Hades - Story Summary

[@SnuSnuDungeon]

I love how Hades just sits behind his desk most of the time dutifully doing his paperwork

[@RainSennin_ismyAlt]

Like a Hokage

[@dor0071]

like king yemma from dragon ball

[@dalekrenegade2596]

​@@dor0071 Huge celestial being, THICK beard, and judges the souls of the dead.

[@HadesFRRRRR]

Dam my other universe me is doing paper work? Man im in fortnite! poor guy..oh wait he's a bad guy mb

[@iamthebossmanify]

As a fun little aside, Hades has a special dialogue for you beating him on your first run. "Well, let's see. You've berated me repeatedly and often. You've lied to me. Mustered a bunch of incompetent wretches to try to kill me. But, sure, I'll grant you that you've always kept most of your anger bottled up. All that's about to change, then?" Usually he says "... Mustered your wretched forces to kill me, over and over."

[@YourIQDoesntMeanShitToMe]

First encounter* with him, yes. I wasn't sure if that dialogue was because I beat him on my first try, but now I do!

[@bigmacdoubleyouv]

Yeah, uhhh, i noticed that too. Sure, umm, yeah, i totally kicked his ass on my first try, true story, i swear.

[@peterevans6480]

@@bigmacdoubleyouvyeahhh sameee hahah honestly hades is easy hahah idk how yal struggle haha couldnt be me

[@abhijitchilukuri5090]

@@peterevans6480 Yes yes I remember that as well. On my first try, err when I defeated Hades. hmm, yes, that dialogue.

[@georgekaravasilis3132]

Ohh haha yeah didn't know there was a dialogue for players that can't beat him first attempt haha...I always wondered what happens in the game if you lose haha...

[@mrrd4444]

Zagreus fixes everyone's marriages - Hades and Persephone, Achilles and Patroclus, Orpheus and Eurydice

[@SpyCrabsUnite]

He’s the real god of marriage

[@kyubibichiki2907]

​@@SpyCrabsUniteMore like the god of reconnection

[@Dionysos_____Alters]

Achilles and Patroclus?? What?😂😂

[@Greendalewitch]

@@Dionysos_____Alters Never read the original greek myths? Achilles and Patroclus have a extremely close bond, beyond a normal friendship. Many have theorised they were actually gay for one another, but I personally think they were fireforged friends.

[@Dionysos_____Alters]

@@Greendalewitch That‘s what I thought as well. They were like brothers. Being intimate with a brother?🤢

[@austingray1007]

Hades’ story is just so god damn adorable

[@SquatchGamingChannel]

The character or the game? Lol. Makes me think of that TFS joke about Vegeta. Thanks for watching!

[@alternateperspective5]

I dont Understand ? I have escaped but the game didnt end? DOest it mean I have to keep escaping to complete the story?

[@Luckygame02]

@@alternateperspective5 I don't remember the exact number of escapes you need, but it also involves specific boons. Porbably 30+

[@diegoidepersia]

@@Luckygame02 im at like 40 and havent escaped lol

[@harryguidotti3815]

Probably the most wholesome I've seen the Olympian Pantheon.

[@lovelysakurapetalsyt]

I love the way they enmeshed actual Greek myths and contradictory stories, like the whole Zagreus and Dionysus were the same for a myth

[@spandansahs8816]

that is true in the real story of greek mythology

[@falconeshield]

Hera also hated Heracles and wanted him dead...yet nursed him alongside Athena, who was the God whom took care of him proper. So.....yeah, contradictions are a thing in mythology. ​@@spandansahs8816

[@spandansahs8816]

I know that man but the zagreus and Dionysus story true how else do you think Dionysus was born as a full blooded Olympian

[@SquatchGamingChannel]

Don't think I mispronounced something in this one, but feel free to make fun of me if I did! Also put some bloopers in at the end of the video. Let me know if you enjoyed them and if I should keep doing that in the future!

[@austinmesterharm8720]

You did, actually. Demeter is pronounced de-meat-er. I think that’s the only character whose name you didn’t mispronounce.

