Meet the Princess of the Underworld in HADES II, the bewitching sequel to our award-winning rogue-like dungeon crawler. Details about Early Access coming in 2023.
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Wishlist on Epic Game Store: supergiant.games/hades2egs
More info: supergiant.games/hades2
Animation by Studio Grackle (@studiograckle)
Directed By:
Spencer Wan
Script:
Greg Kasavin
Character Design:
Jen Zee
Spencer Wan
Storyboard:
Spencer Wan
Key Animation:
Curie Lu
Gareth Wong
Tam Lu
Deanna Trudeau
Tessa Bright
Abroo Khan
Cassie Urban
Spencer Wan
In-Between Animation:
Robby Cook
Animation Clean Up:
Robby Cook
Winnie Lu
Tessa Bright
Cassie Urban
Abroo Khan
Tam Lu
Deanna Trudeau
Gareth Wong
Curie Lu
Spencer Wan
Lead Background Designer:
Jane Bak
Background Art:
Leland Goodman
Jane Bak
Compositing:
Craig Nowicki
Editing:
Shaun Finney
Spencer Wan
Sound Design:
Darren Korb
Spencer Wan
Score:
Darren Korb
Game Capture:
James Auck
Voice Talent (In Order of Appearance):
Melinoë - Judy Alice Lee
Hecate - Amelia Tyler
Moros - Sterling Sulieman
Apollo - Colin Ryan
Nemesis - Becca Q. Co
Dora - Erin Yvette
Hades - Logan Cunningham
"In the name of hades, Olympus i accept this sequel"
Sequel
@@Nemisionn Oh thanks for correcting me
This comment is gold!
They don’t usually do sequels. This has to be something special
Right?! I'm excited but deep down now i'm thinking about Bastion now.
Has to be.
Have you played Hades?! HAVE. YOU. PLAYED. HADES?!
Hades was a fucking banger of a Game, i know all SGG are bangers (except Pyre), but thanks to Game Pass a lot more ppl played Hades, no surprise they Made a Sequel, i just hope in the future we get a sequel for Transistor, for me personally that is the Best indie Game ever made
There's a first for everything! Hades definitely deserved to be it's first. Absolutely cannot wait to experience more of the Hades universe - never thought we'd get to with their no sequel track record!
I hope Zagreus appears in this game. I want to see Zagreus and Melinoe have Brother and Sister interactions.
I would love to see an animation of them doing the Siblings Dance (by BDG and his siblings)
🥁
I think she is his daugher with one of the fury's
@@LuisFelipe-pq9lr That will be Megaera then.
@LuisFelipe-pq9lr im not sure....i think Hades will be captured.....or busy fighting kronos and Zag will be in charge of the underworld. i think she will be his younger sister given persephone has returned....and the eyes 1 hades 1 persephone vs having a fury eyeball lol
Having Hecate as the mentor figure is so badass
fr, Hecate is one of my favorite figures in all of Greek mythology and she looks awesome here. i love the witchy Bloodborne vibes she gives off (makes sense, goddess of witchcraft and all that)
I can’t even describe how nothing else revealed tonight will come close to how this made me feel. The first game was one of the best games I’ve EVER played. So excited for this.
What else was revealed tonight?
@@ADSadachbia Dead Cells x Castlevania DLC, quite a large one at that Edit: not metroidvania, meant castlevania lol
@@speedycookie then I'm not losing that much
Oh my gods asdsjdkjl this is craxzy
And then an Earthblade trailer dropped mere minutes later. I'm reeling.
Let it be known that this trailer reached number 2 trending global (not just gaming), right behind the Game Awards themselves. To me more than anything, it shows that people have decided what their favourite announcement of the night was, congrats Supergiant!
And now #7 i just checked it And I’ll be playing the Hell out of this (Pun intended)😊😊😊👍👍👍
Only proof that it should have won GOTY over last of us 2
@@MellowSquash TLOU and GOW series are the most overrated in all of recent gaming history..
@@surveyor1515 TGA themselves are no different than biased popularity contests to please specific groups of people.
@@MellowSquash Hades and Doom Eternal were mos Def robbed. But ya can't stop the rain, Hades is truly getting the love it deserved.
It's been 4 months and this trailer still does things to me
Me too, Im just excited and Impressed. 4 million views… I don’t think SuperGiant is an indie developer anymore hahahahahah. Cannot wait.
@@KevinGonzalez-hs7so "Indie "isn't a measure of success. It's not synonymous with "small". They are still as indie as it gets (they are even self published)
Haven't play hades in a while. The song just gives me goosebumps. Can't wait
It's been 8 and I'm still just as exited, I need it
YOU SAID WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY@@jimmygames5557
Not sure if someone already mentioned it, but Hecate’s VA is also the narrator from Baldur’s Gate 3!
YESSS! ❤️🔥 She spoke on it briefly on the Dan Allen Gaming channel, definitely a day 1 buy for me if shes in it 😁
ohhh
game of year material then
@@cthulhu888Good news!
Hoooo thanks !
