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Hades 2 early access

Spoilers ahead!

Ok, so I wasn't supposed to buy early access; I originally wanted to wait till full release and then take leave from work to binge on the game, but fate had other ideas. I one day accidentally opened Steam, then scrolled down the front page, accidentally saw a Hades 2 video, accidentally watched it, then accidentally purchased it...

Perfect timing though, the Christmas break was perfect for having a hardcore gaming session! First Windblown, now Hades 2! So epic, I haven't had a session like this in ages!

It's a bit difficult to compare Windblown to Hades 2 since they're about 6 months apart in regards to development, but my goodness Hades 2 has so. much. more. content!!! It's way more involved than original Hades, it's same same but very different - so enjoyable! It also turns out that almost 1000 hours in Dead Cells and a reply of Hades 1 way back when to achieve 32 heat really paid off; it was much easier to beat the game faster, which actually had an odd effect of making collecting materials for upgrades much more of a grind!

Anyways here are some victory screenshots including a personal best so far of 12 heat on Chronos:

Also, Prometheus is difficult. I found it extremely hard to increase the difficulty because he just sticks on you almost all the time, and I don't deal well with that without a shield (once I took 900 damage from just him!!). But, 4 Fear is good enough for now and I'll keep working on him until they release the final boss on the Surface.

And of course the romance! I started with Nemesis exclusively but then I decided Moros was pretty good looking too, so I expect that I'll get another trio romance! Leaving Dora for now cause shades aren't my thing XD

I can't wait to see what achievements they release when the game is done, cause that'll be another grind session to get them all!

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Windblown early access

I never thought I'd decide to play any game early access. I'm gonna wait out Hades 2 for full release. However, one day I opened up Steam and there just happened to be a livestream of Windblown and I'm like here, take my money....

It's so much fun! It'll be interesting to see how the game changes over the next year! I am loving the different font sizes of cray yelling haha.

Now I'm finally on Cataclysmic difficulty! And I got what's apparently the rarest skin in the game so far, Project 2501!

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Hades 32 Heat featuring EM4!

Hello 2024! Starting the year with a great gaming session. I resumed Hades to see if I could get more heat, but it turns out bounties stop at 20, so I thought, why not, let's just go straight to 32 heat!

And to prove it wasn't a fluke, I did it on two weapons, but I chose completely different options in the Pact of Punishment, since they play quite differently.

Now if only I could get the crystal ship in FTL: Faster Than Light!!

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Some Hades fun

Finally!!!

I stopped playing Hades when I couldn't beat Extreme Measures 4 on 10 heat, and found Dead Cells instead. But having learned that recently someone beat the hardest difficulty, I thought, why not, let's go back and actually push heat instead of trying to do only EM4. I even got an EM4 victory too! So now I can play a song banned for having too many notes :D

Aaand after 150 hours of playtime I finally got my Meg and Than scene lol

Silly Zagreus, aren't you glad it wasn't a dream!

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