I played like 2 mins, realized there's no auto-fire despite how fast it wants you to attack and refunded to save my fingers.

Very good

i have the answer right here, i stole everyone elses love for this game and took it as my own, like a draconic hoard of love for a silly little roguelike

Dungreed is indeed a decent game... the problem is it got eclipsed by Rogue Legacy 1 & 2. Virtually everything Dungreed does, Rogue Legacy does better.

I love this genre and this is the first time I am hearing about it. Thank you

Never heard of this game but, it looks fun. I'll check it out.

This review was bloody excellent! I'd not heard of Dungreed before today but now I want to give it a try 😊

I watched a few videos, and so far I like them, but the premise of this video is kind of... disingenuous? Dungreed wasn't overlooked or underappreciated and "generally unloved" - literally where the hell do you get that from? Dungreed sold well and is very positive on Steam.

I really like mixing zeus boons with hera boons. Applying hitched on a bunch of foes then blitz wnd triggering it simultaneously is so much fun.

Yo, teach me youtube algorithm. How it works so well, while i posted same video months ago. is it because of my bad english, doesnt make sense. Lasty, nice video..!!

Right now I played more than 30 hours on the game and I have to say that I don't agree on different points. Of course I agree about performance issues, it's something to be addressed (and devs are working on it). The new biome introduced this monday introduced a lot of interesting new traps and a first version of progression system (that has to grow, for sure). I think that currently you can do quitr a lot and different builds with medallions allow you to have fun runs. And the system is designed so that you have to learn where is the best position for a medallion, but not giving you the certainty to unlock it's full potential. Also in the binding of isaac if you have a bad run, you cannot so too much. All the system is growing, new content is released every week, devs are super opened to suggestions. I think that it's already a good choice 💪 Last side note, Evil Empire are not the creator of Dead Cells, they developed some DLCs. Good and interesting analysis though! 👍

This game only came out 4 months after the lost crown. What is happening😅

I love the idea of this game, and I even like just how much it feels like Dead Cells, in a good way. But I own a lot of roguelike games, and I kept getting this creeping, crawling feeling that my time would be better spent elsewhere while they work on it and I should reach for the steam refund button before I leave the game running and go over the 2 hr mark. This is just TOO early. There isn't a real need to ever engage with any of the random elements... at all. The weapons are a bit different from each other, but the difference won't really matter that often. The damage values and abilities attached to weapons, same thing. Going from 100 damage to 115... just doesn't seem to matter. My deaths in the first hour came from either the controller stopped working because a speaker made my mouse move with a tiny vibration (!??), or doing a platforming challenge that made me lose 600 hp because I screwed up a wall run 15 seconds prior and bumped into 6 different spiked/spinning things before I got back to safety. You will receive like 15 different chances to change your weapon before the damage values creep up into less hits for a kill. Really strange feeling variety in runs out of what you are putting on your character Melee combat feels good, but as soon as 3 enemies are standing on top of each other, you are just guessing if you should be swinging or trying to dodge or stun. You can't see what is going on in combat when they stack on top of each other like this. It made me want to go play Dead Cells or the Lost Crown. That's not entirely a bad thing, but apart from the random layouts and the run based kind of nature, I ask why is this so roguelike in the bad ways? I buy a new roguelike way more often than I finish one, and some of them just have HUGE expectations of how many runs/time you will put into it for completion or unlocks. The current state of the game is too short and not full of enough content for more than like 5 hours of play. I'm sure the devs have Ubisoft breathing down their neck, but even the official trailer came out unlisted on youtube. This game feels like it was possibly even teetering on being cancelled but the success of Lost Crown has given it some kind of boost to see it done or put out earlier than it should have been. I don't mean to disparage the devs, but $20 can get you a whole lot more game and a whole lot more fun elsewhere. Early access is a good place for this game, but it needed a few more months for a good initial first impression. I personally hit refund after 45 min, reclaiming the hour fifteen left for something better. It's not a failure, but someone over there needs to start asking hard questions of what should be included in the rougelike formula, what things don't need to be there, etc. Every thing I picked up felt worthless towards getting a longer run, barely anything was more fun than the last thing I used. I'd gladly sacrifice some visual identity for a little more oomph with the augments/upgrades you pick up.

I didn't know this game even existed

I like the intro XD

Aladdin snes still feels better especially the music

this is not a hidden gem no offense

I love the video, thank you! I've put in 72-ish hours into Hades II and have a full 30 cards in my arcana, with my go-to cards at max level. I have to say, gathering the resources for upgrading everything honestly didn't feel like a chore and if anything, I really appreciated that I was heading into runs with a solid goal in mind compared to just wanting to get to the final boss and beat them (though of course that also comprised a bulk of my run goals!) I'm happy with the blend of the old gameplay system and new elements, I remember during the first game I had moments where I wished I could interact a bit more with the environments and they gave us that with the resources. It's a solid early access for me, and there's so much to love and to anticipate. Definitely a bigger world and more at stake for the story, and they did it so well with the incorporation of Hades elements to give old players that nostalgia when you run into old characters. As a lover of Greek mythology, it was amazing seeing even more characters and stories come to life - I even cried at some points lol. Overall, I have never been happier with a sequel and I can't wait for V1. P.S. For my first two hundred hours of the first Hades, my favorite boon was the Athena dash but the last hundreds of hours I found myself leaning towards Ares on either attack or special (depending on the weapon) for that sweet doom-stacking damage. I've been looking for an equivalent here but I guess no two gods are equal. Hestia comes close though.

