I wasn’t sure I would get into if after how hard I burned out on the first game

But enough is different and fresh, and I took a big enough break, that I’m having a great time

After Silksong I was expecting to get curbstomped a bit but the difficulty curve is reasonable

(So far)

Like I died to Hecate twice and now I’m pretty consistently beating her

Scylla is stomping me into the dirt though

She’s gonna claw (my eyes out and then drown me)

I did beat her once because a build just really came together perfectly, but I have yet to replicate this feat

I don’t really have a favorite weapon

They all have their own appeal but none have set my brain on fire yet

I just unlocked the axe

oh if you want advice on scylla

Not yet

oop sorry

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I did figure that one out, fortunately

There’s just a lot going on

yeah

i think the really good thing with Hades, both of 'em, is that the bosses have such fun designs and quirks that like

it doesn't feel BAD losing to them

Hestia is my new fav

and you can usually figure out their attacks and patterns easily enough so it's just a matter of practice, which doesn't really take THAT long

YEAH HESTIA'S GREAT

I think it’s weird that they have Daedalus Hammers and Hephaestus boons

They kinda overlap in vibes

Last thing I did was unlock the route to the surface, though I haven’t actually used it yet

One thing I wasn’t expecting is that I actually really like Aphrodite in this one

She had the least useful set of boons in Hades 1, in my opinion

i think they kinda even it out nicely with hephaestus putting a lot of focus on armor

But they reworked her shit a bunch and now she has some fun options

But just

Scorch, man

It does SO much damage

scorch with the twin blades is STUPID

The one run I beat scylla I had the torches, plus the boon that restores magick on attack

And scorching attack

So I just did disgusting amounts of damage with attacks

Hestia has a really good boon for dealing with a lot of projectiles

Melinoe feels like more of a caster than Zagreus

Which makes sense

Since she’s literally a witch

As opposed to Zag who was trained by Achilles

He’s more of a “get IN there” fighter

zag's best builds are basically entirely "i am going in, i am staying in, if you think i'm not going in you're wrong"

Melinoe feels pretty fragile by comparison but can attack in a lot more weird ways

"i am Always Going In"

I think it's a perception aided by the kinds of boons she has at the start vs zag, yeah

she's got a lot more ranged options too

Yeah

I’m picturing Zagreus as like at least a full foot taller amd wider than Melinoe

Gods can get pretty big, after all, and he’s had a while to settle into his power by now

Assuming he’s still alive

(Do not spoil me on this i swear to god)

in the picture you can see in melinoe's camp you can see that zagreus is actually about 5 feet taller than melinoe

hope that's helpful

oh good point

i had to make sure to doublecheck your last plurk to make sure you ran into her but- yeah considering that artemis is noticeably taller than melinoe when you meet up with her on runs

and i kinda always had the vibe that artemis was like. on the shorter side compared to the olympians

i would assume zag is Real Fucking Tall compared to mel

and Zag is tiny compared to Hades himself

Yeah, whereas I assume that Melinoe has the classic mage "doesn't matter that I'm shorter than you if I'm basically a walking tactical nuke" thing going on.

Meli is my tiny princess and I love her for it because yes she will absolutely wreck you regardless

I am probably taller than Melinoe and she could probably through me through a brick wall

me too. and I would let her tbph