the way back to get your souls. But Hades might be the sweet spot for me. I don't think I've been frustrated with any deaths nearly as much as I have playing From games. I know they're two different genres and approaches, but I'd rather get sent back to the hub with currency I've earned in my failed run. Feels like I'm successfully chipping away at the game every single time.
You'll be unlocking stuff until pretty much a few hours from when you stop playing the game (if you do everything), so it definitely gets more. If you're not into the game now though I don't know if your view will change, as the stuff you unlock is all variations for what you're playing now.
I have pretty decent vision, but it's really difficult to play the game on a Lite. I had to put the game down 10 minutes in just because it was hard for me to make out half the things on the screen - a problem I've never really had with other games on my Lite.
So The Last of Us 2 is forum hype? Or industry hype? It's not just resetera. It's almost every critic reviewing this game. Like I said, some lowkey sleeper gem like Immortals Fenyx Rising is "forum hype" to me.
I'm having a lot of fun and see some brilliant ideas, but also I don't see what makes it a goty contender, I liked Children of Morta better for example.
With that said, it took a while to click and I'm enjoying it more now than a few weeks ago and every run I'm more into it so I'd say keep going for now. It's a very confusing game at first so you may want to look up a guide to speed up your progress in the beginning.
With that said, it took a while to click and I'm enjoying it more now than a few weeks ago and every run I'm more into it so I'd say keep going for now. It's a very confusing game at first so you may want to look up a guide to speed up your progress in the beginning.
Yes, it gets better.
But Hades gripped me from the first moment. Not sure you're going to get much more out of it after 3-4 hours if you aren't already enjoying it.
But Hades gripped me from the first moment. Not sure you're going to get much more out of it after 3-4 hours if you aren't already enjoying it.
yeah drop it tbh, it's not for you. might be able to get a refund at your low play time.
i think it's my GOTY but games are not some universal thing, you're gonna get some misses every once in a while
I think it's a fantastic game but it's not going to click with everyone, as expected with any game.
If it doesn't grip you then there's no reason to continue playing, you'll find something else.
If it doesn't grip you then there's no reason to continue playing, you'll find something else.
I loved the way it incorporated Greek Myth right away, so the story was fun along with the setting. The story isn't super groundbreaking or anything, it's how the story and gameplay are woven together.
The gameplay is simple but fun and rewarding, and similar to Souls games you can feel the improvements as you learn enemy patterns and get used to the combat systems.
The gameplay is simple but fun and rewarding, and similar to Souls games you can feel the improvements as you learn enemy patterns and get used to the combat systems.
I always hype up supergiant and then realize ive never finished any of their games(havent tried pyre). I love the music and setting of the games but the gameplay just never clicks for me. I think id like their stuff more as an animated series or comic honestly
Maybe the story might grip you later on because a tfirst you don't really know what's going on. If you're only just at the second area, you wouldn't know the motivation for Zagreus escaping and wouldn't have gotten to speak with a lot of the cast.
The story got me from the start though. If you don't like the characters, (what is wrong with you!?!) than there's not much there for you unfortunately. It's a strictly character driven story.
The story got me from the start though. If you don't like the characters, (what is wrong with you!?!) than there's not much there for you unfortunately. It's a strictly character driven story.
The narrative in an incredibly slow paced drip feed. It's not the reason I'd play the game. If you don't enjoy the combat and gameplay loop the narrative is not going to be enough.
That said you are really early, you could argue that the story doesn't even start until you complete your first run. The issue I had is that from there progression is slow and requires a lot of time investment for how little you get.
That said you are really early, you could argue that the story doesn't even start until you complete your first run. The issue I had is that from there progression is slow and requires a lot of time investment for how little you get.
I bounced off Bastion twice (I thought the gameplay was okay and the narrator gimmick always felt very corny to me) which made me never really interested in any of Supergiant's later stuff, and while I can enjoy roguelites for a while, I usually don't see them through.
Hades completely hooked me from the get-go. All of the characters are very charming and layered, the decision making is fun and varied, the art and music are fantastic, the combat is exhilarating, the structure of it (how both the story and gameplay are tied into the repetition and dying) is genius.