[@SquatchGamingChannel]

I believe it, but all the characters pronounced it Deh-Meh-Ter in the game so I kept it for the consistency. Thanks for watching!

[@austinmesterharm8720]

@@SquatchGamingChannel okay, cool. I understand why you pronounced it that way now. However, it is actually pronounced the way I said it. If you have read the Percy Jackson books (which are also heavily influenced by Greek mythology), I believe that they pronounce it that way in audio books. I would also recommend checking that series out if you haven’t already. They are a fun coming of age story, combined with fantasy, some elements of science fiction, as well as some interesting depictions of some more obscure Greek myths.

[@epicfella9085]

are you going to do a story summary of Lisa the Hopeful?

[@alternateperspective5]

I dont Understand ? I have escaped but the game didnt end? DOest it mean I have to keep escaping to complete the story?

[@ghunter0939]

Hehe, the bloopers in the end nade me giggle, great work boyo

[@SquatchGamingChannel]

Thanks! I have bloopers like that a lot that I've just always cut. Sometimes they're pretty funny, and other times they're not. Lol. Happy they could make you chuckle! Thanks for watching!

[@alternateperspective5]

I dont Understand ? I have escaped but the game didnt end? DOest it mean I have to keep escaping to complete the story?

[@Evee550]

@@alternateperspective5 You have to escape multiple times to get more context and story from Persephone and Hades yes

[@SanMaster17]

After more than a year and +100 hours, I finally got to see the end of this story, and a lot of the little side stories too! So now it's time to dust this video off my "Watch later" playlist, and finally enjoy it. My favourite side story is Zag and Dionysus trolling Orpheus into believing that they're related, because in many actual myths Zagreous is like a proto-Dionysus

[@Seb_No.13]

Hell yes!!! This indie really climbed its way from unknown to game awards nominee, and showed me that games could make a story as great as its gameplay! Supergiant truly is legendary!

[@SquatchGamingChannel]

I've never played any of the other SuperGiant games, but I'd always heard they were really good. If Hades is any indication, I bet they are fantastic! Thanks for watching! :)

[@Seb_No.13]

@@SquatchGamingChannel you should!!! Best to continue with the game that started it all; Bastion

[@cc_spyros3962]

In the actual greek myth, persephone gets kidnapped by hades when she was playing with her friends When demeter heard of the from persephone's friends She was sad and lonely so the earth became cold and freezy(winter) There were no crops so the humans were devastated out of hunger After a while persephone asked to leave and hades said yes But before leaving hades gave persephone a pomgranate but she only ate 3 spores (or 3/12 i cant remember)when see got back to the overworld she met with her mother and her mother was so happy it became spring again But then her mother asks if persephone ate anything while she was on the underworld and persephone replies "Only 3 spores from a pomegranate" And the smile from demeter's face vanished Eating something from the underworld will make you stay there for that much time every year,eating a whole meal will make you stay there forever Since persephone ate 3 spores she now must stay on the underworld for 3 months a year(she is queen of the underworld though) Thats why crops can prosper when persephone isnt on the underworld but the 3 months she must stay are when demeter is sad so winter comes,zeus and hades made a deal so that persephone leaves the underworld after 3 months a year so she doesnt get stuck there forever And thats the ancient greek myth

[@keithkania3810]

Don’t forget Zeus orchestrated the whole kidnapping in the first place, and hades went along with it because of his love for Persephone

[@cc_spyros3962]

@@keithkania3810 i dont remember that

[@4Curses]

There are several tens of versions of the story. In the end, greek mythology is mythology. A collection of stories, legends, religious texts, and only some philosophers wrote it down. Some stories say hades had the approval of Zeus. some show Persephone not liking the underworld and others that show that she liked hades as her husband. some show Demeter as sad and those that show her as vengeful using the mortal's demise to blackmail the other gods. Some say hades tricked her with the pomegranate seeds and others imply that she knew exactly what she was doing when she ate them. There really is no one unified truth. but if you look at all the stories about hades, he is literally one of the only good-guy gods of Greek mythology. He even goes around creating flower in memorial of his lovers. Imagine how many more flowers greece would have known, if Zeus did the same.

