With Hades II already being larger than its 2020 predecessor, it’s exhausting to imagine the sequel to Supergiant’s blockbuster action-roguelite continues to be in Early Entry. Properly, now there’s much more of the sport to discover because of the Olympic replace. That is the largest and most fun patch the sport has acquired but, including a brand new weapon, a brand new area, and new gods to satisfy, amongst different issues.
As you could have gathered from the replace’s title, the brand new area is Olympus, the house of the gods. The trailer additionally exhibits off new and returning faces comparable to Athena, Prometheus (voiced by Closing Fantasy XVI’s Ben Starr), and a really dressed-down Dionysus. It additionally introduces the ultimate weapon within the sport’s arsenal, Xinth the Black Coat. The brand new armament appears to show your playstyle into a mix of fist-forward fight alongside the power to fireside off rockets at enemies. Which is to say it appears badass. Different highlights laid out by Supergiant embody two new familiars, extra customization on the Crossroads, an expanded story, a world map, and Mac help.
There are additionally quite a lot of fixes and tweaks to pre-existing elements of the sport. Maybe probably the most noteworthy is a change to the Chronos boss combat that may make lots of people completely happy. With the Olympic replace now you can pause the grueling encounter with out having to fret concerning the titan unpausing it and taking away your transient respite.
Supergiant notes that there’s nonetheless loads extra to return and that the subsequent main replace will most actually not be the sport’s final earlier than a full launch. As for when that subsequent main replace will probably be, Supergiant says the group is aiming for early 2025. Till then, you possibly can dig into all the brand new stuff within the Olympic replace. You may see the complete checklist of additives and adjustments within the patch notes right here.
