Hades 2, the follow-up to the Nebula-award-winning 2020 roguelike, has finally emerged from Early Access into its hotter, more complete 1.0 self. And what better way to get a sense of how the game sits with folks than by perusing the treasure trove of honesty, snark, and silliness that is the Steam user reviews section?
Hades 2 has generated an interesting dichotomy of perspectives. Positive reviews speak to the joy of this game: engaging gameplay with a gorgeous aesthetic and even more gorgeous characters. Interestingly, negative reviews are most often skewering the ending. We won’t spoil how the game ends here, of course, but it’s worth noting that a common thread among those who soured on Hades 2 by the end of it concerns the way it tries to wrap everything up.
But sometimes great narrative experiences don’t tie everything together as well as we might hope and yet, as a whole, still deliver a satisfying ride nonetheless. That seems to be Hades 2’s burden: folks are raving about how wonderful of a sequel this is, delivering on so much of what made the original fantastic to play and improving on it. It makes it hard to put down. It’s also clear that this game will make you very horny. But that ending? Might not land well with you.
With that, let’s get on with Hades 2, as told by Steam reviews.
Positive Reviews
Negative Reviews
