I've dreaded the day I'd ever be disappointed with Supergiant Games.. This game is unfortunately it.
I waited for a significant amount time before even buying it, hesitant due to it being a sequel riding the hype of Hades (one of my favorite games of all time) So, expectations were high, along with the fear of disappointment.
Unfortunately, as sequels tend to go, Hades 2 is just an empty imitation of it's predecessor; it falls flat in every way that made Hades shine.

Right from the start, our main character Melinoë is a weak willed, annoying, grating, mindless, unfunny & pedantic drone.
Especially in the almost immediate contrast with Nemesis & Hecate; 2 females characters with strong personalities who would have been far more enjoyable as MCs.
Also, in comparison to Zagreus from Hades, who had a strong personality and grit along with an entertaining, sarcastic, self-deprecating sort of humor; Melinoë just feels like a random NPC you accidentally clicked on.

While Zagreus' task in Hades was essentially 'run away from home' -- it still manages to have such a captivating story. -VS- Melinoë, who wishes to save her whole family; and yet the story feels so... empty.
It feels more like we've been indoctrinated into a cult 'DeAtH tO cHrONoS' instead of it being our own will to save our entire family.

HOW SG managed to do a female protagonist SO DIRTY is lost on me; they have SO MANY wonderfully well rounded female characters in all of their games, and yet, we get this sad dull blob of a disgrace in a sequel to a game that should have been left as it was.

Game play feels like 'more of the same' and yet somehow worse than Hades.
The weapons are all boring, seeming to play relatively similarly to each other -vs- the very large variety in Hades that allowed for a wide range of play styles.

Everywhere Hades succeeded, this game fails. The ONLY thing that it has that is equal to Hades is the art.
In the areas where Hades was a bit trying, this game seems to double down on. It's a rogue-like, so repetition is a given, but MY GOD that's enough slices.

[h2] Worse than Hades in Every Way [/h2] I've dreaded the day I'd ever be disappointed with Supergiant Games.. This game is unfortunately it. I waited for a significant amount time before even buying it, hesitant due to it being a sequel riding the hype of Hades (one of my favorite games of all time) So, expectations were high, along with the fear of disappointment. Unfortunately, as sequels tend to go, Hades 2 is just an empty imitation of it's predecessor; it falls flat in every way that made Hades shine. Right from the start, our main character Melinoë is a weak willed, annoying, grating, mindless, unfunny & pedantic drone. Especially in the almost immediate contrast with Nemesis & Hecate; 2 females characters with strong personalities who would have been far more enjoyable as MCs. Also, in comparison to Zagreus from Hades, who had a strong personality and grit along with an entertaining, sarcastic, self-deprecating sort of humor; Melinoë just feels like a random NPC you accidentally clicked on. While Zagreus' task in Hades was essentially 'run away from home' -- it still manages to have such a captivating story. -VS- Melinoë, who wishes to save her whole family; and yet the story feels so... empty. It feels more like we've been indoctrinated into a cult 'DeAtH tO cHrONoS' instead of it being our own will to save our entire family. HOW SG managed to do a female protagonist SO DIRTY is lost on me; they have SO MANY wonderfully well rounded female characters in all of their games, and yet, we get this sad dull blob of a disgrace in a sequel to a game that should have been left as it was. Game play feels like 'more of the same' and yet somehow worse than Hades. The weapons are all boring, seeming to play relatively similarly to each other -vs- the very large variety in Hades that allowed for a wide range of play styles. Everywhere Hades succeeded, this game fails. The ONLY thing that it has that is equal to Hades is the art. In the areas where Hades was a bit trying, this game seems to double down on. It's a rogue-like, so repetition is a given, but MY GOD that's enough slices.