#h1-discussion
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even from himself
onlyenemies ... for 4.95 a month i will make your life a living hell...
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zeus
iesous
for maximum gilf
Boons or popularity?
looks
Oh
“IESOUS” is Greek For Jesus meaning — “Hail Zeus”
Accursed
wrong one
HAHAHA
I WILL scream
Zeus has a stache and a beard
steam doesn't copy right
Pos has a beard
Than leaves the topic
Hades has a stache
hades is phat
Zeus superior brother confirmed
Poseidon looks marginally younger imo
he doesnt go out and do exercise
poseidon go sweeming everyday
zeus is smiling too
Athena's great, whatchu talking about
yea but Zeus' smile is like. subtler?
She's second on the list of people I never refuse in a trial, besides Artemis
Poseidon got big award winning grin that makes him look younger
Zeus looks positively massive. He could look at me and my weak little bones would break
Whoops
yea, he incinerated one of his wife by just revealing his true form
Sounds like a perk
Anyways this server is great and funny
were just making fanfic 24/7
Generally SGG is pretty great
that's how myths are made
aeneid is a fanfic smh
Yuh
I dont even really like isometrics and I've loved every sgg game i've played
dvine comedy is further fanfic
They just do it right ig
also imagine how cool it would be like if we got actual models for the characters
even if they just stood in one spot
divine comedy is self insert at its prime
what is isometrics
epic but unlikely
45 degree angle
Well, possible
3D ARTEMIS
would buy
also yeah ive played them all except pyre and this is making me want to finish transistor cus I only started that
Olympians funko pops
transistor weird
is that what they're called
Artemis stays in the shadows... except when fighting boss # 3 when she refuses to go anywhere near the shadows
I ahvent played transistor but its wicked cheap on steam rn
iits not that good imo
That being said I might wait to buy it full price since I can afford it and wanna support
storywise its great
🤔
but i dont like the gameplay
Which other sgg games have you played? Would you compare it to any of the others
Like is it more similar do you think to, like, bastion? gameplay-wise
Ahh gotcha
Bastion is similar to hades but like slow
Honestly it seems like Hades is by far their best game yet
Cus yknow its amazing
pyre?
Didnt play it but I wanted to make a conclusive sounding statemnet
I havent gotten far enough in pyre yet to say but it def. seems like hades has the best replay value as far as pacing goes (since its a roguelike, that is)
GO ON AND SLAM
There is a moth in my room ):
eat it
l a m p
D:
shrews are insect eaters dont blame me
Moths are good
It is looking me in the eye
do bugs go to elysium?
no
yes
i think there is one significant change in Hades comparing to other games.. when you go further in the story, you don't want to cry.. and there is no heartbreaking ending
I agree I like em but idk what to do with him
I mean there are fish
they became the butterlfy ball to annoy you
Not yet at least
Hat
Aphrodite granted me the love punch
My heart was a little broken when I first beat the bbeg
HAHA
@nimble ocean not yet
indeed
Artemis
ArteMiss
Arteswiss
Artiss
die
On it boss
🔫
Now smiling than will come for you
Death Approaches
like you hear beats in the air, corresponding to the song you feel in your heart
sometimes you say something you gonna remember 8 years later at 2 am without able to sleep and refill yourself with regret
Thanatos killed them before they could finish
I love certain characters responding to than's... combat abilities
Same I only ever use ||mort|| on enemies with dialogue so that I can hear them scream in terror
figuratively
||boss #3 sounds so... offended?||
why are everyone here masochists or sadists
Ikr!
i count myself as sadistic btw
Im not
||what is he doing here!||
so ur sadistic
What
just remember there was a time you couldn't kill Meg, so more heat is just an equivalent to that
for everyone
megs always been easy for me
Some of them dont seem all that scary tho. Like extreme measures is scary until you actually try it
||Extreme measures 2 + The trap one = lava takes your death defiance as walking tax||
yey
well, everything seems interesting.. and only timed option is scary
Traps II: all traps instakill
I havent even dipped my toes into the trap one yet
How badly do you want the heat??
Oh the timed one isnt bad if youre using ao demeter fists
traps was the first I used but I've since learned what a couple giant purple arrows can do
lmao
Trap heat doesn’t matter until it does
I primarily use pierced butterfly so I would probably be fine with it? I might try it on my next run
I like to go for builds like "kill them all before they can land a hit" so butterfly fits relatively well
I'm too scared to not have some invuln keepsakes by the fb so I usually ditch butterfly by then. Likely makes it 100% useless to have taken it at all but oh well
What dors butterfly do?
