Hades - Review After 100%

Talking about my experiences with the highly praised title Hades ahead of the early access launch of Hades 2 later this year

Timestamps
00:00 Intro
00:44 Overview
01:40 Story Set Up & Thoughts
03:50 The Many Progression Systems of Hades
13:42 Game Structure & Combat
19:20 Difficulty
20:50 Steam Deck Compatibility
21:28 Positives/Negatives
23:08 Conclusion
24:04 Wrap Up

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#gaming #gamereviews #hades #hades2

[SaintMarianne]

Mortym once again proving that he’s an absolute game slaying monster lmfao

[BlondeMcGuinn]

Hades is my favorite roguelite and one of my favorite games period. It’s gorgeous, feels good to play, has a great progression system and is fun as hell. I have hundreds of hours in this game and loved every minute of it. Glad Mortismal liked it!

[-Monad-]

Thanks for doing justice to my favorite game of all time! Hardly any online reviewers have been willing to put in the time to 100% it. You rock.

[relogos]

Maybe I missed it, but I don't think he mentioned Daedalus Hammer that you can find during the runs that can drastically change how your weapon works in addition to the changes brought by the weapon aspect. The game is really good even for people that don't play much rougelikes thanks to the demigod mode.

[chiefinasmith]

Hades is the game that got me into roguelites after previously never playing one before. It’s one of my all time favorite games

[adamgroszkiewicz]

Hades is an outstanding game. Plus the voice acting is wonderful. Esp Meg...

[kharacon]

The iconic music deserved a callout as well, those and the cutscene unlocks made those rng unlocks feel amazing and special, despite the repetitive runs to find all of them. The fact that you're also diving into the post-game story by that point and can run through faster and faster lead to a virtuous cycle of playthrough narrative on top of the varied combat through the weapon aspects. It's somewhat curious to see them sequel this given the story, but excited to see what they pull off.

[beezusHrist]

This is a great game. A life saver in the summer of 2020 and 2021

[MODDED]

Hades is one of the best games I've ever played and I got 100% of the achievements and loved doing it. My favorite weapon is the bow with triple shot cuz it's powerful when you get close.

[happyninja]

I do love how Dusa is the maid for the house. Thus Maid-Dusa, and she's a gorgon 😂 I just found that so amusing.

[davidburns]

Standing playing that harp, THAT’S the real game

[allie]

woah, that was a fast 100%. very noice.

[JustAJoX]

holy shit i completly missed this game, just got it last night, jesus the artstyle and pace of the game are so good

[matteigtch]

Imo, Hades is a perfect game. It responds perfectly, combat is done so well, and it's a complete and entire game all paid for and up front. Doesn't require a 2nd mortgage to get the DLC and monthly battle pass. Reminds me of the old school games that was complete and whole. Plus the replay ability is unreal. Basically limitless.

[mhjmstultiens]

Hi Mort, if you like this style of storytelling you might like Transistor as well. RPG/TBS and heavy on storytelling. Actually I recommend all Supergiant Games. They're all special one way or another and never overstay their welcome. Hades just was comercially their most successful game.

[moshmosh]

You are such a mad lad for completing this game!

It's a phenomenal title, but the side quests do drag on way too many runs in post game so I didn't finish them.

My favorite weapon was the gloves, simply because you can spam attacks with just holding the button.

Interesting that you played on keyboard, having 360 movements in this game is very helpful

[lagoondiver]

Wow! There is a lot more to this game than I thought!
I never played a roguelike game before but if I ever decide to invest my time into one, Hades will be the first one that I'll play

[RexCogitans]

Thank you for the review. It made me feel really good to watch. 😊

Only thing I would add is that Hell mode is more annoying than might first be apparent. First it has a unique punishment that removes invincibility frames after being hit. Second, mandatory punishments do not advance your gathering of rewards, so if you struggle with medium high heat (16+), grinding for the last bloods and ambrosia can be a grind. I don't usually go for high difficulty in games and first playthrough of Hades I was very grateful for God mode until I felt like I mastered the game. I 100% that game on normal (even a bit of resources director/badge) and a few months later started Hell mode. I only have a few weapon upgrades for weapon aspects I don't care about and a few songs left to unlock before I feel like I can say I 100% hell mode and leave it behind.

Thank you for coming to my Ted talk.

[lunarbound]

If I were a developer of Hades, knowing all too well the accolades, awards & reception, and I knew YOU were in process of a review, I would *still* hold my breath.

[davidburns]

Worst enemy in the game are those giant rats in Styx. Absolutely hate them.