Hades with a Side of Salt

[@thejester2934]

"I like meg" *Gets rejected and blushes about it* Same, Scott. Same

[@Mr_bukowski4435]

Relatable

[@leovk5779]

5:20

[@vivianfromttyd]

hypnos moment

[@glitch_gc8786]

5:23 when i saw sad Scott slowly fade in i laughed that just got me, i realy like the more positive reviews focusing more on beeing genuine rather than "i have to be salty" is nice

[@jameslawrenson1208]

Turned down again, eh Scott?

[@phantompop3192]

Definitely should have called this Hades with a Side of Sugar

[@ghostphantom8453]

Hades with a side of Fries?

[@RushWheeler]

Hades With a Side of Nectar and Ambrosia

[@ceph_and_seethe]

HADES with a side of Spice

[@dragonflybug1577]

Hades with a side of godliness

[@JadeMoore-w9w]

Hades with a side of crack

[@KingsBard]

"You might be cursed at that point, because you may have already experienced peak" Me when I played any Shantae game after starting with Pirate's Curse, or any indie MetroidVania after Hollow Knight.

[@TrueWolves]

Ori is pretty good, more so the sequel. Though they hit a hard flaw in being comparatively short by the genre standards. The sequel takes clear inspiration from Hollowknight though. Silksong when

[@mask-mimic]

Me trying to play FO3 after NV.

[@nathanielvantassell8809]

Ender Lilies is a wonderful MetroidVania that I cannot recommend enough if you haven't played it yet; not as infinitely playable as Hollow Knight, but definitely a fun game with only a few unfortunate downsides that nonetheless can be overlooked.

[@jzpowell2108]

A not to salty side of salt… a refreshing change of pace, for certain

[@iparadigm]

i mean it is sponsored

[@nashvontookus7451]

​@@iparadigm It IS also Hades, one of the top roguelikes out there

[@zacziggarot]

Is there a side of salt? IDK, seems pretty sweet actually. I like side of salt because it prepares you for the annoying elements on otherwise fun games. There's a real difference between loving something blindly with rose colored glasses and loving a game despite its flaws.

[@nashvontookus7451]

@@zacziggarot Hades has very few flaws to be salty about

[@zacziggarot]

@@nashvontookus7451 so make it a review and not a side of salt then. I watch these videos so that I can tailor my expectations before checking out a new game. Whenever people say that a game is flawless it pretty much just builds expectations to the point where it disappoints. So you're saying that none of the enemies get repetitive? Even on your 100th run? None of the boss fights feel unfair? There's always a good spread of perks that you can get in each room? Legitimately wanted to play it someday but now I'm kind of worried that it just has a high skill ceiling that'll be out of my filthy casual reach

[@MrKlausbaudelaire]

What I really love about this game was the perfect portrayal of the Gods and how accurate it is to the mythology. Hades is not some evil death lord trying to overthrow Zeus and neither Zeus is this perfect example of selflessness and dignity, just like in the ACTUAL greek mythos! Hades is a stern but reasonable god (a bit "no fun allowed" in the game and I love it), Zeus and most of the gods can be fickle, selfish, ignorant and overall too proud for basic understanding. I also love how Chaos, the being who created EVERYTHING, have a tendency to overthink any small actions, since they are a being used to observe the universe with a wide scope where every action leads to an outcome, so anything as simple as giving a bottle of Nectar for the heck of it will get Chaos thinking whats the outcome.

[@Aldo-ih7oi]

The heat system in this game is what makes it absolutely amazing as a standout option. The fact that 1 (one) person in the world has managed to beat max-heat without mods and RNG manipulation since release just blows my mind to this day.

[@acceldown]

I'm surprised how calming playing hades is, usually I get angry when I die in other games but here it just means that I'm progressing the story or talking to the characters I love.

[@excalibursaurusm5701]

One of the best games of all time.

[@shinopigamer7578]

For a rogue like its incredibly weak in tearms of replay value

[@elver2218]

​@@shinopigamer7578maybe to you I find the replayability just fine

[@PsychicStoryteller]

​@shinopigamer7578 I'm sorry are we even thinking about the same *developers?* All of their games are ridiculously replayable!

