Hades Lore FOR BEGINNERS!

[@arifhossain9751]

Hades lore for beginners! *Drops a copy of The Illiad on the table in front of you* Have fun!

[@vizzzyy190]

😂😂 then the odyssey for hades 2!

[@vizzzyy190]

8:23 meg isnt a harpy, shes a fury. harpies are bird women creatures, furies are punishers

[@tulicloure]

A detail from the end of the game that I really enjoy is how Zagreus ends up becoming the "Security Inspector" of the Underworld, finally finding a vocation in his father's realm as the one guy who keeps trying to escape and find faults in Hades' defenses. Of course, that also gives the game a justification for the post-ending rogue-like loops, but it really just fits his rebellious character so well.

[@Jedda678]

Meg is not a harpy, but a Fury. One of three who punish sinners, criminals, liars, murderers etc. Shes more of a warden and attendent to Hades.

[@ulissesstag5806]

She was also in a God of War game

[@Moewenfels]

I would like to order a couple of Furies for todays day and age.

[@dojelnotmyrealname4018]

Of note: Part of the reason why Kronos' rule was too much for the Olympians was because HE LITERALLY ATE THEM. The only reason they got out of that is because Zeus got swapped with a rock and then managed to cut the rest out. Some notes on the olympian gods: Poseidon is also the god of horses, and in the mythos is the one causing the problems that aren't caused by Zeus, because of his temper. Probably because earthquakes are assigned to him and Greece is prone to those. Cyclopses are also said to be Poseidon's offspring. Deity of war is split between Athena and Ares, though Ares has less other stuff to define him. Athena is generally one of the more benevolent gods but has an extremely nasty side if you disrespect her. Medusa was made as she was because she did some stuff in a temple dedicated to Athena. Artemis doesn't hate her family, she's just extremely introverted and wishes to be left in peace. A noteworthy absence in the cast of Olympians is Artemis' twin brother, Apollo, the god of Light, Medicine and Foresight. Aphrodite, among other things, basically started the Trojan War by whisking Helen away to Troy as a trade for a golden apple. Another absence of prevalent Olympians is Hephaestos, God of Fire and Smith of Olympus, who is also Aphrodite's husband. It's inaccurate to say that Zagreus "cannot die". He very much dies, repeatedly. It's just that the dead get taken to what is basically his front door, so in effect he just goes home by dying.

[@JPTheGuy]

Keywords were "for beginners" and "SUPERGIANT Lore". If those, especially the last one, had not been the keywords, then I would have joined you in chorus my friend :)

[@Slayerlord13]

A note on medusa: That's as far as I know not part of the greek lore but rather a story written by roman poet Ovid. The original greek medusa and her two sisters were all born as gorgons.

[@somerandom3257]

“I’m going to end you and send you to hell Zagreus!” “Cool, I needed to water my plants and check on my dinner in the oven.”

[@GmodPlusWoW]

IIRC the reason why Kronos ate his children was because, after he castrated his father Ouranos (the previous sky-god before the reign of the Titans), a prophecy emerged wherein Kronos would some day be overthrown by his children as his father before him had been. Five of the children were swallowed whole, but the sixth, Zeus, was hidden from Kronos, and eventually came to overthrow the king of Titans, freeing his siblings and establishing the dominion of Olympus.

[@LastElf42]

Hades 2 spoilers: .. .. Apollo, Hestia and Hephaestos are all present in 2 as boon providers and they do cover some of those aspects you mentioned, so yes they were missed from the first game but they are present during the coming war

[@puffmaggie]

i feel like this video is a sneaky way to give us all a mythology lesson 😌

[@decusq]

well half mythology, the tale of Zagreus is still up for debate among scholars and the origin.

[@happyninja42]

i mean it's a game based on mythology sooo.....yeah that would kind of come with the territory 🤣

[@MikeL-cb4wc]

Jesse's inner history teacher has to be free somehow.

[@Mr.Starlight_gaming]

It did rewrite a lot of myths so thats a bit of a stretch. (not a problem at all, just mentioning it)

[@Chestnuttamer]

Hats off to the editor this is a beautiful video.

[@Maeth42]

I wish Pyre got videos made on its lovely story and music. I guess people arent as interested in the gameplay of it but my god the world building is AMAZING.

[@AngelavengerL]

It really is so good! Transistor was also fantastic!

[@nionnen]

Hades and Hades II are one of my favorite games of all time. Clicked to this video in a nanosecond.

