Anyone who’s played the first Hades will immediately recognize the resemblance, though Hades II does seem to put more emphasis on magical abilities with a large area of effect. It’s probable that Hecate is the witch teaching Melinoë her skills.Īfter the opening scene of the trailer, Melinoë proceeds through some kind of portal, and we get a look at combat. Hades II takes place sometime after the first game when Chronos “has escaped his imprisonment in the depths of the Underworld to wage war on Olympus.” The Titans, of course, were the precursors to the Greek gods who after a long and bloody war, were imprisoned by the Olympians. After their duel, the mentor wishes for “death to Chronos,” who in Greek mythology is the Titan of Time and the father of Hades. The wizard is able to best the princess with a rune magic trap.

In the trailer, she duels with a mentor figure who’s a female wizard wielding two staves and some seriously powerful magic. Except Zag’s left eye is blue and his right red. Like Zagreus, she has complete heterochromia - meaning that her eyes are different colors. Hades II focuses on the “princess of the underworld” named Melinoë who is indeed the sister of Zagreus, the protagonist from the first game.

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