After a long wait, Hades 2 has been released to the market early, we see many differences in this game compared to the first series, especially its gameplay. This has caused those who have experienced the previous series of this game to face new points.
In this section, we tried to examine the tips that can help new players to get a better start in Hades 2.
In the Hades 2 game, we are facing a rogue-like dungeon crawler game, so knowing the mechanics of the game can help you improve a lot.
Hades 2 New Players Guide
In the Hades series of games, you enter the center of conflict and battles at once, without any guidance or preparation. The only way to improve your skills is to fight, die and increase your abilities. This is how you improve your techniques and learn different ways of fighting. In the following, we will examine some points that can help you to start the game.
Always talk to all the characters in the game
Talking to all the characters of Hades 2 is very important, because each of them can increase your information about the world or their storyline changes after each conversation. One of the characters that is of great importance in this case is called Schelemeus. You can find him next to your armory. His tips are very important and useful especially in the early game.
If you can't dodge, run
Unlike the first series of Hades, you cannot dodge back to back and after the first dodge you have to wait for a while before you can dodge again. But don't worry, you can start running by holding the dodge button. This item can cover the delay between two dodges, also you can give special effects to your run by choosing some boons.
In the battles of Hades 2, use the agents around you
When you fight with your enemies in each part, you can see the trees that have grown fast in the corners of your surroundings. A very useful way to destroy your enemies is to use trees, when you hit them in the right amount, you can destroy them and the enemies that are in the path of your hit will take severe damage when the tree is destroyed.
Also keep in mind, if your enemies are between you and an obstacle like a wall, they will take more damage.
Don't skimp on Magick
In the Hades 2 game, in addition to Health, you also have a magic measuring system by which you can make heavy attacks against your enemies. The good thing about Magick meter is that it recharges after finishing each section, so you can safely use its consumer feature. Also, choosing some Boons can help you recover your magic consumption.
Collect all the resources
In the game Hades 2 you have a variety of resources at your disposal, this amount is more than the first series of this game. Some of these resources should be used to open and use weapons or you can get new capabilities, some others you can use to buy from NPCs.
Below is a detailed review of these sources:
- Bones: You can use this resource to unlock Wretched Broker in Cauldron. He is a merchant and you can buy other items from him with the same resources.
- Ashes: You need to unlock Arcana cards to improve your character's abilities and stats, for this you need to use Ashes. Each of these cards increases one of your stats.
- Moly: You can easily collect this item from the game environment without the need of special tools and use it to unlock spells.
Give gifts to everyone
You need to improve your relationship with the characters in the game, for this you need to give them gifts. You should use Nectar as a gift that you can get from within the game as often as you like. The characters in the game will respond to you by receiving the first gift in the form of a Keepsake.