Honestly it warmed my heart seeing how the audience cheered for you folks when Supergiant Games appeared on the screen, even before they knew what was going on. Just goes to show how far you have come
Hades was such a refreshing and competitive game as well I can only understand the due succces of the game. I never defeated zeus. Maybe Ill ger back to it.
@@antoinedebruit6140 Zeus isn't a boss battle. You are maybe talking about Hades?
@@antoinedebruit6140 please go back and play it more the first win is really only the beginning
No continuation of Zagreus? Disappointing.
@@h5u7p5gt9 I wouldn't be too sure about that. Sounds like Chronos has imprisoned Hades, Persephone, and maybe even Zagreus. And you're going down to help them.
For anyone wondering. The main protagonist is Melinoe who was a representation of nightmares and madness. She is the daughter of hades or Zeus depending on where you look but looks like hades is the canonical father here. Her mother is Persephone. Interested to see how they incorporate her into the greater “Hades(tm)” franchise.
Thanks
So zag had a sister who never shows up or is this long after the original hades?
@@mr.umbreon3173 yup. He has a third one tho
@@mr.umbreon3173 My guess is, game timeline wise, she was born after the first Game with Zag being the elder brother. I am also guessing the teacher/trainer was Hecate
@@mr.umbreon3173 this probably takes place before the last game since it talks of cronos and alot of the new characters are daemons personifications of different things they were like gods so that's what I'm guessing
This hits different now knowing Hecate is absolutely ripped
Nemesis' design is changing my brain chemistry
I didn't think they could improve on Nyx but those madmen somehow did it!
Eeh, not my type
The fact that the general hype behind the first game has hardly died down and this gets announced is amazing. I still havent even finished Hades techincally.
If it makes you feel better, I haven't even gotten to start yet.
If it makes you feel better, I've never even played a video game.
I got it today, super excited
@@kizume-7685 Oh, you're in for a hell of a ride! My tips, don't claimed a weapon or god as your favorite, try different recipe, you'll be surprised how many random things worked out so great when combined together. Even my best run somehow I achieve using my least favorited weapon and god lol
if it makes you feel better, I haven't even been born yet
I swear when I heard the classic Hades theme I about swelled up and imploded with sheer excitement!!!!
I know right!!!
Just those 4 notes is all we need to send the hype levels into the stratosphere
Almost a year ago I was watching the Game Awards with two friends; one them and I are big fans of the first game. We didn't realize it was a sequel right until 0:56, when we heard that all-too-familiar four-note motif. We started screaming and grabbed each other in the hype; it was amazing I can't wait to play this game; we already know it's going to be something special, just like the first game
I also remember - they did it so damn well. Of course watching it again you see a lot of hints that point directly to Hades, and even the music was already Hades, but it's not like I was watching a random fighting scene 20th game trailer in full focus then. And I didn't even catch the Supergiant Games. But that tune.
The founding feature of a roguelike is that the player can make repeated runs, growing stronger each time. The conceit in Hades 1 is that Zagreus just doesn't stay dead (and respawns back at the start) and thus, can make arbitrary repeated attempts to escape Tartarus, ascending upwards. My theory about H2 is that it's about Melinoe descending down from the surface into the depths to confront Chronos... but therein lies the question: how can she cannonically make multiple runs? The key here... is time. I'm betting that Chronos has either some sort of time stop or a time loop running in Tartarus, and that Melinoe is somewhat resistant to this effect, allowing her to descend... but each time she 'dies' she just auto-rewinds to the surface, where those above may or may not be fully aware of what's happening (depending on how affected they are by the time screwery). Hectate acting as the 'first boss' as it were to make sure Mel is prepared to start going deeper, or stop her if she isn't yet. As for the post-game, I'm guessing that the endgame is that Mel beats Chronos enough times to finally re-seal him and free Hades and the others (including probably Zagreus) but the time loop 'lingers' after Chronos proper is defeated, leaving either the final guardian or a time-clone of Chronos in place of the original, allowing the player to keep challenging the game like in Hades 1, with an assurance that the temporal knot will correct itself 'soon enough' or 'eventually' without Chronos to keep it going.
"The founding feature of a roguelike is that the player can make repeated runs, growing stronger each time." Well, ackshually... ;) This is a slightly more modern innovation than you might think. Go back as far as games like Nethack and you won't really find that sort of thing, discounting stuff like randomly finding the graves of previous player characters during your run (or maybe my knowledge of the super old school roguelikes is incomplete). It's a VERY compelling design element, so I don't think it's a coincidence that it shows up in all of them these days, I'm just being a pedant about the word "founding." I do think you're right about the premise, though. It makes too much sense.
Hecate is probably bringing her back
Zagreus is up on Olympus chilling with Artemis and the Nymphs.
Looks like you got it right for Hecate
@@life-destiny1196people like to call roguelikes with permanent progression "roguelites", since the original Rogue didn't have any. it's a bit confusing but it is an option
“Time cannot be stopped” is reminiscent of it being impossible to escape the underworld in Hades but is very fitting with Chronos being a villain.
