"I can't shake the feeling that…": Hades 2 fan gifted with the most holy of Boons somehow predicts major plot twist a year before its reveal

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Miracles do happen, at least when they pertain to Hades 2. One fan on Reddit apparently gifted the great Boon of psychic ability by some combination of Zeus-Athena–luck was able to predict a big twist about Hecate a year before developer Supergiant made it obvious. (Prepare for major spoilers after this sentence!)

"I can't shake the feeling that Hecate is a future version of Melinoë," said the Reddit user, who has since deleted their account (another user recently dredged up the old post). "The more I play through the early access the more I'm convinced."

According to some interpretations of Greek mythology, which the Hades games adapt for their more wholesome, more roguelike narratives, the deathly goddess Melinoë might be another title for the great witch-goddess Hecate. Though, Hecate is also closely associated with dogs and stuff, so the Reddit user still had a decent amount of deductions to make.

"We are fighting Chronos after all, the literal embodiment of time, so some future/past selves shenanigans aren't completely out of the question," says the post, which still has only 84 upvotes as of writing. In any case, the writer is essentially correct – Hades 2 ultimately reveals Hecate went to the beginning of time and raised Melinoë to fulfill her singular purpose: taking down Chronos.

Ashley Bardhan
Ashley Bardhan
Senior Writer

Ashley is a Senior Writer at GamesRadar+. She's been a staff writer at Kotaku and Inverse, too, and she's written freelance pieces about horror and women in games for sites like Rolling Stone, Vulture, IGN, and Polygon. When she's not covering gaming news, she's usually working on expanding her doll collection while watching Saw movies one through 11.

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