Hades is freaking rad

[Deleted member 42]

So I scooped Hades and a few other games up in the Epic sale - so far World War Z and Hades are my main plays (WWZ is a great squad game, really scratching my L4D itch), but Hades has the goddamn juice to it

It's hard to explain, because I freaking hate roguelikes/'one more run' type games, but Hades is so fast-paced and polished already that I just wanna keep playing it. The boons and upgrades you get make you feel OP as hell, right until the point you don't, and then you're right back down to Square One o' Hell all over again.

The combat feels like they learned important lessons from how Transistor felt, and transferred the chaotic potential of that system over while also ramping up the speed of things, to the point where I'm basically doing 3-4 things at a time to stay alive.

Best way to explain it is the last build I had - my dashes and regular attacks knocked foes back, my special was throwing my shield at enemies Captain America style, and when the shield got back to me, it would explode for area damage. So I would basically dash all over the place while my shield bounced around enemies, attack, and then cast a spell to slow them down so they were stuck in this vortex o'doom the whole time.

Part of me wants to wait until they finish the game up so I can barrel roll through it, but a big part of me also just wants to play through everything over and over again until I'm the goddamn master of Hell

If you've played it, what do ya think of it so far?

Edit: Oh on more bit it is best on controller for me, I absolutely hated it on KB/M

 

[janusff]

I really want to play this. I dig roguelikes and supergiants previous games so I know I'll love it. Just waiting till it comes to console I guess. My laptop can't run it. ;_;

 

[Deleted member 36578]

I too started playing due to this sale. So far I dig it but I'm a rougelike fan to begin with. It isn't doing anything new for this sub genre to be perfectly honest, but it plays well and looks nice. I'm also a fan of Bastion and Transistor (sorry Pyre, not for me), so I was looking forward to what Super Giant had in store for their fourth game. I've only played 3 hours of Hades and while the game isn't even complete, I can already tell Bastion and Transistor will remain my favorite of their games. Hades is totally competent, but it just isn't striking me as anything super special. I'm probably going to keep playing until I unlock everything available, then leave it be until the inevitable full release.

Also playing with a xboxone controller as that's my preferred method.

 

[Admiral Woofington]

Yeah Hades is fucking dope.

I was obsessively playing it for like 5-6 hours and managed to beat the last boss of the last update with my last set-up.

For those curious of my general loadout I had the machine gun/grenade launcher. And I focused on getting the triple special attack which lets you shoot 3 grenades at a time, focused on getting crit damage and crit chance up, and then also got the dash reflect/dodge move. Basically just AoE'd everyone and rolled around everywhere getting minimally hit

 

[Deleted member 42]

I too started playing due to this sale. So far I dig it but I'm a rougelike fan to begin with. It isn't doing anything new for this sub genre to be perfectly honest, but it plays well and looks nice. I'm also a fan of Bastion and Transistor (sorry Pyre, not for me), so I was looking forward to what Super Giant had in store for their fourth game. I've only played 3 hours of Hades, and while the game isn't even complete, I can already tell Bastion and Transistor will remain my favorite of their games. Hades is totally competent, but it just isn't striking me as anything super special.

Also playing with a xboxone controller on pc

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I think Bastion was my favorite playing Supergiant game - Transistor had my favorite story, I kinda bounced off of Pyre, but I'm jiving a bit with what they got here

And yeah XBox One controller boi here too, it feels much better than playing the usual KB/M way

Yeah Hades is fucking dope.

I was obsessively playing it for like 5-6 hours and managed to beat the last boss with my last set-up.

For those curious of my general loadout I had the machine gun/grenade launcher. And I focused on getting the triple special attack which lets you shoot 3 grenades at a time, focused on getting crit damage and crit chance up, and then also got the dash reflect/dodge move. Basically just AoE'd everyone and rolled around everywhere getting minimally hit

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Is that grenade launcher thing the gun that has a lion mouth on the barrel? I may have to try to scoop that up soon, it asks for a lot of keys for that

That loadout sounds like bullet hell though lol holy shit

 

[Deleted member 36578]

I think Bastion was my favorite playing Supergiant game - Transistor had my favorite story, I kinda bounced off of Pyre, but I'm jiving a bit with what they got here

And yeah XBox One controller boi here too, it feels much better than playing the usual KB/M way

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Totally agree with the reasons you like their other games. I tried kb+m just to see how it was with Hades, but when I can play with a controller I will almost always go that way. Feels good.

