PC Gamer's review of Hades 2 praises the sequel for its expanded content, fresh story, and continued exploration of Greek mythology.
Game of the Year Awards 2024 , each member of the PC Gamer team is shining a spotlight on a game they loved this year. We'll post new personal picks, alongside our main awards, throughout the rest of the month. Supergiant is known for pushing the boat out with its games—Bastion, Pyre, Transistor, and Hades all do something slightly different, making it a point to experiment and tinker, provide something new.
Which is why, when This isn't a studio known for sequels, or even lingering much in its fresh IPs. If anything, Supergiant's willingness to move on is one of its strengths. I felt a quiver of fear in my indie-loving heart that I was beginning to see a franchise take over one of my favourite studios, where the same roguelike drum would be struck forevermore. And, look, if we get a Hades 3 before Supergiant does something new, I might start fretting again. As it stands, though? Hades 2 justifies its existence in spades. There's the fact that, in terms of raw content, it came out the gate swinging with more to do than the first game had in its final form. A less complete story, sure, but Hades 2's launch state still gave us not one, but two routes to brawl through: The underworld, and two layers of the surface. Plus a nearly full roster of weapons, boons, and oodles of characters to meet, fawn over, and have a nice platonic dip in the bath with. Supergiant clearly had a story it wanted to tell, too. You can sort of smell the stank of a sequel that's just there to be a safe bet, but the core concept for Hades 2 is interesting as all, well, hell. The idyllic getalong t-shirt Zagreus spends so long building in the last game is under threat, your father's in chains, your mother's nowhere to be seen, and you're now getting to plunder the depths of Greek mythology even further. Chronos' inclusion, in particular, is pretty inspire
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