#my computer is only barely able to handle it fjkdfjd but that's fine...

[jesperr-fahey]

played the first couple hours of hades 2 tonight after avoiding all of the spoilers i could and oohhhh my god. oh my god.

the new characters alone are SOOOOO good!!!! losing my whoole mind over hestia, i love her design. and arachne!!! what a fun first world friend!!! i can't wait to find out who we meet on the other levels. tons of great new character designs and dynamics already. i wish odysseus was a bit more of a little shit but maybe we'll get there

and god. that first backstory section... small child melinoe playing hide and seek with hecate... she's been training her whole life to fight and kill but hecate knew she was still a child and took that into account and that's SO GOOD to me!!! she's a great first boss fight, i haven't beaten her yet but i've faced her a couple times and had a great time

i'm still getting used to the mechanics- i'm more of a "run in and smack as hard and often as you can" kind of gamer, so i'm not using the magick as much as i probably should, but we'll get there. and i do like that some boons let you have a different style- like the ones that sacrifice your mana for extra boosts! since i'm not using magick as much, those are usually worth it for me

truly the only Bummer for me right now is charon's design, i think that's a biiig downgrade from the first game! it's such a drastic change that i almost wonder if there's a story reason for it...? like, he's trying to stay more under the radar or something? i hope so, because otherwise it's just kind of a bummer. i miss his hat.

overall: loving the game so far!! so so curious about the story, and love how it's being revealed slowly. where's my boy zagreus!! is he okay!! can i help him!!