Someone modded Hades into Hades 2, and even the roguelike masters at Supergiant are "blown away"

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Hades developer Supergiant Games has shouted out a fan-made mod for Hades 2 which ports the original game into its sequel.

A developer who goes by the name NikkelM released the Zagreus' Journey mod for Hades 2, a mod which adds every region, enemy, and boss from the original Hades and allows you to play through it as the second game's protagonist Melinoe, with new NPC encounters and other content added while they're at it. It was first released late last year, but just got its 1.0 launch a few days ago.

It's an impressive mod, and quelling any fears, NikkelM also explains: "This mod does not, and never will, use generative AI for any art, voice or music. All voicelines are from the original game, and art was custom created by talented community artist burn."

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While mods are a commonplace thing for games nowadays, most don't come with trailers that look almost official thanks to their production value, so it's only natural that this one caught the eyes of fans. Unexpectedly however, it's received a blessing from the original developers, too. The Supergiant Games Twitter account shares the mod, saying: "We're blown away by this user-created mod for the PC version of Hades II, which lets you play through the original game's encounters as Melinoe."

Zagreus' Journey looks so official that many fans have been shocked, too, with one reply saying, "it's user created? I saw this trailer yesterday and thought it was official." They speculate that Supergiant reposting it was a way of making it clear that it isn't. Elsewhere, commenters on the trailer say, "I hope the devs see this and contact you to make this an official dlc because with this is so good," with more asking for a way to bring the mod to console versions of the game.

I never got around to finishing Hades 2, but with the little glimpses of Asphodel you sometimes get in that game, I actually somewhat expected this to be a surprise hidden in the game somewhere, so it's cool to see someone take the idea and run with it.

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