Last month, Supergiant Games formally launched Hades 2 out of early entry, and despatched the princess of the underworld, Melinoe, on a quest to defeat the titan Chronos. The authentic ending of the sport wasn’t very well-received. But in Hades 2′ first post-launch patch, the true ending might give followers a greater conclusion than the earlier finale.There have been some sizable additions to construct as much as the true ending, together with new occasions and voiceovers, in addition to adjustments to the fated prophecy changes, and the flexibility to make use of a cauldron incarnation to take you again to an earlier level within the sport. However, the true ending would require the next variety of Underworld clears than earlier than. The sport’s epilogue is not being modified.The particular adjustments involving the particular encounters have been marked as spoilers by Supergiant. Without giving any story factors away, one character might seem much less often, and one will seem extra typically.Although the sport’s preliminary ending proved divisive, GameSpot’s evaluate for Hades 2 gave it an ideal 10/10 rating. Near the top of September, Hades 2 reached a brand new peak of concurrent gamers on Steam with over 112,000. Supergiant has additionally thanked gamers for all of the group suggestions that led to the enhancements within the first patch. The full patch notes are included under.Hades 2 Post-Launch Patch 1 NotesHighlightsTrue Ending Enhancements: Added new occasions within the lead-up to the True Ending, and a few after. As a part of this, elevated the variety of Underworld clears required, and added to and revised elements of the primary True Ending scenes earlier than the top credit. Note: The overwhelming majority of adjustments are to the Underworld route; the Surface route is generally unchanged. The Epilogue can also be unchanged.Returning to a Real Possibility: Added Cauldron incantation allows you to return to an earlier level within the story in case you want to re-experience key occasions, such because the True Ending.Fated Prophecy Adjustments: Numerous character-related Prophecies, together with the one linked to the story epilogue, ought to unfold sooner than earlier than.Crossroads Renewal: Many ornamental objects have diminished prices in Kudos in comparison with earlier than. Any extra Kudos you’ve got already spent might be refunded.Aspects of the Nocturnal ArmsWitch’s Staff (Circe): Smolder Ring (Hestia) now additionally applies Scorch from the bonus Cast when your Casts overlapBoons & BlessingsAnvil Ring (Hephaestus): elevated harm for Common RarityManaged Burn (Hestia): elevated bonus from Poms of EnergyAres: elevated Plasma pickup rangeSword Ring (Ares): elevated damageCarnal Pleasure (Ares x Aphrodite): elevated effectivenessSuccess Rate (Hermes): now additionally impacts Nurture of Hera (Selene x Hera)Shadow Pounce (Artemis): elevated effectivenessGigaros Dash (Hades): not staggers foes when this offers direct harmLife Tax (Hades): elevated effectiveness; restorative impact is not diminished by Vow of Scars (Oath)Last Gasp (Hades): elevated effectivenessHowling Soul (Hades): improved aiming of the projectileFight Fight Fight (Echo): elevated effectivenessFavor (Chaos): now additionally raises likelihood of discovering Duo BoonsVaried different minor fixes and changesDaedalus Hammer UpgradesElephant Rockets (Coat – Shiva): elevated damageChakra Collider (Coat – Shiva): elevated harmKeepsakesJeweled Pom (Hades & Persephone): you not maintain the bonus Hades blessing if you’re not on the Fate’s Whim; mounted a difficulty inflicting this to by no means grant Last Gasp (Hades)Well of CharonYarn of Ariadne: now additionally raises likelihood of discovering Duo Boons (as within the authentic sport)Mist Veil: now restores Magick that’s misplaced for any purpose (not simply from utilizing Omega Moves)Foes & RisksZagreus: mounted circumstances the place he would stand nonetheless for too longUnrivaled Prometheus: adjusted hitboxes of sure Heracles assaults on this EncounterHeadmistress Hecate: barely diminished hitbox of flame assaults to raised match the visualsPhantom (Fields): diminished effectiveness of Life-drain impact; eliminated this impact from some attacksSpecial EncountersAdded a preview icon for Location exits resulting in an Infernal Contract (after the True Ending)Added a preview icon for Erebus Location exits resulting in Raki (earlier than you’ve got bonded with him)Nemesis not can present up greater than as soon as an evening whereas battling by the UnderworldCirce seems barely extra oftenLevel Design & EnvironmentsVarious minor fixes and enhancements to a number of LocationsThe Crossroads Renewal VentureAdded Primordial Chaos theme to the Music MakerCrossroads CauldronDisintegration of Monstrosity: you might be not required to forged this as quickly as you’ll be able to afford toGreatest Gift of Gaia: diminished