"Time cannot be stopped" vs "there is no escape"
Za warudo
bro is always wrong 💀
I thought it was Kronos
@@mierwei3402 TLDR; you right theres also the spelling Khronos or Chronus. Then theres Cronus/Kronos which is the actual spelling in this case since it is referring to the titan. Chronos is technically separate but I have a hunch that the god of harvest Cronus, is going to be merged with the god of time Chronos because we literally already did it during the Renaissance with “Father time” and the game referred to him already as time itself.
The mentor Melinoe fights in the animation is Hecate, a chthonic goddess of witchcraft and crossroads and to some extent the moon. She and Melinoe have similar motifs and characteristics, so it's excellent that SuperGiant has brought them together
"Hey Mel, you know how I knew your brother Zag? Well one time we played a little practical joke on Orpheus, got him to think we were actually the same person. He even wrote a ballad about it, it was hilarious! Anyway, we should do something like that, you can tell him you're also that Hecate girl or something." "But... we look entirely different. And he's seen us both, in the same room, how would that even work?" "I dunno, you're a smart girl, he's a gullible guy, you'll figure something out!"
I'm not gay but she hawt I hope she's a love interest
Melinoe is in fact an Epithet of Hecate, and in other stories, Melinoe is shown to be the Goddess of Nightmares and Madness, so that's also neat. She is another Moon Goddess in Greek Mythology, alongside Hecate.
@@PhoenixCheetah melinoe, hecate and artemis walk into a bar
@@hasanmuttaqin464 don't forget selene
I just realized that Nemesis wields her Stygius aspect
Holy shit, thanks for pointing that out!
Playing games like hades gives me hope in the gaming world that we can feel like a kid again when playing a really enjoyable game. That feeling is incredibly hard to capture and takes real passion for video games to create it.
Nintendo does this in general in my opinion more often than not
@@theloa7154 The last nintendo game that had that sort of magic for me was the Switch release of Super Mario Galaxy. Don't get me wrong, their games are great, but they definitely feel very... risk-averse when it comes to making games now.
Description gave us tons of info; Melinoë and Hecate are the ones in the intro. I was not expecting a sequel due to the way you guys have always operated but I am glad none the less. You're one of the few companies that have never let me down so I feel no fear in being absolutely hyped for Hades 2! Death to Cronos!
Hades and Persephone had three children: Melinoe, goddess of ghosts, nightmares and madness, and MC of Hades II; Zagreus, god of the Orphic religion and MC of Hades I; and Macaria, considered the goddess of blessed death. So, we may be talking about a trilody here.
@@alissonborges2795 ohhh this is good to know. I hadn't heard of the other children of Hades. Plus Hecate, goddess of magic is real nice. It's fun to see other gods in their style. Now the story seems to be that Chronos returned and ruined the happily ever after? Normally Chronos is defeated before Hades and Persephone get together, so him imprisonning Hades like that is really interesting
@@alissonborges2795 The problem with Makaria is that she doesn't appear as Hades' daughter in any ancient Greek work -- only in post ancient Greek writing that appears to have mostly been written by _Christians._ The only time Makaria was mentioned in an ancient Greek source, it was in a play where she was _Heracles'_ daughter.
ditto to that sentiment, although i wasnt fond of Pyre everything else has been absolute fire
It’s more likely her ‘daughter’ Medea, as Melinoe was born to Hades and Persephone, and as we know, Persephone was born AFTER the Titanomachy We might see the appearance of Hera and the other six ‘traitors’ seeing as we saw Apollo in the trailer and Hera was also an absent god/goddess in the first game, mentioned only as a previous weirder of the Heart Seeker Bow
I was so baffled from Hades that I never hear the same dialogs. Even like 90 hours into the game😍 it's unbelievable how many hours these guys must write and read dialog, omg.😵😵
As far as I know, it's all written by ONE PERSON! Greg Kasavin! he's amazing!
and the amazing voice acting too!!!
I could see it as a fun challenge. Rather than writing it all, my first guess would be having the actors say a few lines written by the team and then come back, sit down with the creative director or character dev team, and began to start spouting off lines to be written down in a spreadsheet. Depending on the size of the game, this could equate to writing a John Grisham Novel. If pre production had all of the NPC's all picked out and set in the most sturdy stone. They could have the diolgues ready by post production and have them imported and quick tested their ingame pop up dialogues.
The dialog started becoming less frequent and more minimal around the 7th time I defeated the final Hades battle. Definitely was impressive.
Have you really never played another SuperGiant game? No dialogue is ever repeated. But actually, that's very common for these sorts of indie games. Dialogue repetition is more a feature of open-world/very long RPG games, because the amount of dialogue in those is already pretty crazy for a 40+ hour main story. Case in point: Diablo series.
5 months later I'm still watching this almost daily and I'm counting the days till you will give us the early access Gods pls i need this game in my veins...
Make that 10, but a release date is in sight!!!
I want this game as an animated series now 😍
Yes please by castlevania netflix animation studio
The animation director was actually the same person that did the animation lead for castelvania season 1 and 2 :D
@linnevea that makes sense!
Although it encompasses all the gods from mythology the anime "Ragnorak" gives me similar vibes to Hades.
It is so gogeous!
