My grade: 6/10.
Is it fun to play? Yes, for I think the first couple of hours. Then it becomes repetitive quickly. The game does try to change it up a little bit, by giving more dialogue options in the hub area, additional weapons, and other god boons to play around with. For me personally it is not enough. I believe the game opens up more after you defeat the boss of act 4. However, it is pretty hard to defeat that boss. I was lucky one time and almost defeated him, so I thought "oh nice! Ok let's go!" But then hours on end I was not even getting close. Yeah, then the game is just too repetitive... Funny, because Hades 1 did not feel like this somehow.
So why am I not defeating that one boss? Well, first, the boons... the randomness of it makes that I never get a satisfying/useful build. You do get permanent upgrades, but it is just not enough (maybe if you grind that crap for 30 hours straight then you will probably blow through it). There is not really an option to change that randomness in a direction you want. At least not in the first 8 hours. Another, is the way that enemies work and what does the best damage. The best damage, I felt, was just attacking. There are special abilities, but they all have long charges and you barely move during a charge. Then, attacking up close is pretty dangerous as you cannot always see the damaging effects of the enemies through the screen clutter. For example, there is one rat boss in particular that is just impossible to see acting because it is so small. So you get a lot of unnecessary damage. If you are then unlucky and don't get any heals, adios amigo, you may do it all over again, same enemies, same bosses.
So, the levels... Why are the first four levels so samey? Do something about it: give me alternate paths, give me alternate enemies, give me changes to the bosses. Sometimes you meet a new person that gives you a gift, and that's it. The permanent stuff you get in the main hub is not satisfying enough, it doesn't do enough to give these levels a different feel.
In conclusion: should you try it? Maybe, if you like these roguelike games. The game is in fact very polished. No bugs, it runs well, a lot of dialogue, satisfying combat and the price is good. Is it as good as people say? No I think not. For me, there isn't enough. You will only get (much) more when you are already tired of this game.
