@@renneverbright makes sense, since melinoe keeps coming and coming after chronos, who last time lost to hades, zeus, poseidon in their prime, and a lil girl smites him
I mean, people were not his main diet… Odysseus was just a little too curious. It’s like blaming a bear for eating rabbits that hopped into its mouth eagerly
@@jpjfrey5673 ahh, my understanding for him is not that much beyond odyssey, please tell me more if you don’t mind! From my impression, those people would’ve been totally fine if they didn’t sit in the ominous cave for hours to wait for him to come back haha
I don't know if polite is the word, but his dialogue is very idk witty? Smooth? He has this retired mobster kinda tone, like he isn't personally offended but still has to do what he's gotta do. I think his character is super interesting
Having Polyphemus speaking like an old timey gangster was an inspired choice, love it. Almost expecting him to start going on about "fittin' this broad a pair of cement shoes and send 'er down to the Big Cheese".
Odysseus fooled the cyclops to tell the others that nobody hurt him by saying that his name was “nobody”. So proud of himself he was that he taunted the cyclops with his actual name allowing the cyclops to pray to his father Poseidon for revenge. This but Odysseus in the butt.
(Spoiler Alert) Odysseus stabbed his Eye out with a stake that was lit on fire . In Hades 2 Polyphemus comes from Odyssey a ancient Greek poem that Homer wrote.
I read in a translation of Odyssey that Polyphemus was likely a caricature of Sicilians, as he comes from a far off land where they raise livestock instead of farm crops (and a pretty racist one at that given the brutishness 💀) And assuming the devs knew that, that makes the Italian mobster additude a really cool touch
@@maciejokoniewski8243whaa?? Awww that's suck, but whyy?? I know supergiant do change myths, but this one? I mean if they really want to show the narrative about Gods being bad just use the same story? Like our cheerful uncle flaws would be him being unapologetic about his monstrous children. But this? Oh well it's the story they choose to tell, I suppose.
Call me a baby, but honestly that 'everybody slips up once in a while' line at 2:12 was a lil scary. Sure, it's probably just a 'haha look how dumb he is' but like, is he wrong? Greek gods HAVE been eaten canonically... and Imagining melinoe being killed and eaten by this guy was ghastly.
yeah that line unsettles me a lot first time hearing it like how every speedrunners, professional athletes, high profile lawyers will slip up once in a while so does our beloved little melinoe. and one mistake could end her. once is not really 'hard' to come by when you're doing runs after runs after runs.
@@Yasha_U Well, Melinoë's "return to shadow" is essentially an instinct at this point, being the first thing Hecate taught her and the most practiced one, chances are. So a slip-up of that variety seems extremely unlikely, if possible at all
He’s not dumb, he’s just hangry and hasn’t got good sleep for a while. As he shows when he said “it’s called a double standard”, he knows what’s up, he’s voluntarily being “dumb” cause he’s so big and intimidating he doesn’t need to pretend he’s smarter than he needs to be.
Doggystyle, sideways, frontwards, backwards, upside-down, 360 degrees, no condoms, skin on skin, on the living room, on the bedroom, on the fridge, on the closet, on the ceiling, on the walls, on the bathroom, on the couch, on the car and on the street.
If I heard right you can get some size-changing effects before fighting the cyclops. Would be neat if he commented on more or less meat to try and eat.
In the actual story of The Odyssey, Odysseus tells Polyphemus his name (it's how Polyphemus is able to set his curse on Odysseus and his crew) so I think it's just a change Super Giant Games made !!
Based on what numerous comments have been saying Polyphemus’s island was located somewhere around where Italy is now or something along those lines. He’s basically an proto-gangster.
@@fionabuchanan7787 I'm alluding to the eye patterns on his chest they are similar to the polyphemus moth's plumage pattern and the Greek concept of the evil eye (aparently)
Etertaining mofo for sure. kinda inaccurate though to who he be even in the original telilng of the story. mofo NEVER ate his sheep. he drank their milk and made cheese. \\
To be fair there wasn't much to his character in the Odyssey besides "raah I'm gonna eat you, Poseidon is my dad, by the way what's your name oh no my eye oh no my sheep help me brothers" I think they did pretty well with limited source material making him a chill dude but a genuine threat, and the Evil Eye motifs in his character design feel like the most Greek thing I've ever seen in a game tbh
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HE CAN'T SLEEP BECAUSE HYPNOS IS OUT OF COMMISSION.
