That boon is so underrated. Getting extra max hp and a nectar is awesome. Early on it helps you get keepsakes, later on you can get a random pom upgrade from nectar. It's an awesome boon.
Persephone wasn't the one who made it winter directly, that's Demeter, the goddess of harvests. The myth goes that Hades, feeling he had been duped by his Olympian brothers and sisters into ruling the underworld instead of living on Mt. Olympus, decided one day to take Persephone (Demeter's daughter) when she was wandering a field near a cave that led to the Underworld. This moment of Hades stealing Persephone is the subject of the famous painting "The Rape of Persephone". Anyway, Demeter didn't take this very well (who would?) and implored Zeus to step in and do something. I think Zeus' response was something along the lines of "Well I have no power over the underworld. That is Hades' domain." or "This is what the fates demand and we can't fight fate" or both? So Demeter hides away in despair and with her reclusion, the fields become infertile and crops wither and die. Meanwhile in the underworld, Hades has made Persephone his bride. By the time someone is sent to the Underworld (I think Hermes was sent?) to deal with Hades, Persephone has eaten the fruit of the underworld, meaning she can no longer survive anywhere else. Hades strikes a deal where Persephone is allowed to leave and see her mother for two seasons, but must return back to him and spend the other two seasons at his side. Persephone returns to Demeter in the Spring, which makes Demeter happy and the fields become fertile again. Once Fall comes, Persephone must return and Demeter locks herself away again in sorrow, causing the fields to become infertile again, but there is enough time for the farmers to bring in their harvest.
I love this game, and would love to see a couple more episodes of it exploring it from a history/lord nerd like you. Keep it up Jesse, channel's been awesome lately.
As someone who has watched every single vod of Dodger playing Hades, I'm so proud of how much she has improved. From never remembering to use the cast to coaching others to use the cast. XD
Jesse: *Totally eyes up the Aphrodite door* Me: Jesse... Jesse: *Scoots closer, biting his lip as he reaches for the door handle* Me: Jesse! She's, like, 15% of all the problems in Greek mythology - AND the reason why the Trojan War happened - DON'T-! Jesse: Here I come sexy QTE event!~ Damn it Jesse...I love you, but damn y'all. Hope to see more of this game at some point!
Wolfstorm701 To make a long story short(ish), the goddess of discord Eris made a golden apple and approached a trio of goddesses: Athena, Hera and Aphrodite. Eris said the most beautiful and graceful of the three may have it. Being Greek goddesses (who also despise losing), went about to figure this out. Discovering that they’re all biased, they decide to find a mortal named Paris, a prince of Troy (or THE prince of Troy, I can’t remember exactly) and each of them gave him an elevator pitch of why he should choose them. Hera offered money, Athena offered wisdom beyond his years, and Aphrodite would give him the most beautiful woman at the time. So, doing what any pervert would do, Paris chose Aphrodite and she in turn gave Paris the most beautiful woman in the ancient world: Queen Helen - who we will remember as Helen of Troy. Unfortunately she was already married to the King of Sparta, Menelaus, and had several children already. So, learning what happened, Menelaus wages war to get his woman back because Aphrodite doesn’t care what happens as long as her ship sails. Moral of the story? Don’t. Deal. With Aphrodite.
@@10puppyluv Fair enough, I mean if the dude could've kept it in his pants, there wouldn't be so many tales in the mythology. At the same time though...there's no denying Aphrodite's fault. Although she was a war goddess before she became what she is, so I agree that it could've been far worse all things considered. Like what happened with Eos, what happened to Queen Helen, or even Psyche (I actually don't remember entirely if Aphrodite had anything to do with Psyche honestly, considering it was her son Eros who started the whole affair - a mess really)... Although Dionysus is also a character, but I'm afraid of taking over this comment section with esoteric anthropology so I'll just leave that well enough alone.
Maybe with Crendor too. I love Genna, but it's much better for her health to just be online when she feels well enough. I think she needs to officially kill the Co-optional podcast, though. Just so we can all have closure.
