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."

@YourIQDoesntMeanShitToMe

3 жыл бұрын

First encounter* with him, yes. I wasn't sure if that dialogue was because I beat him on my first try, but now I do!

@bigmacdoubleyouv

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, uhhh, i noticed that too. Sure, umm, yeah, i totally kicked his ass on my first try, true story, i swear.

@peterevans6480

Жыл бұрын

@@bigmacdoubleyouvyeahhh sameee hahah honestly hades is easy hahah idk how yal struggle haha couldnt be me

@abhijitchilukuri5090

3 ай бұрын

@@peterevans6480 Yes yes I remember that as well. On my first try, err when I defeated Hades. hmm, yes, that dialogue.

@georgekaravasilis3132

2 ай бұрын

Ohh haha yeah didn't know there was a dialogue for players that can't beat him first attempt haha...I always wondered what happens in the game if you lose haha...

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

@RainSennin_ismyAlt

Жыл бұрын

Like a Hokage

@dor0071

2 ай бұрын

like king yemma from dragon ball

@dalekrenegade2596

Ай бұрын

​@@dor0071 Huge celestial being, THICK beard, and judges the souls of the dead.

@HadesFRRRRR

22 күн бұрын

Dam my other universe me is doing paper work? Man im in fortnite! poor guy..oh wait he's a bad guy mb

Hades’ story is just so god damn adorable

@SquatchGamingChannel

3 жыл бұрын

The character or the game? Lol. Makes me think of that TFS joke about Vegeta. Thanks for watching!

@alternateperspective5

2 жыл бұрын

I dont Understand ? I have escaped but the game didnt end? DOest it mean I have to keep escaping to complete the story?

@Luckygame02

2 жыл бұрын

@@alternateperspective5 I don't remember the exact number of escapes you need, but it also involves specific boons. Porbably 30+

@diegoidepersia

Жыл бұрын

@@Luckygame02 im at like 40 and havent escaped lol

@harryguidotti3815

Жыл бұрын

Probably the most wholesome I've seen the Olympian Pantheon.

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

@spandansahs8816

4 ай бұрын

that is true in the real story of greek mythology

@falconeshield

3 ай бұрын

Hera also hated Heracles and wanted him dead...yet nursed him alongside Athena, who was the God whom took care of him proper. So.....yeah, contradictions are a thing in mythology. ​@@spandansahs8816

@spandansahs8816

3 ай бұрын

I know that man but the zagreus and Dionysus story true how else do you think Dionysus was born as a full blooded Olympian

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

@SpyCrabsUnite

2 ай бұрын

He’s the real god of marriage

@kyubibichiki2907

2 ай бұрын

​@@SpyCrabsUniteMore like the god of reconnection

@Dionysos_____Alters

2 ай бұрын

Achilles and Patroclus?? What?😂😂

@Greendalewitch

Ай бұрын

@@Dionysos_____Alters Never read the original greek myths? Achilles and Patroclus have a extremely close bond, beyond a normal friendship. Many have theorised they were actually gay for one another, but I personally think they were fireforged friends.

@Dionysos_____Alters

Ай бұрын

@@Greendalewitch That‘s what I thought as well. They were like brothers. Being intimate with a brother?🤢

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!

@austinmesterharm8720

3 жыл бұрын

You did, actually. Demeter is pronounced de-meat-er. I think that’s the only character whose name you didn’t mispronounce.

@SquatchGamingChannel

3 жыл бұрын

I believe it, but all the characters pronounced it Deh-Meh-Ter in the game so I kept it for the consistency. Thanks for watching!

@austinmesterharm8720

3 жыл бұрын

@@SquatchGamingChannel okay, cool. I understand why you pronounced it that way now. However, it is actually pronounced the way I said it. If you have read the Percy Jackson books (which are also heavily influenced by Greek mythology), I believe that they pronounce it that way in audio books. I would also recommend checking that series out if you haven’t already. They are a fun coming of age story, combined with fantasy, some elements of science fiction, as well as some interesting depictions of some more obscure Greek myths.

@epicfella9085

3 жыл бұрын

are you going to do a story summary of Lisa the Hopeful?

@alternateperspective5

2 жыл бұрын

I dont Understand ? I have escaped but the game didnt end? DOest it mean I have to keep escaping to complete the story?

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

@SquatchGamingChannel

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I have bloopers like that a lot that I've just always cut. Sometimes they're pretty funny, and other times they're not. Lol. Happy they could make you chuckle! Thanks for watching!

