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Slay the Spire lasted most of my flight to Japan a couple years ago. On the deck it's extremely battery efficient.
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I bought it on my phone over the summer when we lost power for a week (I live in Texas). I couldn't consistently charge my phone, but Slay the Spire offered a much needed distraction for hours.
He can buy a deck of spicy cards for the wife, and I'm sorry for the kids. But the cat? Is there a creature more roguelike than a cat?
Trash Panda?
Honestly, it’s really good. As are Balatro (roguelike poker-like) and Fights in Tight Spaces (John Wick fight scene deckbuilder roguelike)
I haven't heard of Fights in Tight Spaces, but I'll check it out.
I slept on Slay the Spire for years because the description of it sounded so good it was like the developers were reading my diary, and I wasn't ready for that.
LOL. “The game you, yes specifically you, were born to play”. Psyched for the sequel, not going to lie
Well since you were born to play that game then the sequel must happen in the afterlife. "A game to die for" I guess
Game 1 -born to play
Game 2 - a game to die for
Game 3 - afterlife reincarnation loop!
Love it! Great idea dude!
This reincarnation loop definitely needs roguelike elements. Every playthrought is just born-crusehed by capitalism-die.
Ok. The guy is crazy with his kids. Whatever the kids imagine, thats the game. My niece once told me we were playing "Twinkle Spiral". Then we held out our arms spin in a circle while running around the room spinning. It's been 10 years, and apperently I won. I still have no idea what the game even was.
The cat he's just being lazy. You put some double sided sticky take down on the floor in the shape of a maze. Then you keep the toy upwards, so the cat is always looking up. Now you guide the cat so she never looks down, and navigates the maze while not stepping on the tape.
And his wife? Well she's just a prude. A card based system could TOTALLY spice up the bedroom. Oh, you drew this card. Lets see what you gotta do. Looks like you're getting tied up and tickled for 10 minutes. Ok, my turn to draw a card. Looks like I gotta lick your butthole until you cum.....and you're still tied up, so you can't help! Ohh nooooooooo..........slurp slurp slurp
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Guy is at +14 for me, even though I dish out plenty of negatives as well.
No idea what "Slay the Spire" is so I had to look it up:
https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/slay-the-spire-switch/
Cartoon makes more sense now!
Wow, that's pretty incredible that it hadn't reached you all these years. Slay the Spire's predecessor is Dream Quest, which, in combination with the tabletop card game Dominion, spawned a whole subgenre of deck-building games.
Indies' Lies, Pirates Outlaws, Monster Train, Tainted Grail: Conquest, Griftlands, and so many more are all direct descendants of StS. It was as revolutionary to indie gaming as FTL: Faster Than Light and Doukutsu Monogatari (Cave Story) were in their respective genres.
So there's a little bit of indie gaming history for you.
Yeah, I don't have the energy to sift through 500 garbage indie games to find the one gem. ;) As a rule, I don't bother with indie titles.
That's ironic because I've generally gotten way more enjoyment out of specific indie games than AAA. Whatever floats your boat, I s'pose.
Oh hello the-exact-opposite-of-me lmao
All of those games mentioned slap harder than 95% of the AAA games released in the past ten years imo and you could buy six for what a AAA game costs these days.
The trick is to pay attention to reviews and not waste time on the garbage. When a game is 97% recommended out of 150,000+ reviews it might be worth checking out.
Yeah, you can't trust those others because troll reviews will vote up "click the duck".
It's on pretty much every platform, including GOG for those who want DRM-free, and even has a native Linux version.
It also goes on sale quite frequently for like 66% off. Definitely worth picking up at sale price.
It also goes on sale quite frequently for like 66% off. Definitely worth picking up at sale price.
For anyone already using using these services its also included in both Game Pass and PS+ Extra at the moment.