increases damage for every room you clear without taking damage
Oh right, I forget
For me I usually make a mistake or two in area 1, a handful in area 2, and very single room from there onwards
though it has been a while since I've used the butterfly
1% in level 1
1.5% in level 2
2% in max
though, i do wish to get the bonus based on the room
because you either take pierced till the end or you dont
hey I've noticed an increase in people talking about hades mods here, I'd just like to inform you there is a hades modding discord, I post the link in #self-promotion every now and then. If you can't see the link, just type "hades modding discord" in the search bar, it should pop up
glad people are interested in hades mods 
Ahh that happens to me too lol. I think it must have to do with practicing motor coordination and also it seems like playing one game can help you approach others from a different perspective
Im a neuro student so things like game-related cognition are interesting as all getout lmao
Hmm maybe that's the case
I've noticed that hades requires a lot more thinking and coordination that I'm used to, timing attacks and dashes correctly have been the biggest learning curve for me by far
^
Timing dashes was my biggest issue
Cuz u can still get damaged if u don't have athena
But I'm alot better now
Still only one clear tho :(
all of a sudden im getting lag spikes every so often. might be pc or game
guess window updates lag the game when they want to override your game screen :(
Same problem recently, even with razer. Not usually an issue despite playing with a 620 but I just close everything else I had open in the bg and am usually fine
Windows updates notwithstanding, lol
Damn i missed butterfly talk
butt fly
well, he looks nightmarish
No he doesn't :(((
Than only sees Zag as a friend
aight
same bro
thanzag neighborhood
😔

still trying to get the Than route 😔
I honestly don't mind it
there are sacrifices I am willing to take
Ive done the Than route yesterday
❤️ 😔
Or well, the last heart
And what happened after that
Anyway what im meaning to say. Than cute
no
frfr like... I finished the Meg route and Than still won't let me unlock his heart
than skeary
Boy takes time this is all very new to him 😔
the face is old
Tbh i had Meg and Than unlock themselves to me around the same time
I mean DUH he's DEATH
That he's old doesn't mean dealing with having feelings for people isn't new
Yeeee it is
But he smiles in his front view and as weird as the smile is he SMILED
Than is a master of DRAMATIC EXITS
UGH MOM YOU DONT UNDERSTAND ME IM RUNNING AWAY!!! POFF
Zag: Than we need to talk I-
Than: actually I got work now bye
dramatic exit with jade green filter for some reason
Its how he avoids social situations he doesnt wanna be in
Than practiced that dramatic entry and exit I bet
he hath NO WINGS
I DONT SEE THEM
he has... a wing shoulder pauldron thing
IM BLIND
When he poofs, the effect around him kinda looks like wings
they are gween, not blak
gween
Listen i absolutely believe he has them. For the good of my heart
He just doesn't show them
winged Than... yes
I once saw art of Thanatos (not hades Thanatos, just the god in general) with star speckled black wings and I've never been the same
I think our Than would benefit from just solid black wings but please,,,, please consider,,,, either a metallic green sheen on his feathers when the light hits a certain way, or stars on the ends of his feathers
back to regular running away from home 850 BCE momento
Hypnos with tiny pigeon wings 🥺
Obsidian wings
Welcome
Ig: @carolinewheeler
Zag popping out of Styx after he just got murdered
pdfffft
what about no
I saw this same vine in a compilation but it was Achilles in Styx not Zag 👀
Were divine figures having wings even a thing pre christianity
@regal junco Yes, off the top of my head Sumerian reliefs often depicted deities as being winged
Neat
Also how am I allowed to post in the feedback channel
Do we have to get our thing approved first
Because I find the fact that the hallway to zags room and the hallway to the courtyard do not line up exactly
Unimaginably infuriating
check the pin
https://imgur.com/Jo6WSVW
Oh cool
I haven’t been able to play this game at all
Hello everyone. Yesterday i found this gem and fell in love with it. I was thinking and wanted to ask, are we allowed to Stream the game on twitch? 🙂
yep! there's lots of streamers playing hades too
Also can we talk about how amazing this game is for a minute.
Especially how everytime you think your out of new content or mechanics there some new surpirse thing
Or at least where I’m at on around run 50
Agreed! The pacing is excellent
Especially when compared to other rogue likes (like Etg, Dead Cells, and Rogue Legacy (which are all great also))that mostly just have new item unlocks after the first hour or so
And the writing is also amazing
Hypnos's "advice" is great too. I wanted to see what would happen if I turned heat to max and found out he still has new dialogue when something that has already killed you kills you again
Yeah hes my favorite
I've seen I believe 3 variations of the lout lines
Feel like im missing out considering ive never died to like most of tartarus
same, he unfortunately has less to say on victory than on death
I'd be curious to see exactly how much time each character has in voiced lines alone lol
Like if you were to put all of their dialogue audio back to back
and how much each va had to be paid because wow that's a lot of talking
Aye
Like if you just msde it a visual novel no one would notice
Yeah
There are so many tiny lines that are like “wow, they took the time to get the zag va to actually say that”
Especially for rare lines too. Got a final boss line for the first time on run, like, 75 or something yesterday
"in the name of someone very sore right now" is a personal fave
Same lol
Honesty it reminds me of fire emblem but like good
And also the pure genius of having a half god protagonist trying to escape the infinitely changing hell
Fire emblem but with more replay value
It such a good way of contextualizing why nothing really changes or matters
Fire emblem but the level grinding isnt a chore
Fire emblem but theres more thsn three character archetypes
Gosh I cant wait for the update im so excited
Fire emblem but you arent having noble very important children kill mercenary bands when they could very likely die
Actually, it isn't half god
Yeah
Fire emblem but there arent weird forced children mechanics that get progressively more strange
Oh good
I can see the love for Fire Emblem abounds 👀
awakening was weird but fates was a garbage fire as far as children mechanics
Instead of horny chess its horny doom
Did Three Houses even have the whole children shenanigans? I know it was in the earlier post-Awakening ones
I rag on it a lot for someone whose invested so many hours playing it lmao. Its fun even if its not super high quality
3h did not I believe
I haven't played it
Nothing wrong with picking on something every now and then, even our favourite things aren't flawless, after all 🤷♀️
Though I wonder if they'll surpass the invention of the child dimension one day
this may come as a shock to people but you can criticize the things you love, it will not make you love them less. i'm not directing this at anyone here but generally speaking people on the internet give me the impression that if you are critical of something, it automatically means you hate it, which is not true. but either way im not sure how this non-hades topic came to hades discussion
I don't know, I just hopped on. But very true
It is surprising to me how averse to any form of criticism people seem to be nowadays, though of course that's probably only the loud minority making a fuss
I mean like hades doesn’t have an ending right now but like
That it has a lot of polish, no? With little lines for many things you wouldn't think they'd care to acknowledge with dialog
im hongy
funfact deflect only means for projectiles, because it cause "something" change direction by interposing something; turn aside from a straight course.
