In this exclusive video, Game Informer interviews Jen Zee, the renowned art director behind Supergiant Games’ Bastion, Transistor, Pyre, and your favorite characters in Hades, about the making of Hades II. We discuss how art history inspired Jen when depicting Melinoë, why she loved revisiting her past work, the graphical differences between Hades and its successor, and fan art from Supergiant’s community.
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I got punked by this title so hard because I've been waiting for a hades artbook since 2020 and I wanted this so bad to be a release video 🤧 heartbreak aside I'm soooo grateful to be able to listen to jen zees artistic process !!! Supergiant is one of my biggest inspirations and I've always been in love with jen zees art! <3
The art direction and especially the zone art design is so much better than Hades 1. Kudos to the art team, and ofc to Darren for dressing it all up magnificently. Also, WHERE IS THE COMPLETE SCYLLA & THE SIRENS ALBUM DARREN? WHERE IS IT???
Is her name pronounced Gen Z?
The art sucks.
It looks like gay nonsense from tumblr.
so good to finally hear from the person that my generation is named after 🙏🙏🙏
I’ve played the early access and omg this game is just as fun and amazing story-wise but the art ties it all together and I’m obsessed!!!!
Ngl. The art is decidedly worse this time around. The character poses are stagnant and they aren't representative of their personalities. Hades is renowned for how dynamic and full of life the portraits are. The Hades 2 versions are standing still, in normal positions, with nothing indicating who they are. Hermes is just… Standing there. In the first game he was visibly on his way somewhere, at a crazy angle. The new design doesn't even have visual indicators that it's him. And the dynamic, colorful lighting effects are largely missing now, too. It's an obvious downgrade and I don't get it.
their work is impressive and great. nemesis' design kinda pissed me off tho
I really wish she talked about some of her ideas with the witch you meet in Thessaly, because some choices were made and even though its still placeholder art I want to knoooooow
Jen Zee is so talented like omg…. I wanna squeal at everything she created for both parts of Hades. And the passion of the community is only a fair tribute to such a great team as Supergiant <3
I wish they would make art books to collect.
You mean the horrible, ugly art where they race swapped characters?
Great interview!
I want super giant to know that I would buy art books of both Hades games in a heartbeat
The second game hasn't even came out yet and i am already excited to see what will they do with Hades lll and Marika
14:38 😳
Mel is SO much more detailed and it really shines in Hades 2. Great work Jen and the entire art team!
I don't even play hades, I am here for the great arts and hot characters!
Loving this! I have to admit that I miss the quirky little brightly coloured lines and dots used in the first game’s artwork. This is more refined and sticks to clear palettes, but the first game’s art had qualities I’d show our interns
I love how even as wild as some of their designs can be (especially when compared to ancient Greek statues) they still have pin point lots of references to the depictions of the gods that informs their models.
selene is garbage. every single thing about her is garbage. remove her from game. next.