Topic: Hades.

@Sorteddan I thought I'd post here rather than the other thread.

The main time killer for the plat is the trophy for getting every keepsake up to level 3 as that is a lot of runs, particularly if you haven't been mixing up your usage from the start. Plus, there's one you only get after you've seen the credits roll.

That said, completing the epilogue also takes a LOT of time as you'll obviously need to "beat" the game first and then have to trigger lots of dialogue in the House of Hades (which is quite random) and then get your relationship level with the Olympus gods up high, with quite a few of them at full level so you'll need to complete their favours (mini goals which unlock the top relationship ranks which you need ambrosia rather than nectar).

There are loads of other trophies which take time as well (completing the prophecies to do with Orpheus, Sisyphus, and Achilles; beating Hades with all the different Pact of Punishment settings) and tricky ones like beating the game with Heat level 16.

One I would easily have missed is beating Hades with all the different perks from the mirror as I didn't realise that each perk had an alternative setting as well!

Overall I'd say pushing on for the epilogue really isn't worth it unless you're like me and loving the gameplay loop as it takes ages to do. But if you are going to push to do that, then it's worth looking up some of the trophies as it's worth ticking some of those things off as you're going along and it's a cool way to keep things interesting too.

@Thrillho

I've already been switching up keepsakes but only maxed a few so far so am set with that one. Have started using the green mirror perks rather than all the red ones but only just started using pact of punishment things when I noticed I get unlocks from the bosses again (titan blood, diamonds etc).
Guess I'm gonna have to make a list of which characters need full heart relationships nd work towards them, have been fairly scattergun approach so far.

But really, I'm in no rush. Hades is just something I enjoy at the moment. I usually have a run before I decide what else I'm gonna play that day.

Thank you for the information. Your enthusiasm for the game is obvious. It's just a shame when you actually finish something like that isn't it, I've have similar games that leave me wishing I still had more to accomplish or feeling a need to replace it with something similar.

@Thrillho
So didn't really settle on what is call an actual build but definitely had some boons I was happier with than others.
Id generally go with the shield out of preference and would hope to get:
Divine dash - deflecting my way out of bullet bell scenarios.
Special that did chill or hangover or doom.
Attack that did Poseidon knockback effect stacked with rupture
That Dionysus cast which put pools of hangover all over the screen (trippy cast maybe?)
After those I was quite happy to mix and match whatever it threw at me.

Oh and used the keepsake from Persephone that levelled up a random boon every few encounters.

For the high(ish) heat run for Skellys second prize I just maxed the extreme measures and trap damage ones and that got me over half way to the 16 I think so just picked a couple of more manageable ones to get to the limit.

All in all a hell of a game (pun intended)