{"id":20191,"date":"2025-09-24T15:37:23","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T13:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/24\/hades-ii-review-underworld-sequel-is-an-improvement-in-every-witch-way\/"},"modified":"2025-09-24T15:37:23","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T13:37:23","slug":"hades-ii-review-underworld-sequel-is-an-improvement-in-every-witch-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/24\/hades-ii-review-underworld-sequel-is-an-improvement-in-every-witch-way\/","title":{"rendered":"Hades II review – underworld sequel is an improvement in every witch way"},"content":{"rendered":"

PC, Nintendo Switch\/Switch 2; Supergiant Games
<\/strong>Supergiant\u2019s successor is exemplary sequel-craft \u2013 more doesn\u2019t always mean better, but here variety is the spice of afterlife<\/p>\n

Five years ago, when we were all seeking ways to take our minds off real-world events, Supergiant Games\u2019 Hades was a welcome distraction<\/a> indeed. Wayward son of the underworld Zagreus\u2019s repeated attempts to abscond from his purgatorial prison offered catharsis at a time when none of us could leave our homes. It did no harm that it was genuinely, unapologetically sexy: all of artist Jen Zee\u2019s character designs had abs hewn from Olympian rock, and just about everyone addressed you as if they\u2019d seen you from across the bar and really dug your vibe. Winning the favour of these absurdly attractive Greek gods was the key to finally getting above ground. It was \u2013 apologies \u2013 a hell of an escape.<\/p>\n

And a hell of an act to follow, too. But in Hades II, composer Darren Korb delivers a thunderously dramatic score for the closing stages of your Olympian ascent that reaches a level of operatic grandeur<\/a> to trump anything in the original game. Zee\u2019s new character illustrations (including one returning favourite<\/a> in a leopardskin posing pouch) are, if anything, likely to inspire even more aggressively thirsty fanart and fanfic. And writer Greg Kasavin\u2019s wonderful script is wittier, wiser and flirtier than ever.<\/p>\n

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\nPC, Nintendo Switch\/Switch 2; Supergiant GamesSupergiant\u2019s successor is exemplary sequel-craft \u2013 more doesn\u2019t always mean better, but here variety is the spice of afterlife
\nFive years ago, when we were all seeking ways to take our minds off real-world events, Supergiant Games\u2019 Hades was a welcome distraction indeed. Wayward son of the underworld Zagreus\u2019s repeated attempts to abscond from his purgatorial prison offered catharsis at a time when none of us could leave our homes. It did no harm that it was genuinely, unapologetically sexy: all of artist Jen Zee\u2019s character designs had abs hewn from Olympian rock, and just about everyone addressed you as if they\u2019d seen you from across the bar and really dug your vibe. Winning the favour of these absurdly attractive Greek gods was the key to finally getting above ground. It was \u2013 apologies \u2013 a hell of an escape.
\nAnd a hell of an act to follow, too. But in Hades II, composer Darren Korb delivers a thunderously dramatic score for the closing stages of your Olympian ascent that reaches a level of operatic grandeur to trump anything in the original game. Zee\u2019s new character illustrations (including one returning favourite in a leopardskin posing pouch) are, if anything, likely to inspire even more aggressively thirsty fanart and fanfic. And writer Greg Kasavin\u2019s wonderful script is wittier, wiser and flirtier than ever. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

PC, Nintendo Switch\/Switch 2; Supergiant GamesSupergiant\u2019s successor is exemplary sequel-craft \u2013 more doesn\u2019t always mean better, but here variety is the spice of afterlife Five years ago, when we were all seeking ways to take our minds off real-world events, Supergiant Games\u2019 Hades was a welcome distraction indeed. Wayward son of the underworld Zagreus\u2019s repeated …<\/p>\n

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