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Slay the Spire will release from Early Access on January 23, 2019

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    determinism
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    I played another deck-building roguelike before this one called Monster Slayers. I believe it was a solo dev project because it was much less polished. It had a similar meta based on...

    I played another deck-building roguelike before this one called Monster Slayers. I believe it was a solo dev project because it was much less polished. It had a similar meta based on purging/replacing junk cards and/or upgrading them.

    When I exhausted the playability of that one, I was still looking for deck-building roguelikes and tried out Guild of Dungeoneering. It looked really neat, in addition to drawing cards for abilities, you would also draw for dungeon tiles. Unfortunately, I couldn't get into it. The combat seemed completely 1 dimensional and the dungeon building wasn't an interesting mechanic.

    Finally, I came across this game. It had all of the features that I enjoyed in Monster Slayers, but it was well polished, challenging, and the mechanics were well balanced. It's possible to build super powerful decks in this game but the monster difficulty scales pretty sharply. The thing that really makes the game shine in my opinion is the Relic system. These are basically passive abilities that you collect throughout the run. Some of them are incredibly powerful depending on how you leverage their buffs and debuffs. The relic system adds an incredible replay value to the game. Even after beating it several times with each character, running across this thread has inspired me to install it again.

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    1. tunneljumper
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      Guild of Dungeoneering is a really cool idea but bad execution imo. By the time you get to the second world every dungeon is essentially a dice roll because you'll often die to the first NPC...

      Guild of Dungeoneering is a really cool idea but bad execution imo. By the time you get to the second world every dungeon is essentially a dice roll because you'll often die to the first NPC because they're super op. You never even get a chance to make choices to build your deck.

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    thisonemakesyouthink
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    Ooh, STP is at the top of my wishlist right now (and I'll probably get some giftcards for it on Christmas), so I'm excited and kind of nervous of any massive changes. Also, I thought this game...

    Ooh, STP is at the top of my wishlist right now (and I'll probably get some giftcards for it on Christmas), so I'm excited and kind of nervous of any massive changes. Also, I thought this game would be really good for touch controls on the switch but so far there's been nothing in that arena to my knowledge, which is a shame.

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      Gaywallet
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      Literally the first thing I checked for when I heard about this game was whether it was coming to the switch. It's weird how I prioritize buying games like this on the switch, given how much time...

      Literally the first thing I checked for when I heard about this game was whether it was coming to the switch. It's weird how I prioritize buying games like this on the switch, given how much time I actually spend on the computer.

      Whether it uses the touch controls or not, I'm waiting for the switch port. Unfortunately it means I will probably pay more than it's current price but what can ya do.

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        thisonemakesyouthink
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        The Switch has kind of just become an exclusives machine for me because for starters the hardware just isn't there, I can't do 30 FPS. Plus, I prefer mouse and keyboard for almost all games. I...

        The Switch has kind of just become an exclusives machine for me because for starters the hardware just isn't there, I can't do 30 FPS. Plus, I prefer mouse and keyboard for almost all games. I wouldn't buy it on the switch probably, but I thought it could be cool and I might buy a second copy for on the go play.

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          Gaywallet
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          Oh is this port locked at 30? That's a shame. A lot of ports have been able to push 60. This game didn't look that graphically intensive.

          Oh is this port locked at 30? That's a shame. A lot of ports have been able to push 60. This game didn't look that graphically intensive.

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          1. thisonemakesyouthink
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            I mean I don't know it would be 30, but either way I know that I can get better performance out of my PC. If it could get 60 on the Switch it could 90 or more out of my PC. Plus, handheld mode is...

            I mean I don't know it would be 30, but either way I know that I can get better performance out of my PC. If it could get 60 on the Switch it could 90 or more out of my PC. Plus, handheld mode is 720p I believe as well.

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  3. moocow1452
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    I love this game and it would be especially amazing on a mobile device. Especially since the game is built in Java already and they were able to port to switch.

    I love this game and it would be especially amazing on a mobile device. Especially since the game is built in Java already and they were able to port to switch.

    2 votes
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      Deimos
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      I had quite a bit of trouble winning with The Silent too, I think I probably had at least 10 failed runs before finally winning one. If I remember right, I ended up doing it with a very...

      I had quite a bit of trouble winning with The Silent too, I think I probably had at least 10 failed runs before finally winning one. If I remember right, I ended up doing it with a very block-heavy deck that built up a ridiculous amount of defense with some things that would allow it to persist between turns (like the Blur card).

      3 votes
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        1. MimicSquid
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          Something that can help a lot is just a little bit of poison in a block deck. If you can get an upgraded noxious fumes going early in the fight it’ll do a ludicrous amount of damage for the 1...

          Something that can help a lot is just a little bit of poison in a block deck. If you can get an upgraded noxious fumes going early in the fight it’ll do a ludicrous amount of damage for the 1 energy it takes to play.

          1 vote
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      tunneljumper
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      Funny enough, the Silent is far and away my best character (currently on Ascension 7) but I still struggle a lot with the Defect.

      Funny enough, the Silent is far and away my best character (currently on Ascension 7) but I still struggle a lot with the Defect.

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        1. tunneljumper
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          I'll have to try that, to be honest I haven't really spent much time playing Defect. I like the sort of "stacking" that I can get with the Silent (building poison damage) and the Ironclad...

          I'll have to try that, to be honest I haven't really spent much time playing Defect. I like the sort of "stacking" that I can get with the Silent (building poison damage) and the Ironclad (building strength) and so far I'm trying to figure that out with the Defect. I'm still not as good with the exhaust meta on either character, I can win with the Silent but it has to be done in a specific way.

          2 votes