Posted on: January 29, 2021
timobkg
Games: 659 Reviews: 8
Amazing! This is my desert island game!
I don't like roguelikes, but I love Slay the Spire! I have close to 300 hours in StS on Steam, and it's a game I might never tire of. I love the gameplay loop, everything is a puzzle. Every run asks you to build a deck capable of beating the game's challenges based on what cards you're offered and what relics you get, and every battle asks you to play your cards strategically. Each class feels really different, and places different demands on you. There's a huge learning curve, and while you may get lucky and win your very first game (as I did), I feel like I'm still learning after dozens and dozens of runs. I used to have to rest all the time as Silent, and feel like I had to get lucky to win, and now I rarely rest and win 90+% of my low Ascension runs. What really made the game click, and greatly improved my success rate, is learning that I shouldn't build towards an archetype and should instead build towards the challenges. In Act 1 it's early attacks to deal with Gremlin Knob, in Act 2 it's AoE and scaling, and in Act 3 it's shoring up my deck and/or dealing with Raptormancer. Sometimes I end up with an archetype deck, but most of the time I don't. Once I felt like my deck was pretty weak because I didn't get any of the cards I normally look for, then realized that I had gone through all of Act 2 without taking any damage. Slay the Spire is amazing and incredibly well designed. Even after hundreds of hours, I'm still excited for each new run. The only downside is that it's very addictive, and every time I tell myself that I'll just play for 10-20 minutes, I end up getting hooked and "just one more turn"-ing myself until I've finished the 90 minute run.
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