Season 3 is here and we’re turning up the heat levels with the infernal hack-n-slash / visual novel / dating sim Hades! The crown jewel of indie darling developer Supergiant Games, we follow Prince Zagreus and his journey to fight out of the Greek Underworld with the aid all your favorite characters from Greek mythos including a wise-cracking skeleton, a timid snake head housekeeper, an ever-happy smiling boulder, a zombie boat man, among many others! Oh and I suppose there are Olympian gods in there too, each one more ripped and romance-worthy than the last. Maybe you can escape the fires of Asphodel, but what about your fiery passions for your co-workers?

• 1:34 - game stats
• 3:03 - one sentence description
• 7:48 - Steam popularity rankings and comparison to other games
• 10:36 - Replay value discussion after years away from game
• 16:50 - Heat system and difficulty customization mechanics
• 23:18 - our story begins and spoiler alert warning
• 32:26 - Meta progression currencies and door selection system
• 38:23 - Story pacing and character relationship development
• 54:47 - Ten-ending sequence and Persephone reunion storyline
• 1:08:05 - Weapon variety discussion and combat mechanics analysis
• 1:16:00 - Hammer upgrades and build modification complaints
• 1:25:49 - End game criticism and pacing issues
• 1:31:39 - Hades 2 wishlist and improvement suggestions
• 1:32:28 - rankings and final thoughts
• 1:42:43 - similar games

Next episode: Rift Wizard

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Intro music: Charles Mingus - When Your Lover Has Gone

Outro music: Darren Korb - Out of Tartarus