I felt like running through the story again in prep for 2. I had about 110 hours on switch before so I ended up putting it on hell mode. I'm glad I did, because even with that on I still ended up nabbing my 1st win early and missed some story segments.
For the most part, Hades 2 doesn't just feel like a straight up upgrade on 1. In a lot of ways the game feel does very different things so one doesn't invalidate playing the other. That being said, going back to the "call" system for ultimates over the Selune ones in 2 is such a massive downgrade. The amount of runs where I just neglect getting that slot filled and still win is very telling. Also, while I like Mel in 2, Zag is just going to always be my guy. Easily in my top video game protags. Hades was right. Dude should've been the god of back talk. I live for his sass.

I think the combat feels really nice and fluid and I love the vibes of the setting. As a rogue like though, the structure of it kinda baffles me. There isn't really a whole lot of incentive to redo boss fights since once you beat them, you permanently unlock access to the next area. Really, your only reason to not just mad dash to the exit is finding power ups. I'm also not the biggest fan of the walking sim spooky house moments. The story itself does create an interesting horror scenario out of the rogue like loop though.