Now that the game has released, I'd be interested in your updated thoughts. I only played an hour and I felt some of what you're talking about. The game drops me in and I have no idea what is going on or why. I gather that Chronos is the bad guy but I haven't heard about the ghost ships yet, so I haven't realized the stakes are millions of people dying while I screw around. I think the voice acting is a little worse...not as charming as Zagreus. All of what you say about the meta-narrative strikes me as true. Why am I fighting my mom again what? How about she does it in an arena like the guy that can't be killed does; it makes no sense for her to be 'in the dungeon'. Even the underworld seems washed out, not nearly as interesting as what was going on in the original Hades. Anyhoo, enjoyed reading this, guess I wasn't the only one thinking the sequel is not as good!
Honestly I’d totally missed the game’s release. I’ve been working on my own game and haven’t kept up much with news lately. This review still gets a lot of views from Google, so I think disappointment with the story is a pretty common sentiment unfortunately. Maybe I’ll check the full release out and give an update at some point next month. Thanks for the comment!
Now that the game has released, I'd be interested in your updated thoughts. I only played an hour and I felt some of what you're talking about. The game drops me in and I have no idea what is going on or why. I gather that Chronos is the bad guy but I haven't heard about the ghost ships yet, so I haven't realized the stakes are millions of people dying while I screw around. I think the voice acting is a little worse...not as charming as Zagreus. All of what you say about the meta-narrative strikes me as true. Why am I fighting my mom again what? How about she does it in an arena like the guy that can't be killed does; it makes no sense for her to be 'in the dungeon'. Even the underworld seems washed out, not nearly as interesting as what was going on in the original Hades. Anyhoo, enjoyed reading this, guess I wasn't the only one thinking the sequel is not as good!
Honestly I’d totally missed the game’s release. I’ve been working on my own game and haven’t kept up much with news lately. This review still gets a lot of views from Google, so I think disappointment with the story is a pretty common sentiment unfortunately. Maybe I’ll check the full release out and give an update at some point next month. Thanks for the comment!