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jp's Hades (PC)
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| [December 24, 2024 02:18:05 PM]
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I've kept on playing Hades. Slowly making progress, learning more about the different characters.. Etc.
And yes, things slowly got a bit easier thanks to God mode (currently at %50 less damage)...but I had an epiphany.
Hades is a free-to-play that isn't F2P. I don't say that as an insult. I just mean that in terms of its structure and the amount of repetition involved...it feel structurally very much like a F2P games. There aren't time or cash gates - but there are things you can only "advance on" once per run. And with a run being ~40 minutes for me, that adds up...if you want to give a god a gift. It takes, I don't know...8 or so? Of course, you can gift multiple gods in a run, but you can't earn that many nectar for them...and so on. Everything needs leveling. Unlocking. Etc.
Now, many people were super drawn in by the story and don't mind the slow progress you make over runs. Some people REALLY enjoy the core loop of each run. And yes, it's fun - but, for me, not THAT fun. I started to get a bit bored and a bit tired. So. Yeah. I'm done.
I mean, I easily played 20 hrs. Easily. And I did beat Hades - so at least I got to see Persephone, but I'm not excited to beat Hades 10 more times (or whatever it is) to move the story along enough...
So, it has a F2P structure of slowly doling things out - but I do think it's interesting that the game's narrative is a big part of this. It's not just gameplay that gets doled out.
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| [December 12, 2024 09:55:59 PM]
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I'll admit that I was skeptical of Hades - not that it wasn't a good game, but rather that I would enjoy it. This is mostly because my current memory is that I played Bastion and Transistor and thought they were ok, but not "OMG this is the best thing ever" as sentiment at the time seemed to indicate. So, I thought that this time around, I'd have some fun perhaps but would ultimately be "meh" about Hades.
And I was wrong. I mean, I started playing - very surprised that it sort of jumps right in with no tutorial or explanation - eventually died and wanted to jump right back in again. And, I've been doing that for a bit now.
The game is definitely compelling in that way - you get random boons, you wonder how they work, how they combine with others, and off you go again. And, each time around there's some little detail that's new: a new character, some dialogue with an NPC, etc. so you feel like you're really making forward progress.
So far I've gotten to the 3rd big area boss - haven't defeated yet..and things have started to turn. I'm starting to get a bit tired, almost bored...and the game feels a bit grindy. You have to go again and again to make very little progress in the meta... if I was a better player I might have won already - but I'm not. So, I'm sort of stuck grinding away.
I'll turn god mode on - it gives you some defense against damage - and it gets better each time you die. (more grind?) We'll see how far I'm able to make it - I am curious to see the end. Definitely will not be doing the extra meta-game end stuff though...
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jp's Hades (PC)
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Current Status: Stopped playing - Got Bored
GameLog started on: Sunday 1 December, 2024
GameLog closed on: Tuesday 24 December, 2024 |
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