I'm a big Hades 1 fan, and played that game in it's early state as well. Hades 2's early access feels roughly 90% or more complete, it's missing pictures for some items (placeholders for now), some character portraits of some of the lesser-interacted-with NPCs. I think there will be another weapon because there's a slot for it, and there's seemingly some more boss content. Gameplay, basically at 100%

So if you're likely to finish and not check back in, definitely wait because the game should be in pristine condition by then, with it being this polished already. Love this studio, love this game

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It will definitely be great - I just won't check back in if I play it now.

Supergiant has never made a game I didn't like!

[–] batmaniam@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I hear you, but I caved lol. You will NOT be disappointed. EA is such a weird choice for this one. It's where I'd call it well past beta (a true beta, not the marketing betas that we usually see where there's no time to fix anything). Like it truly is "early access" but we're so used to that term meaning "somewhere in dev".

If they're targeting 2025 release this thing will be incredibly polished by then.

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I know, I know. Supergiant can't miss so I'm positive I would love it....it's just that I don't ever replay games like this and I'd rather wait a year for the polished version than get my fix now.

[–] batmaniam@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

I'm a chronic "patient gamer" belive me I get it. The underworld awaits you my friend ;)

[–] ArtificialLink@lemy.lol 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Is the story or voice acting done tho? It was my understanding with the first one that basically all the story and stuff came as hades completed early access. I feel like you can't call it even 90% if the story isn't there or its going to change or is incomplete. And what i loved most about the first one was the storytelling. I'm pretty sure thats why most ppl loved it.

[–] batmaniam@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I don't know when the person above you played, but I didn't notice any of that (got it last week, binged it, 35ish hours). I didn't notice any missing graphics, and yes there are some spots where you can tell somethings coming, but it doesn't feel janky, it feels exciting. With game loop being all about upgrades, you can tell there's a few that aren't available, but there's so much meat their absence feels like part of the loop not part of the dev cycle.

The voice acting is all there, the mechanics are all there. I think I had like... One line of repeated dilouge? There's a good breadth of characters and they've got that same slow, well thought out progression they did in Hades I. With only one exception that I can't mention due to spoilers, you could tell me this a complete game with free DLC inbound.

Bug wise it's almost entirely free. I had some crashes but I think that was due to a bad HDMI cable repeatedly becoming unstable, and making the game freak out as to what screen it should be on. I haven't had an issue since I fixed the cable and it's the only bug I encountered.

I definitely feel like I got my money's worth.

[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

They've done the incomplete artwork well.

For example, a lot of the characters you meet along the way during your runs have the same hooded NPC model. Those are all incomplete.

When you actually talk to them, most of them have the static artwork done though.

[–] batmaniam@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Thanks for pointing out! I see what you mean now but didn't even notice.

[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

It took me dozens of runs to even realize that was happening. It really doesn't feel incomplete.