Melinoe is the goddess of nightmares. Perhaps that's why defeating Poly knocks him out.
@@renneverbright makes sense, since melinoe keeps coming and coming after chronos, who last time lost to hades, zeus, poseidon in their prime, and a lil girl smites him
That's on Cronus then. He should help us return order
Y'know for a blind cyclops who eats people, hes awfully polite and respectful to people who beat him.
I mean, people were not his main diet… Odysseus was just a little too curious. It’s like blaming a bear for eating rabbits that hopped into its mouth eagerly
@@Huhu0137Polyphemus was originally a man-eater though. He only "retired" after being blinded
@@jpjfrey5673 ahh, my understanding for him is not that much beyond odyssey, please tell me more if you don’t mind! From my impression, those people would’ve been totally fine if they didn’t sit in the ominous cave for hours to wait for him to come back haha
I don't know if polite is the word, but his dialogue is very idk witty? Smooth? He has this retired mobster kinda tone, like he isn't personally offended but still has to do what he's gotta do. I think his character is super interesting
@@victorianeechan That is a respectful tone, he's just a guy
Having Polyphemus speaking like an old timey gangster was an inspired choice, love it. Almost expecting him to start going on about "fittin' this broad a pair of cement shoes and send 'er down to the Big Cheese".
I'm getting more of a greaser energy from him
His "Godfather" is a literal god and his father
its kind of funny that melinoe is respectful to polyphemus but its on sight with the sirens lol
To be Fair, poly hasnt wrote an entire diss track on her-
@@ChaosHavox That's not a diss track it's a death threat with musical accompaniment
Polyphemus knows that this is just business, and win or lose he gets what he wants.
@@PoolNoodleGundamso a diss track?
Polyphemus only eats sailors who wash up by accident but the Sirens ARE the accident that washes up said Sailors 😂
_"And I get real tired only eatin' sheep."_
My brother in Zeus *THERE'S A BASKET OF FISH NOT TEN FEET FROM YOU*
Can't blame the blind man for not seeing food
@griss295 well, in a dialogue, he says he can smell Nobody (Odysseus) on the Knucklebones.
@@griss295 I'm pretty sure the fish smell isn't hard to miss
The sheep on his shoulder blinks. He is wearing an actual sheep not a sheepskin.
Yo what 😃
I think it’s an actual sheepskin, just that Thanatos isn’t available to put it out of its misery
@@LambBleeding oh noo 😂
I have to remind myself that Odysseus called himself "Nobody" because the Cyclops told his father, Poseidon, that "Nobody" took his eye.
It was the other cyclopes, not Poseidon. He told Poseidon after Odysseus told him his real name.
Odysseus fooled the cyclops to tell the others that nobody hurt him by saying that his name was “nobody”. So proud of himself he was that he taunted the cyclops with his actual name allowing the cyclops to pray to his father Poseidon for revenge. This but Odysseus in the butt.
Since nobody blinded you, what are you yelling for?
Didn't Odysseus tell his name to him once he escaped the cyclops?
@@christianjudeberbano3134 Yep
You missed the special dialogue Polyphemus has if you get to him with the Knucklebones equipped. He smells Nobody on them, and comments about that.
Ay how’s life been?
I love his voice so much, it's such a unique accent.
New Yorker
My favorite Greek Island: New Yawk
10:20 "You're little, he's big, and im not proud enough to defend my lack of equity."
That's a great quote. Mind saying where it originates from? I'm curious about it.
@@SalamiMilk me, I said it. I only put quotes around it to imply Polyphemus is saying it.
"I'm dumb, but not dumb enough to actually fight someone who can actually hand my rear to me."
WAIT A FUCKING MINUTE, HE'S WEARING AN EYEPATCH! THE DUDE IS BLIND!
(Spoiler Alert)
Odysseus stabbed his Eye out with a stake that was lit on fire . In Hades 2 Polyphemus comes from Odyssey a ancient Greek poem that Homer wrote.
Yes ? That's the case, that's his legend. A guy named Nobody staked his eye when he was drunk.
@garpuffyfish he's just a Nobody 😏
Didn't you hear? Nobody has blinded him.
