Hades II - Seize Victory in The Olympic Update - Steam News
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Our first Major Update in Early Access is finally here, and loaded with new foes to vanquish, places to explore, and characters to meet.
  • PunchingWood@lemmy.worldEnglish
    221·
    28 days ago

    I think it’s kind of weird that this trend is happening that early access games, games that are not finished, get title updates that are practically advertised as expansions would’ve.

    I always figured early access meant early access to a game until it is a fully developed base game, then start to do “named” expansions.

    It’s not exclusive to this game, but it just seems like a strange development and frankly not a fan of it. Some games linger in early access way too long, but they can always use it as an excuse to get away with bad optimisation or game breaking bugs and what not.

    • ThunderComplex@lemmy.todayEnglish
      10·
      28 days ago

      I have noticed this trend as well, but I think it’s actually pretty good. Your package bunch of features you have been working on under a common theme and that builds some excitement.

      Consider the alternative: “Get ready for build v1053” or “Prepare yourselves for update 1.2.24” that just doesn’t sound exciting and it’s probably not gonna draw in players who haven’t played the game in a while.

      And also keep the psychology in mind a little bit, It seems less impressive to release seven small updates where each update only adds one relatively minor feature rather than one big update with seven new, but still relatively minor features

      • Ashtear@lemm.eeEnglish
        5·
        27 days ago

        I also can’t see complaining about free content. This isn’t an Ark situation.

    • Baggie@lemmy.zipEnglish
      1·
      28 days ago

      I can feel that, some games can really abuse the system. It can be beneficial when we’re talking about large feature sets being released, both for developers as well as people keeping track of what’s currently in the game.

      Hades 2 I would argue makes sense as they just added what’s essentially another chapter of the story. Its initial release was also in a really decent state which helps a lot.

  • chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.worldEnglish
    20·
    28 days ago

    I went so hard on this game when early access first released that I had to uninstall it and force myself to wait until the full release so I don’t burn myself out. It’s so much goddamned fun, though.

    • Albbi@lemmy.caEnglish
      10·
      28 days ago

      I went hard on Hades, so I proactively an waiting for the full release of Hades 2.

      • SmokedBillionaire@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        2·
        27 days ago

        Same here, I spent hundreds of hours in the first. I’m itching so hard for full release I just want them to be done so I can give them my money.

    • Ashtear@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      28 days ago

      Did the same, although damn is this release ever tempting me. I was done with the first Hades pretty quick, but I could see this one easily sucking me in for 100+ hours. Felt to me like they improved damn near everything, and the vibe is divine. Amelia Tyler is a treasure.

  • odium@programming.devEnglish
    16·
    28 days ago

    This update also adds native support for Mac systems with Apple M1 or later

    Impossible, they said it couldn’t be done!