I have realized, just this last week, that in the outro we have Kristen (KRIS-10) on the keyboard. For some reason I thought it was someone else for YEARS. Jesse, I'd like to thank you for making sure that Kristen is enshrined(?), recognized(?) in all your videos.
OMG @ 18:51 that voice I swear is Pinky (Rob Paulsen) from the animated cartoon Pinky and the Brain! Aw nevermind, I looked up the cast for this game and it's actually somebody from the game Pyre name Greg Kasavin!
I love *everything* about this game. I can't wait till the full release; I think Supergiant's really gunna knock it out of the park with this one. Breaks my heart that we're probably not gunna see Jesse's first meeting with Eurydice. c':
@@iCanHasRandomness Sure is, but if you look at the start of the video, there's a little box in the lower right proclaiming that the full release is on its way.
Premium Vintage would have given you an on the spot + 30 max hp, which is better than a Centaur heart. It's an incredible boon early on as it compounds over the run and the free nectar is nothing to scoff at.
@@dgas5904 Also it's a flat +50% damage against a target with literally any attack or special you do if you have the mirror upgrade (which you should after 200 hours) Like, against bosses +50% damage is INSANE.
What type of desktop computer are you use? I agree with Dodger. This game is worth the money to spend on based the story, good voice-actors and the soundtrack in this game. More reason to support the underdog indies games like this is game with the time and development to competed it from the developers and artists to make it engage with the audiences like myself. 😊
In that fight after the first shop, I reckon that was meant to be a "skill-check" to see if you had it in you. Turns out Jesse, for the most part, DID have it in him. Also, for such a grim journey, most everyone seems quite friendly to young Zagreus. Also also, Dodger talking about "my boy Dio" makes me think she's played Eyes of Heaven. It's been a hot minute since I've checked in on her content, but how into JoJo is Dodger nowadays?
34:00 *Jesse sees a heart symbol*
Jesse : "What is this?"
Dodger : "If this was a god, who do you think this symbol is for?"
Jesse : *Horny Click*
IDK which reaction I want to see more, him seeing Aphrodite for the first time, or him dying in that room.
Aphrodite is like "It's so hot down here, I don't even need clothes."
Watch out Jesse, your Monster Prom/Max Gentleman is showing
I would actually be down for a whole series of this.
I looked this up hoping there would be a series
i want a Coxtoons episode of this
I would LOVE a whole series of this!!!
@@nixipixi8945 Time to start a petition.
@@ColorfulTiger-eb7tu yess!! Lol
Biggest lie Jesse ever told.
"I don't want to be the bad guy!"
"Why would I do this!" - continues doing something he doesn't need to do and nobody is forcing him too
I guess each Greek hero "coach" has their own catchphrase/pro tip:
Phil: "Get up on the hydra's back!"
34:31 Dodger: "Remember your cast!"
"WHY WOULD I DO THIS"
- Jesse, as he continues to attack the ghosts and the pillars, 2020
It wouldn't be fan Friday if it wasn't Saturday.
Dodger's here! Yay! *Rapid claps*
Only has 6 health, is offered a rare item "Well that seems like ass then!"
Jesse please
That boon is so underrated. Getting extra max hp and a nectar is awesome. Early on it helps you get keepsakes, later on you can get a random pom upgrade from nectar. It's an awesome boon.
Love when Jesse and Dodger play together! love the fact its just two friends goofen!