[@VexerZero]

I never managed to beat Hades [The Boss] when I played, as my son was born around that time. I'm glad everything ends so nicely. SuperGiant do such an amazing job with their games and their characters that I can't help but want them to be happy (like with Pyre). I may have to go back and play Hades again now that I have some more time. Thanks for the video Jesse, I love when you go out of your way to edit a lore video, especially historical/mythos stuff. Thanks a bunch!

[@omegalazerbilly9653]

Love everything you do Jesse and love Hades, couldn't imagine a better combination. Keep doing you baby!!

[@Masamune84]

I enjoy Jesse’s class room. One of the few people on the internet that can teach you something cool without talking down to you

[@theyxaj]

HOOOLY I just started playing Hades like a week ago! I'll come back and watch this when I'm ready!

[@xenosano]

I need to hear "Have Fun!" At the end

[@Dracobyte]

Old Lore channel memories...

[@doctorstaples4947]

Is that channel gone? I can’t find it/dont remember what it was called

[@nomarlera102]

That's definitely not a minute

[@Hunter-Sh]

Thanks for the recap.

[@Behappy1029]

Jesse telling me lore is the reason I came here those many many moons ago, so it is nice to come around full circle!

[@AngelavengerL]

Was so excited to see this! Hades is one of my favorite games ever. I never thought I'd be into it since i hadn't played much roguelites and absolutely hate roguelikes. Can't wait till you do the Hades2 episode. Been playing what they have out and it's mind boggling that early access has as much content as the first game and it's all soo freaking polished and we still are getting more! The music and dialog and gameplay are all just perfection in these games.

[@ulissesstag5806]

Never thought I would see Jesse talk about Hades, a game about my favorite mythology

[@claudiacortex849]

Good old Jessee using that history degree. Great video love you man!

[@KenKenWorldWide]

This is great. Jesse getting back to doing more lore things is always a welcome.

[@KarnizArchada]

BLESS YOU JESSE! As someone who's not that great with rogue-like's and don't really WANT to play them, I have been DYING to know about the lore in general for Hades, the Game version at least, without watching a super long Let's Play! We all need to celebrate Jen Zee [and the rest of the art team!] for the freaking amazing art and being responsible for making EVERYONE so ridiculously hot. Hehehe.

[@RelicOfTheClassics]

This is the most "youtuber" esc video you've released in a while and honestly it's a banger (good since you are an old man)

[@catmage]

I have over 100 hours in this game, still watched Great summary, Jesse!

[@oh.sorry.dont.mind.meeeee]

if you're questioning whether you should play either of these games before you have the entire story spoiled for you in this video, just do it! you won't regret it! play both games and play them in order, I implore you!! Supergiant makes some of the best games EVER made, you don't want the experience ruined for you. They only have 5 games, don't let them pass you by, they're masterpieces.

[@Ashtarte3D]

Hades is such an amazing game I legit have 2 Zag figures and the plush Cerb on my desk right now. :D

[@GOTHAMGUARDIEN]

Funny, just yesterday, I finaly bought Hades. I already love it.

[@shemarsmith9262]

My first thought playing this was "why is everyone hot?!"

[@AngelavengerL]

for reals 🥵

[@lukasilver1342]

I love this. And I love Hades. I’m excited about getting to play Hades 2 eventually

[@NerdyDevils]

I rarely comment on videos, but goddammit Jesse I LOVE these lore videos you do, even for games I'll never play or have thoroughly played and finished 100%. The way you explain things and the passion in your voice about each topic is so good. I'm in fully fan boi mode! Thanks for this :)

[@urbanpitch90]

i really enjoyed this, and I was really struggling for a bit to get into hades because it was so fast and I lost track of the story a lot. But now Im getting back into it and this video has helped me enjoy the game way more. I have bad brain. It's hard to focus. my brain is like pudding. Thank you for the vid jesse

[@noahsarkhive4482]

Good job, Jesse! This was a really nice and digestible sum up of the first game 😊

[@yate0128]

The amicable ending is my favourite thing. Like it just all worked out for the best. And they're all a family again 😁

[@matthewmacomber6278]

Oh! I didn't realize the connection between Hades and Hades II (haven't played II yet). Thanks for this, Jesse!

[@Chestnuttamer]

This! I love listening to you deep dive into lore. More of this sort of thing please!

[@MartialArtzz]

Love this. Perfect content for you Jesse.

[@QBDLettuce]

I've not played the game myself, but I enjoyed the retelling of some lore.

[@nuevarine]

I've been playing Hades for the past three months and cannot wait for Hades 2 to come to the Switch. I'm always excited for more Hades content!

