Hades 2 sees that Cast of the first game He wages a war against the God of Time, Chronos, who has plundered the underworld and the family that oversaw it, including the first game’s protagonist, Zagreus, and his main antagonist, Hades himself. To do this, you have to be a can be a pretty big deal, and finally taking the fight straight to Chronos proves exactly how well he did.
I’m going to spoil shit Hades 2 now. You have been warned.
Chronos loves to constantly play around with time Hades 2which often freezes Melinoë, especially when she’s in the middle of traveling between rooms, trying to transport her back in time through visions of Asphodel, the first region in the original Hades. Time is a pretty powerful domain to have absolute control over, and he makes sure to use it as much as possible, including during his boss fight. How? So dear readers, Chronos does not allow you to take a break during his fight.
Yes, you read that correctly. If you try to take a break during the Chronos fight Hades 2he will do it instead literally negate yourself and drag Melinoë right back into the fight. It’s damn sneaky. It makes perfect sense that the God of time would not allow you to expose it yourself, but not to spread this idea throughout the game, Hades 2 This moment completely surprises you and throws your best plans overboard. That snack break you wanted to take because you were fully focused on your run? Gone. Did you have to go to the toilet? Shit, loser.
It’s an incredible moment, straight from the playbook of one Hideo Kojima and the breathtaking fight against Psycho Mantis in the Original Metal Gear Solid. While Chronos doesn’t go so far as to require you to plug your remote or mouse into a different USB port, it still negates the otherwise impeccable protection that the pause button could provide in almost any other game. It’s like Chronos is reaching through the monitor, calling you a little bitch, and then hitting the pause button before jumping back into the game to cheer you on, and he doesn’t stop there. Melinoë can perform moves that generally slow enemies, and Chronos actively resists these abilities. You cannot rotate time around yourself or yourself during combat; You just obey his whim and it somehow snaps.
Rest assured, there is a way around this, because Supergiant games aren’t entirely evil. At some point you can Unlock a summon at base camp called “Power To Pause and Reflect” that works Finally allow you to take a break and take a bathroom break during combat.
Although I completely understand why many people are a little excited about the change, but I think it’s actually a very fun little trick and is quite in line with some of the fourth wall breaks that Supergiant has peppered its games in the past. There’s also a very obvious way to avoid this if you know to watch out for it. Of course, after the first time, you should internalize that it can happen, and if you really need a break, Just do it before entering the arena and fighting him.
While this isn’t an urgent situation that can arise literally in the middle of a fight, I think the players and the game will ultimately be fine if the fight has to be retried. Finally, Hades and its sequel is all about the loop, become more and more powerful and comfortable to take on these struggles, and bringing countless secrets to light, so you might as well get used to it! Either that, or get the incantation and stop the fight as quickly as possible. I believe in all of you. Death to Chronos.