The eye paint and the little belt he has look like a hungry creature that just spotted a buffet, truly inspired character design
He sounds like he's a old-timey gangster named Paulie Femurs.
your mind is incredible
The femurs are his favorite bones to break
He used to be Paulie Eyeballs until Johnny Nobody whacked his eyeball
Theres just something comforting about his voice that I absolutely love. It’s addicting somehow
Deep, rumbly. Matter of fact way of talking. Also, the idea of an Ancient Greek monster having an Italian gangster persona is really cool.
He talks like a Brooklyn mobster, i love it
I read in a translation of Odyssey that Polyphemus was likely a caricature of Sicilians, as he comes from a far off land where they raise livestock instead of farm crops (and a pretty racist one at that given the brutishness 💀) And assuming the devs knew that, that makes the Italian mobster additude a really cool touch
10:30 "You can knock me out for a short nap; he(Heracles) can knock me into next week. No Thanks." had me wheezing lmao
Funny thing, Polyphemus is Melinoe's cousin. Uncle Poseidon's boy.
Not here. One of dialogue here confirms that Poseidon's played a prank on Polyphemus, tricking him into thinking he was his son.
@@maciejokoniewski8243whaa?? Awww that's suck, but whyy?? I know supergiant do change myths, but this one? I mean if they really want to show the narrative about Gods being bad just use the same story? Like our cheerful uncle flaws would be him being unapologetic about his monstrous children. But this? Oh well it's the story they choose to tell, I suppose.
@@maciejokoniewski8243 That's kind of a sad change since a lot of Poseidon's children are monsters and he loves every single one of his kids
@@maciejokoniewski8243 I think Poseidon is lying.
@@hyp3rhippo same, look at he's hair
Polyphemus: You frightened my sheep. My favorite sheep.
I love how he's such an unapologetic asshole
The line “I don’t get offended, I get even” is absolutely spectacular (￣∀￣)
i’ve never looked at this game all that closely but damn, they made polyphemus fine as hell
right 😳
He's not a good guy and he loves eating people.
Ikr? 😍
Call me a baby, but honestly that 'everybody slips up once in a while' line at 2:12 was a lil scary. Sure, it's probably just a 'haha look how dumb he is' but like, is he wrong? Greek gods HAVE been eaten canonically... and Imagining melinoe being killed and eaten by this guy was ghastly.
yeah that line unsettles me a lot first time hearing it
like how every speedrunners, professional athletes, high profile lawyers will slip up once in a while
so does our beloved little melinoe. and one mistake could end her. once is not really 'hard' to come by when you're doing runs after runs after runs.
@@Yasha_U Well, Melinoë's "return to shadow" is essentially an instinct at this point, being the first thing Hecate taught her and the most practiced one, chances are. So a slip-up of that variety seems extremely unlikely, if possible at all
He’s not dumb, he’s just hangry and hasn’t got good sleep for a while. As he shows when he said “it’s called a double standard”, he knows what’s up, he’s voluntarily being “dumb” cause he’s so big and intimidating he doesn’t need to pretend he’s smarter than he needs to be.
one of the sexiest character designs + voice direction that the hades games have cooked up. i love him
Voiced by Logan Cunningham (aka Hades and many others)
He is? I knew I recognize the voice somewhere, despite the vocal effects applied on many characters. Logan has always struck out unique for me
I JUST realised he's picking his teeth with a sheep herding cane
He's hot.
i agree
Couldn't agree more
Finally someone said it
People eater. Not hot.
Ate aegeans ate nobody ate acis luv me sheep luv eating luv sleeping simple as
Mobster Cannibal Polyphemus is great
"That's a real no-no in this town"
"I apologize for my transgression, Cyclops. What do I owe for the inconvenience? I can pay."
His voice is oddly relaxing, I would kill for to hear him read a book the same way he speaks here in this game.
God I love that they use the Greek Evil Eye for his chest tattoos and blindfold
Sorry but am I right in saying he has T-boy swag too?
i can definitely see that. incredible.
4:14-4:22
Yeah, Mel... that wasn't the CORRECT thing to say to a BLIND CYCLOPS.
