Well, well, well. It took me almost two months to complete my finished business with the original Hades, but now here I am with the sequel at last.
More often than not, I’m a player who likes to find a favorite strategy and stick with it. Of course, this changes wildly from game to game, but if I had to define it as broadly as possible, it would be HULK SMASH.
Some of us are great with swift, combo-centric weapons like daggers, dashing in and out while maintaining a relentless flurry of blows. This has never been my strong suit, and I’ll tend to eat a lot of unnecessary retaliatory damage when using weapons like that.
What I can do quite well is read enemies’ movements, line up a slow, heavy swing, and let rip for huge damage. I knew nothing about Hades 2 prior to its 1.0 launch, having diligently avoided it in Early Access, and so was delighted to find that not only is it predictably brilliant but it features a weapon perfectly suited to my playstyle: The Moonstone Axe.
On unlocking it, I instantly headed off into Erebus on a new run. With my very first...