[@thehermit8723]

@@cc_spyros3962 Ιn some versions she willingly followed Hades.

[@ivanadriazola1991]

There is different versions, this is just one of them, Im pretty sure one of the versions is that Demeter did love Hades and only left once she heard what was happening to the mortals, so they actually made up the whole seeds story so that she could go back to hell after leaving to soothe her mother. So yeah, the cannon of the game is pretty close to some of the versions of these stories.

[@brandoferg6460]

I love greek mythology and have always been super into it. Hades & Persephone's story is one of my favorites. I love how this game kept a lot of the original story in there but added/changed a lot also to make a really compelling story for the game. I think you did an awesome job explaining it!

[@Holyduck777]

After getting kicked in the stomach by Katana Zero's story I'm glad this story is a lot more wholesome.

[@DeadInside-ct6dl]

I have a theory about why Zagreus is bound to the Underworld: It's the only reason he's alive. Nyx says that she revived a stillborn Zagreus and it took her so long that Persephone left in grief by then. I believe the only way she was able to revive him was through binding him and his godly self to the Underworld. While Thanatos or Hades or any other Underworld resident would feel somewhat inconvenienced by the upper world, Zagreus would feel even worse off because of his bond to the Underworld.

[@against1virus]

If he was already dead at birth wouldnt he belong in the underworld by default?

[@rachelthornton4442]

My guess she did this by bathing him in the River Styx, hence why he is now the god of blood.

[@-salmather]

It's been my headcanon for a while that if Zagreus' life is tied to some part of the Underworld, then that has something to do with why the Phlegethon is overflowing so majorly into Asphodel. Like some sort of balance was upset

[@lolbots686]

@@rachelthornton4442 its probably why zagreus just cant survive long,if he tried surviving on the surface,it would be suffering not even he or his godly body could bear,thus either than or the river styx eases his suffering and ushers him back into the underworld in order to keep him from such indescribable pain

[@jaredschroeder7555]

@@lolbots686 I wonder if he could prolong his excursions by taking some of the Styx with him, kinda like refueling his death defied.

[@gabrielhughes8221]

SO in a matter of speaking Nyx is the mother, yeah persephone give birthed to him, but Nyx given life unto Zagreus.

[@FirstLast-cg2nk]

To anyone who talks about the true form of the myth, bear in mind that what people tend to think of when they read myths is a snapshot. Myths don't come into existence fully formed, but rather they change and evolve repeatedly over centuries of cultural progress. Myths aren't set in stone. For more on how that happens, I recommend Overly Sarcastic Productions videos, in particular the one about Hades and Persephone.

[@NayrAnur]

Red did mention that there's no canon in myth and that they are all basically fanfiction that survived through oral tradition.

[@falconeshield]

It's like language: once it never changes, it's dead.

[@karimxbear]

Who's watching this before playing Hades II?

[@reheapification2]

That moment where you finish the run and the plot video is only at 1/3.

[@rowenarossedeplata1644]

Did some checking about Zagreus, in the myths he's actually the son of Persephone and Zeus (Side note: Persophone is actually the daughter of Zeus and Demeter, not a mortal) so in actuality, Zagreus' Father is also his grandfather and Mother is his half-sister\cousin.

[@dianagoenaga7263]

Actually, there's a bit of controversy on his parentage. People believe it to be Zeus, because one of Hades divine epithets is "the dark Zeus". So it's most likely Hades, but because of a translation error, people believe it's Zeus

[@TealFirefox4387]

Your thinking of Dionysius. Zagreus in acident Greek Mythology has very little info on him only that he was the son of Hades and Persephone, he was born in the (i may be missspeling it) Zagreos montains, and that he seemed that he and Dionysius were once worshiped as the same god like Pan and Hermes. Its really fuzzy infact the game actully has a quest centering around this.

[@amanofnoreputation2164]

Sort of. He's the son of Zeus in the Orphic hymns but not in exoteric ancient Greek religion. Orphism is a specific and esoteric branch of Greek mythology that was basically a mystery cult.