Persephone wasn't the one who made it winter directly, that's Demeter, the goddess of harvests. The myth goes that Hades, feeling he had been duped by his Olympian brothers and sisters into ruling the underworld instead of living on Mt. Olympus, decided one day to take Persephone (Demeter's daughter) when she was wandering a field near a cave that led to the Underworld. This moment of Hades stealing Persephone is the subject of the famous painting "The Rape of Persephone". Anyway, Demeter didn't take this very well (who would?) and implored Zeus to step in and do something. I think Zeus' response was something along the lines of "Well I have no power over the underworld. That is Hades' domain." or "This is what the fates demand and we can't fight fate" or both? So Demeter hides away in despair and with her reclusion, the fields become infertile and crops wither and die. Meanwhile in the underworld, Hades has made Persephone his bride. By the time someone is sent to the Underworld (I think Hermes was sent?) to deal with Hades, Persephone has eaten the fruit of the underworld, meaning she can no longer survive anywhere else. Hades strikes a deal where Persephone is allowed to leave and see her mother for two seasons, but must return back to him and spend the other two seasons at his side. Persephone returns to Demeter in the Spring, which makes Demeter happy and the fields become fertile again. Once Fall comes, Persephone must return and Demeter locks herself away again in sorrow, causing the fields to become infertile again, but there is enough time for the farmers to bring in their harvest.
May have gotten some bits wrong, but I'm going off of memory here.
I love this game, and would love to see a couple more episodes of it exploring it from a history/lord nerd like you. Keep it up Jesse, channel's been awesome lately.
I'm all about Hades, super excited for this.
god damn i love Supergiant Games!
"Who am I boinking?" Oh Jesse, you shall find out in due time.
As someone who has watched every single vod of Dodger playing Hades, I'm so proud of how much she has improved.
From never remembering to use the cast to coaching others to use the cast. XD
Jesse: *Totally eyes up the Aphrodite door*
Me: Jesse...
Jesse: *Scoots closer, biting his lip as he reaches for the door handle*
Me: Jesse! She's, like, 15% of all the problems in Greek mythology - AND the reason why the Trojan War happened - DON'T-!
Jesse: Here I come sexy QTE event!~
Damn it Jesse...I love you, but damn y'all. Hope to see more of this game at some point!
She caused WHAT?!
Wolfstorm701 To make a long story short(ish), the goddess of discord Eris made a golden apple and approached a trio of goddesses: Athena, Hera and Aphrodite. Eris said the most beautiful and graceful of the three may have it. Being Greek goddesses (who also despise losing), went about to figure this out.
Discovering that they’re all biased, they decide to find a mortal named Paris, a prince of Troy (or THE prince of Troy, I can’t remember exactly) and each of them gave him an elevator pitch of why he should choose them. Hera offered money, Athena offered wisdom beyond his years, and Aphrodite would give him the most beautiful woman at the time.
So, doing what any pervert would do, Paris chose Aphrodite and she in turn gave Paris the most beautiful woman in the ancient world: Queen Helen - who we will remember as Helen of Troy. Unfortunately she was already married to the King of Sparta, Menelaus, and had several children already.
So, learning what happened, Menelaus wages war to get his woman back because Aphrodite doesn’t care what happens as long as her ship sails.
Moral of the story? Don’t. Deal. With Aphrodite.
@@chewthulu1004 Sounds like a fair deal to me! Thank you for the lesson sir!
To be fair to Aphrodite, Zeus is the cause of like 70% of the problems in Greek mythology so it could be worse
@@10puppyluv Fair enough, I mean if the dude could've kept it in his pants, there wouldn't be so many tales in the mythology. At the same time though...there's no denying Aphrodite's fault. Although she was a war goddess before she became what she is, so I agree that it could've been far worse all things considered. Like what happened with Eos, what happened to Queen Helen, or even Psyche (I actually don't remember entirely if Aphrodite had anything to do with Psyche honestly, considering it was her son Eros who started the whole affair - a mess really)...
Although Dionysus is also a character, but I'm afraid of taking over this comment section with esoteric anthropology so I'll just leave that well enough alone.
Jesse WOULD be the one to slaughter the resting dead while screaming "WHY WOULD I DO THIS!? Oh sweet combo, BUT WHY WOULD I DO THIS!?"
Probably game of the year - before it even came out officially.
Not rly,but to each their own i guess
Zagreus, in search of the dankest Under-weed.