for melee, its called "Parry" and no you cant really just beat someone with their sword unless you are holding their sword
so deflect is not misleading, you just thought a lil too much lol @regal junco
But like people dont think about that
They think about how in games deflecting only goes for projectiles
even if they were misinformed the first time, they could always learn
infact the up/down kinda suggest this isnt the issue at all once you know it isnt
you just well... know it
And yeah maybe i did, I personally didn’t think that you could deflect melee attacks and so was like athena bad cus bosses are almost all melee
But like
Probably?
I abused redacted by keep deflecting his sugar skulls
all boss comes with some form of projectile attack
tis for example, easy to abuse them
athena is probably has the safest boon in the whole pantheon and she def has a place
learn to adapt to it
But like
Theyre main thing is melee usually
So i dont heckin know
I mean
But like
unless you are colorblind and cant see projectile then i cant help you tbh
I wouldnt have learned that unless i was on the server and someone told me that athena counter
athena has like the most straightforward description for what it does but ok
Like
when i was new i had no idea that marked works and it took me several tries to know marked is objectively the worst against boss since you cant use it fully
Its clear what it does only if you know thst this is the first game ever to say that you deflect melee attacks aside from sekiro
Also are you trying to make fun of me cus every boss spawns adds or is a dual fight where is it somewhat useful
I think in sekiro it is called deflect tho
yes but what i wanted is marked to be continously reapply and it doesnt just apply once and we done with it
its better for normal levels than for boss levels
Well it used somewhat instead of not at all
Ok and for honor too i think but thats on weird dodging stuff
if you are so insist on that fine, help yourself then, infact some attacks can be DEFFLECTED
like when numbskulls charges at you
i really dk what do you want here
Its just that the word
aside from learn from mistake
Is a bit confusing
Helping new players is important because thats the only way you get old players
i honestly doubt that is ever a problem
It was literally
heck, a serious one
then its just you im sorry
There's probably not a reason to be this mean about it? It took a while to realize that melee attacks could be reflected due to their pink AOE, and that was from observation of other people. I don't think the term is necessarily confusing, but it is something that can be hard to figure out at first.
Helping new players is important because thats the only way you get old players
@regal junco you sound like this could end the game or something lol
as if people cant learn mistakes
But like
What if they dont
Plus its not hugely important
But its almost like random frustrating things are what the feedback channel is for
Will infernal chests spawning on the time pact end the game
Nay?
Was it still requested to be changed?
Yay
those are qol and actually impact a game, and it has requested multiple times before, it would be nice to have, but not necessary a must fix
personally, i dont see the problem myself since infernal trove can be skipped. I have managed to snag a few or two in lower heat, in high heat resource gathering is less of a concern at this rate
you really... don't need to hammer in how someone is wrong. this topic going on this long is really excessive and reflects badly on you
helping someone doesn't meant belittling them for thinking something that was incorrect
Sorry if I sound like that, but I found it more frustrating when they sound like this is breaking the game and im just trying to explain it really isnt
we are all once newbies and we never found problems with it
Hey at one point i just kinda accepted bow special will stay and i was really hate it when i was new, now i vibe with it
i get that, and indeed we were all newbies, and heck some of us may never get "good" at the game like other players, but i just found this whole conversation a bit 😬 no need to drag it out like this, it's really painful to watch
yeah
imma give up
i either sound passive aggressive or straight up cant argue with ppl and i should minimalize it
@novel wasp Dont be so hard on yourself, often their are thing to improve on, but not all bad situations are the own fault. Understanding and stuff, how you interpret something is in the eye of the viewer. 🙂
old hades gamers here?
who was the first romanceable option in the game, Meg or Than?
because than does not show up all the time
while meg has a reliable way to show up aka beat her
i say meg will always be your first romancable option
well, same, and it makes sense
but i meant, who was the first available option added
or they became romanceable simultaneously
I'm guessing Meg? Seeing as she's the first boss and everything and they already had a relationship with zag and all that
think they are all romanceable as soon they were released
Than's mechanics seem more unrelated to the core gameplay than Meg
but you could always check patch notes
what happens if I reject meg?
Nothing! She accepts it and nothing bad happens, you just aren't in a relationship with her.
Also for the most recent feedback thing it should probably be dio who talks sbout
Considering he replaced her in the pantheon i think
there are two versions
either it includes Dionysus
or it includes Hestia
but the "replacement" or Hestia willing to go down and let Dionysus step up was never recorded and is probably modern invention
and both versions will never have both at the same time
Huh
I rlly have to draw but I wanna play hades again so BAD
AUGh
hades as a little treat for artist?
Do it in bits between runs, or finish a zone and do like 5 minutes of work while the timer's paused?
