DO NOT BUY Hades II - Very disappointing

Hello, welcome back to a new video. So

today we're playing Hades 2, and I want to

show you why it's kind of an annoying game

and I don't really recommend buying it.

So basically it's a roguelike game. Now if

you don't know what that means, it

basically means it's a game where you

endlessly do the same levels over and over

again. They're very difficult, so you're

gonna die a lot. Every time you die, you

start back at this base where you can

upgrade things. Like this cauldron thing

will give you buffs and boosts when you

collect materials from the game in the

fighting areas. You can then get new stuff

like these incantations, and then you'll

get slightly more powerful. And then

basically the guest— I mean, the gist of

the game is you keep fighting all the

enemies and then you die, and then you

power up in this main base area and then

you die again, and you keep trying to get

slightly more and more powerful whilst you

attempt to defeat the bosses. So there's a

bunch of NPCs and there's some kind of

story, but I don't really know what it is

about because I don't really care. I'm

just here for the gameplay. So you enter

this area and And you've got these cards,

and these cards give you different

power-ups, but you can only select a few

based on how many of these green things

you have. So you can mix and match

different cards depending on what you

want. So this one gives you 200 gold for

each night, and this one gives you

defiance— death defiance— which is pretty

useful, but it takes like 4 psyche things.

So after you've chosen your cards, you

then go and choose your weapon. So you

start off with this stave, like a magical

staff, and it Basically does magic attacks

like this, like that. And you can charge

up a main attack, or you can charge up a

secondary attack. I think that's called an

Omega Attack. Or you could use this one,

it's like a bladed weapon.

You practice on these, and you got these

flying daggers. And then you can also— I

think I can unlock something new. Oh, the

Umbral Flames takes 3 silver and 3 cinder.

But I want the Moonstone Axe, needs 15

silver, but you can't get that yet. And

you get a Crescent Pick to mine stuff.

Okay, so that's how the game works.

And then you go into the game, you always

start off here at this bottom level. So

this is the annoying thing about the game,

you always begin on this first stage and

you want to try and get as far as you can.

You go through these zones.

Oh, it's kind of interesting because every

time you start the zone again from the

beginning, something randomly new happens.

So I've never seen this guy before and

I've done this level loads of times.

So you get these things, um, they'll give

you like a power-up you can choose. So you

can choose between these 3 things. So I

can either get -30% throw

projectile speed, 10% strike speed,

or I can get 1 block— hit blocked

per encounter. So I'll probably go for the

10% strike speed. Sounds more useful. And

then these enemies will spawn in the

Zirene and you just have to clear them.

I guess the combat is kind of satisfying.

You never feel like the game is slow and

sluggish, it's very responsive, unlike

Elden Ring which is such a slow game. So

you never really feel like the game is the

reason why you're doing badly, it's

usually because you're just not playing

very well. You gotta kill all these mobs.

When you've got slightly harder enemies

like that, you usually get 3 waves

before you can progress to the next area,

and you get an item afterwards. And then

you go and you can either choose you want

like a heart or do you want the moon

thing. I go with the moon thing. So the

gameplay is very repetitive and it's

basically the same thing over and over

again. It will start off very easy and

kind of boring until

you get further, but the further you get,

the harder it gets, which means the easier

it is you're gonna die. And if you die,

you get put back to the main base area

again, and then you gotta start all over

again from this beginning bit, which is

really boring. So now I've got this new

Gifts of the Moon. I can get a beam that

fires a beam, 900 damage, or Yeah, it

sounds pretty good, I guess. Whatever.

And you go into the next area and

then fight all the enemies,

try not to die,

and pick up the resources.

And you get this thing, I don't know what

it is. And then you also get this hammer

thing which boosts your weapon somehow,

so you can do 35% faster attacks,

specials pierce through foes and return to

you, dash strike also fires special 3

times in a fan pattern. Uh, probably get

the increased speed again, and then you

can choose— that's the boss battle, or you

go and get some items. So I got some

items. I don't know what any of these do

because it doesn't explain what they do.

Uh, I guess I'll get all of them because I

can afford it. Oh, I can get the Hermodite

Aphrodite thing. So you can do bonus

close-up damage, or dashing damages around

surrounding foes inflicts weak. Okay. And

then you get to the boss, and I've killed

this boss like 10 times already, but you

have to keep going through it. Every time

you die, you start off at this beginning

stage, so you've got to go through the

beginning stage, end boss, and it's kind

of annoying. She's a very annoying boss

because she does loads of these AoE stuff.

