Current Events > Slay the Spire 2 reveal trailer

(+) Yeah! (+)

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=krDFltgjLtE

RIP Defect.

Best news I've seen all year. Slay the Spire is one of my favorite games of all time.

Excellent

Fuck YES!

I found Slay the Spire after playing that Steamworld card game and really enjoying it. I have to admit that I have only ever won once and that was a poison build with the one guy.

I'm excited for a new one but I already know I'm going to suck.

No Defect = no buy. Not really, but it was my favorite character to play as. Cool to see the Silent and maybe the Ironclad return though. And of course the game in general. Also I do love me a scythe, so skelly looks cool.

sweet

Nice

I loved the game, but it got old after a while and I never was good enough to kill the final boss, so never even tried.

I just disliked how there were seemingly meta builds that were instant wins and it was near impossible to win with a different build. Like Warrior whirlwind/str buffs = gg, but trying something else would normally equate to a loss.

Never did play much of the 4th character.

Well there goes another 1300 hours of my life.

I enjoyed watching Vinny play the first game and bought it for my SO but she never ended up playing it but one time, so I played it and liked it but was never any good at it. So I'll just watch Vinny play this one as well but probably not buy it for myself.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2868840/Slay_the_Spire_2/

Seems like a weird kind of game to have a sequel per SE but I guess if the cards and enemies are different, it could be a lot of fun.

I always got my ass kicked in StS1, but it never stopped me from trying again. I've lost my last like 80 (I'm serious) A2 runs but literally every time it felt fair.

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same, it doesn't even come out in early access until next year.

Move over Silksong, this is now my most anticipated game. Especially since it will probably be out before Silksong lol.

Yamata_Demon posted...

Best news I've seen all year. Slay the Spire is one of my favorite games of all time.

It's also one of the cheapest games of all time. Monster Train is much more my speed

But I love Slay The Spire as well, so I'm 100% getting this

I managed to beat the final boss in StS a few times but I get too impatient for that kind of game and don't think my moves through enough >_>

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A couple shots later you see another angle. It seems to be the vajra relic.

Awesome!

I hope the animation is massively improved

Roguelike deckbuilders belong in the garbage

Crimsoness posted...

Roguelike deckbuilders belong in the garbage

Just because you don't like them doesn't mean other people can't enjoy them.

Seriously, coming into a topic shitting over people's excitement about a sequel to a game they like is immature as hell.

Crimsoness posted...

Roguelike deckbuilders belong in the garbage

This might be the worst thing you've ever said

this must be an intimidating thing to work on / announce

they're basically the originators of the genre and also the best game in the genre, they have a ton to live up to (which they already sort of failed last attempt when they added the watcher)

kirbymuncher posted...

they already sort of failed last attempt when they added the watcher

the watcher is really fun tho

the watcher is a busted design where optimal play is very linear and boring yet very strong and the majority of the cardpool is just terrible

Likely be game of the year for me. Defect was my least favorite character and i love scythes so i definitely like how things are looking.

TheFalseDeity posted...

Likely be game of the year for me. Defect was my least favorite character and i love scythes so i definitely like how things are looking.

I just fooled around with Defect today and ended up with this deck. I beat a few of the elites in 1 turn, and the heart in 4 turns. I didn't put the rest of the deck because of file size limits, but I also have two Seek cards, two Zaps, and two Holograms, all upgraded.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/2/2d1e6fdb.jpg

Yes it's only Accession 1 but I just put the game on my phone and I'm working my way up the rankings. Defect has the most unique builds and is the most fun for me. Ironclad and the Silent have like 2 good strategies each.

kelemvor posted...

I just fooled around with Defect today and ended up with this deck. I beat a few of the elites in 1 turn, and the heart in 4 turns. I didn't put the rest of the deck because of file size limits, but I also have two Seek cards, two Zaps, and two Holograms, all upgraded.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/2/2d1e6fdb.jpg

Yes it's only Accession 1 but I just put the game on my phone and I'm working my way up the rankings. Defect has the most unique builds and is the most fun for me. Ironclad and the Silent have like 2 good strategies each.

A1 is the funnest level easily imo. Tis not a negative sir.

I pretty much only play IC and Silent these days. I like Watcher more than Defect but still pales compared to the original 2. Im not big on mixing up much though, pretty much always force Strength and Shiv builds. Plus Defect always felt weaker to me by far. Less general DPS and seems to be the character with the least benefits from relics. Was the hardest A20 clear for me of the four without question.

Would like to see a focus version of Shuriken/Kunai. Either way though if he and Watcher are truly cut im not personally too bothered. I do hope the character count goes beyond 4 this time though.

damn, early access 2025

kelemvor posted...

