Pretty straight forward thread. The game is climbing the top sellers list on Steam due to a couple popular streamers playing. It's a rogue lite deckbuilder and it's all kinds of great. Don't let early access put you off, its got plenty of content.
So Slay the Spire is pretty freaking great
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As a huge Dominion fan, I love the concept, but the RNG can really screw you over. In Dominion, getting a bad draw doesn't end your game and just makes your current turn less enjoyable; in Slay the Spire, getting a bad draw can literally end your run. That sucks.
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I'd say the variation comes in how you build your deck and choose to upgrade. Deckbuilding is one of those things that never gets old for me. You could always try it and refund on steam if you don't like it.
I've already got a hundred hours in it. Very tough, very fun. New content being added weekly. Open Beta path that's updated even more often.
I've only encountered 1 or 2 bugs in the beta. Art style took a bit of getting used to, but they have been improving, and I find myself,liking it a fair amount now.
I've only encountered 1 or 2 bugs in the beta. Art style took a bit of getting used to, but they have been improving, and I find myself,liking it a fair amount now.
Yeah, it seems like that at first. Lay the relics on top of a fairly diverse set of cards, and factor in that you are only choosing 1 card out of an offering of 3 randoms after each fight (rather than just building the same deck), it ends up feeling pretty fresh. Then every card has an upgraded version.
Very mechanics driven game.
Something about using actual physical "cards" in a videogame rubs me the wrong way. Like they're a convenient representation of 'stackable' or malleable objects with multiple variables within... but do we really need physical cards? Why not use something more interesting and less blatantly boardgamey?
Just a stylistic note anyway, looks great in general.
Just a stylistic note anyway, looks great in general.
Yes, that is exactly what we need. It's not like there are a ton of these kind of games.
Anyone play coin crypt, from like 3 or 4 years ago? It's actually a ton like the combat from that. Another game I liked a lot, but don't think it ever took off.
It's more of a bugbear. Doesn't change at all how undoubtedly solid this (and similar) games is(/ar).
Sort of? The only context I can think of it being OK in is Witcher 3 or other similar RPGs where the card game is contextualised in-universe as a card game.
Otherwise it's just a fourth-wall breaking way of representing units/powers/items in-game. Makes sense from a cost-saving POV but surely there's a more interesting way.
As said above, it's just a bugbear. The game looks great.
... Aren't there?
I've been playing it all day! Its really fun. Finally beat the final boss with a sick Metallisize build.
I have the opposite attitude, whenever I see cards I immediately become interested lol.
I have the opposite attitude, whenever I see cards I immediately become interested lol.
I've been playing it all day! Its really fun. Finally beat the final boss with a sick Metallisize build.
I have the opposite attitude, whenever I see cards I immediately become interested lol.
Me too. Its because it doesn't risk obfuscating the mechanics. They are laid out very clearly. In StS even moreso, as you can always see what the enemy is going to do on their next turn.
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Yeah I LOVE the Intent mechanic. I wouldn't enjoy this game at all if you couldn't see and plan around enemy actions. I avoid that one relic that removes Intent like the plague.
Yeah, I haven't had a successful run with that relic yet. I could only see it working on deck where you can close to infinite combo reliably.
I have one achievent left, killing a boss on the first turn. Havent gotten veey close. I get sucked into picking cards too often when i shouldnt!
I think you can snag that if you get the whale buff of "1 HP enemies for the next three combats" and then you have to have a lucky path to an elite. .
Glad I misclicked my way into this thread, because the name doesn't pull me I'm but the words
... Are like music to my ears. Will check this out for sure.
I see. Artistically, though, it appears very static. But I do remember getting hooked on a few mobile games here and there over the years that, graphically, didn't have a lot going on but were engaging enough in terms of gameplay.
Never tried it myself, I just assumed it should work. Doesn't say anything about excluding Elites.
Great game, picked it up this weekend and already put in 17 hours in it. Beat it as both classes so far, now I'm doing the rest of the unlocks and trying to force builds. Favorite build so far was an OP poison build with corpse explosion.
Not sure if you're serious, but no this game isn't like most card games. It has cards, but it's nothing like Hearthstone and more like the board game Dominion but as an RPG roguelike.
Not sure if you're serious, but no this game isn't like most card games. It has cards, but it's nothing like Hearthstone and more like the board game Dominion but as an RPG roguelike.
Not a big fan of most deckbuilder games, but really enjoy me some rogue lites. At the very least I'm going to have to check out some streams of this.
Yeah 100%. The heroes don't even have attack animations! I assume they'll keep adding on this front, but I don't even notice anymore.
What's your favorite card?
The king imo:
Heh. Nightmare has gotta be my fave. Add 3 copies of a card to your hand next turn. Apotheosis was pretty broken, it has been needed recently though (on the beta branch at least)
I'll try it out. Never thought of them as bosses, I guess?
Haha. To each their own!
Oh I absolutely get that and this game's USP. I mean even as an interface system it rubs me the wrong way. Stylistically this is like, what, turnbased fantasy combat? But instead of selecting moves/unlocked abilities, you select 'cards'... it's literally just the stylistic choice of having tabletop game elements in a videogame that I'm pointing out, that bugs me.
People are getting really defensive about it; i'm not knocking the game for this, just saying it's something that irks me in a minor way.
Yeah, there are a few deckbuilding roguelite games like Slay the Spire, but only a very few. Most deckbuilding video games just seem to be digital versions of physical games like Ascension or Star Realms.
Stylistically, it's a card game with some choose your own adventure mechanics. The game doesn't pretend to be anything else.
If you like this but want something more developed, and a bit easier (I think), check out coin crypt.
This is something some of us wants. Having a digital boardgame is awesome. It's not like I can get a physical card based rogue lite board game for 15 euro and get regular free updates with new cards etc.
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Was pretty bored tonight and decided to try this out even though I was on the fence about it. Pretty fun little game and just as I had hope its not much of a typical deck builder game. Def feels more like a rogue lite in my opinion. Enjoying it so far and I'm sure it will only get more fleshed out as its in development longer. Would def recommend at least checking it out if you are into either of the two genres. Nice game to play while watching TV or whatever too since there is not urgency in the gameplay if that makes sense.
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Yeah i get that, mainly if it's an adaption of an already existing boardgame... But if it's a unique digital only videogame... Why use cards? Which are an IRL necessity, not a digital one. Like Civilisation is basically a digital boardgame but it doesn't use cards to represent units etc.
The answer is it's an intuitive and clear way to represent resources. Still just rubs me the wrong way
So basically you just want random text based options rather than random cards. That would make even less sense in this case.
Or at least card draw (1 or 2) every turn
I fairly often trade his starting relic in when Neow let's me.
I definitely find ironclad easier.
Oh really? I'm not at all experienced with deck builders....got any links off hand? I'd like to see this game broke!
yep, totally agree
i'll just try and clear with silent once and finish all the unlocks and after that i'm done with the class
It's not guaranteed since it's random, but I've seen a number of near unstoppable decks including ones that can really just go infinite plays just by watching a few hours of the game being streamed.
Here's one.
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/218806760?t=08h45m34s
What? Have some imagination. There are countless graphical ways you could do it that aren't cards. Orbs with properties, having the actual creature/beast attack at the bottom of the screen, simply using non-card tiles just like in an MMO e.g. Guildwars.