There's a boon list already
and boss guides, so spoilers are abundant.
People really waste no time XD
Edited by lalalei2001 on May 6th 2024 at 7:31:46 AM
The Protomen enhanced my life.
OH GOD WHAT DID THEY DO TO CERBERUS?!?
He's the third floor boss, and he's definitely seen some better days. God, if that really is him then what a mess he's become. My jaw actually dropped.
Someone save him! ;-;
EDIT: I wonder how much time has passed between the first game and the second—is Zagreus still around Meli's age in 'human' years?
Edited by lalalei2001 on May 6th 2024 at 8:44:41 AM
The Protomen enhanced my life.
Lucas the Dreamer
I decided to bite the bullet, just for the novelty of following a gane through early access.
Why waste time when you can see the last sunset last?
Brenner's Wolves Fight Again
Yeah, this is the first time I play an Early Access game too.
Where there's life, there's hope.
Some people have reached what appears to be the final boss already... i feel like in the full game there'll be more to it than that!
The Protomen enhanced my life.
I can tell people are gonna go crazy for the hot spring bonding scenes
Brenner's Wolves Fight Again
Alright! I gotta stay out of this thread for a couple days until I reach the end of the current build.
Where there's life, there's hope.
I have a new 
theory that the Chronos fought in Early Access is actually Zagreus, or is Chronos possessing him. Mainly for how similar they both sound, every mention of Zag being in past tense, and the similar builds, plus the game being in early access means we don't have the full story yet.
Optimistic Cynic
I can see a lot of people being attracted to Chaos now with their new design.
Dakini!
![[up]](https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/smiles/arrow_up.png "[up]"){kind=icon}
I haven't gotten that far yet, so I can't say for certain myself, but I like this theory a lot. Zag is the god of blood, and we did collect all that Titan Blood in the last game, so that might be how Chronos came back. Aphrodite even made a comment in one of my runs that 'all this conflict is over some bad blood'. Very suspicious wording there.
Eris is totally going to be the replacement for the Pact of Punishment.
Also muting this thread so I don't get the temptation to spoil myself!
Edited by ROTHY on May 7th 2024 at 7:57:34 AM
"It's just like... a series of overlapping curses..." - Flower Knight Dakini
Lucas the Dreamer
I never got why Hades being the Final Boss of the first game was treated like a spoiler. It was pretty obvious he would be the Final Boss for a variety of reasons (Game is named after him, he's the Big Bad, he's Zagreus' most personal foe, he is the ruler of the place you're trying to escape). Granted I've played a lot of games so it was probably easier to see the signs.
Edited by TheLivingDrawing on May 7th 2024 at 3:56:36 PM
Why waste time when you can see the last sunset last?
Probably cause it wasn't confirmed until towards the end of Early Access, and the game itself encourages spoiling it with [REDACTED].
The Protomen enhanced my life.
The Power of Toons and Anime
Quite the irony that one of the few characters that still only have the placeholder artwork is Narcissus of all people, you really can only go by his word for his looks.
And holy shit! The Scylla boss fight is a musical number!
I am glad I finished Hades at the end of April and wow now my hype for the second game is up on the roof now!! I haven't gotten to the early access since I would rather do full game but still.
A word to the wise, and also a spoiler:
If you reach Chronos on a run, make sure that you're in a position where you don't have to leave or do something before the fight is over. He will not let you pause the game during his boss fight. I cannot stress enough that this is an actual thing. Whether there will be a countermeasure introduced or not I have no idea.
Luckily for you there is one!
Brenner's Wolves Fight Again
I've defeated the third boss on first try. The axe is my best performance so far. Spamming the spin move is really effective.
Edited by RAlexa21th on May 8th 2024 at 5:36:31 AM
Where there's life, there's hope.
Simply spin, then win
I can't decide if I'd play the Early Access now, or wait until the final build is officially released.
I had a lot of fun playing the first Hades, as it's one of the few games that kept me pre-occupied during the pandemic, and I recall contributing tons of edits on this wiki's pages for Hades back then... But at that point, the game was already in its final build when I played it.
I'm curious on how "big" Hades 2 currently is when compared to the first game... Does it feature more biomes, weapons, upgrades, and Greek gods even if it's still in Early Access?
With Great Power, Comes Great Motivation
Yubi yubi!
I mean i think the devs said that right now in early access H2 has almost as much stuff as H1 had at completion?
Edited by MetaflarePrime on May 8th 2024 at 10:30:20 AM
"Have a good day. Have a good week. Have a good month. Have a good year. Have a good life." ~Civia
a
That's insane. Hades is stuffed to the brim with so much stuff already. Hopefully that's not a sign of serious bloat in the incoming months, though I have faith in Supergiant, as they haven't led me astray yet with their games.
Hitokiri in the streets, daishouri in the sheets.
Lucas the Dreamer
And Hades is fairly conservative with its content, having a quality over quantity design philosophy. The fact the game still has so much high quality content is insane. And this game is already the same size.
Edited by TheLivingDrawing on May 8th 2024 at 2:18:44 PM
Why waste time when you can see the last sunset last?
spoilers, obviously
Aside from the four levels going down, it's looking like there might be another set of levels going up. I don't know if there's also four of those, but I'll be trying to find out soon since I'm close to unlocking that option.
Defeated Hecate on my first try, thanks to Aphrodite.
Where there's life, there's hope.