Is there a story mode?

[ikskesmz]

Or at least something to speed up unlocking things? I know I (probably) haven't unlocked everything, but I'm getting tired of running through tartarus and fighitng hades multiple times. Is there a good way to speed up story progression beyond god mode? I can tell the writers put a ton of thought into the game, but you can only clear tartarus so many times before it feels more like a job than a game. As good as the script is, I don't feel like clearing a run in 30 minutes to an hour and then waiting for new dialogue to show up for achilles/medusa/whomever.

[phenir]

Originally posted by ikskesmz:

you can only clear tartarus so many times before it feels more like a job than a game.

Lol

[Minneyar]

Not really. The closest thing is God Mode, which mostly just makes the game easier, not faster, by giving you extra damage reduction.

For what it's worth, after you get good at the game, 30 minutes is slightly on the long side for a run; it's not hard to do it in about 20 minutes if you put some effort into going fast, and if you're not trying to trigger something that requires beating the game, you can just suicide shortly after the start of your run.

In the long run, though, that won't really help the story go faster, because you do need to collect nectars / ambrosias and give them to others.

[⭕TheSodaman]

The gameplay possibilities of the weapon, trinket, mirror, and boon combinations really helped me enjoy the gameplay loop in addition to the script. Though I would have to say... probably the combination of God Mode and intentionally dying may speed up things at the base, but then there are some escape-only dialogue that you will have to wait for / get around to.

e.g. Asterius, Sisyphus, Zeus, Patrocolus, etc.

[jay jay the dank planezinho]

The Achilles-Patrocolus dialogues took forever to happen for me, but I just can't bring myself to suicide in a run to speed things lol.

[Anhedonia]

Yeah, I'm 30 hours in and I kinda want stuff to be over. Looking at the amount of titan blood that I need, or the rarity of running into events, it's just exhausting. I've loved the game, it's my favorite ARPG, but the grind for the unlocks is just too much. A faster unlock option would be nice.

[Husker_85]

If you're 30 runs in then statistically you're close to the end-game content. Zagreus escaping from Hades is just the beginning. If you've enjoyed the story and characters thus far then you really won't want to miss out on the big payoff after you've cleared the Temple of Styx 10 times.

[araisikewai]

I think there's a mod that allows you to have more conversation between runs. You might want to check nexusmod for certain.