{"id":75532,"date":"2026-04-15T12:08:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T16:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=75532"},"modified":"2026-04-15T12:36:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T16:36:49","slug":"theres-a-new-way-to-play-hades-2-and-it-came-out-of-nowhere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=75532","title":{"rendered":"There&#8217;s A New Way To Play Hades 2, And It Came Out Of Nowhere"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/games\/hades-ii\/\">Hades 2<\/a> has made its way to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/xbox-stream-confirms-more-game-pass-titles-hades-2-and-meat-boy-3d-releasing-very-soon\/1100-6539041\/\">PS5 and Xbox Series X|S<\/a>, and this week has also seen a major post-launch patch released for the roguelite game. While the <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/news\/app\/1145350\/view\/521992119019110974?l=english\">patch notes<\/a> detail numerous game improvements and tweaks, the biggest addition to Hades 2 is barely mentioned. Developer Supergiant Games secretly added a new game mode, giving players the option to embark on a different series of clashes compared to the usual runs through the Underworld and Olympus.<\/p>\n<p>Called Dream Drives (and spotted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamesn.com\/hades-2\/update-dream-dives-game-mode\">PCGamesN<\/a>), this mode is described as &#8220;a breezy alternative to your regular nightly routine,&#8221; and it&#8217;s designed to keep players guessing about what&#8217;s next. Each Dream Dive run consists of a series of stages from four arenas, and there&#8217;s no set pattern to which areas you&#8217;ll jump into. Enemies are also tougher, but for each region you clear, you&#8217;ll be rewarded with Shiny Stars. These can be exchanged for rewards once you finish your run.<\/p>\n<p>To start a Dream Dive, you&#8217;ll need to have first completed the quest to wake up Hypnos. Once that&#8217;s done, head to the Training Grounds in the Crossroads and look for the new &#8220;dreamy bed&#8221; found there. Interact with it, and you&#8217;ll start your<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hades 2 has made its way to PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, and this week has also seen a major post-launch patch released for the roguelite game. While the patch notes detail numerous game improvements and tweaks, the biggest addition to Hades 2 is barely mentioned. Developer Supergiant Games secretly added a new game mode,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":75534,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-external","brand-gamespot"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75532"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/47"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=75532"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75532\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75535,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75532\/revisions\/75535"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/75534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=75532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=75532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=75532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}