Reviewers Liked
- Random assignments require adaptation
- Random generation doesn't dictate success
- Well designed cardbased combat
Reviewers Didn't Like
- Enemies could have been more varied
- Music is bland and repetitive
Slay The Spire
87
8.9
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A loving homage to a niche sub-genre of days gone past, Slay the Spire uses procedurally-generated challenges to keep its deck-building gameplay...
By CGM onKeep it simple stupid is a principle that more indie developers should probably be striving towards. Often I find myself enjoying a particular battle system or story narrative of a smaller budget game only to be turned off when it's clear that...
By nintendoworldreport.com onIf you've enjoyed playing deck-building card games and roguelikes in the past, you owe it to yourself to give Slay the Spire a try. It might take a bit to fully wrap your head around the game's concept, but once it click, it's addicting. Now's also a...
By gamecrate.com onIt's all been been sharpened and focused though Early Access, and there's something lovely about paying for a card-battler up-front, too, and knowing that all the game's trinkets are inside the box waiting to be unlocked through play and play alone. The higher you go up the spire, the deeper the pleasures that await, but even if you're a casual like me, this is gorgeous stuff, beautiful, precise and filled with dark delights.
By EuroGamer onSlay the Spire is a fascinating fusion of genres that are often known for their lack of accessibility and niche appeal, but it defies those notions and provides a playground of variation and wonder where the next discovery is always right around the corner. Instead of being dismayed when a boss lands an alpha strike that blasts you back to the beginning, it’s an inspiring call to start climbing again with new choices, new decisions, and maybe just a little bit of luck.
By GameInformer onSlay the Spire takes some of the best parts of deckbuilding games, roguelikes, and dungeon crawlers and mixes them into a wholly new and extremely satisfying package. It encourages experimentation, gives you time to make mistakes, and will challenge you...
By ap.ign.com onA strategically deep deckbuilder that, with any luck, has spawned a brilliant new...
By PC Gamer onThe journey up the spire is often gruelling – a single tricky fight can send you crawling desperately for the next rest site, while an unfortunate draw can cripple an entire run. But for all of its cruelty, Slay the Spire's brutal give and take has...
By pcgamesn.com onIn a 1997 column originally published in the Chicago Tribune, writer Mary Schmich wrote, 'Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind. The race is long and, in the end, it's only with yourself.'20 years later, it's hard to imagine she was talking...
By Bit-tech.net onSlay the Spire wirkt auf den ersten Blick unscheinbar. Doch bereits nach wenigen Durchläufen merkte ich, dass hinter der wenig einladenden Grafik ein unglaublich abwechslungsreiches und motivierendes Kartenspiel steckt. Wirklich jeder Run entwickelt...
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