Hades Good

Hades, an indie rogue-lite by Supergiant Games is an excellent game that made me feel things.
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Music Used:
House of Hades - Hades OST
No Escape - Hades OST
Out of Tartarus - Hades OST
Good Riddance - Hades OST
The Painful Way - Hades OST
The King and the Bull - Hades OST
Some Sad song from Attack on Titan, I couldn't find the actual title of it
Lament of Orpheus - Hades OST
The Exalted - Hades OST
Hymn to Zagreus - Hades OST
The God of the Head - Hades OST
The Unseen Ones - Hades OST
On The Coast - Hades OST
In the Blood - Hades OST
The God of the Dead except it's me playing the bass part (sort of)
0:00 Intro
0:39 Gameplay Design
5:04 Narrative Design
7:47 Gameplay Loop
10:16 My Journey Through Hell
14:47 Final Thoughts
16:47 Closing
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[@CaptainAstronaut]

This is an excellent game. Please Subscribe lol

[@ellielynx3071]

I almost forgot to mention: I named ODa as my author in my most traumatic breakaway, which has already happened, and I was told I have 4 native american tribes in my blood but never took an actual DNA test so I'm taking that on faith, like most things in US politics. I'm more than a bit autistic these days but I think I used to be kind of smart? Thanks again, every time; I know it's a lot of art to swallow all at once so take ProZD's time from me: he knows what he's doing with it and you've got my map of scars more or less. Just please don't let me break like that again; the humanity is too much for this world to bear for much longer, I think. That's why I've always been autistic, I think. I just wanted the next generations to have fun with it, too; that's all. My cat died and that's why I'm doing this; I didn't want to become The War Zone at all. I just had too much Hope to bear alone anymore; I'm native to the local culture and it's too hard.

[@ellielynx3071]

I'll attempt to finish this playlist once in the proper order before bedtime, btw; I can't fight anymore but I can't sleep until I give those yo-yo's away again so please direct the ProZD for me, thanks again

[@ellielynx3071]

Also: My former/current partner literally wanted one or the other of us dead by the end of tomorrow because that's when I promised my Ser would be free, but their kids literally said that's not until next week so that's why I literally had to learn a cosmic breakaway trick. I need both time and space from that maximum limit so I can do my minimum and that's my only job now; directing as literally softly as I physically can as a human with governmental limitations. Thanks again

[@hyperbison]

The best part for me in Hades, is when you die to the rat in the Styx and Hypnos laughs at you hysterically for dying by it. From then on, Zagreus has fear in his voice everytime he sees it.

[@grubmonarch7227]

what about that one boulder? that was the best part.

[@leovk5779]

@@grubmonarch7227 The Boulder is best character.

[@EpikkWin]

Havent watched the video but if Spaceman is bisexual thats an absolute W for the community

[@josharrow1111]

for what? no disrespect but who gives a fuck what the dudes preference is? people make that shit way too important it’s pathetic

[@EpikkWin]

@@josharrow1111 I just want representation :(

[@zhel776]

@@josharrow1111 (My first reply didn't show up so round two here we go...) Cause representation matters. Even in our more "Progressive" present, LGBTQ+ folks are often ignored and invalidated. The systems we have to navigate aren't built to properly accommodate us, and the few that do exist are half-assed at best. LGBTQ+ folks have heavily relied on building our own spaces and communities, which are built by sharing our experiences, and being open about who we are. OP was only trying to uplift Astro's identity. Especially sense Non-white people are often excluded from queer spaces and not given the same respect white folks are. Instead of getting mad at marginalized people uplifting one other, be mad at those in power who made our sexualities' and identities criminal, and the ones today that are barely doing anything other than the bare minimum.

[@Liliquan]

@@josharrow1111 No mate. It’s your comment that’s truly pathetic and reveals a lack of care or complete ignorance of the vale of representation.

[@nyanbinary4031]

Mood! I love seeing queer content creators. They just become more relatable on another level :)

[@zhel776]

Came (👀) for the muscle men, stayed for the killer gameplay and excellent art style.

[@brycecartwright2403]

Hades was fantastic. Legitimately the only roguelike I can restart from scratch just because I want to re-experience the story.

