Topic: Hades.

Athena dash and Hermes extra dashes are your friend. You’ll be wanting them for almost every single scenario in the game.

@Elodin @nessisonett thanks for the tips. I’ll be stocking up on those later.

Yisss got out of the 3rd area finally
Edit: Aaaaaand that’s it. I escaped Hades.
I used the shield 🛡

This is clearly not the end of the story though.

@Voltan Crikey mate that’s good. I got to the third area but didn’t get too far in before I got hit with a room full of crazy.

I’ve left it there for tonight but I think I’m now on 20 runs.

@render I escaped on my 13th.
Also yeah, forget what I said earlier about not being sure if the game gives you motivation to do it again. It definitely does.

@Voltan I didn’t really want to fully spoil it but yeah, the game’s only just starting to open up for you 😂

Hades vs Returnal is going to be a comparison we’re going to see a lot, since they’re the two high profile “narrative driven rougelites” (I made this up but I think it’s the quickest way to describe what they have in common) available on consoles now.
Personally I think it’s awesome how they’re taking pretty much opposite directions in some design choices. Good stuff!

@nessisonett @Voltan Damn I need to get better at this. Looking forward to seeing what you guys are talking about though. Maybe next week I’ll get there 😆

@DertieBertie uhhh whats your profile picture , if i may ask ?

is it what i think it is

@nomither6 looks like cartoon boots/legs to me

if thats what you see , then i feel ashamed , lol .

@DertieBertie Have you tried Dead Cells if you enjoyed both those games?

It’s pixel art style which isn’t to everyone’s taste but is another great game that’s certainly closer to Hades than Returnal (although I haven’t played the former yet).

@DertieBertie Awesome work, sounds like you've walked it. Either you are just really good or are suitably upgraded by now 😃

Almost escaped again in the next run, killed by the final boss this time.

Aaand on the next one I have a pretty OP weapon and it’s looking gooood so far

Well I’ve got into level 3 again and left it there for now. I’m on about 19 attempts now so definitely not going well but it’s still fun if not a little infuriating. Lots of respect to anyone managing to escape 😂

@DertieBertie Nice work. I might tap you up on some tips soon if I'm still not getting anywhere this week. Can't wait to see any ending, let alone the true one!

I racked up four clears in a row over the weekend, but I died to the final boss last night and killed my win streak. Was using the sword and got a Daedalus upgrade that sounded good but in practice kind of ruined the run. Instead of the three-hit standard attack, I had an overhead strike that deals 90 base damage, but it's kinda slow. I ended up with a sort of glass cannon build, with powerful attacks but not much health. Oh well!

Cracking game, this.

I currently have a little streak of dying to the final boss in consecutive runs - too bad that doesn't count for anything lol.
Still only one successful attempt.

I've seen people mention that they can do a full clear in less than 15 minutes when they have some really good upgrades. Anyone got to that point yet?