I famously find it hard to nitpick things I love, and Hades 2 is no exception. Try as I might to resist the rose-tinted veil that falls over Melinoe's journey every time I boot the game up on my Steam Deck, I'm still firmly under its thrall after many hundreds of hours spent at the Crossroads. I was aghast when my colleague and fellow Greek mythology fanatic gave the new game 4.5 stars in his Hades 2 review. How could something I love so much in all of its godly, witchy, titanic power be anything short of perfection?
Such was my (admittedly black and white) way of thinking until Hades 2's console launch update. Reading the patch notes, the shimmering shroud of pure blind devotion settling over my eyelids once more, I prepared myself for greatness. An update! I love those things! I'm going to love this one so much! And for the most part, I did. From Dream Dives to expanded relationships, Hades 2 is still one of my favorite games I've ever played. But it also has one glaring post-game letdown that feels, after all the wonderful ways the game builds on elements of Hades 1, like a very big oversight.