[@late.student]

Had a blast quickly smashing through this game before it left Gamepass. Thanks for compiling the rest of the story I didn't have time to absorb!

[@Halemore]

Thanks for the recap! It's been so long since i played through the game and with Hades II out i needed the refresher.... great job on this video :D

[@MegaLuros]

And then Zeus laughed "haha yes, this pom seed curse is quite the thing ! Frotunately I didn't kidnap Demeter's daughter or impregnate my brother's wife !"

[@Billchu13]

Well said, this is a good explanation, and your summary keeps the story intact while cutting some things short.

[@Baron20k]

Always excited to see more content from you! Keep up the great work

[@SquatchGamingChannel]

Thanks a lot, man! It might be a while before the next video cause I have no idea what game I want to cover next. Lol. Thanks for watching this one though! I appreciate it!

[@jadebanana]

Dont mind me, I'm just here so I can watch the Achilles and Patroclus dialogues with context haha

[@noplesnono9656]

Ooooh, A new squatch video. And the best part is that it's released on my birthday :D Thanks for the accidental birthday gift

[@SquatchGamingChannel]

NICE! Happy Birthday, man! Hope it was a good one! Thank you for watching!

[@berilsevvalbekret772]

The one big problem I had how they did my boy Hypnos dirty also absense of Apollo and Hera AND Haphestus. Hypnos is one of the oldest kids Nyx has and quite powerful I mean the guy put Zeus to sleep twice. They got his kindness right and I like how they made him a sassy asshole XD but the treatment of him was abysmal.

[@blazediron8317]

I beat this game when it came out and really enjoyed it! Watching this now for a recap before i get started on the sequel. Thank you!

[@sapk3532]

wait this game is so wholesome wtf

[@bigmacdoubleyouv]

This game is addicting, and I'm enjoying the side stories at this point. I've banged Meg and Thanatos and been murdered by Charon horribly. I started playing at 6 p.m. tonight for a few runs. Its 3:30 a.m. now.

[@WastelandH]

Haven't finished the game yet so I won't watch the video, but I know I'll enjoy it when I come watch it, so have my like sir. Love your channel. You made me replay the Hotline Miami saga again and made me remember why I loved it so much.

[@amanofnoreputation2164]

The first time I read the story of Hades and Persephone was in a little blue book I got while I was in middle school which was probably meant for children even younger than I was. I enjoyed it so much I would always wonder what the "real" version of the myth was like. . . . The reality of that being, fragmentary, full of ambiguity and contradiction from retellings and the distortion of time, containing lots of unconsensual sex, and written in Greek and Latin. In other words, there was no "authentic" version of the story that my child brain was imagining. These larval musings fell away, but eventually resurfaced from the underworld catacombs of my mind in the form of a grown butterfly that was my own telling of the story, and was not unlike the one in Hades.

[@nickruhle_]

3 years late, but this video was incredible and exactly what I was looking for! 10/10

[@rayreineu]

Thanks for putting this all together!

[@SquatchGamingChannel]

Thanks for watching! Hope you enjoyed!

[@vombine9321]

so well made and fun to watch! thank you :)

[@Im-Just-Here-Dont-Worry]

My favorite part is that this maintains the Greek myth trend of Zeus being at the core of all that went wrong

[@raffiboy9426]

One of best video game stories of all time

[@ravi_arithocrix5040]

u sir deserve a sub and a like for completing the entire story for so many of us

[@elmacho0982]

wooooo! i was so excited for this video and i love that the greek mythology is accurate, although the names are spelled funny (comparing to how we normally spell them) like Dionises and Dionysius or something like that

[@SquatchGamingChannel]

Nice! Hope you enjoyed! :) Me too! I really hope they can release future content on the game cause I would like to see more of the mythology!

[@ViNncentSmith]

thx for yet another great video keep it up !

[@SquatchGamingChannel]

Thank you for watching! I really appreciate it! :)

[@lifeofbekahh]

The voice actor for Zagreus makes him sound so cool 😊

[@aloneineden]

Yesssssssss, was just thinking of your channel.

