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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SZUtyYSOjQ

2019
PC, Switch, PS4, XB1

Slay the Spire is ostensibly a deck builder but it ends up feeling more like Binding of Isaac thanks to the seemingly infinite number of possible builds. Youre collecting randomized cards and building a deck but youre also collecting randomized relics that modify your character abilities in a hundred different ways. This game is all about taking in a ton of information and figuring out how to use those variables to their maximum advantage.

For example, you might be playing the Silent, a rogue/mage hybrid class that really thrives on poison damage and damage multipliers. Halfway through the run, though, you might gain some relics that do extra damage when you throw daggers at the enemy, forcing you to course correct your build to focus on a different kind of card. Your ability to be flexible and adjust on the fly is key to being good at this game. Its so easy to get bogged down trying to build one specific way and getting screwed in the process.

There are so many cool deck combinations in this game. Its kind of like Etrian Odyssey, where your class gets a handful of ability options and your job is to figure out how to synergize them together. There are three classes in STS (soon to be 4) and each of them has multiple reliable builds that you can aim for depending on what you get. Each run gets more and more addicting until youve suddenly lost 10 hours screwing around trying to get the perfect run.

And every time that finish a well-played or lucky run, the game ups the difficulty the next time out and screws with you just a little bit more. Bosses get more HP, you get less potion slots, you start with less than max HP, etc. Theres no beating Slay the Spire without a ton of struggle, and when you do it just gets worse. You can lose yourself playing this dumb little deck game and its super fun doing so.

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