@Username8 What were you thinking of? I know Shining Force spun off from this but I only played CD, which I did not like and half of it didn't emulate properly so I never finished it, but I've also been told that's the worst one. I mostly played this to get it out of the way before Shining the Holy Ark.

@_YALP Yeah. A lot of reviews complain about how grindy it is, and they're not wrong, but I'm just a sucker for exploring creepy dark tombs and running into a bunch of weirdos.

My favorite boss is the one with the giant hand that has this inscrutable hurtbox where sometimes it will just instant kill you, and sometimes it won't despite smacking into it from the same exact angle.

going through hades 2 off the back of some fond hades 1 memories and you'll be pleased to know that every issue you've brought up here is at minimum doubly pronounced in the sequel

Also it's very funny to me that bothering to hunt down every special stage ring and get all 7 emeralds with every character just unlocks Amy, who I'm going to assume still sucks to play as like the last game. Maybe she doesn't, i don't know because I will never go through all that shit.

@LordDarius https://i.imgur.com/uOJp0Ow.png

@Coutoboy idk I think they control very poorly, but I agree that they're very boring. Just a flat surface with a bunch of rings tossed around, get 300 of them. Same thing every time.