I just fooled around with Defect today and ended up with this deck. I beat a few of the elites in 1 turn, and the heart in 4 turns. I didn't put the rest of the deck because of file size limits, but I also have two Seek cards, two Zaps, and two Holograms, all upgraded.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/2/2d1e6fdb.jpg

Yes it's only Accession 1 but I just put the game on my phone and I'm working my way up the rankings. Defect has the most unique builds and is the most fun for me. Ironclad and the Silent have like 2 good strategies each.

that's nuts. I think the most Claws I ever got was 4 or 5

ClayGuida posted...

I just disliked how there were seemingly meta builds that were instant wins and it was near impossible to win with a different build. Like Warrior whirlwind/str buffs = gg, but trying something else would normally equate to a loss.

That's not true. You're just not experienced enough. You gotta learn THE SYNERGIES, KNOW THE SPIRE, and BLOCK. Before you can get any type of scaling going, you need to block. You can't face tank every hallway fight and smash them with your strength. You'll die before reaching the boss. You also can't rely on the game having to give you the cards you know.
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/d/d3086703.jpg
This is the run I did just now. I haven't played in months and thought I'd be rusty, but I did A20H no problem.

Act 1 boss was Slime Boss, so I grabbed fire breathing and evolve. Slime Boss spits slimes into your deck, and fire breathing and evolve both make use of that. Evolve draws more cards if you draw a status and fire breathing does damage if you draw a status or curse. That easily took care of act 1.

Then I grabbed Pandora's Box because your strikes and defends are generally always garbage. From there, I built my deck around PBox. It was a pretty solid box, aside from the clash.

Exhaust is Ironclad's strongest mechanic. He has a lot of cards and powers revolving around it.

In my deck, Dark Embrace + Power Through + Second Wind were the cores of my deck. Basic combo of 2 energy gives 25 block and 2 draw MINIMUM.

Act 2 offered me Tiny House, Snecko's Eye, and Cursed Bell. Snecko's Eye could be good because of all my high cost cards, but I took the bell. Not because of the synergy with fire breathing (fire breathing is kinda garbage, but it's good against slime boss lol), but because Power Through + Second Wind were hard carrying and I couldn't risk a turn when they would both cost 2.

Other synergies I abused:
Pellets + Panic Button = Panic Button provided free block and I could remove the debuff with pellets.
Pellets + Speed Potion = Easy 5 dexterity after clearing the dex removal debuff. I abuse this mechanic a lot. I grabbed the speed potion and saved it for the heart. It gave my basic block combo an additional 15 block MINIMUM.
Abacus + Deep Breath = Draw 1 + 6 block for 0 energy. 11 block with the dex buff.
Champion's Belt + Thunderclap = easy 1 energy vulnerable and weakness. Generally I would never take Thunderclap otherwise.
Demon Form + Reaper = Full Health if you get the right fight and can block until your strength is high enough to fully heal off of reaper. Allows you to do more at fires, but again, power through + second wind is what allows the stalling.

And what would've made my deck even more busted is Feel No Pain or Body Slam. But I never came across either, and sometimes that's how it is. You gotta play and plan with what you're given! Also, make sure you skip cards! Sometimes card rewards are garbage and don't help you in anyway.

Ironclad is probably the most versatile of the characters. There are so many different ways to build a deck that work, even on Ascension 20 with Heart kills.

All the characters have many ways to win though. Build your deck around the cards and relics that you have, and what you know you will be facing. Don't get a specific archetype in mind before you start.

man you had some insane luck with A1 relics lol

2025 will be a crazy year for games

i never played the original yet, should I

Rika_Furude posted...

i never played the original yet, should I

it's worth a try if you're at all interested in deckbuilders and aren't immediately turned off when you hear roguelite. it essentially invented the genre and spawned legions of copycats but none of them measure up to the original imo

The only thing I had wished for the original game was for it to have been more story driven, such as the tale in Dante's Inferno.

https://imgur.com/gallery/DfEbI

One would fight through purgatory in an attempt to ascend into everlasting grace.

There would also be biblically accurate angels. :P

Great news. Time to put a bunch of hours into this.

TheFalseDeity posted...

I pretty much only play IC and Silent these days.

That's pretty much what I do too. Aside from when I can get a Frost + Focus heavy deck going, I usually don't really enjoy playing as the Defect. And while I like the Watcher, I rarely play as her these days because I feel she's makes the game too easy more often than not.

kirbymuncher posted...

it's worth a try if you're at all interested in deckbuilders and aren't immediately turned off when you hear roguelite. it essentially invented the genre and spawned legions of copycats but none of them measure up to the original imo

Honestly, I hate Roguelike with a burning passion

But Slay the Spire is a definite exception.