@nessisonett Cheers! My memory has been a bit over the place recently, as I forgot my password to my work laptop yesterday, even though I had used it several times already that day! My laptop was then locked, I got a new password and then I randomly remembered my old password later that day! 🙃
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It’s been a couple of years since I played this last so it’s been a bit hard getting back into it. I’ve gotten to act 2 as three different characters and I still basically hate the game. I just don’t get it. Card games are fine physically but in video games they feel like you’re entirely dependant on RNG. With other roguelites like Isaac and Gungeon, they rely on skill mostly, with luck making runs easier or harder. With Slay the Spire, luck makes the run full stop. There’s no skill involved.
@JohnnyShoulder I'm going to give it a bash this week on the old xcloud 👍! Interested to see how I get on as like @nessionet, I haven't clicked with video game card games. I liked inscryption, which was a really interesting take on card games. Even then I got fed up of the RNG long before the end.
@R1spam@nessisonett Yeah I did fall of this rather quickly when I played it when it came in PS Now. Hope whoever plays it has a better time than I did.
@ThereThere No worries, hopefully next month the Game Clubs will be with you.
Life is more fun when you help people succeed, instead of wishing them to fail.
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt.
I’ve got this downloaded, it’s just I’m not sure when I’m ever going to find time to turn it on. I’m pretty curious. It definitely looks different than any other game I’ve ever played.
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”
Cheers for the tag but I'll probably sit this one out. If it's on game pass then I might fire it up for a quick go but it doesn't really look like my bag. I got tons of games on the go at the moment too and I just want to finish something 😅
Thanks for the info. I tried playing this when it went on Game Pass and couldn't get into it. Not really a fan of card games to be honest. Hope everybody else enjoys it though.
I’ve played Slay the Spire now for about 4-5 hours and I’ve liked it more than I thought I would. It has a slightly addictive battle system and requires a change in approach compared to the action heavy games I’ve been playing recently. It’s essentially turn based combat with the added randomness of card shuffling. The RNG can be frustrating, but it does stretch your strategizing skills and ability to adjust your tactics on the fly. Most of my deaths have been by a slim margin and if I’d have just got the right cards at the end I could have pulled it off.
I’ve defeated 3 different bosses — the Guardian, Hexaghost, and Slime Boss. I’ve played several runs with the IronClad, and then two runs with the Silent, and have unlocked the third character but haven’t tried them yet.
After playing a few runs over a handful of hours, the game does get a little repetitive though. I guess it’s the nature of rogue-likes but after gradually accumulating a large deck with upgraded abilities and then dying and having to start all over with 3 basic card types, I just had to take a break from the game. I can see dipping in and out of it though, between a main game.
Shout out to the creepy merchant. I like his comments.
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”
Just gave this one a go, defeated 2 consecutive bosses, then on my way to the third was defeated rather quickly. I'm guessing lots of dying and levelling up is required. It's quite a fun game, although a little more animation would be nice.
@LieutenantFatman I won on my second attempt with the Ironclad, which was my fourth attempt overall. It’s one of those games where it’s not really a ‘true’ win until you do other stuff though.
@nessisonett Yeah, I was a little confused as to where the game actually “ends” since it looked like there was more to it than running up through all the bosses. There’s the other challenge modes of course but it seems like this game has a lot going on even in the base game mode. Not to mention going for the platinum… eeesh, it has a 0.3% which is pretty low. I know a few of my games are down at 0.1% like RDR2 and Dreams, but that’s pretty rare.
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”
Looks like the platinum run is quite repetitive and could easily take well over a 100 hours so I can see why only a small percentage went for it. Not something I'm at all likely to attempt but it is good fun.
Managed to get to and defeat the final boss on my third attempt, my first go on using The Silent character. I'm guessing we're expected to win on a harder difficulty to get the definitive ending. Still enjoying the experience, it's quite moreish.
Played a few hours and it’s starting grow on me. I was interested to try out a genre I usually don’t play. After the first act I was almost ready to put it aside. But once I got more interesting cards, things started to turn around. Still not my top 3 genre, but I’m glad a gave it a try.
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