Hades - Story Summary 

As a fun little aside, Hades has a special dialogue for you beating him on your first run. "Well, let's see. You've berated me repeatedly and often. You've lied to me. Mustered a bunch of incompetent wretches to try to kill me. But, sure, I'll grant you that you've always kept most of your anger bottled up. All that's about to change, then?" Usually he says "... Mustered your wretched forces to kill me, over and over."

I love how Hades just sits behind his desk most of the time dutifully doing his paperwork

Hades’ story is just so god damn adorable

Zagreus fixes everyone's marriages - Hades and Persephone, Achilles and Patroclus, Orpheus and Eurydice

I love the way they enmeshed actual Greek myths and contradictory stories, like the whole Zagreus and Dionysus were the same for a myth

Hehe, the bloopers in the end nade me giggle, great work boyo

In the actual greek myth, persephone gets kidnapped by hades when she was playing with her friends When demeter heard of the from persephone's friends She was sad and lonely so the earth became cold and freezy(winter) There were no crops so the humans were devastated out of hunger After a while persephone asked to leave and hades said yes But before leaving hades gave persephone a pomgranate but she only ate 3 spores (or 3/12 i cant remember)when see got back to the overworld she met with her mother and her mother was so happy it became spring again But then her mother asks if persephone ate anything while she was on the underworld and persephone replies "Only 3 spores from a pomegranate" And the smile from demeter's face vanished Eating something from the underworld will make you stay there for that much time every year,eating a whole meal will make you stay there forever Since persephone ate 3 spores she now must stay on the underworld for 3 months a year(she is queen of the underworld though) Thats why crops can prosper when persephone isnt on the underworld but the 3 months she must stay are when demeter is sad so winter comes,zeus and hades made a deal so that persephone leaves the underworld after 3 months a year so she doesnt get stuck there forever And thats the ancient greek myth

After more than a year and +100 hours, I finally got to see the end of this story, and a lot of the little side stories too! So now it's time to dust this video off my "Watch later" playlist, and finally enjoy it. My favourite side story is Zag and Dionysus trolling Orpheus into believing that they're related, because in many actual myths Zagreous is like a proto-Dionysus

Who's watching this before playing Hades II?

Don't think I mispronounced something in this one, but feel free to make fun of me if I did! Also put some bloopers in at the end of the video. Let me know if you enjoyed them and if I should keep doing that in the future!

Hell yes!!! This indie really climbed its way from unknown to game awards nominee, and showed me that games could make a story as great as its gameplay! Supergiant truly is legendary!

I love greek mythology and have always been super into it. Hades & Persephone's story is one of my favorites. I love how this game kept a lot of the original story in there but added/changed a lot also to make a really compelling story for the game. I think you did an awesome job explaining it!

I have a theory about why Zagreus is bound to the Underworld: It's the only reason he's alive. Nyx says that she revived a stillborn Zagreus and it took her so long that Persephone left in grief by then. I believe the only way she was able to revive him was through binding him and his godly self to the Underworld. While Thanatos or Hades or any other Underworld resident would feel somewhat inconvenienced by the upper world, Zagreus would feel even worse off because of his bond to the Underworld.

After getting kicked in the stomach by Katana Zero's story I'm glad this story is a lot more wholesome.

To anyone who talks about the true form of the myth, bear in mind that what people tend to think of when they read myths is a snapshot. Myths don't come into existence fully formed, but rather they change and evolve repeatedly over centuries of cultural progress. Myths aren't set in stone. For more on how that happens, I recommend Overly Sarcastic Productions videos, in particular the one about Hades and Persephone.

SO in a matter of speaking Nyx is the mother, yeah persephone give birthed to him, but Nyx given life unto Zagreus.

That moment where you finish the run and the plot video is only at 1/3.

Thanks for the recap! It's been so long since i played through the game and with Hades II out i needed the refresher.... great job on this video :D

Well said, this is a good explanation, and your summary keeps the story intact while cutting some things short.

Did some checking about Zagreus, in the myths he's actually the son of Persephone and Zeus (Side note: Persophone is actually the daughter of Zeus and Demeter, not a mortal) so in actuality, Zagreus' Father is also his grandfather and Mother is his half-sister\cousin.

Dont mind me, I'm just here so I can watch the Achilles and Patroclus dialogues with context haha

Always excited to see more content from you! Keep up the great work

Thanks for putting this all together!

Had a blast quickly smashing through this game before it left Gamepass. Thanks for compiling the rest of the story I didn't have time to absorb!

so well made and fun to watch! thank you :)

Been a subscriber since your LISA videos, good to see your channel growing👍!

Haven't finished the game yet so I won't watch the video, but I know I'll enjoy it when I come watch it, so have my like sir. Love your channel. You made me replay the Hotline Miami saga again and made me remember why I loved it so much.

I beat this game when it came out and really enjoyed it! Watching this now for a recap before i get started on the sequel. Thank you!

You really take time and research thoroughly thank you

Great vid, honest detailed and nice to listen to. Thx

Your story telling is so immersive

u sir deserve a sub and a like for completing the entire story for so many of us

thx for yet another great video keep it up !

Yesssssssss, was just thinking of your channel.