 

[Admiral Woofington]

I think Bastion was my favorite playing Supergiant game - Transistor had my favorite story, I kinda bounced off of Pyre, but I'm jiving a bit with what they got here

And yeah XBox One controller boi here too, it feels much better than playing the usual KB/M way



Is that grenade launcher thing the gun that has a lion mouth on the barrel? I may have to try to scoop that up soon, it asks for a lot of keys for that

That loadout sounds like bullet hell though lol holy shit

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yeah it's the one with a rad animal for a mouth. You can basically completely ignore the regular attack unless you want to give it something like the charm or disease power up for the status effect to whoever you shoot. To absolutely wreck the trick is to focus on finding the Thor Hammer as quickly as possible to get the triple mortar/grenade. It's fucking insane lmao. Taking out crowds of people in a second.

 

[Zombine]

I haven't played or bought it yet but I agree.

Live update: I bought it

 

[Poodlestrike]

MUCH better than it looks in videos. Got the crap kicked out of me by what I think is the first boss, but I'm already raring for round 2.

 

[Admiral Woofington]

the part I really like as well is how much dialogue and interactions there are. The world isn't just resetting, you get new dialogue every time you die and respawn and it's part of the world.

 

[Com_Raven]

Perfect timing, I had been thinking about picking this one up since the art direction is incredible. How do you think someone who loved Bastion, but is not usually into rogue-likes would enjoy it?

 

[Border]

Hell yeah! I love the Frisco Thickburger!

 

[Deleted member 42]

the part I really like as well is how much dialogue and interactions there are. The world isn't just resetting, you get new dialogue every time you die and respawn and it's part of the world.

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That's a good point yah - who kills you/how you die plays into the dialogue a bit, which makes things feel a lot more lived in. That is one thing they did in Pyre that mattered a lot, in terms of whether you won/lost games then

Perfect timing, I had been thinking about picking this one up since the art direction is incredible. How do you think someone who loved Bastion, but is not usually into rogue-likes would enjoy it?

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I absolutely fuckin' hate roguelikes but the combat in this slaps so I can forgive it. The runs are also generally pretty short so far, at least for me. I don't like playing games for longer than an hour or two.

 

[Poodlestrike]

Perfect timing, I had been thinking about picking this one up since the art direction is incredible. How do you think someone who loved Bastion, but is not usually into rogue-likes would enjoy it?

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Bastion is... unique? Even compared to Transistor, the flavor of the world is so distinct. Hades isn't much like that, though it's got a similar vibe in some of the narration.

 

[skeezx]

i couldn't get into it but i don't regret my purchase either. looks like it'll be a lot of fun and production is top notch, but i can only take so many of these games after awhile

just wanted to give supergiant my support. will check back in later this year or whenever

 

[Mobyduck]

Finally defeated the last boss. Can't wait to see the next area they create. By far my favorite weapon is the shield, specially when you get the upgrade that lets you attack while it's flying.

Art style is amazing, the dialogues are all well done and the characters are all interesting. I feel like there is still things to discover (just unlocked the "duo" power on one of my last runs).

 

[Admiral Woofington]

Speaking of, any reason we don't have a Hades early access OT? Or at least I can't find it

Perfect timing, I had been thinking about picking this one up since the art direction is incredible. How do you think someone who loved Bastion, but is not usually into rogue-likes would enjoy it?

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I've enjoyed maybe like a handful of roguelikes since I've started gaming. This being one of them, and it reached the top. It's Bastion's combat with a bit of cool customization options from different power up combos from the Gods.

