Hades 2 Hades 2 may have just left early access but that hasn’t stopped fans wondering what’s next. Some have even speculated about Hades 3 becoming a reality after the back-to-back success Supergiant has had with the IP.
It's a valid question, of course. It's no secret that most of the time, when a developer finds massive success with a brand-new franchise, they'll try to lean into the IP for further projects. This is particularly true when a big corporation is backing said franchises and breathing down the necks of developers looking for that ROI to increase exponentially.
Luckily, with Supergiant being an independent studio, they have complete freedom over their future. While the success of Hades in 2020 was simply too big not to expand upon, doing so brilliantly with their first sequel ever, Hades 2 could potentially shut the door on a third installment.
From this point onwards, I'll be discussing heavy spoilers involving the ending of Hades 2 as well as the epilogue.
Is Hades 3 A Possibility?
The truth is, yes, it could very well still be one.
Hades 2 is already accruing an even bigger player base than the first game, which was already a runaway success for Supergiant Games. That being said, Hades 2's epilogue makes it clear the developers want to move past Greek mythology.
Once you resolve the main conflict with Chronos, you'll still have a few things to tackle as part of the post-game. One of them is finding the Three Fates.
How The Fates In Hades 2 Close Out The Era Of The Olympians
In Greek Mythology, the Three Fates, named Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos, ensured that every being in existence (yes, that includes Olympian Gods and other divine figures) fulfilled their predetermined destiny.
During the game, it's established that Chronos captured the Fates and cast them out so that he could reshape reality in a way he wasn't meant to. Many characters, like Moros and Prometheus, consistently refer to the Fates as the ones capable of stopping Chrono's plan to punish the Olympian Gods for casting him out.
Hades 2 pulls a fast one; the Fates are nowhere to be seen during the ending, with Chronos having a change of heart after past Zagreus (there is time travel involved, because of course there is) manages to convince him to join the House of Hades. In this new timeline, which present-time Melinoe doesn't get to experience, Chronos becomes a loving grandfather and ally to the House of Hades.
Back in the present, now with Chronos by your side, Melinoe is tasked with repeating the cycle of violence against a past version of the Titan of Time, to ensure the flow of it doesn't get too disrupted and eradicate any possibility of more time-travelling shenanigans from taking place.
The cryptic prophecy that tasked you with finding the Fates will finally give you some clear objectives, which are deepening your bonds with key NPCs and using a specific keepsake during one of your runs.
Doing so will reveal the Fates to you and trigger the game's epilogue. In it, the Fates announce very nonchalantly that they might "take a break" from weaving everyone's fate, declaring the dawn of a new age.
A neat cutscene will then play out explaining that mortals and Gods will have their destinies predetermined no longer, with mortalkind in particular not being subjected to the wrath of divine beings as much as they were used to. Free will, so to speak.
There's a hint at some Gods not wanting to go quietly into the gentle night, but for the most part, this epilogue reads as a bittersweet sendoff for Hades as a franchise, as Supergiant will likely move on to different projects. After all, it's hard to drop a masterpiece like Hades 2.
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