Holy shit, you figured it out. That’s why Charon only ever groans. He’s too high to form coherent sentences.
You know that Dionysus has got dat underweed.
I want you to know I read this in the voice of the Narrator.
Jesse and Dodger should definitely play more of this together! it's so fun to watch!
Nobody:
Not a single soul:
Davis: Hyperlight Drifter
I'd like to see you play more of this. You learning while Dodger gives you pushes when you needed it was a fun dynamic
Hell yeah, I love Super Giant games!
You should definitely do more stuff with doogs, maybe even a new podcast.
Maybe with Crendor too. I love Genna, but it's much better for her health to just be online when she feels well enough. I think she needs to officially kill the Co-optional podcast, though. Just so we can all have closure.
RIP Co-Optional Podcast
They have been talking about it, I think they just have a lot going for them so it's hard to schedule
I have realized, just this last week, that in the outro we have Kristen (KRIS-10) on the keyboard. For some reason I thought it was someone else for YEARS. Jesse, I'd like to thank you for making sure that Kristen is enshrined(?), recognized(?) in all your videos.
If you keep missing days it will eventually roll over and you'll be uploading on Friday again
If Jesse and Dodger did a series on this I would watch it!
Jesse and Dodger are like peanut butter and chocolate, on there own great but when you put the two together they are more than the sum of their parts.
Please play more of this, Jesse!
Jesse and Dooger colabs are the fucking best
Thanks, Jesse 'n Dooger, for this delightful birthday present. :3 I could watch Jesse play Hades all day
"This kind of has a dynsasty warriors rule applied to it." That's some nice instincts right there, and he don't even know.
I love this game! It's the only rogue-like that managed to get me invested and not just annoy me after every death
i love this game, the combat, the lore, the gods, god damn amazing what supergiant do with their games.
Loved the early access of this game, looking forward to sitting down with the 1.0!
*smashes mug on the floor*... "ANOTHER!!"
OMG @ 18:51 that voice I swear is Pinky (Rob Paulsen) from the animated cartoon Pinky and the Brain!
Aw nevermind, I looked up the cast for this game and it's actually somebody from the game Pyre name Greg Kasavin!
This is from the group who made Bastion and Transistor. Great stuff. Same voice actor too.
Always a joy to watch the best duo on RUclips in action! XD
Also so glad this came up because I was looking for a jesse and dodger colab
Hope you play more of this in the future. Love this game
This game is a masterpiece. Please play more!
"I don't want to play the bad guy"
Sure thing Jesse. Not like there is a co-optional podcast where you said that you love to play the bad guys.
*Cut to last month, with Jesse having the time of his life playing a man-eating monstrosity in Carrion*
I love *everything* about this game. I can't wait till the full release; I think Supergiant's really gunna knock it out of the park with this one.
Breaks my heart that we're probably not gunna see Jesse's first meeting with Eurydice. c':
wait, is it still in early access?
@@iCanHasRandomness Sure is, but if you look at the start of the video, there's a little box in the lower right proclaiming that the full release is on its way.
I've been waffling about buying this game for a while and this definitely pushed me over the edge, love it and always love a CoxBonus collabo
Yes Jesse, please play more.
The game’s officially out now! YES!!!
My obsession with Greek Mythology is in love with this game!!
"I don't want to play the bad guy," says the man who did an entire SWTOR Sith playthrough
Shercox & Doogson together again? YES PLEASE!
Underweed is Pomegranate seeds kids. One bite and you won't ever leave.
Another Jesse Dodger collab just as I was hoping you guys would collab? YAAAY
Looking forward to the stream for this for sure
So much love for Jesse. Can't get enough.
"It's fan... Actually I don't know what day it is anymore"
Fucking 2020 in a nutshell
dodger is love.. dodger is life
Wholesome dodger laughs are amazing
Yes! I love Hades and play it daily. Hope you love it!
Oh boy, I was waiting for Jesse to try out this gem! He's gonna have a lot of fun with this one.
