Six days from launch, Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2 has a new promotional video out that breaks down the story from the first game.
07.05.2024 - 02:45 / thegamer.com / Hades Ii II (Ii)
Hades 2 is finally out now in early access, giving us all the chance to jump in and give protagonist Melinoe a spin for the first time. Of course, Hades 2 isn't fully feature complete yet, with multiple big updates planned for later this year and in 2025, so questions have been raised as to exactly how much Hades 2 we'll get to play before we hit a wall. Thankfully, developer Supergiant is on hand to clear that up.
To put it bluntly, Hades 2 is already a significant package as it stands, chock-full of new features, Gods, and more, but I don't think many people expected Supergiant to release a full game's worth of content. According to the game's FAQ page on Steam, Supergiant has claimed that Hades 2 as it stands currently has more content in it than the original Hades' full launch.
Hades II in Early Access already has more environments, foes, and fully-voiced characters than the full version of the original Hades game.
Despite that, Supergiant also says that it is nowhere near ready to release the full game, as it just isn't complete yet. It's stated on the FAQ page that Supergiant still has plenty of things to add, including "key areas, characters, foes, narrative events, and systems," as well as the "true ending to the story," so it definitely seems like Hades 2 isn't just more of the same and Supergiant is currently undertaking a more ambitious project.
Given the scale that Supergiant is talking about, we can probably expect the game's full release to be a ways off just yet. While the developer hasn't given us a date of any kind just yet, it has been confirmed that the game will remain in early access throughout 2024. That means all of you who are waiting to experience the title fresh, or do your gaming on consoles, will more than likely have another torturous year to wait before you can jump in.
Still, at least you know that when you finally can get your hands on Hades 2, you'll know that there's a beefy game waiting for you. You can also check out our early access review for more details on the game too, if you feel like living vicariously through someone else.
Six days from launch, Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2 has a new promotional video out that breaks down the story from the first game.
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Hades 2 Early Access has reached over 100,000 concurrent players 24 hours after launch, beating Hades' all-time peak player count on Steam.
With the launch of in Early Access on Steam and the Epic Games Store, Supergiant Games, the game's developers, have provided a general roadmap for updates leading up to the official, full release. A roguelike based on Greek myth, is the first direct sequel to be developed by Supergiant, a studio known for its strong lineup of standalone games like,, and. As a direct sequel, however, represents an opportunity for the studio to more directly build on the mechanics and narrative of the first game.
Less than 24 hours after launching on Steam, the early access version of Hades 2 has already doubled the all-time peak concurrent player account set by the original Hades. While Supergiant Games certainly found success with its earlier titles like Bastion, Pyre, and Transistor, the studio really took off after it released the roguelike action title, Hades. Although Hades was originally an Epic Games store exclusive, it eventually launched on Steam a year later in 2019 through Early access, releasing Version 1.0 on September 17, before eventually launching across most other platforms like the Switch, PlayStation, and Xbox consoles.
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The Early Access release of Hades 2 has already more than doubled the all-time peak concurrent player count of the first game on Steam.
One of my favorite copypastas on the internet comes from someone complaining about a player using mods to make a FromSoftware game easier. “You cheated not only the game, but yourself,” it reads. “You didn’t grow. You didn’t improve. You took a shortcut and gained nothing. You experienced a hollow victory. Nothing was risked and nothing was gained. It’s sad that you don’t know the difference.”