#hades

[adobewanphotobi]

is she. u know

thrilling four year follow up to this post:

[mollyjames]

Been replaying some original Hades game

[bikiniarmorbattledamage]

This is truly stiff competition for the worst case of willful false equivalence we've ever seen.

So, for those not aware: Ongoing embarrassment to gamers and the gaming industry, Mark Kern (former lead on FireFall), has been desperately trying to get Gamergate 2 going on X/Twitter... well after others have given up. If you need to get caught up on Mark, I recommend this video by documentary maker and experienced game developer, Dead Domain:

One of the latest fiascos in this mix has been the comparison of responses to character designs from Hades 2 (Aphrodite, left) and Stellar Blade (protagonist Eve, right). The post isn't by Mark, but is part of the general harassment campaign he's trying to lead.

If you're somehow not familiar with Aphrodite, she's the Ancient Greek goddess of love, lust and hot girl shit. It is absolutely perfect characterization for her to show up to a battle (or anything else) nude but for her hair teasingly covering the intimate parts of her body. But the buried lede here is, you don't fight her in Hades and nothing about Hades 2 indicates she'll fight there either, she just likes the aesthetic and has no reason not to indulge.

Stellar Blade will release on 26 April 2024, so we can't really give an informed discussion of her character. But what we do know is the studio head is the illustrator from Blade & Soul, Eve is described as being a member of "the 7th Airborne Squad" engaged in an "operation to reclaim the planet from the Naytiba", and the promotion material promises "an enthralling narrative filled with mature themes, mystery and revelation. Embrace the relentless pace, with no time to pause between moments where critical, story-changing decisions are made."

It's to be compared to games like Nier: Automata, Devil May Cry 5, Jedi: Fallen Order and Sekiro. And the screenshots look like this:

And yeah, unlike Bayonetta she's not supposed to be an unstoppable force of nature (and fashion) who is immune to self-doubt, she's supposed to be the scrappy underdog last survivor of her team.

Weird they gave her a costume that conveys... the opposite of literally everything they're supposed to be trying to tell you about her.

-wincenworks

[bluismie]

Zagreus being a big bro ༼;´༎ຶ ۝ ༎ຶ༽

[adamcytryn]

Someone has probably already pointed it out, but I absolutely love the detail of how Hades is touching Persephone, but his other hand, the one next to Zagreus is just kind of there, not entirely making contact. It shows really well that even though their relationship and things between them are better they're still not perfect (and probably never will be)

[gravesaint]

Supergiant hire me i have ideas

[snartles]

enjoying the hades 2 demo so far

[poreyneel]

Moros, Doom Incarnate

[whatthefuckistevvs]

[eanul-rmbl]

when hypnos wakes up i would like to see some slight beef between selene and hypnos becos they both liked the same guy (endymion) and selene got the guy

[ultimateinferno]

Someone pointed out Artemis and Melinoë have the same braided cords and the coloring jumped out to me. I remember seeing dialogue from some where regarding how Artemis and Hermes were the only Olympians who knew of Melinoë's survival. With Hecate raising her, there's three colors of a knowing inner group. I just don't know who could the pale blue be. Selene? Actually, throw Hermes out and the colors are all moon related Goddesses.

[xyrishi00]

wip of aphrodite! her new art in hades 2 is sooo pretty

[demilypyro]

I've still got it.

[then0rthernstar]

I hate Odysseus of Ithaca sm. like who allowed this guy to return to Ithaca? get back to the sea, get stranded. bitch. /j

[meggannn]

Burnt Blood Melinoë & Zagreus | 3k | general | thanks to @kesla for betaing!!

Melinoë’s long-awaited family reunion does not go as planned, and she returns to the Crossroads with enough strength to bring only one person back. Nobody warned her that her brother’s returns to the Underworld have always been a bit… macabre.

Excerpt:

Zagreus awoke with a jerk, eyes wide open to the heavens. One hand clutched for a missing weapon; the other shot up to his throat. He turned his head and spit up onto the grass.

“Oh,” he croaked, “it’s dry.”

Melinoë stared at him. “I’m sorry?”

He ran a hand through his hair, shaking it quickly, as if on instinct. “This isn’t the Pool of Styx.”

“No, young lord,” Hecate’s deep voice replied from somewhere outside her vision; she only had eyes for her brother. “I am the Witch of the Crossroads, Hecate. Be welcome in my domain.”

“Pleasure, Lady Hecate.” He closed his eyes again and leaned into the ground, wincing. “Sorry. I would bow, but I’m not quite sure why I’m horizontal. I normally bounce back from death faster than this.”

[catatune]

Hypnos needs his beauty rest 🐑