As part of this month’s exclusive coverage of Hades II, associate editor Marcus Stewart sat down with two Supergiant Games founders to bombard them with 78 rapid-fire questions. How many endings does the game have? Could Melinoë beat Kratos in a fight? What’s the difference between Chronos, Cronus, and Cronuts? Creative director Greg Kasavin and studio director Amir Rao answer all that and more.
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Percy Jackson not being mentioned as a great use of Greek Mythology in media genuinely hurt my feelings here.
The image of Greg wearing Hypnos' sleep mask and snoring in a hammock brings me joy.
Please mic the interviewer, fun video thou!!
Question 79: Is Eris's "Blessing" an anti-Fresh File% mechanic? 😂😂
It's such a shame that this game already looks too woke to support. Seriously, a god in wheelchair? A god with vitiligo? Man-jaws and/or washboard abs on the women?
Is this respectful of the Greek mythology they love so much?..
Greg was Gamespot back when I was a youth. I remember his review of Baldur's Gate 2.
R1 to brood
Hades 3 with Roman mythology or Norse..that would be amazing as well to see.
Press R1 to Brood
Do you guys the interviewer completed Hades 1?
Hades 2 runs like a dream on Steam Deck just btw so no worries there if you were worried about that.
2:39 As in…God of War Kratos?
Or is there a Kratos in Hades II?
I can't hear the black guys microphone too low
Nice, interviewing the team behind Game of the Year 2025
The guy on the left looks and sounds SO familiar.
If I was interviewing, I’d be asking “what’s the 6th weapon” every few questions to try to catch them off-guard 😂
6:45 so ur saying melinoe would listen to NIN and HEALTH?
Did they touch on why they made the characters uglier?
“too early to say” 😭 dang i REALLY hope they release hades 2 on console
I believe in ALMIGHTY GOD thru my Lord Savior Jesus Christ…..if it wasn’t for ALMIGHTY GOD absolutely nothing exist
I wanted to know if they like Zagreus more or Melinoe
“Does Nickolas cage voice any characters in hades II?”
6:36 just keeping this here for now
fun interview
depending on what sources you consult hades has 0 to 4 children: Pluto god of wealth, Zagreus god of hunt (catching more than killing), Macaria goddess of the blessed death and Melinoe goddess of funerals
the other guy who make the previous rapid fire question is 1000 times better than this guy,
Petition for Supergiant to make a game based on Japanese and Chinese mythology in the future! <3
I've already played through to its current endings, who needs sleep anyway?
My only criticism is that some of the character designs are not that great and I think that's something they need to look at changing for the finished product. I thought the main character is good and I'm glad to see they avoided the stereotypical pitfalls that are fashionable these days when portraying her. She's likeable and not bad looking either. However, somethings off with the artwork for some of the minor characters, and the dev here said it himself – these are Gods and one would expect a standard of beauty in their portrayal which their own design teams have failed at occasionally. They can fix this up for the main title and I hope they understand the reason why they are being criticized over these stylistic choices is because it detracts from the experience of the game when immersion is broken because otherwise cool artwork has suddenly become a look at the cast of little Britain. At least we got Heracles correct, who I think was so good that I was wondering why we aren't playing his story instead of what we got. These are minor gripes, these games will be remembered long into the future and I am highly appreciative of what they have provided us, it doesn't deserve to be misrepresented by sub-par design choices that don't work in its favor.
I used to always watch Greg Kasavin's reviews on Gamespot as my favorite reviewer there. That was almost 2 decades ago now. Awesome to see how far he has come in his game developer journey!
Mel leaning towards Emo/Goth industrial 90s, The Smiths, LOVE it.
The guy on the left in the thumbnail looks like if Gilbert Gottfried was reincarnated as a super nerdy game designer. 😂
This is how video game interviews ought to be. Pretty awkward with two nerds(who are pretty cool). If people are charismatic, they can deceive you. These dudes let their straightforward and amazing answers show the game’s strength.
They make a game based around orphic cult mythology and their favorite myth isn't Orpheus 😂😂😂
Hades 2 is already incredible its hard to imagine them making a better game than hades 1 but I think they did just that!
I remember watching Greg’s Elder Scolls Oblivion preview.
Hephesteus boon getting neefed you heard it here
Greg looks the same now as he did 20 years ago.
some of these questions should have stayed in the drafts. Annoying af