Hades 2 is developer Supergiant Games’ follow-up to 2020’s influential and adored roguelike Hades, and to say that expectations are high would be something of an understatement. It’s hard to look at a successful roguelike in the wake of Hades and not find some of its fingerprints somewhere in the game’s approach, whether it’s careful attention paid to world design or an upgrade system that’s adjacent to Boons from the the gods of Olympus. Character design, soundtrack, deep mechanics, customizable runs – the original Hades had it all and then some, and still features as a genre touchstone for innovation.