@alternateperspective5

2 жыл бұрын

I dont Understand ? I have escaped but the game didnt end? DOest it mean I have to keep escaping to complete the story?

@hannah2352

2 жыл бұрын

@@alternateperspective5 You have to escape multiple times to get more context and story from Persephone and Hades yes

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

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!

@SquatchGamingChannel

3 жыл бұрын

I've never played any of the other SuperGiant games, but I'd always heard they were really good. If Hades is any indication, I bet they are fantastic! Thanks for watching! :)

@Seb_No.13

3 жыл бұрын

@@SquatchGamingChannel you should!!! Best to continue with the game that started it all; Bastion

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!

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

@keithkania3810

3 жыл бұрын

Don’t forget Zeus orchestrated the whole kidnapping in the first place, and hades went along with it because of his love for Persephone

@cc_spyros3962

3 жыл бұрын

@@keithkania3810 i dont remember that

@4Curses

3 жыл бұрын

There are several tens of versions of the story. In the end, greek mythology is mythology. A collection of stories, legends, religious texts, and only some philosophers wrote it down. Some stories say hades had the approval of Zeus. some show Persephone not liking the underworld and others that show that she liked hades as her husband. some show Demeter as sad and those that show her as vengeful using the mortal's demise to blackmail the other gods. Some say hades tricked her with the pomegranate seeds and others imply that she knew exactly what she was doing when she ate them. There really is no one unified truth. but if you look at all the stories about hades, he is literally one of the only good-guy gods of Greek mythology. He even goes around creating flower in memorial of his lovers. Imagine how many more flowers greece would have known, if Zeus did the same.

@thehermit8723

3 жыл бұрын

@@cc_spyros3962 Ιn some versions she willingly followed Hades.

@ivanadriazola1991

2 жыл бұрын

There is different versions, this is just one of them, Im pretty sure one of the versions is that Demeter did love Hades and only left once she heard what was happening to the mortals, so they actually made up the whole seeds story so that she could go back to hell after leaving to soothe her mother. So yeah, the cannon of the game is pretty close to some of the versions of these stories.

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

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.

@against1virus

2 жыл бұрын

If he was already dead at birth wouldnt he belong in the underworld by default?

@rachelthornton4442

Жыл бұрын

My guess she did this by bathing him in the River Styx, hence why he is now the god of blood.

@-salmather

Жыл бұрын

It's been my headcanon for a while that if Zagreus' life is tied to some part of the Underworld, then that has something to do with why the Phlegethon is overflowing so majorly into Asphodel. Like some sort of balance was upset

@lolbots686

Жыл бұрын

@@rachelthornton4442 its probably why zagreus just cant survive long,if he tried surviving on the surface,it would be suffering not even he or his godly body could bear,thus either than or the river styx eases his suffering and ushers him back into the underworld in order to keep him from such indescribable pain

@jaredschroeder7555

Жыл бұрын

@@lolbots686 I wonder if he could prolong his excursions by taking some of the Styx with him, kinda like refueling his death defied.

Who's watching this before playing Hades II?

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.

@NayrAnur

6 ай бұрын

Red did mention that there's no canon in myth and that they are all basically fanfiction that survived through oral tradition.

@falconeshield

3 ай бұрын

It's like language: once it never changes, it's dead.

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

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.

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

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

@SquatchGamingChannel

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot, man! It might be a while before the next video cause I have no idea what game I want to cover next. Lol. Thanks for watching this one though! I appreciate it!

Thanks for putting this all together!

@SquatchGamingChannel

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! Hope you enjoyed!

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

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!

3 years late, but this video was incredible and exactly what I was looking for! 10/10

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!

Your story telling is so immersive

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

You really take time and research thoroughly thank you

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.

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

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.

@dianagoenaga7263

2 жыл бұрын

Actually, there's a bit of controversy on his parentage. People believe it to be Zeus, because one of Hades divine epithets is "the dark Zeus". So it's most likely Hades, but because of a translation error, people believe it's Zeus

@thetealturtwig5667

2 жыл бұрын

Your thinking of Dionysius. Zagreus in acident Greek Mythology has very little info on him only that he was the son of Hades and Persephone, he was born in the (i may be missspeling it) Zagreos montains, and that he seemed that he and Dionysius were once worshiped as the same god like Pan and Hermes. Its really fuzzy infact the game actully has a quest centering around this.

