What is it about some games that makes you never want to stop playing them? In this episode of Gaming: The Podcast, Indie By Design's John Robertson and Stace Harman discuss the experience, gameplay and rewards of Supergiant Games' Hades after 400 hours of play.
How much new and unseen content still remains after so many gameplay hours? What is so rewarding as to make you want to keep coming back? Does the game still offer a challenge? How has mastery of over the tool-set changed how you see and think about the game?
Hades, which released all the way back in 2018, has just seen the highest player count on Steam ever - with Hades 2 fueling the surge.
The current discount of 66% off probably helps. Was good enough to convince me to finally buy it.
New magic system shines in the game's early "Technical Test" period.
Looking forward to this. Hades is easily one of the best games of last-gen. Just hoping they nailed the characters again in Hades 2, because they were fantastic in the first game.
It will be very hard to top.Zagreus as a main character btw.
I was addicted to Hades, the loop pulls you in and doesn't let go. It helps the gameplay is so much fun. Working towards beating the max heat level was the most enjoyable and satisfying challenge I've had for as long as I can remember.
Over 200 hrs in the first Hades without even really realizing it. Can’t wait for 2.
Video games are no longer just a simple past time. Today's games are evolving into true works of art. Offering intriguing narratives, cinematic setpieces, and profound messages, games can entertain us for hundreds of hours.
I never got around to mass effect - I’m skeptical that it would hold up if I were to try it now
I would say it does. The combat is a bit shit for todays standards but everything else is great.
the first one is abit the odd one out but after u finished it, believe it it gets tremendously better and better
Hades is an awesome game,one of the best of 2020.. however i dont get people that praise it for being so varied and for being able to play it more than 40-ish hours (that was the limit for me) and never get bored .. let alone 400 hours.
Sure yes it is a super varied game when it comes to the gameplay BUT the big issue that killed the game for me after 30 or so hours was the repetitive boss fights,enemies and level layouts. It never changed. So after 7 or 8 times of escaping HADES i droped it.