[@SquatchGamingChannel]

Guess it was just meant to be! Lol. Thanks for watching! Hope you enjoyed!

[@blackbatman3152]

You really take time and research thoroughly thank you

[@avah3643]

I wish you actually did get to tend to the cottage after you beat hades! Going to Greece was my favourite part of the whole run and I think it would be funny if you could have upgraded it like you do with the house of hades.

[@jusbetter7634]

I love hiw despite being so far detached from the actualy mythos Hades is still just dealing with everyone's shit

[@Jebbtube]

I find this to be a much more digestible version of Greek mythology than actual Greek mythology.

[@ErykDante]

Thank you for the video! When I first started playing I skipped most dialogues. I usually don't care about stories in games, but this one eventually grabbed my attention. So this video was really helpful!

[@SquatchGamingChannel]

Awesome to hear, man! Yeah, those seemingly innocuous dialogues go a long way to fleshing out the full story, so if you miss em, you could be confused. Lol. Happy to hear it helped! Thanks for watching!

[@kanvaros4451]

You go from hating hades to seeing he is the Giga SSS Tier Dad ! Also cerebus is so big fluf

[@lsfearls]

And now the story continues trailer for Hades II is out and looks like we will be getting the second chapter to this.

[@TheBurgerThievery]

Cerberus is a doggie(s) i would want

[@SquatchGamingChannel]

I don't know. I'd be scared of the whole Hell Hound thing. Lol. Thanks for watching!

[@ahrimanahzekxv9446]

Great vid, honest detailed and nice to listen to. Thx

[@seleniumdisulfide3170]

Your story telling is so immersive

[@ryukastle1047]

Persephone looks so cute in her underworld outfit😍😍😍😍

[@proghost21]

Been a subscriber since your LISA videos, good to see your channel growing👍!

[@justintallman3398]

So, Nyx is a real one.

[@GLVSCOW]

Just started playing after a sale on switch, have like 50 hours in now and can't stop. It's everything I've wanted from a roguelike rpg

[@EdMcStinko]

Cerberus is so cute with his rainbow tongue

[@VanoftheDownAngel]

I expected that there would be something more complicated, but this is also good.

[@adr.k8676]

Watching you explain stuff is very satisfying to watch,lol.

[@Clevernamegoeshere]

and then chronos kicked down the door and ruined everything

[@Trouble031]

i appreciate this video sonce i havent played hades since i beat most of it. I needed this for hades 2

[@thomasalexanian927]

I can see this as a series for some reason.

[@ejsmith7626]

Thanks so much. A big help in my research.

[@Ralffi009]

Great work again

[@SquatchGamingChannel]

Thanks so much! Happy to hear you liked it! :)

[@lunerlilly]

thank you, I knew I would never play the game cause it's not my thing. But I love Mythology and I noticed how accurate it was to the actual thing. So I was very impressed with it and wanted to know how the devs told it. Thanks for the great summery. :)

[@Allieg806]

Funnily enough persephone was called dread persephone or kore if they were too scared to get her attention. She wasnt someone you just talked about

[@soulofalexis3261]

You should try, Furi or hunter saga [hunter, hunter redstar,hunter snowfall and hunter brotherhood(hotline miami 2)

[@memeweirdguyn.0019]

Alternate story summary Zagreus: Dad can I go outside to see my mom Hades: not until you correct that attitude of yours Z: Dad for f■■■ sake please let me ■■■■■ to the ■■■■ so I can ■■■■ Hades: *I SAID NO!* I will left in here to guard you this wonderful people that have been with me for many years Zagreous: *So you all have chosen....dead....again*

[@SquatchGamingChannel]

Way simpler and easier to get through than mine. Lol. Thanks for watching!

[@KATEM96]

Finally we have a new good video

[@SquatchGamingChannel]

As opposed to a new bad video? Lol. Well I hope you enjoyed! Thanks for watching!

[@Ashley-the-fox]

A game about a dysfunctional family that consists mostly of extremely hot people so *bi panic intensifies*

[@Shakkarz]

That was in a Hercules episode Kevin serbo WOOOWW all he needs is a soul but for the undead it's very complicated.