PLEASE make art books! Your games have incredible art and I’m sure many people would love a coffee table art book of the Hades games. Like a full hardcover artbook PLEEEEASE
Hades blew me away, in so many ways...I can't even begin to describe how excited I am for this
All they have to do is take what they had in the original and apply it to new characters. Maybe a little new flavors in other parts. So many sequels have floundered because the developers stray too far from what fans loved in the first game. I pray this is not the case!
This is still not half bad
Dionysus in particular I bet
Total been playing games my whole life, and can’t even stay on any game anymore, this one is highly addictive ina. Good way
Tve witch is hecate
Notable Greek gods I can think of missing from hades 1 that could make an appearance in 2 - Hephaestus/Vulcan, Hera/Juno, Apollo (confirmed by this trailer), Hestia (I believe Exagryph or some weapon aspect is hers in 1), Gaia, Eros, Uranos, pretty much all the titans including Hyperion, Iepetus, Atlas, and others, and also hercules, though legends disagree on whether he ultimately became a god or not. I'm most excited for the reversal of the vibes in hades 2. Like, in 1, weird as it may sound, the deepest depths of hell felt cozy. The house of hades is Zag's home, and so you feel so at ease there. The music is familiar, the landmarks are recognizable, and as you get further and further out, even into the good part of Hades, Elysium, it feels so unfamiliar, so alien and creepy, and the creature design, difficulty, music, and other aspects of the design mirror that. I want Hades 2 to give us a surface that feels familiar, with it getting darker and more terrifying the deeper down we go
Another notable figure missing is Erebus, the god of darkness imo, especially since he's Nyx's husband and the darkness shards Zagreus uses to get stronger is quite literally his power
Heph was in the demo, and Hestia is the witch
@jordanloux3883 The witch is Hecate, but Hestia is in the game indeed. She gives you her boons There's also a Titan that helps you, Selene
@@jordanloux3883 Hestia is decidedly not the witch but yeah she's also in the demo
Honestly I wonder what the lore reason is gonna be for her reviving after being killed, I really like that Zagreus made sense as a protagonist in a rogue like because of the mythology behind it. Im really looking forward to this game
Maybe with Hades incapacitated, Charon keeps fishing her out of Styx and throwing her out so she can try again?
I mean Kronos is the god of time right?
YO I WAS NOT EXPECTING THIS! BUT NOW ITS THE BIGGEST THING IM LOOKING FORWARD TO COMING OUT!
180 hours I poured in hades
SAME
Studio Grackle did a really great job on the opening animation!
We agree! We were very excited to get to work with them again!
I recently learned about Studio Grackle because of following Drawfee (Spencer Wan is a friend of theirs). Absolutely gorgeous art. Very excited to see the Hades art-style back in action. Beautiful game!
It would be pretty neat if they dropped the full soundtrack like they did with the first Hades Game. I listen to the Original soundtrack constantly when i'm doing college homework as it is so well designed.
Imagine if Supergiant would make a show about their Greek mythology world in this art style! Amazing
I love the way the mentor witch fought. It’s an incredible representation of martial/arcane combat. Leaning not to heavily to either side.
Makes me wish we could choose to play as her. I like the MC too, but the mentor is just awesome.
you mean Hecate goddess of witchcraft and magic etc
@@Dustpuma1That’s what I was thinking, too! She makes the most sense.
The moon symbolism and the fact she has two heads on the side (so three heads total) all point to Hecate as the mystery character. Also the Wisp (forgot their official name) referred to her (apprentice? The main character) as a witch. This is so cool!
Basically Crystal Sage from Dark Souls 3. Hahaha
I absolutely love the part where she sweeps her hair kinda like how Zagreus does in the last animation. Hope we get one with Macaria where she flips her hair or smth.
...? (but why?)
I was wondering if/how they'd do Macaria, mostly because she's described sometimes as Thanatos's lover. Given his relationship with Zagreus in the first game that could cause some real family drama.
That’s Melinoe, goddess of ghosts. She’s described in myths as being half dead and half alive which explains the red undead eye and ghost arm. Makaria is her sister and goddess of the blessed dead in Elysium
@@Aburner1109 Hair flip adds style points
It's Melinoë not Macaria, the lead artist confirmed it on Twitter. But solid agree!
In Hades, After completing the Main Quest, Zagreus keeps trying to escape underworld as part of his "job". I wonder how this game makes the player continue to play when the main quest ends (Most probably defeating kronos). Hyped up for this. I've always been a big fan of Hades. Will definitely get this one during early access.
the whole piece that 'winning' only slightly starts hacking away at all of your problems, bit by bit
In the myth, Cronos is imprisoned in Tartarus because he's an immortal and can't be killed Maybe in the game he will escape and you'll have to catch him each time
I love how in the first game after Persephone comes back and starts explaining her relationship with Hades and how much they love eachother and Zagreus goes like: “Wait… mother you don’t plan on having other children do you?!” P:“Haha, no. You’re plenty!” But this is CLEARLY Melinoë, their daughter from myth! Sooo, yeah guess Hades and Persephone got their freak back on 😆
Or... the game takes in distance future and its Zagreus's daughter
From Wikipedia: Melinoë is the daughter of Persephone and was fathered by her father Zeus,[8] whom he tricked by taking the form of Hades via "wily plots", indicating that in the hymn Persephone is already married to Hades. This is paralleled with another Orphic myth, the birth of Melinoë's brother Zagreus, who was conceived when Zeus, disguised as a serpent, deceived and mated with Persephone.[9]
@@hughswanson2354 there are screenshots available, her name is Melinoё and she is the sister of Zagreus.
