Maybe we’re just doomed to have this conversation forever.
Stellar Blade never really got out of ‘you hate hot women!’
‘no, I think Eve looks cool, actually’ ‘you’re lying and woke!
‘, and that made liking Eve embarrassing and the whole conversation dull.
In the original Hades,pretty much every character in the game was hot.
But hot they all were, and for some, that was a problem.
Hades 2 is the sequel to Supergiant Games’ smash-hit roguelike dungeon crawler. This time you’ll play as Melinoë, Princess of the Underworld and Zagreus’ sister, as she takes on the forces of the Titan of Time.
Especially if, as in Hades, there’s a lore reason for it.
Gods having the perfect physical form makes a lot of sense.
But if your base character design idea is ‘they must be hot’, eventually you end up pigeonholed.
We see this in Stellar Blade.
Being hot only gets you so far, and that’s where Hades 2 steps things up.
Hephaestus And Hestia Represent The Best Of Hades 2
The first is Hephaestus.
As is true to mythology, he is in a wheelchair.
He’s also overweight, something that was lacking in the character designs of Hades 2.
These characters do not exist primarily to be hot.
Hades 2 is the sequel to Supergiant Games' smash-hit roguelike dungeon crawler. This time you’ll play as Melinoë, Princess of the Underworld and Zagreus' sister, as she takes on the forces of the Titan of Time.
Even Megaera, who is designed around sexuality and lust, has far more to her than looking hot.
The Other Hestia Is Far More Generic
The second character is Hestia, Goddess of Flame.
And maybe that would have been cool (and also hot - I am a wordsmith).
Some have been comparing the two Hestias, but surely Hades comes out on top here.
She’s just a girl.
There’s no connection to Hestia’s mythology, nothing particularly unique or interesting about her.
She’s just pretty.
Arguing about how hot they are misses the point.