@amanofnoreputation2164

Жыл бұрын

Sort of. He's the son of Zeus in the Orphic hymns but not in exoteric ancient Greek religion. Orphism is a specific and esoteric branch of Greek mythology that was basically a mystery cult.

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 !

@SquatchGamingChannel

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching! I really appreciate it! :)

Thanks so much. A big help in my research.

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

@SquatchGamingChannel

3 жыл бұрын

NICE! Happy Birthday, man! Hope it was a good one! Thank you for watching!

Yesssssssss, was just thinking of your channel.

@SquatchGamingChannel

3 жыл бұрын

Guess it was just meant to be! Lol. Thanks for watching! Hope you enjoyed!

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

One of best video game stories of all time

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.

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 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

@SquatchGamingChannel

3 жыл бұрын

Nice! Hope you enjoyed! :) Me too! I really hope they can release future content on the game cause I would like to see more of the mythology!

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

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

Great work again

@SquatchGamingChannel

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! Happy to hear you liked it! :)

Love your vids

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

@SquatchGamingChannel

3 жыл бұрын

You were right, man! It's a fantastic game! Lol. Glad I took a chance on it! Thanks for watching, dude!

wait this game is so wholesome wtf

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

Cerberus is a doggie(s) i would want

@SquatchGamingChannel

3 жыл бұрын

I don't know. I'd be scared of the whole Hell Hound thing. Lol. Thanks for watching!

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 !"

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.

I can see this as a series for some reason.

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.

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!

@SquatchGamingChannel

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome to hear, man! Yeah, those seemingly innocuous dialogues go a long way to fleshing out the full story, so if you miss em, you could be confused. Lol. Happy to hear it helped! Thanks for watching!

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

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

Finally we have a new good video

@SquatchGamingChannel

3 жыл бұрын

As opposed to a new bad video? Lol. Well I hope you enjoyed! Thanks for watching!

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

good job bro

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

thank you, I knew I would never play the game cause it's not my thing. But I love Mythology and I noticed how accurate it was to the actual thing. So I was very impressed with it and wanted to know how the devs told it. Thanks for the great summery. :)

So, Nyx is a real one.

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

Fantastic

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

amazing :D

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

Catching on my lore after Hades 2 EA release!

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

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

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

Cerberus is so cute with his rainbow tongue

Please do a video on Transistor!

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

@SquatchGamingChannel

3 жыл бұрын

I actually considered it years ago, but I would go through all that work and Konami would copyright it, meaning I wouldn’t get anything from it. Just can’t justify it. Lol. Thanks for the suggestion though! And thanks for watching!

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

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

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

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

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

I love Cerberus

should of been game of the year

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

@SquatchGamingChannel

2 жыл бұрын

I don’t remember exactly, but I think it was around 10. The Bow fit my play style really well, and I got really good drops for it (Reflect, Charge up Volley, Consecutive hits with Volley do more damage). I think I narrowly beat him even with all of that. However, the more you face Hades and upgrade Zagreus, the easier it gets. It is much easier for me to clear through the game now than it was when I first started. Thanks for watching!

This game is awesome

@SquatchGamingChannel

3 жыл бұрын

It really is great! I was surprised how much I enjoyed it on my first couple playthroughs. Lol. Thanks for watching! Hope you enjoyed!

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

Your worst enemy... extend

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

Wait what to Nyx thereafter?

Are you intend to make a video about iconoclasts

@SquatchGamingChannel

3 жыл бұрын

It's been recommended a few times! I've got a HUGE project I'm working on right now which is going to take a lot of time to make, then a couple other games that people recommended. Maybe after those, I'll finally tackle Iconoclasts!

Name of song at 12:18?

Cerberus is so cute

and then chronos kicked down the door and ruined everything

AH YES NIGHT TIME STORY SUMMARY!!

@SquatchGamingChannel

3 жыл бұрын

Hope it could help you wind down! Thanks for watching! :)

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

They have to make a Netflix show on this game!

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

what about thanatos?

YEEEEESSSSSS

@SquatchGamingChannel

3 жыл бұрын

Told you I was going to go all the way. Lol. Thanks for watching, man!

@TheOrkadork

3 жыл бұрын

@@SquatchGamingChannel Of course! I appreciate you sharing this with me and with so many others! And in regards to going all the way, thank you for having the strength to do what I failed to do, lol.

Engagement for the engagement god!

@SquatchGamingChannel

2 жыл бұрын

Appreciate it! Thanks for watching! Hope you enjoyed!

Everytime I hear your voice I just think about hotline Miami