The noise she makes when she realises is adorable
he seems like a calm and reasonable person
Doggystyle, sideways, frontwards, backwards, upside-down, 360 degrees, no condoms, skin on skin, on the living room, on the bedroom, on the fridge, on the closet, on the ceiling, on the walls, on the bathroom, on the couch, on the car and on the street.
this guy fucking gets it
never resonated more with a comment in my entire life
WOAH
Yes
What’s it finna play?… woah!
The design of the characters is amazing
I love how he's picking his teeth with a shepherd's hook, that's a great detail.
Uhh the thing he uses to clean his teeth isnt that the same thing that odysseus used to take his eye
No, its a shepherds crook. I think odysseus used a stake, like a pole
@@redcomet7916 sorry to say but i have seen Shepherd crooks and the thing hes holding its way to small to be that
@@Nitro89comically small crook
@@Nitro89he's a giant cyclops of course it looks small in his hands
@@homosapien7316 i mean if hes a Shepherd shouldnt that staff be taller than him and dont come with the (its a human size) bs
Giving him green hair like Poseidon was a nice touch.
If I heard right you can get some size-changing effects before fighting the cyclops. Would be neat if he commented on more or less meat to try and eat.
I'm fairly certain the size change effect is only in the zone after you get past him, sadly 😞
@@Naokosan Ah well, here's hoping Eris will one day make fun of her. Since it comes with a change in pitch too it's ripe for mockery.
You don't meet Circe until after this fight
ooooh Polyphmeus, you don't remember them?
Don't remember the reigning King of Ithaca
who literally became your darkest moment?
ah well lol
Polyphemeus about to eat an arrogant hero again
Polyphemus is the type of guy to say "Them's the brakes kid" before busting your kneecaps
The toothpick as the staff is great
Apparently Polyphemus is the son of Poseidon.
I mean Charybdis is his daughter so it's not too unusual
in one of his boon dialogues after you meet polyphemus, Poseidon says that him being his son was actually a joke
@@yojacket7319so..hunting down odysseus and his crew for years was a joke? lmfao
@@yojacket7319 That hair color though.... you're not getting away with this, Pos
@@yojacket7319he's actually lying because he's ashamed that his children are monsters
Oh yeah, one eye so they have no depth perception
No eye in his case
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Wait im confused. Did Odysseus end up telling the cyclops his name at the end. or was that a only change made for The Epic musical
Different versions...some say he did and others he didn't. In this case looks like Odysseus didn't tell him
In the actual story of The Odyssey, Odysseus tells Polyphemus his name (it's how Polyphemus is able to set his curse on Odysseus and his crew) so I think it's just a change Super Giant Games made !!
4:08 it's not fun to make jokes at the expense of the disabled Melione. Manners!
Why does he sound like a New York gangster?! 🤣🤣
Based on what numerous comments have been saying Polyphemus’s island was located somewhere around where Italy is now or something along those lines. He’s basically an proto-gangster.
I'm too lazy to look up if it's actually his voice actor but he sounds like the Panther King in Conker's Bad Fur Day
i love the design
I love his theme music!
If you squint his design looks like a big head
this guy rules lol what a horrible fella
Look up his namesake + moth
What that mean?
@@fionabuchanan7787 I'm alluding to the eye patterns on his chest they are similar to the polyphemus moth's plumage pattern and the Greek concept of the evil eye (aparently)
I know nothing about this game, but i am looking👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀
Is it just me or is he… ya know…
¿Ya know?
what do you mean ? A cyclops ? Blind ? somebody ??
@@cloudy978 oh you sweet summer child
@@afatpossum2586 No but like really what do you mean your original comment could mean anything ToT
@@cloudy978 I am having gay thoughts about the one eyed giant that would gladly throw me into his stew pot
7:52
Windows error noise
10:00 wait is he not?
He’s suppose to. All cyclops are children of Poseidon.
Etertaining mofo for sure.
kinda inaccurate though to who he be even in the original telilng of the story. mofo NEVER ate his sheep. he drank their milk and made cheese. \\
He is comparably one note and boring sadly
He is cool dude. What is one note about him. He loves to eat and do simple things. I think it is cool.
To be fair there wasn't much to his character in the Odyssey besides "raah I'm gonna eat you, Poseidon is my dad, by the way what's your name oh no my eye oh no my sheep help me brothers"
I think they did pretty well with limited source material making him a chill dude but a genuine threat, and the Evil Eye motifs in his character design feel like the most Greek thing I've ever seen in a game tbh
i need him so bad