necessities for this to be revealedFated List of Minor PropheciesMelinoe, Help Us: elevated precedence of key occasions, in order that this may be fulfilled fasterSilk and Spitefulness: elevated precedence of key occasions, in order that this may be fulfilled fasterVoice and Vanity: elevated precedence of key occasions, in order that this may be fulfilled fasterBorn to Win: now revealed sooner and extra reliablyNatural Talent: mounted a difficulty inflicting this to not seem in some casesDenier of Suitors: diminished necessities to meet thisArt & Visual FXAdded paintings to some True Ending scenes earlier than the creditAdded animations for sure characters in some True Ending scenesAdded portrait variant for HecateAdded blinking animation to Melinoë’s ‘hesitant’ portraitAdded dying animation for the YargonautUpdated animations for opening or closing sure menu screens to be smoother than beforeEidolon Eyeballs now are simpler to spotNumerous different minor visible fixes and improvementsVoice & NarrativeAdded new occasions with Chronos, Zagreus, Hecate, and Hades on the trail to the True EndingAdded new occasions with Chronos, Zagreus, Hecate, Schelemeus, Hades, Persephone after the True EndingAdded extra contextual voice traces for Melinoë and Hecate in sure situationsAdjusted a number of occasions after the True Ending in mild of different changesScylla now reveals before beforeIcarus now might be persuaded to before beforeOther minor fixes and enhancementsMusic & SFXArtemis’ singing within the Crossroads not cuts off abruptly at a sure distanceUpdated sound results for Cinerary Circle (Hades)Fixed some Keepsake equip sounds enjoying lateAdjusted results on some voice traces after the True EndingDifferent minor fixes and improvementsSettingsDanger Pulse: new! You now can toggle off the persistent flashing at essential Life levelsFPS Limit: new! You now can restrict max frames-per-second to your choice whereas VSync is offMiscellaneousImproved compatibility with macOS Tahoe safety permissionsInventory particulars for and seem before beforeUpdated stock hints for a number of sourcesAdded suggestions when Keepsakes from and can’t be utilized in a sure situationUpdates and fixes to translations in all languagesBug FixesFixed not firing reliably whereas Melinoë is backed towards a wallFixed Argent Skull (Medea) textual content erroneously stating its passive bonus additionally utilized to Omega ParticularFixed Argent Skull Omega Attack generally being unable to achieve theFixed circumstances the place you would declare rewards whereas concurrently utilizingFixed unexpectedly refreshing all makes use of for the evening after rating upFixed Back Burner (Apollo) not making use of its bonus when utilizing sure strikesFixed Steady Growth (Demeter) resetting its countdown after being RarifiedFixed Rapture Ring (Aphrodite) dragging foes after they’re slainFixed Seismic Servo (Hephaestus x Poseidon) not all the time working as anticipated on Boons of HephaestusFixed circumstances the place you would unexpectedly achieve Unseen Ire (Hades) twiceFixed Corrosion on Sight (Medea) not affecting LubbersFixed Numbness (Path of Stars) not correctly making use of its impactFixed Mirrored Thrasher (Daedalus – Staff) disabling your Attacks in sure circumstancesFixed interplay between Inverted Blaze (Daedalus – Flames) and Dividing Blaze (Daedalus – Flames)• Fixed high-cost Boons of Hermes present in retailers not all the time having improved Rarity• Fixed some visible results from not showing constantly• Fixed projectiles from Charybdis not splitting as anticipated after placing sure obstaclesFixed circumstances by which Jetty may get caught whereas resurfacingFixed a number of circumstances the place Melinoë may find yourself out of bounds in a LocationFixed Raki often swooping in to peck at already-defeated GuardiansFixed a difficulty the place a slowdown impact may persist unexpectedly after Gale blocks an assaultFixed visible points with Demeter’s Freeze interacting with different visible resultsFixed visible points with Infernal TrovesFixed incorrect textual content generally showing on the Victory ScreenFixed incorrect Gold preview when Nemesis needs to commerce for Quick Buck (Hermes)Fixed circumstances the place music may cease enjoying unexpectedlyFixed circumstances the place the Past Deeds display wouldn’t present the foe that put an finish to your eveningFixed circumstances the place Odysseus and Dora may seem too shut collectively within the tavernaFixed sure visible results persisting through the Melinoë’s Return to Shadow escapesFixed a visible concern the place textual content formatting wouldn’t reset after resetting the Oath of the UnseenFixed Play Screen displaying your location as The Crossroads regardless of simply having left for the eveningFixed a number of textual content errorsOther minor fixes
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