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Hades Review Thread [91 MC, 94 OC]
- Thread starter MadLaughter
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I feel like this is worth mentioning: I typically avoid roguelite/roguelike games. I just don't care for them, even when everyone praises them. I love Hades. It's incredibly crafted from top to bottom. Character designs and art direction, music and sound, voice work, dialogue, combat and all its different permutations, the flow of doing a run, the ways you can change your character/environment/interactions after dying on a run... it's just wild. There is so much content, and it's all been polished to a shine. If you like their other games, you owe it to yourself to check this out. If you get frustrated by dying (personally, I don't mind), you can turn on god mode so you become stronger each time you die. You'll eventually be able to do it for sure!
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Well said, I often have a hard time sticking with Roguelikes but Hades has such great characters and design that it's super hard to put down.
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Got the title updated a bit, added MC &OC links to the OP. If anyone has any other reviews or suggestions let me know!
If it has cross saves, I'd probably double dip on switch, to be honest.
Edit: Oh, shit!!! I didn't know!
www.polygon.com
Edit: Oh, shit!!! I didn't know!
Hades coming to Nintendo Switch, complete with cross-save
Supergiant’s latest hits the Switch this fall
www.polygon.com
i've played like, 40 minutes tops on switch and i LOVE THIS GAME SO MUCH.
potential game of the year? potential game of the year.
potential game of the year? potential game of the year.
Totally deserved!...wow! the game is #4 in opencritic's 2020 hall of fame
It only gets better the more you play as you unlock more stuff! I restarted as well and it's so different early on from when you have two dashes, backstab damage, more casts, new weapons, etc.
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Hey, regarding Switch frame rate -- I replied to Suriel about this on Twitter and I'll post something here. Media outlets that got prerelease Switch code from us played on a version about a month old. We could not update it on the back-end for administrative reasons. We disclosed them about this and let them know to expect a launch-day update.
The version being sold today is updated and has many improvements and optimizations. (If you're wondering "how much stuff can you really fix/improve in a month", the answer is: a lot.)
We targeted 720p 60fps for Hades for the Switch. There may be situations where it will dip from 60fps, but they should not be frequent and hopefully not distracting to your play experience overall. In other words I hope it's not like what's described in that tweet (though if your experience matches that tweet, do let me know).
The version being sold today is updated and has many improvements and optimizations. (If you're wondering "how much stuff can you really fix/improve in a month", the answer is: a lot.)
We targeted 720p 60fps for Hades for the Switch. There may be situations where it will dip from 60fps, but they should not be frequent and hopefully not distracting to your play experience overall. In other words I hope it's not like what's described in that tweet (though if your experience matches that tweet, do let me know).
Great to hear it's targeting 60fps! Just waiting for the cross-saves to come so I can jump in the Switch version, is the expected goal Q1 2020 for those?
Hey, we are targeting next month (this October) for the update that includes cross-saves. Thank you for your patience on that.
Players sometimes have questions about the exact mechanics of how it works -- I don't want to say too much about that yet because that's some of the stuff we are still sorting out as part of the final implementation. We are aiming for cross-saves to be compatible with both the Steam and Epic Games Store versions of the game. I can't say too much more for the reasons mentioned.
Wow, that's much better than I expected, thought it would take a bit longer. Thank you for the reply and congrats on the amazing game!
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Absolutely, they are 4-for-4 for me and I've liked every game better than the last.
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It's more of an action game than Diablo is. No timer or mana management and things like that. I think it's more akin to a hack and slash type of game like Hyper Light Drifter or even Zelda (on steroids), if that helps at all. Presumably also Bastion, but I didn't play all that much of it, and it's been way too long since I played it, and oh my god where have the years gone.
Just noticed that 100% of critics recommend Hades according to OpenCritic. Impressive stuff! The game's also still sitting at 98% positive reviews on Steam, which is also wild. All well-deserved.
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Y'all are sounding mighty convincing. Don't have time right now but I am going to pick it up eventually it seems.
I'd play it on PC and am wondering if it supports high framerates (120 Hz+)?
I'd play it on PC and am wondering if it supports high framerates (120 Hz+)?
Sure does. It will go as high as you let it, by the looks of it.
The stages are comprised of random rooms with random enemies in it. The layouts of the rooms themselves are static, so you'll get used to seeing each type of layout. That said the enemies and paths available will change, so it always feels fresh.
Fuck, forgot this wasn't on PS4 so I didn't find it on the PSN. I always pre-order their games no wonder I haven't pre-ordered already lol
Shit looks hype!
Shit looks hype!