So the only time you can really do big

damage is when she stands there like this

and does those green attacks. Look, I'm so

powerful now, I've already nearly half

killed her. And then just do some special—

and then this is— she'll go invisible and

do all these AoE attacks. There's

different phases to the fight. This phase

is kind of different to what I'm used to.

It's just a very frustrating boss. Look,

I can't— okay, there, now we can do some

damage.

Ouch, that did a lot of damage.

And then they do this thing, just avoid

all the balls.

It's weird because this is not usually how

the fight goes. Now this thing will turn

you into a sheep and then you gotta dodge

the circles,

all the green things. Oh my god, oh wait,

I didn't think they're gonna come back

Oh my God,

oh my God.

So you gotta do this boss a bazillion

times.

I'm gonna die.

Oh, oh my god, I was just about to kill

her. I didn't take the thing that revives

you if you die because I wanted to try out

the other one. So look, you die from that

boss, that dos, and then you start again

at this stupid beginning zone and you

gotta do it all over again. I don't know

what this picture is, keeps coming up and

you can't skip it. Oh my god.

Come on. And then you gotta go down here,

use the things you picked up to become a

bit more powerful. Didn't get enough to

get anything new. You know, this thing

here— oh, oh, it's like a shop.

I can get these things. I don't know what

they are though. And then

you go over here and then

just do it again, I guess.

So you can get some new cards.

So you really wanted this one, Eternity,

because that always helps you in case you

lose a life. So maybe get rid of these 2

and get that instead. And then I

don't know if I want that one.

Maybe that one. Oh, it won't let

I can't. Okay, so we died.

Um, I think we can get something here.

The Umbral Flames. No, I can't. And then

just do it again. And that's what the

whole game is— just die, start again, buy

something new. Start again here, get a new

power-up in the beginning,

maybe close-up damage times 100%,

sounds pretty good. And then just do it

all over again. It's so frustrating

because you feel like you barely make any

progress, and then as soon as you start

making progress and then you die, you get

sent straight back to square one. So I'm

just gonna play this and get back to the

boss again. I'll see you there. Okay,

we're now back at the boss again. This

time I got better items, I might be able

to defeat it easier. Easily.

Okay, I don't know what

that is. Oh, I got fire attacks

this time. Oh my God,

what happened? Okay,

my power just went out in the entire

house. Oh my god, oh my god, my power

in the house went out and the battery mode

switched on for my laptop. Good thing it's

a laptop, not a desktop, otherwise the

whole thing would have switched off. The

whole monitors went all black, I couldn't

see anything, and I'm nearly dead. Oh,

what bad timing. I don't know if I can

still do this boss. I'll try

my best. The whole house power just went

out for like 5 seconds and then it came

back on.

I've nearly half killed her.

This fire thing does so much damage.

It's okay, I can die once because I got

this special card thing.

Oh, I just took a massive hit. God, look

how much damage I do in the back. I got

the backstab special ability.

Goddamn, my damage is so good. Can you

even dodge this thing? The sheep thing?

What's that rainbow cloud?

Oh my God,

get away!

Oh, I need to ride into that.

5 health. Oh,

I died. I got the death to fire thing.

Is she dead? Oh my god, she's not dead.

I'm gonna die. I got 11 health.

Oh my God, I got her! That was close.

That was so unlucky my power went out. I

don't know, the fuse tripped or something.

Okay, so you beat the first boss and you

go on to the next area like

this.

So you heal here. You got this stupid NPC

I can't leave yet.

I gotta talk to him every time. Oh my god,

you can't— I mean, you can skip it, but it

takes ages to skip.

Get the thingy. I hate this minigame,

it's so annoying.

Failed it. Whatever. So you get into the

second level, which is like this weird

seawater sewage area.

So we gotta be really careful this time.

I hate these flying things.

God, this fire thing's pretty good though.

Sometimes you get lucky with a good

power-up.

The fan of knives thing sucks.

This game makes your hand hurt as well,

playing for a few hours. Hand hurts.

I think it'd be better with maybe a

controller, I'm not sure. Maybe keyboard

and mouse is not the best.

And there you go, dead again. So I got to

the second level, didn't even get to the

second level boss, and now I'm thrown back

to the base area.

Same thing over and over again. I've

walked past here.

This game's so tedious. And you go to the

cauldron. I need to make my own way to the

surface. Oh, I get some random buff. What

should I get? I don't even know what they

do. Grants 1 orange

potion. Fountains restore

+10%. Uh,

maybe that one.