Ooooh, A new squatch video. And the best part is that it's released on my birthday :D Thanks for the accidental birthday gift

Thanks so much. A big help in my research.

The one big problem I had how they did my boy Hypnos dirty also absense of Apollo and Hera AND Haphestus. Hypnos is one of the oldest kids Nyx has and quite powerful I mean the guy put Zeus to sleep twice. They got his kindness right and I like how they made him a sassy asshole XD but the treatment of him was abysmal.

i appreciate this video sonce i havent played hades since i beat most of it. I needed this for hades 2

wooooo! i was so excited for this video and i love that the greek mythology is accurate, although the names are spelled funny (comparing to how we normally spell them) like Dionises and Dionysius or something like that

wait this game is so wholesome wtf

Watching you explain stuff is very satisfying to watch,lol.

Love your vids

Great work again

Awww yeah I was waiting on this, fantastic game and a fantastic creator

A game about a dysfunctional family that consists mostly of extremely hot people so *bi panic intensifies*

I expected that there would be something more complicated, but this is also good.

One of best video game stories of all time

The first time I read the story of Hades and Persephone was in a little blue book I got while I was in middle school which was probably meant for children even younger than I was. I enjoyed it so much I would always wonder what the "real" version of the myth was like. . . . The reality of that being, fragmentary, full of ambiguity and contradiction from retellings and the distortion of time, containing lots of unconsensual sex, and written in Greek and Latin. In other words, there was no "authentic" version of the story that my child brain was imagining. These larval musings fell away, but eventually resurfaced from the underworld catacombs of my mind in the form of a grown butterfly that was my own telling of the story, and was not unlike the one in Hades.

Thank you for the video! When I first started playing I skipped most dialogues. I usually don't care about stories in games, but this one eventually grabbed my attention. So this video was really helpful!

I wish you actually did get to tend to the cottage after you beat hades! Going to Greece was my favourite part of the whole run and I think it would be funny if you could have upgraded it like you do with the house of hades.

And then Zeus laughed "haha yes, this pom seed curse is quite the thing ! Frotunately I didn't kidnap Demeter's daughter or impregnate my brother's wife !"

Cerberus is a doggie(s) i would want

I love this guys content, hope he makes videos about lisa fangames!

Persephone looks so cute in her underworld outfit😍😍😍😍

This game is addicting, and I'm enjoying the side stories at this point. I've banged Meg and Thanatos and been murdered by Charon horribly. I started playing at 6 p.m. tonight for a few runs. Its 3:30 a.m. now.

I can see this as a series for some reason.

I find this to be a much more digestible version of Greek mythology than actual Greek mythology.

good job bro

Finally we have a new good video

And now the story continues trailer for Hades II is out and looks like we will be getting the second chapter to this.

Fantastic

That was in a Hercules episode Kevin serbo WOOOWW all he needs is a soul but for the undead it's very complicated.

amazing :D

Please do a video on Transistor!

Finally :D still working on getting pasted the 3rd stage :(

If you could do one of these for West of Dead that would be beautiful

Catching on my lore after Hades 2 EA release!

You should try, Furi or hunter saga [hunter, hunter redstar,hunter snowfall and hunter brotherhood(hotline miami 2)

have you thought of doing or have you already done a story summary of the game series Xenoblade Chronicles

in the actual myths, hades was just a really chill guy

Cerberus is so cute with his rainbow tongue

You go from hating hades to seeing he is the Giga SSS Tier Dad ! Also cerebus is so big fluf

So, Nyx is a real one.

Okay I know there are other videos about this but I would want see you do a metel gear solid story summary

Squatch can you tell me why biker and the driver of the black van in HM 1 look alike

Honestly I hope that the sequel will be just as good if not better

This game is awesome

Funnily enough persephone was called dread persephone or kore if they were too scared to get her attention. She wasnt someone you just talked about

If I remember correctly, Persephone is a goddess' daughter and is Hades' only wife.

Good video

YEEEEESSSSSS

I just discovered that I've already finished the main story

Alternate story summary Zagreus: Dad can I go outside to see my mom Hades: not until you correct that attitude of yours Z: Dad for f■■■ sake please let me ■■■■■ to the ■■■■ so I can ■■■■ Hades: *I SAID NO!* I will left in here to guard you this wonderful people that have been with me for many years Zagreous: *So you all have chosen....dead....again*

I love hiw despite being so far detached from the actualy mythos Hades is still just dealing with everyone's shit

I love Cerberus

AH YES NIGHT TIME STORY SUMMARY!!

Are you intend to make a video about iconoclasts

Your worst enemy... extend

Theres this game DOOM that released in 2016. You should do a story summary on it.

Name of song at 12:18?

👏🏾 👏🏾 👏🏾 👏🏾 👏🏾

Will you do Hades 2?

I have no question so I hope you have a nice day :)

Cerberus is so cute

Engagement for the engagement god!

They have to make a Netflix show on this game!

So how many runs did it take for you to beat Hades the first time?

Everytime I hear your voice I just think about hotline Miami

It would´ve been cool if the gods found out about hades and Persephone and you had to fight all the gods without extra help from them

Hades 2 is even better, best indie game devs ever!!!