Posted on: June 3, 2024
rex_butler
验证所有者游戏: 115 评论: 70
Decent, but there is better available
I have finally got around to playing Slay the Spire (StS), and I must say it's a decent game. I've been drawn to card-battler games over the past year, and many people have said that this one is foundational to the genre. After playing for several hours, I can see its influence in other games. However, at this point, there are much better games available, even if they are inspired by StS. In essence, these kinds of games follow a gameplay loop: start with a deck of cards, use them to fight battles, get more cards that make you slightly more powerful, and do it all again in hopes of making a little bit more progress than last time--and to unlock more cards, of course. Done right, the loop can be quite addicting, as games like Monster Train and Ring of Pain have shown. However, to me, StS lacks lasting appeal for a few reasons. Although it is simple enough to get into and understand, runs are very similar, and very few of your enemies are memorable. Also, after the first spire, the difficulty jumps significantly, to the point that the game becomes an obvious grind. At that point, I was not sure if my losses were a matter of RNG or predetermined by the game program itself. Also, some will like the nonsensical characters and art style of the game, which seems to be an appeal to very young gamers and the Dr. Seuss crowd. I found it merely tolerable and not enough to keep me playing after the difficult spike on the second spire. At this point (mid-2024), StS is like the grandfather of card-battler games: still recognizable as an ancestor of the genre, but a bit old and outdated. To put it differently, it's a good checkers game, even though all but the most casual players have long since graduated to chess. I got this cheap ($6), so I'm not really disappointed. Anyhow, I can now say that I've played StS and given it a chance--before promptly uninstalling it and going back to higher quality fare such as Monster Train, Ring of Pain, Trials of Fire, Forced Showdown, etc.
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