And now you’ve come to rub it in, I guess? Well, go on, then. I apologize but I don’t have screenshots for any of these I’m taking the text from the files.

The three variants are low relationship (zero gifts - five gifts) high relationship (six gifts - nine gifts) “became close” relationship (ten gifts).Īt low relationship, the conversation is as follows. This exchange is referenced in an incredible video about Hades’ dialogue system that I will link in the comments to this post (since we all know how tumblr is about links) and which I highly recommend if you haven’t watched it already.īut I was surprised that the video didn’t go on to highlight what is my favorite (and surely relevant to the video?) aspect of this storyline–that once you’ve beaten Meg like that, the followup conversation at home has three different variants based on how many gifts you’ve given her! Spoilers for a lot of late-game, including post-credits, content. If you respond to this by emptying out the mirror and fighting her, she’ll remark on it. The rogue part doesn't help as I'm not really excited about the idea of spending 20 hours on the same loop of 10 rooms ending with a boss I can barely scratch.So, I think a lot of people know that there’s a mini storyline between Megaera and Zagreus that proceeds as follows: Megaera brusquely informs Zagreus that his victories against her “don’t count” as he couldn’t possibly have achieved them without Nyx’s help via the mirror. I could farm, but it'd take forever since on average, I only bring back 20-30 darkness per run. It feels like a shoot'em up against an army of flashing tanks. Thanks for everybody who tried to help, you guys have a nice community ) If that's what is needed of me here, I have to know :DĮDIT: 32 runs in, I must be close to 12 hours on the game, I give up. I just don't have the patience and dedication to rewire my brain and body to get good enough at a game just to see the end. I'm perfectly fine with beating the game ugly, slowly, roughly.

I just don't need to go through hell to feel fulfilled when I beat a level/boss. I can learn, I can get better, even farm brainlessly for twice the time while others would seek mastery of the gameplay. Is Hades even remotely like Dark Souls or Hollow Knight, for example, games described as unforgiving or 'easy to learn but hard to master'? I understand the appeal of these games, I'm just not the kind of player dedicated enough to 'master' a strict gameplay. But here, I'm finding the experience extremely unforgiving, almost discouraging, for me. That's the game with the closest gameplay to Hades I've ever played. I have no idea if it's comparable in terms of difficulty, but I finished Bastion without any struggle (as far as I remember). So here I am, asking on Reddit what kind of hell I've stepped into and how much dedication/patience/perseverance is expected of the player by Supergiant Games here. I just press it, no idea what it does or how it works. I'm pretty sure I waste most of my Cast attacks and have no idea what to do about Wrath. So when I'm against midbosses or Meg, I'm basically spamming the dash to barely avoid damage, trying to land some hits whenever I can, until I fall in a trap, fail a couple dodges or get swarmed by mobs or AoE Attacks. Basically, I have no problem analyzing threats, the game just seems too fast for me to react accordingly.

Only then do I get close enough to hit what remains, one by one, or I always end up dashing in some other mob's attack or a trap (I lose insane amount of HP to them). It seems I can only get by in his game when I can attack from a distance (bow/spear) so I can stay far enough to dodge any incoming projectiles while lowering the enemy numbers. Basically, I don't feel like I'm improving, more like I get overwhelmed by too much stuff happening at the same time, unable to read all the action in front of me, while I can barely keep track of the boss movements. But except for that one time where I got her to ~20%HP ( thanks to insane RNG with boons giving high crit, 3x bouncing spear and full health up to 125HP, not couting the resurrection), I get my ass handed to me every single time, I barely get her to 70%HP. It took me 10-15 runs to start getting familiar with the game and choose a main weapon (spear), and now I'm getting to Megaera almost every time. I also unlocked the bow, shield and spear. I already sunk a few hundreds Darkness and a dozen keys in the mirror. I've been playing for 5-6 hours these last few days, I must be close to my 25th run.

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