 

[Deleted member 42]

Speaking of, any reason we don't have a Hades early access OT? Or at least I can't find it

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Probably just nobody made one tbh

 

[DoradoWinston]

gotta try it with controller (the one for my pc is in a box cuz we moving so gotta find it). Its been pretty damn great but I agree M&K is not the way id reccomend to play it.

 

[hey it's that dog]

Bought this game at launch, no ragrets. It's the Dead Cells of Bastion-likes.

And yeah, this is a controller game.

 

[Eggiem]

Would buy 2 steam copies. Unfortunately thats not possible so I have to buy other stuff. Game looks great tho.

 

[-shadow-]

Came in expecting a very different Hades...

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Aaaaah... Spoiler alert!

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Kid Icarus Uprising for those unsure.

 

[Negatorous]

So I scooped Hades and a few other games up in the Epic sale - so far World War Z and Hades are my main plays (WWZ is a great squad game, really scratching my L4D itch), but Hades has the goddamn juice to it

It's hard to explain, because I freaking hate roguelikes/'one more run' type games, but Hades is so fast-paced and polished already that I just wanna keep playing it. The boons and upgrades you get make you feel OP as hell, right until the point you don't, and then you're right back down to Square One o' Hell all over again.

The combat feels like they learned important lessons from how Transistor felt, and transferred the chaotic potential of that system over while also ramping up the speed of things, to the point where I'm basically doing 3-4 things at a time to stay alive.

Best way to explain it is the last build I had - my dashes and regular attacks knocked foes back, my special was throwing my shield at enemies Captain America style, and when the shield got back to me, it would explode for area damage. So I would basically dash all over the place while my shield bounced around enemies, attack, and then cast a spell to slow them down so they were stuck in this vortex o'doom the whole time.

Part of me wants to wait until they finish the game up so I can barrel roll through it, but a big part of me also just wants to play through everything over and over again until I'm the goddamn master of Hell

If you've played it, what do ya think of it so far?

Edit: Oh on more bit it is best on controller for me, I absolutely hated it on KB/M

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I just bought this game myself, I have been playing the crap out of Dead Cells so this sounds right up my alley..

 

[Com_Raven]

I absolutely fuckin' hate roguelikes but the combat in this slaps so I can forgive it. The runs are also generally pretty short so far, at least for me. I don't like playing games for longer than an hour or two.

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Bastion is... unique? Even compared to Transistor, the flavor of the world is so distinct. Hades isn't much like that, though it's got a similar vibe in some of the narration.

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I've enjoyed maybe like a handful of roguelikes since I've started gaming. This being one of them, and it reached the top. It's Bastion's combat with a bit of cool customization options from different power up combos from the Gods.

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Cheers all, will give it a try :)

 

[Deleted member 4482]

Hades is my favorite game in the last 6 months. Already beat it several times, finished off the new zone they added on my second attempt

 

[Zocano]

I really want to try it but I'm waiting on it to be more content complete first. Don't really feel like dropping into an early access game.

 

[TheDutchSlayer]

Make sure to check out No-Clip continuing video docs on the game they are fantastic insight into the development of the game.

https://youtu.be/ZxmyMaBZ-Mo?list=PL-THgg8QnvU4JEVov1tMlFThNYS92F8uC

 

[SilentStorm]

Would buy 2 steam copies. Unfortunately thats not possible so I have to buy other stuff. Game looks great tho.

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You can just wait, you will have to pay more, but when the game goes out of Early Acess, it will go to Steam and other stores as well.

Anyways, kinda curious to check this one out, particularly since people who hate roguelikes/roguelites seem to love it, and has a guy who spent more than 100 hours playing Binding Of Isaac, and a lot of hours on Enter The Gungeon, and Spelunky, and Nuclear Throne(though not as much), and Monolith, and Wizard Of Legend and Steredenn amongst others, a roguelite from Supergiant seems awesome.