@@hughswanson235402:00 she says "look for me... father"
@@hilquiascortez3598 she says “wait for me father” not look
I still remember the first time I saw the animated trailer of Hades. It was glorious and refreshing. I'm glad to see that the love for the game it's still strong to move them to make a sequel; the underworld is so beautiful as it own that I can't way to see more of it.
Loving that they're keeping the animation style. It's really fitting and a signature of the first game.
I wanna see how they’re going to do Chronos in this style. Definitely adding this to my list
Got all yor game so far on 100% achievements. You truly nail everything. Can't wait for your love and passion for games to take shape yet again. Thank you Supergiant for you being a shining light in the gaming industry.
I went on a massive binge of playing Hades and must have added another 20-40 hours to my total playtime because i thought this was releasing soon and wanted to finish Hades beforehand. I trust this studio almost blindly, but I also cannot fathom how this game is going to stack up. Definitely going to have my eye on this.
I always loved the voice acting this studio's games have. Like in hades or transistor
The Bastion narrators voice is orgasmic too
transister is insanely beautiful for a game.
That's what happens when a studio genuinely cares about their game projects. They don't cut corners on delivering the best experience possible. I've yet to Plat a SG game that wasn't damn near a masterpiece all to its own.
@@samkorn4047 the magic of Logan Cunningham. Such a talented voice actor. He did the narrator in Bastion, the sword in Transistor, and Hades/Achilles in Hades. An incredibly important member of the SG dev team
I've never been able to stop raving about the first Hades game ever since it came out. Literally _everything_ from the art to the animation to the music to the characters even the damn menu design is just so carefully thought out. You can tell every part of their team puts a lot of love and care into every detail and it just makes me so happy and even MORE excited to see this game because you just know the same love and care has gone into this too.
Same here. Each time I found someone remotely interested I start my 2 - 3h praise/lecture about SGG and Hades!
True. I literally cant think of a single flaw with it. For what it is, its perfect.
@@demosthenes995 If I had to list a single flaw it would be lack of enemy variety.
makes me wonder how long we will have to wait for 1.0 release
Literally SAME!! I love everything about the first game and still play it all the time and never get tired of it!! There are so many unique builds you can do!! And I love the characters (so much I got official merch of some) and listen to a hades music playlist to work all of the time! The game is even how I started some friendships with people!! It is just incredible and honestly my favorite game of all time at this point
This is literally a dream come true! My boyfriend and I got addicted to Hades during lockdown, we were alternating between either streaming our gameplay or watching the other's stream about their run. We were racing each other to complete the heat challenges (we did all of them). It was insanely fun. We had so many theories about how we'd envision a sequel and now it's here!!! Or soon it'll be. I am beyond thrilled. Hades got hooked us on Bastion and Pyre as well - those games broke our hearts too in the sweetest way possible. SuperGiant is my absolute favourite gaming company ❤️ and I bet the OST will be lit as usual.
This has to be one of the best game development teams out there. Even so much I would like to try to apply for a job in the next future.
They're very particular about who they hire, they like to keep their team small (presumably for efficiency, but also to ensure they only have the best of the best working with them). They also prefer people in/around SF. So good luck with that.
@@otterpoppini also imagine they want to stay private and also not get so big that they get bought out by a bigger company and then beholden to corporate greed overpaid execs and shareholder whims etc.
I hope Melinoë gets Zagreus as a summon or something. The dialogue between the two will definitely be incredible if nothing else!
I can expect him to appear and be like Thanatos, so they compete just for how many kills they have, while he may appear too before getting to your destination and pummel Chronos
I hope he's at least in the game to help out like Than did for him. Plus it'd be lovely to have Darren do more lines for Zag.
I hope he's somehow playable or at the very least visitable somewhere along the path , maybe find him in random rooms trying to make his way out on one of his own journeys
If I didn't see wrong, Zagreus is some kind of prisoner in this trailer. So, maybe after you rescue him he can be summon? Hopefully.
@@lokasocba thats hades
Bisexuals you had your turn. Now it's bisexuals turn
Hopefully I don't get it
@@user-zu1ir2mv2p Same
SCREAMING this comment is everything
Ok
Huh
I keep coming back to this trailer from time to time. It's not even out and I already miss playing it. Can't wait to get my hands on it.
Samee
The music rocks, the animation slaps, the art smashes, the voice-acting rolls, the story slays, and my mood kicks into hype. Thank you Supergiant Games ^^
I’m very excited for this game. I can’t wait to get to play as Melinoë and meet all the new gods (hopefully Hephaestus, Hera and Hestia will appear in this one). And I do hope Zagreus does appear again either as a Chthonic companion, an optional playable character, or even just a simple NPC to interact with.
