It's pretty ambitious writing to even attempt this sort of story given the five thousand year old legacy of stories you're building upon, love to see it. Can't wait for Hades III being about usurping Chaos, destroying the very universe itself and then recreating it from first principles.

I expected the same sort of thing of thing in Hades II for Melinoë's story, which would have been fine, but I'm loving the bold move of having no less than the fates of all gods and Titans coming down to the actions of the Melinoë, rather than just trying to escape your dad's house like Zagreus.

Zagreus's story in Hades was self-contained; it could be read as just another short story myth like that of Narcissus or Ariadne or whatever, where it being unknown to the player makes sense "canonically" as just one of those many stories about Greek figures that got lost to time.

More specifically, I need to take a risk on more games. This ratings graph kind of reads to me that I don't play games that I'm not 90% sure I'm going to enjoy, which isn't really aligned with my goal to be a Games Enthusiast™ who appreciates all kinds of games. I can't appreciate what I don't play!

this game oozes style in its aesthetics, wow

anyways, gonna keep at it chasing the elusive 100% game completion!

the base difficulty is higher in this game compared to HK in terms of combat scenarios thrown at you, but you also have about 5x the options for dealing with those scenarios compared to HK, so I think it more than favors players than it punishes them.

crests, tools, and charms are your friends :)

the boss design was also pretty special, particularly for the timely one and the judgy one iykyk

I really want a boss rush mode for this game just so I can enjoy them again and again, please do it @teamcherry.bsky.social 🙏

the movement system is the best I’ve seen in a 2D game, genuinely the most fun I had was just moving through areas quickly by very skillfully using the movement options you unlock.

One flaw: Silksong needs a SM64 Koopa The Quick footrace minigame, I would KILL for that.