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Hades II v1.0 Is Now Available! (programming.dev)

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We couldn't possibly be more excited to announce that we've completed the Early Access development of Hades II, and officially launched v1.0 of the game!! Whether you've been playing all through Early Access or this will be your very first foray into our take on the Underworld of Greek myth, we welcome you and thank you for joining us!

I'm playing it right now after a year of not playing early access (I decided to wait until full release). It's so much more polished and I'm glad I waited, from the get-go I noticed combat is a lot smoother, and all the menus and art have been improved.

Anybody playing it here? What're your impressions?

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[–] msfroh@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What? I played through the original Hades not too long after release. I don't remember any major updates. Just some bug fixes.

What was unfinished? Maybe the Skelly statues were added later?

[–] SatyrSack@quokk.au 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

There were nine updates after Hades reached v1.0.

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1145360?updates=true

I am not so eager to play video games that I am willing to put up with a constantly improving product like that. I would rather just wait until the product is finished before putting time and effort into it.

This is not to say that this is any worse than the average modern video game's update frequency. This is more of a complaint about modern game releases in general.

[–] msfroh@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

Fair enough -- there were definitely changes and fixes post-release that I forgot about.

That said, reading through the patch descriptions, the last one of any significance (assuming you're playing in English) was March 2021, six months after release. (The last update, in February 2022, improved Steam Deck support, in time for the first shipments.) So assuming a similar cadence, Hades II should be "done" in about six months.

Given the (I assume) vastly larger early access pool, I would bet on fewer patches for Hades II, though.