I am not sure I trust myself
Honestly i really like how hades paces itself so each run is always like 30 minutes ish
So i can measure proportionally my hades to work ratio
You should go work dude, I've been in the "just a little more Hades" mentality for a while and this game doesn't get any less enjoyable any time soon
shall i bring back the thanatos wallpaper
Gimme like a day and ill have finished drawing smiling than
Which i guess is redundant because its already drawn
By a way better artist
Bet hrkc
Ahh but are you drawing cursed smiling than or blessed smiling than
Thats the real question 
y. you can draw things even if you think someone else has done a thing "better"
you can draw something even if someone else has done it because it's still your art and it's still your take and it's great in its own way 
my friend really has to know that..
she is afraid even to speak with people, and scared of critics..
and has little self-confidence, bc someone else does things better
im here half as her representative :c
Yeah ik, like there was a bit like that when i started writing
And then looked at basically every piece of media ive ever like and was all “this is impossible”
But then i remeber like i just need to practice and also nobody cares
So I'm not an incredible hades player or anything, but does the bow attack feel slow and bad?
Usually, only if you're trying to force it to power shot all the time.
Ideally you're only going to go for short, rapid shots.
I'm able to ice skate around with the shield and wreck, and the fists I can roll face with too. But even hitting power shots 95 percent of the time it's real bad damahe
Oh is this my issue?
shield bad
advantage of the bow is as long as you keep moving you aren't in range of a lot of attacks
though there are quite a few ranged foes
Yeah, if you're only going for power shots, it's gonna feel gross. You only really do that if you're sure it'll kill or if you have time due to it going like, invulnerable.
It's higher damage over time to just do the shorter shots, too, especially once you get some boons for attack on it.
Shield is most definitely not bad
yeah i wasn't even gonna touch that
haha
I've noticed a lot of people like to make very confident and singular statements about what's good or bad
It's usually a good way of identifying people that are getting into the game but still have a lot to learn. Honestly I love it; hearing the different opinions of what people find strong is a testament to how diverse the possible successful builds are and how some people's style of playing can be vastly different from others
I know I prioritize some boons and hammers that others find trash
@wind nest When it comes to the bow, the 3 different aspects have ways of achieving power spikes:
- Zagreus: Daedalus Hammers make it deadlier, with upgrades like Twin Shot and Explosive Shot. It’s main source of damage is the Attack so capitalize on that (I had a run with Triple Shot + Explosive Shot + Frost Strike, for example, and I just steamrolled)
- Chiron: specializes on Special so get boons that will boost it’s damage potential (Artemis, Demeter, Dionysus are good options)
- Hera: gives emphasis to the Cast but you can also treat it as a Zagreus Aspect without natural critical chance. Getting Dionysus Cast is good with it since it will make the bloodstone drop faster (plus Trippy Shot has great Duo boons)
As a general tip for Coronacht, regardless of which aspect you pick, attack from afar and dash-strike your power shots; they will charge faster and you will remain stationary less often
there literally isnt any "bad" weapon, it's all a matter of personal taste and learning how to utilize the weapon, its upgrades and aspects
i personally dont care for railgun, its one of my weakest weapons to run with because ive not hit a point im comfortable with it yet, but that doesnt make the weapon bad. i at least acknowledge that i dont have a clue how to use it yet lmao
man I just tried out the fists for the first time
usually I prefer the ranged weps but these things shred
luv the fisty bois, they give in to my need to throw myself carelessly into danger and just hit stuff
'that's probably why you're not comfortable with rail' yes.
It's way easier than I expected to not take damage with them too
oh yeah, they are very fun all around
thats talos isnt it, i think i usually run demeter
I didn't really have any problems with taking damage from pulling them in
maybe I lucked out because I got a zeus lightning on special and picked up jolted before I got to elysium so anyone I pulled in self damaged on their first hit
@narrow hemlock It's funny because the Rail is my number one favorite
oh yeah rail is kinda favoured in high heat runs isn't it?
I actually used to hate bow but then I learned to utilize it better and now I really like using hera aspect, but rail still thwarts me
The current speed run meta uses spread fire on rail, and it can also be used at high heat due it's very high dps
I find it it a little vulnerable for heat 32, but I haven't tried it a ton
I'd recommend starting with zeus keepsake to force zeus attack
eris aspect and then go for rocket bomb hammer if you can, artemis special, athena dash
triple bomb second hammer if you can, but those are the core ones for me
I've tried some of those and they don't vibe with me
maybe I am simply destined to suck balls with rail, who knows! I'm burned out with the game for the moment as it is so I probably won't touch it again til the next update
please move this to either #h1-builds-and-combat or #h1-story-discussion as the final boss is spoilers @dusky perch
ty ^_^
srry, it's not everyday to see half of the final boss's health fly away with just three cast
just getting hyped :>
@wind nest Every weapon can benefit from a hermes speed buff and a few good hammers. My favorite way to build the bow is usually to focus on the Special as it works pretty well in big groups (especially to apply some kind of DoT) and it's especially lethal when used as a close range shotgun.
I actually had a really fun bow run today with Aphrodite on the special and Ares doom on the attack, which I got to bounce between enemies with a hammer upgrade. Basically everyone had weak and doom all the time, never got to attack me because I had whole groups stunlocked at a time, and it was surprisingly satisfying.
Hi all, just come to get one final say on whether I should actually get Hades, I play a lot of rogue-likes, and I enjoyed transistor, which is when I discovered Supergiant OuO
just do it
its only begun, get ready for some serious have fun and story
Yes
Also are all the percentages multipliers or additive? like, boons + jerky for example
I think its additive
feels additive yea
Is playable un terms of content or wait full relea se?
Marcos the game is very playable
I'd say the only issue for me is there's no real ending yet
but it's the most fun i had gaming in the past year+
Yeah the story is the only thing thats really lacking atm but thats bc they are saving it till right before full release
From a gameplay state its polished to the moon and back
if you like diablo (or any other A-RPG) and enjoy variety, this is a lot of good hours of gameplay, and the actual characters/plot are solid as always in Supergiant games
How many hours of content ate right now?
