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[jshackles]

The first Hades game also had Early Access... on the Epic Games Store. It may as well not have even bothered. The game's launch (on Steam) was a huge deal. The game had a huge word of mouth following that has grown organically over the last few years. Hell, even The Cockatrice has the screenshot above for charts, the first game didn't even hit its peak until the second game was announced.

So, the game launched on Early Access on Steam last year. As others have mentioned, the game is extremely similar to the first game. The game isn't controversial either, people almost universally love it. All these factors boil down to there not being a lot of conversation around the game.

But guess what? The lack of conversation around this game has nothing to do with its quality. The game is still amazing, still deserving of it's MC score, and definitely something you should play if you liked the first one.

 

[ChoosableOne]

Also it's retarded to correlate its impact with you wanting to play the game. Just fucking buy it. It's great. Or dont and gtfo and stop arguing with people here.

I was not arguing, and didn't drag it on until you showed up with your insults, as usual. I was asking a question about game's popularity. But two sensitive hades lovers got triggered by a simple question. OT isn't just for praising games; criticism is part of it too. If you think otherwise, then you gtfo and start your own "Hades 2 fans" thread. And check your tag if you want to know who is retarded.

 

[John Bilbo]

OT isn't just for praising games; criticism is part of it too.

Agreed.

 

[The Cockatrice]

I was not arguing, and didn't drag it on until you showed up with your insults, as usual. I was asking a question about game's popularity. But two sensitive hades lovers got triggered by a simple question. OT isn't just for praising games; criticism is part of it too. If you think otherwise, then you gtfo and start your own "Hades 2 fans" thread. And check your tag if you want to know who is retarded.

You havent played the game. You're not criticizing anything. You're literally just arguing for no reason, besides the fact that you were wrong about its popularity compared to the first. You brought nothing of value to the topic nor am I some hardcore fanboy of Hades. If you want to talk about the actual game when you played it and want to shitpost about it, that's absolutely fine, but what you're doing is just dumb shit.

No one gives a shit about this game, right?

This is your first post here, and I'm the retard? No, really, just stop posting.

 

[HRK69]

But two sensitive hades lovers got triggered by a simple question. OT isn't just for praising games; criticism is part of it too. If you think otherwise, then you gtfo and start your own "Hades 2 fans" thread. And check your tag if you want to know who is retarded.

Oh, I'm a Hades fan alright. But I'm not a fan of extremes like how you popped into the thread with straight up baiting and hyperbole

Nobody here is arguing that you can't criticize a game. I do it enough myself and I said the exact same thing you just said about OTs in the MindsEye thread: threads aren't just for praise, criticism belongs there too.

But what you did wasn't criticism. It was a lazy, absolute dismissal of the entire game's existence and reception. If you wanna have a real convo about the game, cool and start with something that isn't nuclear from word one

 

[ChoosableOne]

Oh, I'm a Hades fan alright. But I'm not a fan of extremes like how you popped into the thread with straight up baiting and hyperbole

Nobody here is arguing that you can't criticize a game. I do it enough myself and I said the exact same thing you just said about OTs in the MindsEye thread: threads aren't just for praise, criticism belongs there too.

But what you did wasn't criticism. It was a lazy, absolute dismissal of the entire game's existence and reception. If you wanna have a real convo about the game, cool and start with something that isn't nuclear from word one

I said "it looks/plays exactly the same as the first game. I didn't see anything new in the videos, it looks like a dlc." so it was a criticism at heart. When I said "No one gives a shit about this game, right?", I didn't mean it literally, and every other poster understood that and replied accordingly — except you two, who took it seriously and personally. Of course plenty of people talked about the game; it was a GOTY nominee. But for a highly anticipated sequel to a popular IP with a 95 average score, I expected it to make more noise, especially in here(140 replies in 3 months? few mentions in GOTY thread?). I may have expressed that in an exaggerated way(I use "no one" a lot when I try to say few), but I wasn't trying to trash the game. I even said I wanted to buy it(and liked the first one), I was just wondering if there was a reason why it isn't being discussed much here and wanted to hear opinions from people who've played it.

Anyways... Ok, I'm leaving this thread to you, have fun. But let me drop one last nuclear before leaving: Bastion was better than Hades 1, and it was the game that truly deserved a sequel. Good night, gentlemen.

 

[Dutchy]

Early Access probably completely ruined what impact this game could have had on me. I know it's my own fault but still, such a terrible genre to be dripfed content for. Put about 200 hours in it. Completed everything there is to complete aside from going more than 32 fear. Absolutely loved everything about it and I'll rock some of those tracks for years to come.

That said it didn't hit me even half as hard as the first game and I find that so disappointing.

 

[HRK69]

I said "it looks/plays exactly the same as the first game. I didn't see anything new in the videos, it looks like a dlc." so it was a criticism at heart. When I said "No one gives a shit about this game, right?", I didn't mean it literally, and every other poster understood that and replied accordingly — except you two, who took it seriously and personally.

Funny how now it's 'everyone understood the hyperbole' after you spent posts defending it, then pivoted to 'agree to disagree' when facts hit

I didn't "take it personally". I indeed took it literally, because that's how you phrased it

Anyways... Ok, I'm leaving this thread to you, have fun. But let me drop one last nuclear before leaving: Bastion was better than Hades 1, and it was the game that truly deserved a sequel. Good night, gentlemen.

Alright man, you said 'nobody' and got shown people. That's all. Have a good one

 

[Nocty]

No one gives a shit about this game, right? What happened? Is the problem that it looks/plays exactly the same as the first game, or did everyone already get their fill during early access? I was going to buy it, but I didn't see anything new in the videos, it looks like a dlc. It looks like it sold quite well, but I haven't seen anyone talking about this game.

lmao what

it's better than the original imho, and I put about 700 hours into that shit.

H2 is excellent.