After a surprise announcement at The Game Awards 2022, the sequel to Hades has finally entered early access.
While it’s only available on PC for now, it has given many fans of Supergiant’s original roguelike hope that there will be a console announcement at some point in the future.
With the programmer official siteit mentions that early access is expected to last “at least until the end of 2024”, with the release of the console platform to follow:
“We don’t have a set publication date for completed Hades II v1.0 and we expect it to be in early access at least by the end of 2024. We expect to Hades II
eventually to be available for PC, Mac and console platforms (although I can’t confirm which platforms yet).”
So far, Hades II is off to a great start on PC, with Steam users giving the game an “overwhelmingly positive” rating. Critics also praise the title.
No “prior knowledge” of the existing game is required to play Hades II, but there are apparently “a lot of links” to the original title. Here is the background of the sequel:
“As Melinoë, the immortal princess of the underworld, you will explore a larger, deeper mythic world, defeating the forces of the Titans with the full might of Olympus behind you, in an overarching story that constantly evolves through your every failure and achievement. New locations, challenges, upgrade systems and surprises await you as you dive again and again into the ever-changing underworld.”
“Like her brother Zagreus from the original game, Melinoë is not a character of our own making and is based on an ancient deity of the underworld thought to be associated with Hades. What little ancient mythology exists about her was more than enough to make us want to explore her story and connection w ith her family, and thus expand our vision of the Underworld!”
Once again, there’s no official console announcement for Hades II yet, but hopefully that means it’s not too far off.
If you haven’t played the original Hades title, it is available for purchase in the eShop. In our review here on Nintendo Life, we gave it an outstanding rating labeling it “absolutely essential for all Switch owners”.