It also seems to have more of a focus on story, but then again, i thought roguelikes did that since the 90's with ADOM, Dead Cells also changes things depending on your actions, and Caves Of Qud also has a big story with various fixed places, named characters and books to read, i thought roguelikes that focused on story weren't anything new, though not all apparently involve time travel with different deaths leading to different dialogues, i will admit that.

 

[yellow wallpaper]

I am enjoying my time with it, but it has been kicking my ass. Love the art style and gameplay.

 

[DoradoWinston]

Make sure to check out No-Clip continuing video docs on the game they are fantastic insight into the development of the game.

https://youtu.be/ZxmyMaBZ-Mo?list=PL-THgg8QnvU4JEVov1tMlFThNYS92F8uC

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watched em right after they released. Great content from NoClip as usual

 

[Lulu]

It is, game feel is way above any other roguelite.
Just beat it, Shield OP tbh

 

[Eolz]

Yeah, it's great. And as said by others, M+KB is really bad, and Shield's block is way too good.

 

[Deleted member 42]

What's the best ShieldBoi loadout? I feel like the explosion one when it comes back is hella important, as is the being able to attack while it's flying around one

 

[Mobyduck]

What's the best ShieldBoi loadout? I feel like the explosion one when it comes back is hella important, as is the being able to attack while it's flying around one

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Won a run because of an upgrade that increased it's dash attack damage and dealt damage in a larger area. I basically just dashed in and out while attacking. Having Athena's dash helped a lot.

 

[Hyperfludd]

Guh, I want to play this now but I also want to wait for the full release to play it on ps4/switch if they happen.

 

[Cliff Steele]

It feels fucking perfect. Few games manage to feel that good on a controller. Destiny, Dead Cells, Forza Horizon 4 to name a few... The Rumble is perfect and everything feels so snappy. It's a goddamn joy to play.

Love it. Best purchase in a long long time.

 

[Zem]

It's one of the best feeling games I've played in a long time (since DOOM 2016 probably), just the way you move and attack is so smooth and responsive.

 

[Lady Gaia]

I'm definitely a SuperGiant fan. Loved Bastion, enjoyed Transistor, and was very pleasantly surprised by Pyre after some initial skepticism. Their games have a level of commitment, joy, and polish that other Indies could learn a thing or two from.

I'm all in for Hades - once it ships on consoles.

 

[Ra]

Is mouse/keyboard really that bad? Controller isn't an option for me.

 

[Lazybob]

Yeah put a few hours into it myself because it was on sale. It's great. Highly recommend it for only $10 even if it is early access right now.

 

[Manac0r]

Agreed!

 

[Hu3]

Is mouse/keyboard really that bad? Controller isn't an option for me.

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It's uncomfortable leads to cramping.

 

[Soj]

I love Supergiant's games, but I need this on console.

Also, yeah, World War Z is really good.

 

[Heraldic]

How is kbm vs controller? I prefer kbm.
Edit. Didn't see above comment. So bad....

 

[Xeteh]

I'm really liking it. Bought it two days ago and I've played way more than I should, I don't want to burn out before more gets added but I can't stop playing it. Just beat the "last" boss (assuming it is going to go further by the time it is out of early access) and its so good.

 

[etta]

Did they say when they want to release it in full?

 

[J_Viper]

Yeah, even in its current state, Hades is terrific. It really feels like a proper evolution of Bastion's combat with how crazy faced paced yet mechanically intuitive it is. The production values are incredible, as Supergiant games have always been. The art design is gorgeous, and the writing and voice work is perfect.

I don't know when this is estimated to be finished, but there is certainly GoTY potential here. I honestly feel like I stole it by paying only $7

 

[Deleted member 28815]

Yeah it's fun so far like an isometric Dead Cells. Like the voice acting too. Hope they with a bit on optimizing things.

 

[Mobyduck]

Is mouse/keyboard really that bad? Controller isn't an option for me.

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I play exclusively with mouse and keyboard and it feels absolutely fine. Don't see the issue.

 

[Peleo]

Best world-building I've experience in a while. Insane how much style the game has.

I started in February and the game has evolved so much already.