[@Detective_asparagus]

I've quite literally just started playing this game (made it to Lernie once and died im not good at games), and my favorite part is Zagreus's awareness of the narrator. The silly jokes between Zagreus and the narrator are hilarious to me, and never fail to make me laugh

[@conductor4861]

Probably my new favorite video from you! Great jokes, loved the toga, and excellent topic. I was literally JUST playing Hades before I saw this come up lol. I'm over 60 runs into the game and this vid STILL managed to show me things I hadn't seen before (I've never even SEEN Hunting Blades but I'm going for them on my next run now)! Would love to hear your opinion on other Supergiant Games games sometime!

[@RaGiNgBaNaNa101]

I’m the same way! I honestly didn’t put that much care into gifting Meg or than and I had no idea you could romance them tbh 😂

[@koramora]

my favorite weapon is the blalalalalala

[@CaptainAstronaut]

Kora you gotta play the game, it has Animal Crossing in it, That's the rules 🍃

[@burritouzumakireal]

As a bisexual, yes Hades has a lot of hot characters

[@omensoffate]

As a straight person it has a lot of hot characters.

[@aduckinlingerie]

As a pansexual my dreams have been fulfilled

[@LocalPersona5Person]

Heheh

[@burritouzumakireal]

@@LocalPersona5Person very cool Mythra from Xenoblade Chronicles 2, actually last night I beat Xenoblade 1, actually a masterpiece

[@avidfather1864]

They're Greek gods. They're supposed to be beautiful because they're basically physically perfect versions of humans. Why do you think we call a beautiful woman and especially a handsome man a Greek god(des).

[@dwight3555]

The shield was the first weapon I managed to beat the game with, and it's honestly a perfect crutch if you don't care much about the time you're taking. If you get the hammer upgrade that makes so charging your shield fires a laser instead of making you dash, it's even easier.

[@elijahbuettel5107]

The shield definitely became my favorite as I got further in the game. It’s really really good with Poseidon boons

[@allisonleonardo5459]

the "a hall of exalted champions (and Theseus)" got me cracking so hard omg

[@genox7185]

Intro is enough for me to leave a like. To all the people who haven't played this yet... What are you doing? You should buy this game, NOW

[@hypersick3762]

few words, himbo goes through hell with a poly relationship, nuff said

[@corvicore6813]

i got Hades as a Christmas present and have been playing it nonstop since. it's just... so good. supergiant has a track record of good games (you can pry transistor from my cold dead hands), but this one takes the cake personally

[@Gir627]

never a miss with this funky guy!! thanks for the content girlie!

[@ReikuYin]

Glad someone else like the shield. Ah EM4 described perfectly. And I knew the end would be 'that' song. Perfect vid my good man.

[@Bundle85]

Dusa, while cleaning: "And they were roomates!" Zagreus, to camera: oh my gawd, they were roooomates

[@meowstycal]

This is the best review of Hades/ coming out video I’ve ever seen!

[@genox7185]

7:16 accurate depiction of the average Hades player

[@averongodoffire8098]

I’m not a Hades player, but I am bi… and I did panic

[@genox7185]

@@averongodoffire8098 you're throwing go play Hades

[@blamefulmack2386]

I'm so happy I found your channel

[@chriscooper420]

10/10 vid, I love your content 😭😭

[@francinefraga9929]

Oh yeah, the video I've been waiting for 😌💞

[@jonathanspeth9284]

Every time you play the AoT ost in the background of these videos I absolutely lose it. Hades and AoT are my favorite things ever of all time. Great video as always. Keep up the good work!

[@CaptainAstronaut]

Thanks!! 🙂🙂 AoT soundtrack really is the best, I listen to it probably too often haha

[@chriscooper420]

Hades has become one of my fave games, I'm so glad you're enjoying it!!

[@Octorocker743]

What perfect timing, I had just finished Hades after getting a physical copy on sale during the Holidays. Great video,Captain!