[@torylva]

If I may recommend a way to get into greek mythology. Stephen Fry's "Mythos" followed by "Heroes", "Troy", and finally "Odyssey" Mythos is about the gods, the creation of the world, and everything leading up to the age of heroes. Heroes tells of all the heroes from Hercules twelve labors, Bellerophon, Theseus, the Calydonian boar hunt, Jason and the Argonauts, Orpheus journey into the underworld, and such. Troy is a retelling of the Illiad and everything leading up to why it happened (Such as the Judgement of Paris) Odyssey is the telling of the nostos of Odysseus and the events surrounding it. I very warmly recommend it, as Stephen Fry (with a lot of help from many others) has done an excellent job of retelling the stories without so much of the disdainful hatred of Ovid that painted the gods as absolutely evil monsters. They are still assholes, just... Not as awful. Much more human.

[@sparkcircuit7029]

Can second these; I work in a bookstore that stocks these so I've flipped through them in my spare time, great style of writing! 👍

[@bk201xe]

This was great! Thanks Jesse!

[@melissab6938]

It’s funny that I now know the ending but I want to play Hades even more now. The character interactions look so good!! I want to see the details of it all now

[@DoomDiveryaha]

Going to have to go and finish Hades now, never made it passed Hades himself, so really wanted to see the lore. Now to go and experience it for myself so I can play the second one

[@kimaclaret]

Thank you, Jesse

[@alexandrgidrevich986]

Thank you. Great summary.

[@SpaaceQuest]

Great vid Jesse

[@amandawray08]

Lore Jess is best Jesse! Especially when it involves real life historical tid bits!

[@AlKohaiMusic]

I think this is genuinely the first time ive been wholey engrained in a games lore prior to seeing the your for beginers video. Very excited for the brush up!

[@Xonsamdi]

okey that was good lore! thank you Jesse!

[@mokajones74]

Mr. Cox is back

[@DelphanGruss]

Great video my dude

[@torylva]

2:18 It is actually kind of funny, but in some retelling of the mythology Hades was the oldest and when Zeus got the heavens (because he was the one who saved them, by virtue of being the youngest) Hades basically said "Right, well, I'd rather have fuck-all to do with you assholes." And took the underworld as his domain so he didn't have to deal with his siblings.

[@jimle1370]

Great video!

[@cubert13]

I love how the Greek pantheon's mythology is basically just high school drama with literal gods and demi-gods. I imagine the mortals are like the junior high kids the older kids bully.

[@eloraFlopsy]

Fantastic summary!!! ❤

[@KnightsWithoutATable]

Jesse being a teacher again!

[@alien5589]

6:46 I just kept thinking of that episode of South Park where sadam gets killed in hell and then shows back up like two seconds later. "Well where was I going to go, Detroit?" 😂

[@DarkRonnie]

Entertaining even though i 100% the game Thanks Jessie, it is very well done and will definitely help anyone who want to start with 2 Although i recommend anyone and everyone at least try Hades 1 It is a masterpiece of art, music, and storytelling! ☺️

[@yodizzle]

Thank you for this!

[@stardustfawkes]

Shout out to the best floating head, Dusa, that you can fail-at-romancing-but-become-bestest-of-friends

[@Vardagaladhiel]

This was super helpful! I watched some streams of people playing Hades as roguelikes are just not my thing to play, but I didn’t stick around to see how the story develops once you defeat Hades etc. Thanks Jesse!

[@KingofHearts787]

Achilles and Patroclies are my favorite side story of the game.

[@Mr.Starlight_gaming]

For fun i decided to make a list of the biggest differences i noticed between hades and the myths its based on: -Most of the incest seems to be retconned, Persephone is now not the kid of Zeus which makes me feel like most other connections like that have been removed. -zagreus himself is now a true son of hades. Later on in Greko-roman history they did start using this more, but there are many tales of Zeus turning into a snake to get on with his own daughter (because of course he did) to make zagreus. And thats not even mentioning the sh*t with dionysus which the game even has a bit about. -hades can leave whenever the heck he wants, he did so to yoink Persephone from the surface, said abduction also being retconned as being Zeus' doing (Zeus in the myth just gave hades permission to marry her). -this one is a bit minor but Artemis talks a lot about Callisto, a nymph that she says can turn into a bear. There are a lot of versions of this, but generally Callisto is by some means impregnated by Zeus (because of course he did) and was turned into a bear bc victim blaming is your only option when the culprit is f*cking Zeus. If yall got more you can comment them down below.

