Hades 2 sees the cast of the first game waging a war against the god of time, Chronos, who’s sacked the underworld and the family that oversaw it, including the first game’s protagonist, Zagreus, and its main antagonist, Hades himself. In order to do that, you’ve got to be a pretty big deal, and when you finally take the fight directly to Chronos, he proves exactly how he did it so handily.
I’m going to spoil the shit out of Hades 2 now. You’ve been warned.
Chronos loves fiddling with time throughout Hades 2, often freezing Melinoë just as she’s about to travel between rooms and attempting to trap her back in time by way of visions of Asphodel, the first region in the original Hades. Time is a pretty powerful domain to have absolute control of, and he makes sure to flex this as much as possible, including during his boss fight. How? Well readers, Chronos doesn’t allow you to pause during his fight.
Yep, you read…
Originally published at kotaku.com by Moises Taveras. Read more here.