I'm excited to see what the Kronos boss fight will be like. And to see if they include Circe and Medea. O! And special weapon aspects of Morgan Le Fey, Baba Yaga, Elphaba and Hel at least!
I AM SO FREAKING EXCITED! I loved the first Hades. Cannot wait for this one. 😁
I doubt that Zagreus will be in this game, the story should take place way before the first game
@@d.cheese It's a sequel, not a prequel, according to the fandom wiki.
@@moth5799 yeah but it seems like kronos is alive and active now. hades I is set after the gods kill the titans, incl. kronos, who is cut to pieces by zeus. so it can be assumed that this sequel is actually somehow set in the far past from zagreus' time. but since kronos is the time guy, i guess we could somehow travel time or something.
Thank you so much for this, Supergiant! The first Hades is easily one of my all-time favorite games! I plan to play the heck out of this! Also, GENIUS idea using Chronos as the villain! I’m guessing the rogue-like element of the story comes from him rewinding time or something similar? That would be crazy and fantastic!
that soundtrack needs more love. the varying time signatures and lovely chords and the heavy sound goes so well!!
I’m still perfecting my Aspect of Hera, Festive Fog build and you gotta go do this to me?!? I can’t wait! Huge fan of all your games!
I love how hades has such a recognizable leitmotif that I instantly recognized that this was related to it the moment I heard it
Thank you so much for everything. I got literal chills! Nothing and I mean NOTHING can even come close to this announcement on the Game Awards today. I hope yall have an great development time. Can't await to know what you guys have in the oven, am just so really happy I... can't even describe it
I’m literally checking constantly for updates on any release dates because I just can’t wait. The excitement is too much.
The fact this is getting recommended to me now all of a sudden is giving me hope
My hype cannot be described. I was under the impression we would never see a sequel or a spin-off. Hades is EASILY my favorite game ever. Thank you so much for giving us this😭🥳🥳🥳
Same ! And I've been playing for almost 4 decades.
It's kinda weird they didn't add any post-launch content like new weapons, boons and gods, despite the game's popularity. So I imagine there was a lot of stuff in the works if they decided to make a sequel.
Was not even expect this as a possibility. Cannot wait to see what direction the devs go with a sequel to such an amazing game. I know they won’t disappoint.
I'm already a bit disappointed. I'll buy it and play and we all know it will be high quality stuff but I was hoping for a different Supergiant world to explore, rather than "Hades but girl". I know, how dare I express my honest opinion. Keep up the toxic positivity.
@@Bolsty7 I'm not going to complain just because it's a world we've seen before, and "Hades but girl" is such a narrow descriptor for a game we know next to nothing about. If not fawning over it, at least have the decency wait before you make a judgement like this.
@@Bolsty7 I don't think this counts as toxic positivity...?
@@Bolsty7 You’re allowed to have your opinion and if that’s how you feel more power to ya. Personally I’m excited for this game not just because of my love for the first game but as a way to see how supergiant can handle a sequel. We know they can make quality games but to see if they can make a sequel that can innovate on the last game while still maintaining the feel of the original is hard to do for a lot of devs. But I think we’re in good hands and we still don’t know a lot on what the key gameplay differences are.
@@Bolsty7 dog theyre keeping to mythology. melinoe was a real goddess and child of persephone (and this weird thing where zeus and hades were believed to be the same person? idk its weird) its a cool concept, def not enough to get mad over
Bro I’m just now seeing this and got goosebumps when I heard the Hades motif (small music theme chord) and the green and red eyes! So so so hyped!
Moros and Nemesis seems to be filling the roles of home base characters with the trees in the background appearing behind both of them… while Apollo is one of the new gods who will give you your boons.
Recognizing the same stunning art, music, and voice acting fills me with a ton of excitement! Can't wait to be engrossed by the storytelling Supergiant has in store for us
Hades was my lockdown game, well over 100 hours played. This might be the most excited I've been for a game in years. Love everything y'all do at SuperGiant.
MMO Players: So you just barely logged in?
Gotta pump those numbers up. Those are rookie numbers in this racket.
lol just 100 hours? so you haven't even started.
It was my Covid game, I got Covid just 2 days after buying Hades, I blame the Temple of Styx.
Highest Heat completed is a better metric of your progress than hours
finally just started hades 1 and man ive been liking it a lot more than i thought i would. also realized it totally love an animated show with the same animation as the beginning
I wonder if Zag and Co will ever make a cameo in this, it'd be fun to see how he is doing after the events of Hades 1!
Words cannot describe how excited I am for this. Anyone who loves the original understands the vibe this game gives and it’s amazing personal experience.
I couldn't stop geeking about the firt game ever since I played it for the firt time. I wanted a DLC of sorts but this, this is sooooo much better! The music, the characters, the lore, the care with which original source was treated. Soooo good! I cannot wait to get into this ASAP
that fight at the beginning gave the same vibes as the classic opening Nidorino v Gengar fight from pokemon and it was awesome
The best trailers for games i have watched is the Hades trailers and i feel as if the credit Supergiant gets is well under what it should. These trailers are cinematic master pieces. Keep at it Supergiant as all the community will not stop cheering you on
I went into Hades expecting it to be another action basher but the depth of the story, customization, characters, world, story, weapons, and story blew me away.