[@shinopigamer7578]

@@PsychicStoryteller bro If you ever played games like Issac or dead cells you won't call hades repayable

[@ArtDadDraws]

Eh idk man. I realize it's a valid opinion to have, but it is NOT as sticky as other roguelites for me and the story wasn't grabbing me.

[@Silver-Nao]

Im pretty sure one of the head leads for the creator of hades plays orpheous and also sings some of the songs (obviously)

[@CiromBreeze]

Darren Korb. He's not only the musician for ALL of Supergiant's games (not just Hades), but he's also the voice of Zagreus and Skelly in addition to being Orpheus' singing voice. (He also voiced Zulf in Bastion, too!)

[@Silver-Nao]

@@CiromBreeze ah yea,i forgot about that for a second.The guy is a god for doing all those rolls just perrrfectly

[@0ctopusComp1etely]

He also allegedly did speedruns of Hades cause he loved the game so much. In some dev discussions on speedruns, they brought up that Darren was one of if-not-the fastest speedrunner in the development office. The best at being Zagreus, you could say. While, ya know... playing Zagreus, while voicing Zagreus. What a legend.

[@DarksideGmss0513]

He's the singing voice for Orpheus, The voice of Zagreus, and Skelly

[@DarksideGmss0513]

​@@0ctopusComp1etely He beat it in 12 minutes I think which is INSANE

[@blockerton1778]

For those who try out hell mode, there is an extra phase with hades boss fight that has an absolute banger of a boss fight theme

[@kelpusf]

thats actually the difficulty modifier extreme measures 4, not hell mode, but youre right about the boss theme. all the music is so good in this game

[@SageNineMusic]

Ngl, this video immediately being as a Netflix ad really discredits how good of a game this is. Its not just a "oh its free why not" game, it's genuienly a game changer and one of my all time favorites that serves to be played on a consol or PC

[@yaelmurillo1863]

For the longest time, Enter the Gungeon was the greatest roguelike Ive played. Now Hades and Gungeon share that throne

[@dravenmartinez6311]

Enter the gungeon fan spotted

[@marcelloreeves7216]

You should try dead cells as well.

[@arturliviu]

Isaac in the corner like: allow me to introduce myself

[@someoneontheinternet4518]

​@@marcelloreeves7216I love love love both Hades and Gungeon (I have like 140 hours in both), but for whatever reason I cannot get into dead cells. I've tried to get into it like 4 times but it just doesn't work for me for some reason :/. Absolutely thrilled people enjoy it that much though

[@Bonzo0706]

@@someoneontheinternet4518 funny thing is im the exact way. Dead cells just never clicked with me no matter how much i wanna like it

[@Cheesequicksand]

1:43 Disney Hercules reference

[@icepl831]

hades with a side of sugar. thank you.

[@Silver-Nao]

Woop woop! WAITING FOR HADES 2 TO RELEAAAAASE!

[@Rukdug]

I normally don't even like roguelite games, but Hades is STILL in my top 5 games I've ever played.

[@ELI-ug4um]

Tbh I got into Hades late because a lot of the hype seemed to come from people hard simping over the characters but after giving into a sale the game is truly phenomonal.

[@joytheboi]

Two sides of salt in one week? We're eating well today, boys

[@TheVnator]

And so is Scott because this one's sponsored!

[@Strudlll]

Eating like really salty steak

[@TownDarling]

Probably because it’s sponsored. Still a good SoS

[@rundown132]

Rent's due

[@ZeldaZoura]

This is good, I needed the extra sodium /jk

[@deadpliss]

The binding of isaac walked so Hades could fly. I love those games a lot and one I've been playing recently is "Have a Nice Death" and tries to be somewhat story driven but it is more the whacky shenanigans and has something I really like from Tboi in repentence which is you can choose your which path you want to take on unlike Hades, which is probbly the only flaw being same 4 levels, at least pact of punishment adds a lot of spice to the same ol boss fights

[@benji-menji]

I was happy till I saw the Netflix sponsor. I feel sorry that this great game needed to be sponsored to get a video. Just buy this game so you don't lose it when the game leaves the library. I also checked if this game was available for android via play store and only found Dead Cells (also good game). Just get the game for PC or console if those are preferred.