Premium Vintage would have given you an on the spot + 30 max hp, which is better than a Centaur heart. It's an incredible boon early on as it compounds over the run and the free nectar is nothing to scoff at.
7:00-
This from the man who would resort to cannibalism and murdering his friends in an apocalypse.
"I don"t want to be the bad guy" said the man who is in a band where he is literally the bad guy.
I hope we see more Hades from you Jesse
Also. You Must Meet MEG. You will love her.
This video is mostly Dodger being Jesse's Sully, it's great
ah. Supergiant Games, that's why i get these Bastion vibes
"Pitty Pat...
Hades
Pit
Hades!
Pit!
Hadeeeeees!
Piiiiiiit!"
Oh wait, warong hades. this one isn't a sassy bitch
40:00 That whole room was one big oof.
You gotta play the next DontNod game (Tell Me Why) with Doogs. YOU GOTTA
Jesse: "I don't want to be the bad guy." You've played an unrepentant Sith Lord and the world's most destructive gang boss.😈
7:00
Why you gotta lie like that, Jesse? You love playing the bad guy.
Jesse “wants to be a sith” Cox loves playing the villain
"Who am I boinking down here?"
Knowing Greek Mythos? Probably Nyx.
She's your Dodger-davito
I love this game & I love these two ⭐️
My god. Dodger becomes the backseater she swore to defeat.
Its fri-yay its fri-yay watching Cox on fri-yay
Dodger: Which God do you think would have that symbol?
Me: .... Aphrod-?
Jesse: HAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW-! *click*
XD
When i saw dodger was joining, i thought i had missed a co-op mode. But i guess not.
I bet they're saving Apollo, Hestia, Hephaestus and others for the console release. Can't wait!
I did not think Jesse would last as long as he did on the first run!
I really can't wait for the Linux port, or a better PC that can run it smooth enough in Proton.
How did this never go anywhere
MORE!!! w/Doogs!!!
Destroying pillars does aoe damage to nearby enemies (which can be increased in a couple of ways)
This is a sick game. You must play it once it's 1.0
I can't wait for this to be released on the switch.
More Hades! The Gods demand it!
Definitely gonna check out this one!
I've probably put over 100 hours into this game and I did not know you could kill the shades at the start.
Jesse Cox, Dodger and Zagreus. 👌
I really want to watch this but I also know I'm definitely getting Hades when it comes out on switch. Watch later it is haha.
4:30 Jesse: "Is this canonical?"
Black Athena appears on screen.
You haven't met many Mediterranean people, have you?
There's also Purple Dionysus, Green Artemis and Blue Poseidon.
@@AClockworkWizard The timing was perfect is all.
"REMEMBER YOUR CAST! REMEMBER YOUR CAST!" ... Completely doesn't use cast AT all T_T
@@dgas5904 There's entire cast builds that you can do that wreck ppl so easily.
@@dgas5904 Also it's a flat +50% damage against a target with literally any attack or special you do if you have the mirror upgrade (which you should after 200 hours)
Like, against bosses +50% damage is INSANE.
So excited! I love Hades!
What type of desktop computer are you use? I agree with Dodger. This game is worth the money to spend on based the story, good voice-actors and the soundtrack in this game. More reason to support the underdog indies games like this is game with the time and development to competed it from the developers and artists to make it engage with the audiences like myself. 😊
Zagreus mother is Persephone, not Nyx
I would love to see Jesse unlock the last spear form.
I think I am gunna need to keep an eye out for this game to go on good sale
In that fight after the first shop, I reckon that was meant to be a "skill-check" to see if you had it in you. Turns out Jesse, for the most part, DID have it in him.
Also, for such a grim journey, most everyone seems quite friendly to young Zagreus.
Also also, Dodger talking about "my boy Dio" makes me think she's played Eyes of Heaven. It's been a hot minute since I've checked in on her content, but how into JoJo is Dodger nowadays?
Or its short for dionysus?
Hades is *such* a good game!
Yeah, corn for Charon