I have BINNED Silksong* in favour of Hades II and I have made the right decison. I'm not going to outright says Hades 2 is a better game: Silksong is obviously great. I did have a fun time with it, in parts. When things were going well or I'd beat a boss after 12 attempts or whatever: great! But I just got sick of how hard it is. I kept dying to the same boss, but what made it worse is I kept losing health on the journey back to the boss every time I get sent back after dying. I asking myself "Captainwacky, are you having fun?" And the answer was no. Then I looked ahead and found that the next area would be even harder and I'd be constantly dying just moving about. It was too much, man. Hades 2, on the other hand, I don't mind dying AT ALL. I know this is an obvious thing to say but every game is different! Every run you have a totally different "build" and it's so much fun finding different combinations. I know there's some customisation in Silksong, but when I was dying it was the exact same every time, wheras the genius of Hades is that every game is different and you get better and discover more of the story every time. I have gotten to the second phase of Chronos (and died) and will keep on pushing ahead!
*I will go back to Silksong some day. It's too good to not want to finish. But I have to be in the right headspace, man.