Hades II Hits Early Access and is Already Making Waves

The ever-popular God-like returns in the form of Hades II with ravenous fans mashing their way through Early Access and developer feedback hell (in a good way)

Hades II from Supergiant Games has entered into Early Access on Steam to great fanfare, with the developer proactively taking in all community feedback via updates, tweaks, nerfs and more. And while the game isn't in a state of completion by any stretch of the imagination, much of the placeholder content has been lovingly embraced to a point that said community is asking Supergiant to just leave them as is (not all, just some such as this one).



If you managed to spend even a small amount of time with the OG, you'd know that the game's strength lay in its ability to constantly surprise the plyer with new dialogue branches, new slices of narrative and new unlocks to look forward to. The economy is about as good as any in the Rogulike space and even after the credits might have initially rolled for you, so much more game was waiting on the other side.

Author: Stephen Farrelly
Date: May 20, 2024

In short, it's clear Supergiant made the sort of game the team would want to play which, or many of us, turned out to be the same as what we'd want to play also.

Just how far along the 1.0 release is expected to be is still anyone's guess, but the more feedback and subesquent balancing the team gets to do, the quicker overall...

The future for the EA version of this sequel, which actually follows in the same release steps as the first game through Steam's platform, is we'll be seeing more story added, more characters added, dialogue, story and item updates and additions and so much more. The fact players are currently willing to play the incomplete version with placeholders and more is a testament to the strength of tthe biggest pull for both games overall -- gameplay.

Just how far along the 1.0 release is expected to be is still anyone's guess, but the more feedback and subesquent balancing the team gets to do, the quicker overall. Stay tuned for more on this latest in the self-published Indie realm as we'll be posting up impressions, wishlists and more around what might be one of the best sequels of all time in the space.

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Written By Stephen Farrelly
Stephen Farrelly is a veteran journalist and editor with more than two decades experience in the worlds of gaming, entertainment and sports under his belt. He is a proud pug owner, loves art in all forms, but particularly street and tattoo culture, and is the director of Swear Jar Editorial...
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