[@NoteCat540]

I didn't know netflix had hades or games for that matter.. now I'm sad too

[@1MaxVader1]

Was this comment made before watching the video? He said that he never planned on making one because he couldn't think of anything that countered him gushing about the game.

[@benji-menji]

@@1MaxVader1 Yah, but that didn't change my opinion.

[@Angry_Jetpack]

This is a side of sugar, not salt. Actually, scratch that. The sugar is the side, the drink, the appetizer, the main course, the pallet cleanser, and the dessert.

[@MonkeyD.LuffyTheStrawHat]

This felt more like an advertisement then a side of salt.

[@TheSattocs]

Scott getting all these great sponsors makes me so happy and proud for him. He worked his butt off to get to where he is and he deserves every dollar he earns!

[@Crocogator]

Had to check. 379.5 hours. Everyone's homework is to play Hades.

[@Zephirite.]

Hearing "Hades is on Netflix" made me wonder how well it would do as an Arcane-level show adaptation...

[@theonlyORNGguy]

Was nervous to get back into rouge likes. I just left synthetik. Picked this up on discount. One of my all time favorite games. That God mode really made it more fun since I'm more casual and love listening to the VAs who are godly at their job in this one. Best I've seen in a while. Mega shout out to Hermes and Poseidon's VAs.

[@rob98000]

I'm pretty sure zag's VA was just one of the devs filling in until they could hire a proper VA but they loved his performance so much they kept him.

[@jamesmalinowski4033]

So if I play this game, I'll Flowers for Algernon myself? Sign me up.

[@gabehowe2778]

1:42 nice reference! I love this game’s representation of hades, but man it’s hard to beat that one, even with all of the movie’s inaccuracies. Still fun as all hell.

[@cee_ves]

can’t wait for Hades II: a couple grams of salt lightly dusted over a pile of sugar

[@romeogonzalez5156]

Salt of side😵‍💫

[@IAteABox]

I got into this game and fell in love with it because of your recommendation of it from the Side Order with a Side of Salt. I cannot thank you enough for including it in that video, I always assumed Hades would be too intense for me but I had no idea it was a roguelike

[@164blueman]

I'm in a weird place with Hades. I acknowledge that it is absolutely a peak game, and while I had a ton of fun with it I only played it so much before eventually returning to playing The Binding of Isaac.

[@headwaste5277]

1:43 nice hercules reference

[@phoenixflamegames1]

Beautifully polished narrative roguelike game is a recipe for succes tbh.

[@MrNicosaure]

I could name one thing to be salty about regarding Hades: Death is required, meaning if you're too good at the game it can take longer to progress with character interactions since you're limited to 1 per attempt (you can talk to everyone once, talking more than that just gives flavor text), whether you finish a run or not Also certain characters will not be available depending on where you die, locking you out of certain events if you mess up or succeed, either way can screw you over Very minor thing but to get to the actual end of the game, I had to purposefully die 6 times in a row so I could progress with the Hades dialog I was missing for instance The fact this is my only complaint with the game goes to show how amazing it is, never a dull moment, it's always your fault if you die, and the game doesn't throw random BS at you, one of the best rogue type games out there if not the best

[@greyrifterrellik5837]

Honestly while it is *absolutely* one of the best in the genre, I wouldn't actually suggest Hades as an *entry* into the genre. Off the top of my head, I can think of two that work as a better "first game" in this genre for people, depending on the approach you want. There's "Swords Of Ditto", which is one of the most light-hearted and casual-friendly takes on the genre in existence, while still maintaining some of the foundational aspects of the genre, making it a great way to introduce people to the genre without overwhelming them. And then there's Binding of Isaac, which is hands down the purest version of this genre there is; not the best, far from the worst, but playing isaac will give someone the absolute simplest, clearest idea of what roguelike/lite can be.

[@GameKnight404]

You should do one for Enter/Exit the Gungeon. Both are really fun.

[@TheFoxfiend]

The greatest salt along the way is that this is peak, and we will never reach this high again.

[@GergChannel]

just realized there is a bandage in Scott's hair. Nice.