Gonna come down to your skill and how much you like trying new 'builds' in A-RPG
I found that it took me 20+ hours to reach the current ending, but then i keep on playing cause i wanna progress in the builds i can craft and see all the variations
yeah, it took me about 20 hours to get to the current end
Thanks all for the info
what point is the current end?
zagreus doesnt understaqnd the real world so he dies
at least i think thats the current end
oh, I thought that was referencing like the current end of the ingame narrative
anybody know if supergiant will be adding diverging paths similar to gungeon or isaac?
maybe like something to do with Chaos or something
i wish, but i think all the content planned is done
except for the weapon aspects and keepsakes
they have never done any dlc, but i heard a few people saying they are considering it
no clue though
I would too in a second
well they've also never done a roguelike before
I remember them saying they were planning on some boss variance, but hadn’t nailed down exactly how it would look. There’s more content, but the roadmap hasn’t really told us exactly what it looks like yet.
i understood that the last boss variance is a harder version of the last boss with the pact
i could be wrong though
okay boss variance would be cool but that's not really the same thing as like a completely diverging path similar to nuclear throne's bonus rooms, isaac's secret exits, and gungeon's lich/advanced dragun
secrets are lit.
especially in games like these.
the only equivalnet currently in the game are the duo and legendary boons
and forcing their prereqs.
I'm really hoping for a diverging path in a dlc or something, i really doubt it will be in the actual release though
that will probably depend on how much the game sells
i kind of doubt it because of their history though
but their other games had actual endings.
Hades is about eternity and how these gods never die.
alternate paths make sense;.
it really does because its getting stale after beating it a million times
I've been hoping for a new fire god, but my hopes were squashed
it has the potential to cement itself in roguelike S tier with like isaac and gungeon and spelunky.
it just needs those secrets man
the way its designed, its hard to make secret
the thing I'd like to change the most in this game is the heat chambers where if you get hit once, you lose the reward, i never enter them because i always end up with an onion!
i can't count how many times i get the exploding carts and im done!
Secrets in Hades could work pretty simply, like if you break a special glowing Vase that spawns randomly on Asphodel or something, it prompts one of the Styx rooms to have a special portal even that leads you to like Chaos' floors that're super hard and but let you get access to huge spikes in power that would be like required to be the alternate end boss or whatever.
The heat thing is cool or whatever but it'd also be cool to be able to dynamically make my run harder through paths. More risk more reward. Chaos gates is the baby version of this. Make Chaos Paths the true gauntlet.
Hell could even make Chaos Paths for every floor and have Chaos Alternations for the bosses that stack with their heat buffs.
Charge me another $30 for the Chaos DLC.
If Diablo 2 taught me anything about game design it's that literally everybody loves a secret cow level.
pitch it to the developers and see what they say
they are very active with responding with the community
especially the diverging paths
i think for the moment they are really mostly focused on getting the game to 1.0, anything beyond that is bonus
there is still a lot of narrative content that needs to be finished by 1.0
it's just that the roguelike community is super anal on twitch and youtube, here's hoping that narrative content also extends to gameplay content too. a lot of people just skip dialogues and are in it for the mechanics.
dead cells is a good example of that
dead cells had no story whatsoever for a really long time though
basically until 1.0
yeah, story was never a focus in dead cells, whereas it is in hades
you can really tell who's playing hades as a fan of supergiant, and who's playing as a fan of the genre in general. supergiant is literally known for the narrative aspect of their games, and that still holds true in hades
honestly for me the narrative is what makes hades more fun over dead cells. i had to drop dc because it became less fun for me as a casual player through each update. as much as i want to like roguelikes i'm just generally bad with the genre as a whole, and it almost made me hesitate on hades because i wasnt sure if i would just end up dropping it like any other time i play a roguelike. but i trust supergiant's ability to tell a story and i was rewarded for that bc i ended up loving the world they set up in hades the most of their four titles
@narrow hemlock I'm feeling exactly the same
As a fan of both I think they've done a great job of narrative plus gameplay...I think the only rogue lite I've played that has more of a narrative focus is Children of Morta, but the gameplay isn't as polished....SGG really hit right on target with this one
I always enjoyed Supergiant's worlds and characters, they make such great games, but Hades is the first game I keep playing after finishing since the gameplay loop is perfect for me. Always loved trying new builds in Diablo and the like, so this makes it a perfect game for me.
I feel like - once they finish the story proper, if they focus on adding more gameplay content I'd happily pay 10-20$ for it, no questions asked. I'm only just starting with heat runs, but I can see how it gets stale after 100+ heat-runs even with all the added challenge you can pick and choose.
Adding a DLC with extra chaos-paths (for example) and tons of new god-boons would be 10/10...
they're adding more boons in June
Super!
and items, and aspects
I'm far from bored after like 30 hours and 50+ attempts, but I would love to never get bored!
Well @alpine yacht I've got close to 300 attempts at this point....and still not bored...not sure on time but that's not the best indication since I've been playing since launch and the tries used to go quicker lol
Took me 40 tries just to 'finish' the base game, now starting the heating process and variance of aspects of weapons...I can see it lasting 1000 runs without any additional content 😄
had it for two days played about 18 hours. and. still working on the base game
Yea took about the same time here, but we seem to be on the bottom end of the skill ladder
I finally beat it on my 30th attempt. And I'm still goin! I want The house to look amazing
I mean as a Roguelike "finishing" the game is up to the person. I have been playing since Steam launch and and still play everyday. SG is pretty good about smaller patches inbetween the larger major patches which is nice.
srr, can you tell me how much days till new update?
not known
there is currently no specific date set for the next one, only that it will be some time in june
ok, thanks
I have 35 attempts and ~24 hours in the game. Still haven't beaten the final boss once. Other than not being bad, what are some tips you guys have to get to that next level? What are some good items to look out for? What are the best weapons for beginners?
