I've only put about an hour into it so far, but it is good. More Hades and Hades was great. In light with the 1st game the 2nd area is a complete pain in the ass with projectiles flying all over the place and stuff chasing you down. Seem to remember area 2 being the skill check, maybe it was 3? in Hades 1.
Character design complaints are just stupid. The problem has always been ideology taking priority over quality. The developers may be fags and put someone in a wheelchair for representation, but none of the dialogue is telling me to go suck dicks or sleep with 9-year-olds. Yet. Maybe the Gods do later on, who knows? Anyways, be a bunch of queermo tranny whatevers you want to be, make a good game/movie/show and keep your personal opinions out of it so I can enjoy it. The creative teams that can manage that expectation are like 1% of them, so erring on the side of crap is good advice.