Hades completely hooked me from the get-go. All of the characters are very charming and layered, the decision making is fun and varied, the art and music are fantastic, the combat is exhilarating, the structure of it (how both the story and gameplay are tied into the repetition and dying) is genius.
Every one of their games I played has been an example of style over substance to me. If Hades ever comes to Game Pass or PS+, I'll give it a shot.
it clicked with me from the first few minutes, but i do think it gets even better after a while.
also wait a damn minute, people beat the game in 10 runs?
also wait a damn minute, people beat the game in 10 runs?
I beat it on like run 8 or 9 on normal. It's not that hard, I just paid attention to my build.
Hype isn't a bad thing lol. Oftentimes it's well deserved. But it doesn't mean the game is for everyone's sensibilities and tastes. Hence why I advised against purely buying a game because everyone else likes it
While I like the story and characters I just don't like rogue likes and find the game extremely repetitive. Dropped it for now after
reaching Persephone for the first time
I'm in a similar boat, it's not bad by any means but I guess I was expecting more considering the reception it got on here.
Yeah I just find it too repetitive. I loved Bastion. But can't get into this one.
The art is absolutely incredible. The voice acting is fantastic, and I like the story enough. I think I would've liked it better if it was a 8-12 hour game instead of being a god knows how long repetitive rogue like.
The game play is also just not clicking for me in the same way as Bastion did, where it felt far less chaotic, where it was more methodical.
I'd say if you don't like it after 3-4 hours then you probably won't like it at all. The game hooked me almost instantly, and while there was definitely a learning curve for the combat and how the boons and upgrades worked, the story and the characters grabbed onto my imagination very quickly. If it's not doing that for you, then I'd suggest maybe putting it down and playing something else.
For me, area 3 (the boss in particular) was my major wall. I've only beat it once and that run I made it to "the end" though I didn't end up beating it. I haven't gone back since due to a bunch of other stuff coming out though.
Yeah the boss of area 3 is a huge wall at first for sure. Area 3 also has some verrrrry deadly traps which you can lose a ton of HP on needlessly. Area 3 is probably my favorite though, aesthetically and thematically.
But I definitely did not beat the final boss until my 28th run yesterday, so people beating it in 10 or less runs is absolutely an outlier.
i definitely hit a brick wall for a few days playing the Bone Hydra (second level boss, not much further than you are) over and over frustratingly. it was to the point that i thought i wouldn't pick it up again. once I broke through that wall, though, I finally "got" it and have been playing for dozens of hours after that.
no one can tell you to keep playing a game, or whether or not you will like what a game has in store for you, but if you do decide to keep playing i think you'll find you weren't really playing what the game had to offer yet.
no one can tell you to keep playing a game, or whether or not you will like what a game has in store for you, but if you do decide to keep playing i think you'll find you weren't really playing what the game had to offer yet.
Tried it to, went to the 3rd boss (but i needed a TON of run). I'm pretty dumb for games with boss patterns, i just attack and i'm not good at avoiding anything ^^'
Also about the roghe like thing (my first time) i'm ok with it if i can keep something, kinda grind and feel things get more easy. That works here except they scale the game to throw crazy hard challenge at you more and more lol.
Also. not having the choices of the skills/bonus i'll have in a run is bad for me. I like some more than others, if i can't chose..
Now, let's talk about something please, and it's a more general problem i think. This game on a Switch Lite.. hm.. i'm often hit by things i don't even saw coming at all. I can't read the text for some skill descriptions.. It's not great..
As for the story it's nice i guess but it feels like some sort of hell soap opera with classy dialogs. Didn't really hook me.
Also about the roghe like thing (my first time) i'm ok with it if i can keep something, kinda grind and feel things get more easy. That works here except they scale the game to throw crazy hard challenge at you more and more lol.
Also. not having the choices of the skills/bonus i'll have in a run is bad for me. I like some more than others, if i can't chose..
Now, let's talk about something please, and it's a more general problem i think. This game on a Switch Lite.. hm.. i'm often hit by things i don't even saw coming at all. I can't read the text for some skill descriptions.. It's not great..
As for the story it's nice i guess but it feels like some sort of hell soap opera with classy dialogs. Didn't really hook me.