Also I'm so addicted, only got the game on Sunday. Loving it despite getting my ass beat every round lol
@jolly bridge best advice is slow down your actions and be more deliberate. learn about Duo Boons
Hello~
Best weapon for beginners would be Aegis (the shield). You can block attacks with it, you can Bull Dash with it for mobility, and it has great Aspects 
Great! I definitely need to slow things down. I've only really played with the spear so far
As for boons, it depends on the weapon/aspect
Remember, trying to stay alive is more important than clearing rooms asap. Focus on survival and you will clear it!
I find the sword to be the most beginner friendly
it has a great dash attack and the special is an aoe which helps clears nearby enemies easily
@jolly bridge I would also give a gift to every character you meet and are able to. Some of the items you get are amazing and changing them up along the run in the middle stages between tarteris and asphodel and so on depending on your situation helps a lot.
best items I use are from Skully, thanatos and dusa
I think I've gifted most characters! I've been using the one that brings you back to life once
Nice! Then I wish ya luck m8.
I used the sword a lot when I started out, specifically with the third aspect once I unlocked it because it has a lot of value for only being at level 1
How does the mirror talent 'abyssal blood' stack against the normal 'boiling blood'? I only now discovered there are green talents and so am considering 😄
25% isn't bad, but generally speaking more offense is better than more defense.
cool cool
also wondering about golden touch, since i find myself spending a lot at styx
Does anyone know how stacking slow works? Is it straight additive and is there a cap?
golden touch adds up quick, though you have to hold off on shops a little bit
Just won my first game! Taking my time helped so much. Also got really lucky and had a crazy lightning strike spear build that melted everything.
10 stacks of chill, killing freeze, abyssal blood, numbing sensation?
man i wish i knew how anything stacks in this game
dunno if all the damage bonuses are additive or multiplicative and same for slow
and cba testing myself
wish we had a skelly between regions so we can test stuff
Nearly every damage bonus is additive, but there a couple that some people insist are multiplicative
and yeah, one of the first feedbacks I submitted was to create a room where we could try out all of the boon and hammer combinations
It would also lead to a more comprehensive and accurate wiki
i think a room like that might ruin the fun for a lot of people honestly
it's optional
but it would help us on the wiki page
Just a little room in the house
i would just want to have detailed tooltips, just sent that request in feedback
like - as an option
for those that want to test things out
yea the test room is neat...i just know it would've ruined my fun a lot if i had run into it too early
at this point, after clearing the base game, i feel i need one
Because to test things out you need to go through a whole run and just hope you get what you wanted to test
It should be unlocked later
yea
then 100%
like, if it unlocks with heat i'm all for it
that seems reasonable
I think jumping into the game without the wiki or this discord is the best way to start
it is 100% the best
i had so much fun in those first 20 hours discovering everything
It should be a thing where you can only test a boon after finding it
but now when i start min-maxing its good to have real knowledge
oh that can be a possibility too...
might be rough for some
Exactly, and then when you start to learn the nuances behind the mechanics, you've got this base-line of gameplay skill that you built up and then can better harness knowledge that the wiki and this discord can provide
I agree @tight axle
Would be weird to be trying out boons and hammers that you've never seen before
I just open youtube for that
to see what a certain hammer does for example
it does ruin some of the fun though
You know what would be amazing is if they were to create a level creator for the game
man if we get more levels/mobs
this game is gonna be real eternal
if this game gets a mod scene its gonna be mad
seriously
I can see people creating full on runs that are a totally different experience but equally as fun
yo...the testing room should be behind Achilles !!!
It's possible that locked room is reserved for it
aw man, i can't get enough of this game
glad to know the locked room isnt locked just for me
thought there's still smthn im missing
it feels like there's an endless depth almost xd
how to explain a test room with the powers of the gods on standby in universe though?
If you are happy setting goals for yourself and working towards completing them, the game has a ton of replayability
Hmm, good point, it would be tricky to add it in but still make it a logical choice for a room within the universe
Maybe chaos or somewhere in the underworld where things arent as they should be
Maybe at some point, skelly reveals he's some sort of super deity
i thought the best solution for the test-room would be a prayer room (to get boons) or in a dream-state
Ahh yeah
but it is hard to justify lore wise
dream state is a great idea
And urns are the dummies
The bed would just be the way to enter the testing arena
yea that's my best idea atm
And you go through your memories of everything you've experienced and can try it out
like a lucid dream
seems legit
it can even be the extra-bed (sofa?) you buy
or a bed upgrade that u can unlock after beating the game
I was just gonna say
think that's a pretty solid idea
or maybe something about how your weapons remember what has aided them kinda like the aspects and allows you to bring them back in a limited fassion?
an expensive bed upgrade that is so comfy, that zag just can't resist
i love it
man i see the feedback running in, the gang will never run out of great ideas to improve their game
its beautiful, and probably frustrating
I wonder how they treat feedback
My guess is they go through it and note ideas they find good
and then slowly whittle down that list to things they really want to add
you think they ever look at a popular idea and ask themselves why their fans are so stupid?