[@AlejandrosCat]

HELL YEAH I LOVE HADES

[@MaggiMe]

Never miss a Jesse lore video, I absolutely love the way you tell the stories and make it easy to follow! Would love more of these, or more in depth lore videos :D

[@BlueSapphyre]

Hades story is so good.

[@nyko10]

Speaking of repetitious nature, you have to beat the game 11 different times to get the full story. It's the main reason I have not finished it

[@ElyonDominus]

... It's a rogue lite. You're supposed to play them repeatedly. The story is just a massive bonus for Hades.

[@Quyzbuk86]

You gotta play a fun game where no run is the same twice to completion multiple times?!? WHAT A NIGHTMARE!

[@mickobee]

More high quality cox content? Sign me up

[@BlackScythertainment]

Thank you

[@MrSHADOWANGEL999]

Sweet sweet lore

[@Sargewithnumber]

Really need to finish this game pne of these days

[@Rockalanche]

This is such an amazing game. Please play this if you enjoy these types of games.

[@allgomesareevil6121]

Mr Cox teaching you mythology 😊

[@thesuperthingymabob8209]

I'm conflicted about this video bc on the one hand its great and well made but on the other hand I love hades so much and feel like getting to experience the story yourself is a huge part of it Idk

[@Vhailor_Mithras]

Zagreus - The God of Rebirth and Reincarnation. Perfect for a Rogue-like game.

[@deanospimoniful]

I can't wait for Hades II to hit 1.0. I have to though...

[@mokajones74]

Zues fkn it up for everbody, what else is new

[@XxXDementedDemonXxX]

very good

[@MrKamnum]

Do the Odyssey next, professor!

[@IndustrialBonecraft]

The entirety of Greek mythology: "One day, Zeus was horny...."

[@RenHeng_canon]

APHRO WHAT MY BOY

[@itsthevoiceman]

If you've never played Hades, just do it. Despite the repetition, it's fun, action-packed, fast, and very enjoyable. You'll likely put at least 80-100 hours into it if you wanna get around to doing a full completion.

[@krisdenton8637]

Out of curiosity does Jesse have any play videos of Hades up on youtube anywhere?

[@TheSleep8]

Meg is a fury. 😁👌

[@VanessaVersus]

I think it's wrong to say Persephone is Zagreus' "real" mother. She certainly is a mother to him and did carry and birth him; but Nyx is every bit the mother figure she is. There is no doubt that Nyx truly loves the boy; she treats him as one of her own and supports his escapes and efforts to find his family. I think she's the one who initially contacts Athena to inform her of Zagreus' escapes so that he has their support, and keeps the real plan secret. Our boy has two great moms.

[@PeacefulSubmission]

Hestis is Bestia.

[@whiskeyjack02]

I played this game for ~200 hours with multiple epilogue endings, but ok, Jesse, I'll watch your lore video. 😉

[@cerosis]

I need to get my stuff fixed so I can get Hades 2

[@charizardgamez447]

Nice

[@ponderingForever]

LOOOOOOOOOOORE!

[@angelnickl]

Great recap. You forgot about best girl Medusa, but I can forgive you.

[@patu8010]

Such a great tragic story

[@Incompetent_Hero]

Jesse missing teaching History 😮

[@MaisieSqueak]

It's not the sexiness I don't get... Or the story... Or the art... It's the gameplay! What a stressful chore! I'd love to experience all that other stuff but not when it's basically Reflex based bullet hell... I'm not young enough to git gud at this. It was nice to get the story this way, at least :) ... Fancy doing it for Hades II a while after it's out?

[@raistlinmajere5550]

Magera and her sisters arnt harpys their the furys WAY more pwerful and dangerous

[@stevenhedge2850]

Great over view jesse, but. and i hate to be that guy, but Megara isn't a harpy, she's aFury.

[@Spills51]

Damn son, 1st 😂😅😊

[@PixelatedH2O]

Glad this video exists because I love the gameplay of the original but couldn't care less about the story. Now hearing it summarized it sounds like an absolute bore.

[@iESCAP1SM]

God damn it. You could still move the story forward after reuniting Hades and Persephone? I thought it was all smooching and side stories at that point and dropped out. Regret.

[@pinacolon]

exxxcuuuuuse meee pretty sure you didn't finish the previous lore series on FFXIV! what is the meaning of this?!?!

[@wolfbaneblade]

Engagement

[@ianp2924]

No sorry still don’t understand.I think I just need superbutterbuns to help explain it to me 😂😂😂