[@spyepic2226]

thank you for blessing us with a good video mr. spaceman

[@shaneclements1305]

Subbed and feeding the algorithm with comments you make great content

[@ChortlesJ1]

The Unseen Ones might be the best single track of any videogame in the past few years, and I'm extremely glad that Captain took notice Not just because it's an absolute BANGER AMONSGT BANGERS, it also fits perfectly into the fight as a whole Sharing it melodies with God of the Dead, but up-ing its BPM and intensity mirrors how much of a different beast Extreme Mesures Hades is to his regular version Both the fight and the song escalating further and further in a desperate scrap of a boss battle to see if you come short of the final challenge, or if you barely seized an amazing victory

[@sunshotwithanornament2475]

One of the best games I’ve ever played ngl Also fighting hades on extreme measures is my favorite part one of the best bosses in any video game I’ve played

[@N8ertot]

Looking forward to starting a fresh file in this a year or two from now. This one's gonna be evergreen as hell (...haha). Great video!

[@VincentPascoe]

I've really enjoyed replaying this on switch. It might be the game I rebuy on every new system

[@azuremoon4372]

I love the simping for all the characters

[@BrookBastardsAndBrokenThings]

I absolutely love you dude that was such a good video!!!! You have a new sub pun intended

[@averongodoffire8098]

As someone who has only recently come out as Bi The statement you made about bisexual panic is something I justified to myself as just “seeing the beauts ya know?!” And it’s so relatable omg😂🤣🤣

[@dallassoukup5199]

your EM4 clip is amazing and should be its own video

[@catheriner999]

Actually beat hell dad the first time with Chaos Shield and cleared the most times with it, it was my fave. (I also main dual blades in MHR so I'm glad you have excellent taste.) You have defensive blocking. You have close-combat hits. You can throw it. You can do your little invincible rush thing. IDK what else you want from a weapon. I'm kind of shit at action games, so the fact that I beat Hades eventually at all (first clear at attempt ~60) probably says how good it is.

[@frozenpancakes]

I picked up Bug Fables instead of Hades. Maybe I'll try Hades after having my fun with my Paper Mario esque adventure

[@LooseAsADEUCE]

This is an old comment but you should definitely try Hades after Bug Fables. I played them in this order too and between those two games and ACNH my gaming 2020 was magical.

[@breeze420]

what an informative and engaging video to comment on

[@coldfanta4963]

I love how choosing the Shield of Chaos has Chaos saying little quips throughout your run.

[@scrunky8683]

I havent played hades and now i want to buy it! thanks for reccomending it! luz also loves it too soooo

[@vinnyvanhoe5614]

Now that its been long enough to truly reflect on the game, watching this and going back to it. This may be my favorite game ever not from my childhood, and I don't even play rogue whatevers

[@cyberdrive861]

I fucking love this game so much, I got it on sale and looking back it feels like robbery

[@mixiesticks]

This was a beautiful review of the game Made me want to go back and play it more ❤️

[@kapheene]

Loved this game so much!! Every time I explain it I'm like..." You don't really win. You just do a little bit better each time." Supergiant makes some of the best games ever!

[@TheGrimJester01]

Captain Astronaut: I’M ONE HIT AWAY FROM DEATH “takes a hit and is still alive” Me: “doubt”

[@BenDaresAll]

He won extreme measures Hades with punching again, woo

[@docphil9602]

i remember when orpheus first sand in the house of hades. I cried, a lot.

[@PrincePoison]

Hades II is finally here. Currently waiting on Astro to 100% it

[@blvckabacus]

one of my favorite games

[@sabconth]

Sargent Johnson is my favourite character from Halo, and probably my fav Black character in gaming. Good video btw

[@aSquidMin]

I'm here for prequel quotes

[@cthtyler5995]

I love hades for the art style and gameplay loop. The mythological origin and made up story is amazingly mixed and I want to see games of other genre with other mythology setting like hades. Egypt, Norse etc Also glad to see I'm not the only one disliking the poopy spear, I get that they are trying to differentiate it with Excalibur but come on the one weapon with Chinese origin got absolutely shitted on

[@VaskoGames]

Elysium!? You gotta take Pyra there fam!