That was i thought as well, but boy (lucky us) was i wrong ! this game is so good.....every run is different :D
you said story twice lol
wait no, 3 times. Now im seeing i just missed the joke
not to mention the story
IT SUCKED
I... was not expecting this! I was ready to embrace a completely new world, not expecting a sequel, but I'm excited for what you guys will bring!
I love how they defied all expectations.
Thank you for your trust and excitement! We can't wait to share it with you.
@@supergiantgames thank you!!
@@supergiantgames so Bastion 2 is next after this I assume
@@supergiantgames i love your amazing games!
It has been such a trip following this studio's success over the last 10 years. Transistor made me a lifelong fan, and Hades was the culmination of so much learning and refinement in their approach to game design. I have no doubt they made fantastic money from the game's success, so I'm super interested to see what they come up with now that they've had time and resources to improve the formula even further.
I love how this studio started out in the early days of indie development, back when it was a very rare thing for an indie studio to just come along and make a full scale game, especially a 3d one. even if top down and limited it was a great feat in a time were many weren't looking for such a thing; its very rare for a game studio to go make something with all their effort just for the passion and idea of making good ass games. Seeing successes in people like this is always a joy to me. And with yet another great title coming, my excitement has peaked.
Homegirl what are you talking about? Hades came out in EA in 2018, it's not like it was the before times™
I really appreciate the polish on Hades….so rare to have no bugs, glitches, or other QOL issues with the game. I can honestly look forward to sequel without that “if they fix this one it will be great” feeling. I can just be excited. I just escaped hell for the first time on Hades and still hooked like crazy! Thank god for steam sales, hard to believe I only paid $10 for this amazing experience ❤
Loved the first one. Amazing characters, fantastic rogue-like experience and an incredible voice acting. No way i’m gonna lose this
Jacopo Pomente first one had a trash male you have to play...this one has a female finally! It's playable!
Hades was an amazing gaming experience, never felt anything like it after 40 years gaming
@@iuliuslovin37 Oh, you're one of those losers. Zagreus was a great character and I'm sure that Melinoe will be a great character as well.
@@user-qk3nq6cg7r who the fuck was for the first one, was shit...wasn't playable, this one on the other hand looks really playable...
@@iuliuslovin37 It was Zagreus, why wasn't it playable, because he was a man Jesus Christ, is he the greatest character, no. But he was interesting.
Curious what role the cast of the first one, especially Zag, will play in this! Would love some brother-sister rivalry (like the Thanatos rooms in the first game) or tag-teaming. Cerberus better returnberus!!!
In my head, he's in charge of the Underworld now that their father is gone. I like to think that Zag went all the way to become a Unseen One just like his father (like you can do in the first game) and that gives him the authority, or maybe the obligation, to fill Hades' shoes. Someone has to do it, anyway. I can just see him behind that desk, feeling tedious or resignated depending on how older he got.
@@GhabrielPeper Olympian Gods don’t retire in myth I’m pretty sure. They don’t age, after all. At best he might be busy doing something else, but Hades is always the eternal ruler of the underworld. Bet Zagreus more likely happens to be guarding the border he once broke through, and suddenly here’s his sister 😅
@@Norinia Well, sure, but it seems like Hades is imprisioned, and that Cronos is the one to blame. But I'm just speculating :)
Do you think each of Hade's children has a favorite Cerberus head?
@@purple66666 great question
i hope she's funny and/or sarcastic bc Zag made me laugh so many times, im really gonna miss that if she's always serious (gonna love her either way tho)
same here! i want her to be silly and friendly and polite and pet frogs and go fishing while also kicking those elysium shades in the shin. marketing rn is mainly focusing on her being a badass but zagreus was also marketed like that and ended up being the most polite man ever (except to his dad)
Good news from the technical test: She's very much like her big bro with the humor and snark, along with being a sweetheart. Apple didn't fall far from the tree!
I love hades so much that I can’t even put it into words. Coming off bastion, I wanted to know what else supergiant had to offer and found hades for the switch. I’m so obsessed and hooked, it’s borderline unhealthy.
every single one of the magnificent bastards on this team deserves endless praise, but holy shit. Jen and Darren outdid themselves already i AM SO EXCITED
I actually cried when the trailer ended. I accepted that my time with the world of Hades was over, and now you're bringing me back. Thank you, Supergiant.
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Me too 🥲
THERE IS NO ESCAPE
same.
Bruh💀
Just keep coming back to watch the stunning trailer! 😍 cant wait for the release!
