Austin (already) strongly recommends: Hades II (Early Access Review)

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2. Bruh, who are these guys?
   Supergiant really dropped GOTY and were all like, "Oh, that ole'thing? Nah, that's just the start."

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3. At this point, if Austin reviews it, I know it's getting a GOTY nomination

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4. I really wish I could watch this video, but I’ve decided I’m avoiding all spoilers in EA.

   Also, please buy more art for your apartment 😂

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5. Really looking forward to this. Never completed the original

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6. I put 100 hours into hades 1, I’m terrified how many hours I’ll sink into hades 2

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7. Pretty excited for Microsoft to buy Supergiant and ask them to make a live-service, FPS

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8. Played Jedi survivors a year after release and somehow had more bugs than an indie early access title lol

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9. Hades 2 Early Access currently has way more content than Hades 1. And more to come!

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10. Austin killing it on the reviews.

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11. Great review Austin, I thought this was your best yet.

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12. Austin have you considered consuming ShillUp?

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13. Hades introduced me to this genre. I'm so glad it did..

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14. Time to change this channel to AustinUp at this point.

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15. Alright alright I’ll buy it! Enough already!

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16. its great but it made me want to go back to the first one, maybe the weapons and skills will be more fun once it's fully released

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17. It cannot be overstated just how incredible Jen Zee is. She has been the art director on all of Supergiant's games, and I don't think Supergiant would be where they are today without her signature art style.

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18. the moment you said hot tub I bought the game

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19. Had a few weeks and not played it yet

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20. I don't know if it's my video but it seems laggy, not very smooth…. Idkn man, wish we could have other textures and color pallets, bigger do not means better

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21. The depiction of the Greek gods is atrocious.

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22. Algorithms

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23. Genuinely could not give less of a shit what Austin's take on a game is

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24. I feel like I'm the only one who isn't feeling this new Hades, I'll wait for the full release.

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25. SOMEONE EXPLAIN WHY THE HELL YOU WOULD PLAY AN EARLY ACCESS GAME…? JUST TO PLAY EARLY? THATS IT? SO YOU WOULD RUIN THE FULL GAME EXPERIENCE. RUIN THE STORY TOLD AS A WHOLE. RUIN THAT "AWE" FEELING WHEN NEW CONTENT IS ADDED AND YOU HAVE TO PLAY THROUGH THE FIRST PART OF THE GAME AGAIN? PLAYING EA GAMES JUST RUINS THE WHOLE GAME FOR YOU. WHICH ONE SOUNDS BETTER…………PLAYING HALF THE GAME WITH NOT ALL THE CONTENT ADDED….OR PLAYING THE FULL GAME, ALL THE CONTENT, THE WHOLE STORY, AND WAITING A YEAR?? WHICH IS A BETTER EXPERIENCE?

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26. Audio mixing is p terrible in this one, guys.

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27. The gods being less scantily clad is a dealbreaker for me, unfortunately. I mean, what were they thinking!?

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28. Really like the initial 3 minute review at the beginning of the 20 minute review. It's a nice tone setter and if I'm too busy to watch the whole thing I still get an idea of the vibe of the game.

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29. Always love your insights Austin!

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30. Hades is my fave game of all time. Played it through to 32 heat on PC, Switch and PS. Just loved it so much.
    I can't tell you how excited I am for 2. I heard 1 second of the music of the reveal trailer at TGA and I got tears in my eyes.
    So glad to hear how much you loved it Austin. ❤❤❤❤

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31. While i agree this is a great game, comparing the writing of Hades 2 and Hades 1 is ridiculous, Hades 2 is absolutely lacking in the writing department. The only well written dialogues are from Melinoe and Moros;
    Hecate, Hades, New Skelly, Dora, Poseidon, Demeter, Hermes, Apollo, Artemis all have weak dialogue and voice actor performance.

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32. I'm going to wait for the 1.0 and get the full experience, but DAMN this review had me sorely tempted to jump the gun.

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33. I've been a fan of Supergiant ever since Bastion. They may have dropped the ball a bit with Pyre (heh), but that's just me splitting hairs at this point. If you guys haven't played Transistor yet, please do yourself a favor.

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34. I couldn’t vibe with the new weapons. Hoping they grow on me

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35. Having played the first game for well over a thousand hours and 100%ed it across three platforms, I'd say the biggest issue they had with Hades 2 at launch were the resource grind (which has been mitigated with patches making it possible to collect every resource type on every run) and the sheer amount of time it would take to bring the arcana up to the intended balance level, compared to how much time it took to do the same with the mirror in the first game. Other than that, the weapons (with the exception of pan daggers) just don't pack any of the punch of all the different aspects from the first game and he gods and their boons feel very wonky as well. It feels more like a ROM made by a fan than a sequel.

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36. So glad i took a break from D4 season 4 to play Hades 2. Well worth $30 as is in early access.

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37. Please give me an iPad early access and I will pay $50. I just don’t want to play from behind my pc. I like being outside or in the living room, please? Remote streaming just won’t work well enough over WiFi.

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38. hades 2 is hands down one of the best games i have ever played. prob my fav game of the year too. soooooo happy for super giant. a bunch of nice incredible good people.

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