[@CaptainAstronaut]

That woman is not going to Heaven, Mr. Games (Because she's immortal and can't die, obviously, no other reason)

[@Zeno11Salazar]

My favorite thing has to be the relationship between Zag and Than, rather every relationship and friendship, also the boons. Mix and match, and tons of fun.

[@NeverUseAnApostrophe]

I bought in to Early Access on steam for this game because Supergiant Games can do no wrong. Seeing the RNG of the songs, characters, voices, and endings was one of the best early access experiences possible. You know, their in-house musician, Darren Korb, is the voice for Zagreus, singer for Orpheus, Bouldy, and more!

[@izzybizz9]

I’ve slayed my good ole dad almost 300 times at this point but I’m still not tired of this game. I even started a bunch of fresh files just to re experience the story over and over again remembering what it was like to feel underpowered and struggling to overcome obstacles. Hades made me get over a lot of the mental hang ups I have had with dying in games. No matter what you do or what outcome, the narrative and how it unfolds makes it feel like a reward.

[@justanothernessmain375]

My favorite thing about Hades is everything. Love this game.

[@borgilon4891]

A fellow shield enjoyer, nice.

[@b.h.4249]

My favorite part of Hades is definitely the dialogue. It's so hilarious, charming and emotional. The art is a close second.

[@JXDemon21]

14:07 Yeah that was pretty much how I felt when I went fought that version of Hades.

[@Salaaaad]

I haven’t played Hades but the Astronaut says I should so I will

[@okan8065]

I love this game because its narrative is just so good on top of its already really good gameplay. I love rouguelikes that incorporate your death into the ongoing narrative. A lot of other rouguelikes don't always have amazing persistent stories that span multiple runs. They're usually more abstract or self-contained. That's not a bad thing mind you, but I just love the way that Hades nails the ongoing narrative.

[@hydrasent563]

The sword is awesome though

[@Ed-1749]

A fun thing they do is that the sword is the high skill floor high skill ceiling weapon, and you start with it. So you unlock the spear and go "im doing so much better" and then you want to unlock the rest to see what they do. and then when you've done that and you're 10X better, you think, "maybe i should try the sword again" and now you're kicking ass with the fastest (second)most damaging weapon in the game

[@graysonnewton9185]

The music. I’ve only gotten to the surface 4 times and every time I just took a break and listens to the music. Every little beat of the drums and cords from the harps and the guitar riffs, oh my god the Guitar Riffs. The music is by far the best part of the game, it’s like the perfectly picked little cherry on top of the gigantic mondo sized cake of a game. I just wish that Orpheus would stop whining about “my muse” and SING already.

[@eliotalejandrogonzalezmend7153]

This is the best review I've ever seen. I fucking loved that game, I am actually surprised I haven't actually finished it and got spoiled on some things but GGs :)

[@akaiendo7312]

Best solo game I ever played, bought it on first day of early access then two more because it is that great a masterpiece. @Captain Astronaut keep up the good work ;)

[@WahrerKuroKiba]

This video made me play Hades again after half a year and I finally beat Hades on my 55th (overall) run... 35 or so of these runs I died to Hades' second phase. Frustrating. So frustrating in fact, I used God Mode for the last three attempts

[@BenDaresAll]

I beat Hades for the first time at 51, close to yours.

[@LooseAsADEUCE]

Hades is one of my favorite games ever. Full stop. Its one of the very few games I have 100%ed and I don't regret a minute of the 200+ hours I've put into it. It's a straight up masterpiece.

[@snowfox6795]

I like fists with artemis and double charge crits for day, also shield spin + zeus = thunderSTORM

[@saiyansatan]

I played a lot of this game, beat it a few times but my first was after 100 runs 🤣 I'm not uhmuhzeeeng at games...but it's the first rogue-lite I died more than 5 times on, so that says something about how addicting it is. I kept watching cuz it was a fucking hilarious video. Kept my attention on a game I knew all but like 2 things you mentioned. Besides the game itself, the voice acting is absolutely incredible, totally agree. Everyone has such personality, not just with their actions but the way they talk. It fits the characters tremendously well and it takes soooo long to run out of new voice lines. The music is also great, but I feel like the amount of effort that was put into the music is overshadowed by the effort for the voice acting

[@readyplayerthree3]

Zag is so cute >.< Also Artemis.... Also Dusa, also Cerberus..... I just love everything. Achilles and Patroclus are so cute together.