Absolute freaking phenomenal follow-up to one of the best games in history. Supergiant just keeps making effing spectacular games. Terrrific job guys, simply terrific, Viva la Hades
relax it’s not even out yet
I AM SO EXCITED! I loved how they used/adapted/presented the old myths in Hades and I cant wait to see what other stories they bring to the table
The animation and voice acting NEVER ceases to amaze me. First game was SUCH vibe, I'm really excited for this :)
Whats more amazing is the VAs being the main team or just friends of the devs. Its like pure talent orbits around them 😁. Edit: looks from the credits the VAs are industry regulars this time. Lets hope Meg comes back
With that much post processing you could pick anyone off the street to be the VA
So I just discovered this 4 months after reveal. This is amazing!!
I looove the halloween vibe from this, expecially the sound design!
This freaking came out out of no where! Thank you Supergiant for offering us this sequel!
this came a few days after the game awards. I wouldn't say "out of nowhere"
@@mega_gamer93 ??????
@@Quattro5478 what are you confused about?
@@mega_gamer93 I think that they're confused cause the trailer was actually first shown at the Game Awards, not a few days after
@@mega_gamer93 ur previous comment
I've been a fan since Bastion and it makes me so happy to see Supergiant grow so much and find such success to where they finally make a sequel to a game beloved by many. This looks like an animated series you can PLAY, and I'm so excited for it!
The musicc YESSSSSS!
this is gonna be so insanely good. very much looking forward to it!
the moment I saw Studio Grackle’s animation I started screaming, congratulations Supergiant Games! Looking forward to this sequel soon! 🥰
They really stepped up the animation quality as well! The trailer for the first game was phenomenal but this one looks like it has so much more time and resources dedicated to it. It’s also cool that Spencer Wan from Grackle was also part of the character design team this time around, I don’t remember that being the case for the first game so it’s cool that they got the studio to be more involved in the process.
The animation trailer was such a treat for the eye, youve got some talentes people there.
I cannot wait anymore i want to play it now let me in LET ME IIIIIIIIIN!
I came here to reminisce over Bastion’s soundtrack, and was totally blindsided with this trailer! What a magnificent reconnection to gaming news. Some of my longest friendships feature bonding over Supergiant Games ❤
Immediately recognizing Darren's composition I nearly cried from the immense excitement of this reveal!! Can't wait
Wow that's pathetic
@@j22563 wow, that's pathetic.
me too except not nearly 😭
as the other commenters are saying, i have to agree that yeah that is a little bit pathetic. come on now, grow up. don't cry over a fucking video game announcement.
I don't think it's pathetic, if you really loved the first game then you're gonna feel strongly about this announcement. I'm excited too, not to the same degree but I get it. The other commenters are just circle jerking putting down someone else's excitement, ignore them
I want want to know so much about these characters. You guys are masters at making amazing characters, and I can't wait to see them all. Love the designs so far as well!
If this game features two player between Zag and Mel I would be absolutely shocked, if it doesn't happen it's still gonna be an awesome game. But I truly can't wait to see what role Zag will play in all this.
Their official site says it's a single player game.
Im really looking forward to this!! I play Hades on both switch and my ps4 and absolutely love this masterpiece of a game! Can't wait to get this sequel ❤❤❤
I'm so excited!!! I can't stop thinking about one particular interaction in the first game, when Zag asks Hades if he has any other siblings, and Hades responds something along the lines of "I'd never risk having another like you". Soooo I'm very curious and excited to discover how Melinoë came to be; was she always secretly there, was she born after the events of the first game? AHHH I CAN'T WAIT!
Pretty clear with the final line she's Zagreus Daughter trying rescue him. I'll guess the gimmick considering we see the moon heavily in this trailers, she is gonna be able to go around Mythological Ancient Greece living world Zagreus could only survive for a few minutes at a time.
@@charlesacker9174 She's Zagreus' sister, the "father" she's speaking to is still Hades lmao
@@PragmaticProsecutor well in mythology she's Zeus daughter... Who seems to be shown chained up here... So guess we're both wrong. Melinoë is Zeus and Persphone's daughter born in Cocytus in Hades. So she's Zagreus half sister.
@@charlesacker9174 no ,thats hades, look at his beard
@@charlesacker9174 No. Thats based on Orphic mythos in which Zeus and Hades are considered two sides of the same god and and Zagreus is also born of Zeus and Persephone. Supergiant will almost definitely be consistent in their adaptation of orphic + classic greek mythology and Melinoe will be daughter of Hades and Persephone just like Zagreus. Also idk how to tell you this but the game is titled Hades.
THANKYOU SUPERGIANT GAMES AND EVERY SINGLE STAFF, PROGRAMMER, ANIMATOR, ARTIST, COMPOSERS, SOUND DESIGNERS AND VOICE ACTORS. I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK, THIS IS AMAZING! (very excited)
Their studio is so small, you might aswell have thanked every dev by name :D but I agreee, hype is through the roof
@@_Encie true, i made the comment in school while doing a boring assignment that i was just done with, you could imagine my blind excitement and just typed out whats on my mind lmao
I JUST got hooked on Hades, and I only managed to escape for the first time yesterday. Now I'm perusing stuff on KZhead and I see the trailer for the SEQUAL? Best find of the year!!!
knowing this group from pyre which make me a really impressive playing experience,now i have play Super gaint games all produce games , love the character design and art work, especially the music and voice in their game,makes game experience,unique.