[@matthewclokus7311]

Honestly I hope that the sequel will be just as good if not better

[@FrostedFlakes1800]

Awww yeah I was waiting on this, fantastic game and a fantastic creator

[@SquatchGamingChannel]

You were right, man! It's a fantastic game! Lol. Glad I took a chance on it! Thanks for watching, dude!

[@BonJoviBeatlesLedZep]

Please do a video on Transistor!

[@waqas2926]

Love your vids

[@BirdiePlss]

Catching on my lore after Hades 2 EA release!

[@meander112]

Engagement for the engagement god!

[@SquatchGamingChannel]

Appreciate it! Thanks for watching! Hope you enjoyed!

[@MilutinMujovic]

Will you do Hades 2?

[@SquatchGamingChannel]

Yup! But I’m going to wait until the 1.0 release, so it will probably sometime next year. Thanks for watching!

[@amirmohaddeth7696]

good job bro

[@darkrequiem9133]

Name of song at 12:18?

[@grayel4315]

Good video

[@SquatchGamingChannel]

Happy to hear it! Thanks for watching!

[@grayel4315]

@@SquatchGamingChannel you deserve it! Keep of the great videos!

[@breakfastdonut5594]

It would´ve been cool if the gods found out about hades and Persephone and you had to fight all the gods without extra help from them

[@jotarokujo3028]

What are the gods quests ?

[@PrinceSheogorath]

Cerberus is so cute

[@henkpotgieter5299]

should of been game of the year

[@lonerboy4951]

This game is awesome

[@SquatchGamingChannel]

It really is great! I was surprised how much I enjoyed it on my first couple playthroughs. Lol. Thanks for watching! Hope you enjoyed!

[@angrycoffeekid]

I love this guys content, hope he makes videos about lisa fangames!

[@mrfandangos.4394]

AH YES NIGHT TIME STORY SUMMARY!!

[@SquatchGamingChannel]

Hope it could help you wind down! Thanks for watching! :)

[@shadowkingleo7776]

have you thought of doing or have you already done a story summary of the game series Xenoblade Chronicles

[@Illstreak37]

Okay I know there are other videos about this but I would want see you do a metel gear solid story summary

[@SquatchGamingChannel]

I actually considered it years ago, but I would go through all that work and Konami would copyright it, meaning I wouldn’t get anything from it. Just can’t justify it. Lol. Thanks for the suggestion though! And thanks for watching!

[@elshelalu2027]

I love Cerberus

[@K1ngISsoEp1c]

Squatch can you tell me why biker and the driver of the black van in HM 1 look alike

[@colcorneliuscornwall7585]

If you could do one of these for West of Dead that would be beautiful

[@piccgeta345]

Finally :D still working on getting pasted the 3rd stage :(

[@freshmadgod]

Fantastic

[@viniciusrenato6408]

Are you intend to make a video about iconoclasts

[@SquatchGamingChannel]

It's been recommended a few times! I've got a HUGE project I'm working on right now which is going to take a lot of time to make, then a couple other games that people recommended. Maybe after those, I'll finally tackle Iconoclasts!

[@gingeral253]

The game sort of changed the mythology. Persephone is the daughter of Zeus and Demeter, and not at all mortal.

[@TheZanzibarMan]

So how many runs did it take for you to beat Hades the first time?

[@SquatchGamingChannel]

I don’t remember exactly, but I think it was around 10. The Bow fit my play style really well, and I got really good drops for it (Reflect, Charge up Volley, Consecutive hits with Volley do more damage). I think I narrowly beat him even with all of that. However, the more you face Hades and upgrade Zagreus, the easier it gets. It is much easier for me to clear through the game now than it was when I first started. Thanks for watching!

[@curser63]

I just discovered that I've already finished the main story

[@cooperwilkinson6239]

Theres this game DOOM that released in 2016. You should do a story summary on it.

[@inactiveaccount7728]

amazing :D

[@GalaxyIguess]

Your worst enemy... extend