[@deepseastonecore3017]

How often do l make jokes about chemistry? Periodically.

[@xxSpeedstaxx]

One of my favorite sound design fun facts about this game is that iirc all of the olympian god's voices have reverb and all of the chthonic gods have reverse reverb!

[@Legend_Evo1]

recommendation: In stars and time i will not elaborate further.

[@steeveedragoon]

I love this game so much. I don't think I'd say that it's my favorite rogue-like, as enter the Gungeon definitely sits atop that throne, but Hades is firmly at number 2. The reason why gungeon is my favorite over hades is that I feel like it leaves more room for skill expression in a few ways. 1. Hades let's you get stronger over time after each run, which by all means is a good thing, but gungeon will always have you start off with the same sort of strength with each character being more or less equally strong. 2. In Hades you will get hit. You can dodge attacks, but the game is very much designed around the idea that you will inevitably get hit. Gungeon is designed around the idea where if you get hit, that's on you. Getting hit is a skill issue and you're rewarded for not taking damage with additional health, making any future mistakes less punishing. By no means am I saying that Hades doesn't take skill, it is a rogue-like which does make it hard in a number of ways, but it's certainly easier compared to gungeon where any overpowered combos aren't guaranteed and will only come up due to chance.

[@jinchuriki7022]

The story and design is perfect. Big fan of greek mythology so I was already locked in. The bow was my main weapon.

[@gabrielrussell5531]

I note a distinct lack of mentioning how well the touch screen controls work.

[@EmperorOfApathy]

Love the Hades reference for hades

[@dragonflybug1577]

I remember not caring about it when I saw the trailer for it when it first came out and only recently played and completed hades about a couple months ago. I was in love with this game, it has a perfect balance of gameplay and story in my experience, from the progress of various stats and power ups to the funny dialogue from the different gods. Each run you do is always different but it never felt stale cause of the different dialogue you would get every time you would die. I also went into it almost completely blind to what it had to offer and it made the experience so much better. I spent hours sometimes days grinding out the game, it’s the first ever rogue-like game I played I would recommend it to anyone to give it a try as well

[@nashvontookus7451]

The music in this game is some of the best I've ever heard. Huge props to Darren Korb.

[@ABower-dm7my]

And we can’t wait for Hades 2!!

[@huskydylan6178]

i think you should do crypt of the necrodancer, don't forget to mention how hard it is to get a platinum trophy

[@UPTsans1020]

Hades is technically a “rouge-lite.” A “rouge-like” is a game where if you die you completely restart and you start over with nothing like risk of rain. A “rough-lite” is a game where if you die you start over, but you can upgrade aspects of your character that are permanent.

[@gasparsigma]

My proudest moment in gaming was beating a 32 heat run in Hades. My heart was racing through the last battle, it's a memory I'll keep forever

[@Silverpale-h4z]

Bow is broken, first upgrade, Dionysus on special, Artemis on cast and goddess of love on attack

[@RazaTheMaza]

My friend you have defined my first sucessful run

[@HadusMC]

Hades with a side of Greens (Sodium Free)

[@Ofxzh]

More people need to know about Supergiant game’s other titles. Bastion is my childhood, and I loved Pyre.

[@CombatSportsNerd]

Welp, time to fire up Netflix. I’m a simple man. You put Greek/Roman mythology into a video game and you will have my attention in a chokehold! Plus it’s fully voice acted? 👍🏾Thanks for the video Scott!!!

[@roxaroo]

The salt is there, but just complimentary, like a perfectly cooked dish. 😊

[@littlebigb5370]

As someone that didn't get the appeal to rougue-likes, I picked it up due to the praise it got. Hours upon hours later, it has since become one of my favorite games of all time and has shown me EXACTLY why rouge-likes are so popular and replayable.

[@obeserob5027]

That last line is exactly my case. Hades was my first roguelike back in 2020 and I've tried multiple roguelikes since including supergiant ones and have never gotten into them as much as Hades

[@GameKeeper28]

"Might of already experienced peak" At least until Hades II comes out.

[@LegoCowManZ]

And 2 weeks after this released, we get some pretty hefty news on Hades 2.