[@atlas7168]

wake up Captain Astronaut posted a video

[@aduckinlingerie]

Holy shit yes I love Greek mythology and hades did it such justice

[@aduckinlingerie]

I hate rogue likes but I love hades

[@peakblangonga4248]

You talk about Supergiant’s attention to detail, but can we talk about you pointed out the reference to the hit game Among Us? 5:56 Also I love Hades and everything about it! Truly a mastapiece, Hunting Blades/10. And this video had me cracking up too, love all the jokes in it!

[@CronoKadabra]

You haven't unlocked the true potential of Quan yu spear....Artemis special...easy run. Your welcome. Great video by the way! Love your content!

[@FelisImpurrator]

I remember when Guan was considered so broken it was the top of the meta. I'm a fan of the final Rail though, always will be. Nothing beats that for coolness.

[@MEd3094]

I was also the mythology guy on my high school's academic team but that paid for my community college so it's a W

[@jessevanhorn3726]

I literally just bought this last week haha

[@eueumesmoaquelecara4638]

Hades is one of the most unique games I've ever played in my life.

[@kanden27]

Ah yes, a fellow hunting blades fellow

[@Momo-kun88]

Hades finally booted Yakuza Zero from second favorite game. Still couldn't beat FFT, but damn close. I PRE-ORDERED the vinyl set and almost waited 2 years for it, but it was so worth it. Thanks for the review, I love it.

[@explosivegrape]

All Aphrodite needs to do whip out the belt to attract us… (Wait don’t take this out of context!)

[@JonoSSD]

I usually spec everything into Hermes and Zeus, with Athena's dash so I can be a cracked up cheetah who never stops moving and is mostly invulnerable while doing so.

[@gregoryturner5350]

This my 2nd video and I feel cheated KZbin didn't show me this sooner 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@shieldsurf]

i want to finish this game but i still haven't because iiiii am bad at video games despite having played them my whole life. i am almost 30 runs in and have gotten to elysium like... 3 or 4 times maybe. but my favorite weapon is the bow with the right upgrades that thing can be unbelievably broken

[@internetguy7319]

"the narrative" Thaaaat sounded like it was not recorfed correctly

[@melteddali8000]

Hades is so fucking good and having both Thanatos and Megaera as Canon love interests made my bi heart happy. Also the bow is the best weapon

[@Dbenenenenett]

Fun fact: there's another supportive shade in the Asterius fight, but they don't have a special dialogue or color. Hades is a certified hunting blades/10

[@what-lj4cf]

what bass u got?? i'm looking at ibanez basses (because of paul gray from slipknot)

[@bigkebizino8970]

It knida reminds of the rick riodan books lol

[@zombiefriend]

I want to echo that if you don't like rogue like games, then don't be put off by this game. I don't like rogue likes but this game kept winning so many awards I said well I have to try it and I was really glad I did. This game is amazing.

[@evocircuit]

my favorite thing about hades is lament of orpheus

[@ohgodno]

its t-*HUNTING BLADES*

[@KaiorxH]

9:54 omg they were roommates

[@Zack-ds9rs]

Cerberus is best boy times 3

[@Mene0]

Pretty much one of the best games ever

[@Ayarte]

Shield is super easy to play (especialy with free deflect!) But my fav will always be a gun, it was my first weapon to beat hades with split rocket (special attack upgrade to split shoot+rocket laucher) plus bonus damage to special attack from gods and i just raped every singe boss, this damege was so insane when u hit someone with all rockets!! (Sadly is super duper hard to get this comboxD)

[@Low_on_hope]

yeah there will meets nothing else ;)

[@oriondezagrats4228]

Fuckin wonderful video m8

[@TheRoadrunner11]

The 3rd phase fight with Hades was a true impression of how I felt after winning it the first time xD Btw if you think that 10 wins gets you the true ending of the game then I've got news for ya: there is a true true ending that took me around 90 runs to unlock xD

[@Rose-df4ep]

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