I’m back to Hades II (Supergiant Games) after the newest patch went live. I held off on playing it in the beta because I did not want to fuck up my save. I did copy it, following the instructions I found, but I was still hesitant because I have tried to do it before to no avail. I booted up the game for the first time in three weeks, I think, and I immediately fell back into the rhythm. I turned the game back to the time before I first beat–oh, spoilers.
*SPOILERS*
Chronos, the main boss on the downward path. That meant I had to beat both the ultimate bosses umpteen times again. Also, two of the items on the Minor List of Fated Prophecies became undone. One made sense because it’s the one that leads to the Epilogue–by the way, I’m glad that I still have my plat. I’ll pprobably do the two Fated Prophecies because I want to see if the epilogue is any different. The other is one I’ve talked about at length how it involved one of my favorite NPC from the first game who was done dirty in this game.
He’s asleep for the entire game, and I did several things to wake up. The way he wakes up and what happens after is just a joke. It’s insulting, really, and it was a crushing disappointment. If I have to do his again, it better not just be to do the exact same thing. There were theories as to why it was the way it was, but I think they just ran out of time. Or it was a placeholder for the real idea and they just could not get it in.
Either way, they had to undo that one as well because the last bit you get is after you see the credits. I’m hoping they improved that mission as well, but I’m skeptical.
I have done half a dozen runs. I was alternating downward path and upward path, but then started focusing on the downward path because if I remember correctly, you have to talk to Zag several times to get the weapon you need in order to do the thing with the upward path boss. And this time, he’s really pushing back on giving you the weapon needed to kill Chronos because he’s unesay about permanently slaying a family member.
You know what? He’s right. He was also right in that what happened to him in the first game was similar to what was happening now. Well, not really, but it was a family dispute. Zag had to do a lot to get out. And, he’s right in that Melinoë was acting like their father. For her to get huffy and self-righteous about the mission was pretty rich given that she was whisked away when she was a baby and never knew her family.