Yes
But then I think they also look at a popular idea and think, wow, that's genius
I bet there's a few popular ideas that would ruin the game-experience for sure
it happens with all games
Like, the fish tank idea is a very popular one and doesn't really affect the over-all game experience, so I bet it will get added somewhere down the line
man - i gotta say - i wish totalbiscuit was alive to see this game, not sure why this popped in my head except the fact he pointed me towards transistor and then i couldn't help but play all of supergiant's games
or did he play it?
i forgot this was in early access way back
hope zag is keeping him company down there
I have never heard of him before, but his name is John Peter Bain
It just felt strange to me to refer to them by their screen name
he did some good work promoting lesser known devs, and when i heard of transistor from him when it was released supergiant was defo lesser known still
not offensive or anything, just strange. We live in a strange world
but god dang they make some awesome games, each and every one
Yeah SGG is the epitome of a great game company
They deserve all the funding they need and to grow as much as they'd like, but then I feel like they have a tight crew of passionate people and that's why everything they make is top tier
the fact that they keep the same base-crew, or so it seems, between games
and it works
is magical
So...think I should trade olympian favor for legacy? I feel its not that giant of a trade off but the risk of getting screwed with grey boons might be too much
It makes sense though; if everyone in the company likes each other and enjoy working together, along with their collective love of video games, anything they make is gonna be gold
So I'm not a big fan of legacy
i feel its just gonna screw me, but will let me see some newer cool builds
i like reducing the RNG though by having 40% rares
I will say, like with everything in this game, try it out
But after trying it out, I feel like i end up seeing more legendaries and duos with favor
Using yarns of ariadne or god keepsakes
or taking the boon in a "skull" room when you have the prereqs for the legendary or duo
interestng
Plus having your core boons being rare or epic is almost better than finding that one legendary or duo, unless the build hinges on it
Idk if anyone knows unless they've peeked at the code
But through fated persuasions and things that up boon rarity, I can usually get my legendary or duo that I'm looking for
But just for fun, since im darkness farming on 0 heat, ill try some olympian legacy and god's chosen
yea i'm 'farming' while progressing heat slowly atm
so after finding out the mirror has a green side, now after running heat 2....
changed 3 talents only
would change a lot more for speed-runs but for my purposes this feels right
I'd say extra dash (or its alt if thats your thing) and extra dds are probably the mandatory ones
everything else is helpful
yea - just my gamestyle
yea i got everything maxxed
except the fated
like, from the talents i picked
could probably maxx the reverse of most too
I love the dash alt IF I can find extra dashes
if I hit the final boss with 1 dash, I feel hopeless
maybe worth taking if u put the hermes gift
Hermes tends to be pretty consistent on giving them in asphodel, thankfully.
Having fated persuasions also gives me more confidence
heck yea
i kinda wanna try more keepsakes but the feather feels too stronk
i can't avoid taking damage yet, almost ever
plume*
I find using god keepsakes too useful, and then broken spearpoint a godsend for the part before the final boss
(trying not to spoil anything)
yaya
I like anything that lets me control the rng
i bet on higher heats the spearpoint comes in handy
It pretty much prevents being posioned
i don't pick the god ones atm since i am not trying to go for a controlled build
but i bet if u go for high heat u need something of that sort
Yeah I never chose the gods until higher heats
I used Charons keepsake quite a lot actually
oh yea that's real useful i find
especially elysium/styx
if u can finish styx fast - rng - and get to the final boss with buffs
oh my
definitely in styx. I had a cast build the other day and ended up getting to the FB with two extra casts (using stygian soul mirror)
i feel i wouldnt mind opening with chaos, moving to something else, and then finishing with charon's
I do that occasionally
And if I have a disappointing start and no chaos gates, I just restart the seed
man i dont think i ever had a run without chaos on tart
It happens, but even 1 good chaos boon makes it all worth it
just unlocked my first companion finally, and maxxed it, wonder how much easier things will get before the final part
any miniboss should be a joke now right?
with batman
So already I can say I hate olympian legacy and god's chosen
My one tip with companions
wait which is which, i forget
god's chosen feels very weak to me
because you will forget to use them when they would actually be useful
i like currency, and dont feel i'm getting too few boons/hammers
I just hate getting common after common
yea that's what had me worried
forgetting to use companions when they would be useful is the biggest mood
i like that its just 1 key to test stuff out though
It's a pretty common experience because they come after you've already established a play style
i could've unlocked it earlier but never bothered looking into the wiki and such before i finished the game first
'finished'
depends on how leveled they are, a couple of mine are hurting for ambrosia, which i've been saving for affection. but also depends on the fight. usually will save for a later boss but if i see a stupid butterfly ball in elysium im probably popping a summon if im not using skelly
all i wants is to heart aphro...not the others QQ
u can't use the companions on bosses right?
so i recall
depends
meg than and dusa cant be used on the final
||bc thats their employer so that makes sense||
i dont think you can use meg against furies? cant recall. beyond that there are no stipulations
right
maybe i should've picked a different comp for starters
cuz my only issue is the last boyo
like, he can kill me sometimes
||I love that everyone in the house sides with you in the end to the point where if they all just decided to go against Hades at once there would be nothing he could do about it||
low heat
hey, he can't do anything about just zag
😄
though i bet he isnt even trying
like the boon choices
between the gods
So I hate legacy mostly because it makes getting anything decent from Hermes impossible
https://i.imgur.com/dJ17Epe.png really...