[@calijack2006]

honestly, I haven’t had this much fun with a rogue, since the binding of Isaac

[@CecilyJisi]

I cannot wait for hades 2!!

[@Ramsey276one]

Oh RIGHT!

[@andrewgross144]

Before watching it, I was wondering what the side of salt would be. And none was served, the perfect amount for this game!

[@harvencosset3147]

The saltiest thing he could have said about Hades; "If you're not a fan of roguelikes, give this a try. It'd be a good introduction. But by that point, you already experienced peak" A game so good that if it's your first roguelike, everything else is a downgrade. Damn.

[@ShivShrike]

And now we wait for Hades 2

[@ddubmomo]

Main reason everyone needs to play Hades: Eurydice

[@cloverandanais]

Hades is the vanilla pretty boy of roguelikes, and there ain't nothin wrong with that. 🍀

[@Ozymandias2x]

Low Sodium Hades.

[@SorventTV]

When he did the Hades quote from the disney Hurcules movie I was dead lol 😂

[@swampygaming2975]

imo, rouglikes don’t need to have deep stories. This is what sets Hades apart from the rest.

[@franknova987]

An addendum to the Splatoon3 Side Order dlc salt, developers interview showed they didn't expected people clearing it super fast so, either they didn't think it was easy for people to 100% it very fast or the testers where bad at rogue likes?

[@cameroncooper5941]

Definitely a game I do not regret giving a shot even though it was outside my usual genres.

[@supersloth7314]

Kind of feels like he is text to speak here

[@blockerton1778]

I've recently grabbed the game on steam and I love it as a rouge like.

[@vincentprice713]

5:23 scott crying killed me.

[@KuroOokami167]

I always thought the title was more of a play on the term: take this with a grain of salt, as in to go experience something and research it for yourself, don't just take my word for it.

[@ShockedTaiLung]

BRO GOT SUCH A BIG SPONSER?! HES REALLY MADE IT 😭😭😭

[@kelendalkazama9926]

Get your check, boss.

[@thenumbr24]

How ironic that this gets made right after I start playing hades for the first time

[@nikki607]

Re: Hades being peak. We ARE getting a sequel, which already slaps in early access

[@rachelc8368]

Salt can be only positive, salt is very tasty, an essential ingredient for sure

[@dudeguy0_07]

Hades is an amazing game that must be spread to every person everywhere so it’s good that Netflix did this

[@kairowkuroshi1371]

Hades had me talk to a friend. And he introduced me to the other super giant games. I played and enjoyed Pyre and Transistor. And I can love being a supergiant fan looking forward to Hades 2 since I am a Huge Greek mythology nerd being my childhood.

[@asher879]

Hades *without* a Side of Salt, we didn't order the salt

[@mangasaint]

Also it’s getting a part 2 very soon following a different person. Won’t spoil it but there’s videos of it out already.

[@Romalac]

One of my favorite games in recent memory, I love it so much.

[@tortletrainwrek9335]

Love that Disney Hades line. "I understood that reference." 👍

[@alexh1323]

Hades with a side of sugar

[@GuyWhoWatchesStuff]

Hades my beloved

[@SpriteDuel]

The real game of the year.

[@darienb1127]

You know, I thought that I was the only one who thought everyone was kinda whispery in this game. Glad to hear that i'm not the only one who noticed that.

[@scarfking1579]

seeing positive scott salt is not what i expected but im here for it? Though maybe it should be a side of sugar?

[@mccabbagepatch]

While Robo Quest is slowly taking over my brain, Hades is still easily one of the best roguelikes ever made

[@AndrewS-vu4ji]

I've played well over 100 hours and i still haven't reached the end of the game's dialogue. There's a great People Make Games video from a few years back about Hades.

[@sandycruzberube57]

I literally just beat hades TODAY! So I'm sure you can understand my surprise when I saw this video released

[@black-n-gold]

As someone who beat the game once and has about 55ish hours on the PC/switch file I have, I can say this: Touch screen controls are fine, but just don’t feel as responsive. Connect a controller to your phone/tablet and play this game and it is the same perfect game as it is on all other platforms.

[@Mr_bukowski4435]

Hades is genuinely one of my favorite games of all time