I've downloaded the demo, and loving it.

Hades creeps me out. Indoctrination anyone? I liked bastion like 15 years ago tho. Transistor was terrible and i never played Pyre. Any game that trendy fake gamers say is good i avoid tho.

I personally think Hades II is much better than the original, it brings a lot of new ideas and implements them so well on top of the existing ones. In my opinion the combat might be a bit less frenetic but even that can be seen as a good thing, cause the game feels harder than the first one. I absolutely loved the fact that we hace 2 paths to go before starting a run (up to the surface or down to hell). Very good video and analysis, congrats!

Damn I finished the video and looked at your sub count and was surprised you weren’t higher given the quality. Kudos mate.

I keep up with most releases and somehow completely missed this coming out, crazy how close to dead cells the level design and combat seems to be

For me, the one major issue I have with the game is the power scaling within each run - in the 4th underworld biome, enemies are pretty tanky - I've more than once been in a position of having the last enemy in a wave stunlocked for 20+ swings of a weapon in order to finish them off. And the damage from hits taken scales up pretty fast too - as early as the second biome you're in a position where taking a single hit in the first room can inflict more damage than your passive regen can heal before you reach the boss.

What I enjoyed the most in Hades I was how balanced each weapon was, so that if you choose the right combination of boons and adopt the right playstyle, most builds have the potential to be very powerful. This was especially the case in the mid to late game where you gained many mechanics to control your build. Did you feel this was the case in Hades II, or do you think Supergiant needs more time to balance the weapons? A common complaint I've heard is that the weapons and comparative lack of boon doors leaves players getting weak builds.

good video

Not sure why people are being so rude to you?? It isn't hard to just tell someone something without attitude lol I'm sorry on behalf of these buffoons. The video is great but a script would definitely help a ton! You've got amazing potential as a great KZbinr, please don't get discouraged by people being jerks for absolutely no reason.

what franchise would YOU turn into a roguelike? Let me know!

hopefully this comes out to the switch too :)

Hello Zep. I'm having trouble finding bronze on the surface. He appeared there only once, and that was while he had not yet performed the enchantment that allows him to stay there. Any idea? Hugs!

Dud Cells?

So for resources, they provided an update where depending on the tool you pick you get an increased chance of that specific type of resources to spawn, but all resources can spawn during a run. IE :If you take the pickaxe you have an increased chance of mining nodes, but you can still fish, guide souls, and shovel seeds. It’s just those other activities have less of a chance to spawn dpending on the tool

Great video! So someone may have said this already but Narcissus isnt just a narcissist he's THE narcissist as in he's where we get the word narcissist from he was basically a hunter who was so gorgeous everyone wanted him and basically at the end of his story someone he rejects asks Nemesis to punish him so she has him look at his own reflection in the water and he falls so much in love that he just stares at it and dies of starvation

even in early access, there's still probably a solid 50 hours of *new* gameplay here. tons and tons of lines and soooo many boon combinations. it took quite a long time for me to see any dialogue i had already seen before and it was never a repeat of story events. the game is shaping up to be a perfect sequel to an already astounding game. i've dumped nearly 100 hours into this beast so far and i feel like i've still only seen a fraction of the builds, which is the *real* reason to replay this game over and over. all in all, insanely good game

i just wish i had n̶e̶m̶e̶s̶- nectar to quench my thirst

". . . very wallhangable." * Cuts to Nemesis *

The patch reaaally improved the resource gathering aspect. You can now gather any resource as long as you have the tool unlocked. Choosing a tool just greatly increases chances of that particular resource spawning, and gives you bonuses when gathering it. All in all it feels much better, and the upgrade paths for everything feel less grindy and daunting than hades 1 while actually having more to do. I’m really looking forward to further updates.

I’m fine with the way the Mourning Field being so muted, it’s literally supposed to be the most depressing location. It 100% fits for artistic intent.

Hera's boon with her Hitch sprint power is easily my favourite, it just feels so good to zoom around the guys and just start wailing on them all at once.

Great video! I’m really into Greek mythology and I’m pretty sure they made the fields of mourning vast and relatively bare intentionally to invoke that feeling of uncertainty and impatience. For me it’s the area in the game I want to get out of the fastest but I tend to get a bit lost or sidetracked in the big area which can be frustrating for sure but I think it’s a cool way to reflect the vibe or aura of the actual inspiration for the location from Greek mythology. I might be overthinking it but in both Hades games I’ve noticed a lot of care goes into the feeling/ambiance of each different location based on that locations origin so I imagine that’s what they were going for with the fields. Anyway I enjoyed the video, keep it up!

I think they did a good job pacing the various collectible resources.

Combine harvester build.

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The resource management is a big focus it seems, theyve changed it already so that you can get anything you stumble upon but the utility item just makes a category more common

The best boon from the first game was far and away Athena’s dodge boon reflected incoming projectiles. That thing is a godsend (pun intended) and is so incredibly useful due to the sheer number of projectile attacks you get faced with. It’s especially useful against the three witches mini boss in Asphodel who cover the screen in attacks as you can send those attacks right back at them.

Bro I wish I could play it 😭 I bought it on steam but whenever I open it it’s just a black screen with the audio and the cursor 😭

I: Merciful End Fist build II: Hephaestus donk build

Going back to play actual poker IRL, is going to seem so foreign to me.

Biggest challenge of Hades 2... Owning it and trying to wait till 1.0 release to play it 🥺

Writing one more comment because you deserve so much more