I go on a pot smashing rampage hoping theres a hidden money pot somewhere behind the others
you always get urns in that chamber, until you actually need that one coin
and then the game is like, hmm no urns for you
Also is it me or does the game give you waaaay more urns in styx
the urns that give coins usually glitter so its easy to tell if you got one or not
ye in the mini rooms you can plow through a bunch without even realizing it
got 2 chaos chambers in tar
It's when I try and farm darkness that chaos plays hard to get
sometimes I see urns that are so impossibly tiny and I'm pretty sure their size is randomized
yup, but with my luck right now, not a single one will provide a darkness increase
Just got a chaos in well as well as one in the chamber so there ya go
do i have to clear the heat 1 level by 1 level in order to obtain all the bounty rewards?
there’s nothing stopping you from doing high heat, but you’ll only get bounties one heat level at a time
whats everybodys favorite shield aspects? I cannot get used to this weapon
Zeus or bust
I put a point in chaos but I keep clipping edges of gaps and stuff and only fly like 3 inches when using bull rush
I dont like chaos personally cus the bulk rush feels really clunky to me
imo chaos is just shield+, puts extra damage behind the most defensive and most mobile attack in the game
or use the short bash hammer upgrade
it shaves the time of bullrush
and more chaos spam
i for one doesnt like the bullrush in its original form as well
also @dire grove why is the KoS having 20 uses wtf???
ive never seen it
Zeus Aspect is SO fun
@spring lava Chaos for sure. Extremely powerful for single target and helps clear. Zues is great but needs a grace period after launching special so you dont unintentionally cancel it immediately when youre mashing buttons in the heat of battle
@novel wasp best item ever
laughs in hammer
tbh yea leaf clover is good too
rejuv pack is the best legendary too
like rip corpsebloom
tfw i used to be able to exploit trans+shaped glass with 0 penalty just feels good
now they patched it so trans shield will get halfed 😿
Maybe we should discuss somewhere else? Like that server? Lol
But yes I exploit trans+glasses as well😩
Get back to hades, I started getting bored for grinding titan blood and diamonds after playing for 50 hours
you pimp thanathot with it
There's a reason why I'm actually glad I can immediately recall the shield though. Like, two, actually. One is for Explosive Return, another is if I sent the shield off in the wrong direction on accident and need to adjust. @inland shell I can go into this more in Gameplay if you want to keep talking about it in detail?
will the game include more variant for maps, boss, environment instead of the fixed four stages and bosses we are definitely going to see in every loop
Yes , I keep seeing this question come up. The game is at least another 6 months away from a full release and that’s not mentioning further expansions free or otherwise@brisk trail
That's great, then I am definitely looking forward to it👍
i doubt theres new biome
but the layout def can come since those are much more managable
than say, whole new biome
gonna borrow this
@spring lava - as a no-skill player I feel the shield is one of my favorites. Either Zeus or normal aspects work best for me, 10% damage reduction is good always (5% for 1 blood) and that Zeus special can be insane with the right boons (posi/dio for example)
I put a bunch of blood into chaos on a gamble and am running Ares
things die quick
Also Satyrs are now easy. I despise those. oh thats really nice
there's not gonna be a new biome, go through the ask supergiant channel, this was confirmed
they might add new chambers or smth but an entirely new area won't be added
also @dire grove why is the KoS having 20 uses wtf???
@novel wasp theres a thing that change it to 1 per chamber and this grants additional health after revive
it gives 10% more for 20 chambers
i thought you can use 20 rez lol
yea, would be broken af
Names of Zagreus:
Chaos: O' Son of Hades
Zeus: Dear Nephew
Poseidon: Little Hades
Hades: Boy
Demeter: Young Zagreus/Lil' Sprout
Athena: Noble Cousin
Ares: My Kin
Aphrodite: Little Godling
Dionysus: Zag-Man
Hermes: Coz/Boss
Nyx: My Child
Dusa: Prince
Thanatos/Megera: Zag
Achilles: Lad
Sysiphys: Your Highness
Demeter: Young Zagreus
@calm laurel what about lil sprout
also Charon is the HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH
huh, thanks
also Athena's 'noble cousin'?
so that's what her's is
ares always refers to zag as my kin
Ah I forgot about him 
where's Artemis? I believe she calls him Zagreus all the time
yeah
@calm laurel Hermes be like: Ey b0ss
true
forgot to add Bouldy, too: "..." 
Afro-dite
So who do you guys think is going to be the fire god if another ones gets added? Hestia or ya boi Hephaestus?
apollo
Nah, hermes had not fire under his domains surprised he doesn’t give any bonuses with death defiances though
No I mean that Helios has little time to chat
's fine
I want Heppy to be hammer boon
while Apollo to be fire god
Hestia and Hera would be nice addition to tell you how much a douche zeus is
Nah, apollo feels unlikely to be the fire dude
but idk what boon they can give
I'd imagine Apollo would make you a war bard or a light mage
Yeah, Hestia and Hera also feel likely because they got aspects too
Death defiance shenanigans?
maybe
that's why he has a helmet
Maybe but he’s got baller blessings to compensate
"battle" scars
why
checks out
would you use those to shave
no
Because it’s cool™️
he enjoys blender
thats why the first smoothie shop is opened by him in hades universe
why is he holding a kopis instead of a xiphos?
he just enjoys to maintain blender blades to the point his family kinda worries about his hobby
Olympians
Caring about anyone
just like butterfly
you wont keep it
you wont keep it
Do i lose the dodge
damn it
Additively*
I'm going to commit a few hate crimes brb
which is graphed linearly yes
Wait so