Developer: Mega Crit Games
Publisher: Mega Crit Games
Release: January 23th, 2019
On: Windows, OSX, Linux
From: Steam, Humble
Price: 19.49, $25, 21
It s not often I get to play a game for 187 hours before reviewing it. Hell, it’s not often I play a game for 187 hours. Deck-building, singleplayer roguelite Slay The Spire, which gets a full release today after just over a year in early access, has me on its hook.
Traditionally, I look at a number like that and hate myself so much time wasted pursuing incremental item upgrades in an MMO or Diablolike, or, God help me, watching pretend numbers go eternally up in a clicker game. A number like that generally means I lost myself to something unhealthy, like a toddler set loose in a ball-pit full of popping candy. And so I snarl at myself in the mirror, and swear myself off such practices for life. Until the next time.
I look at those 187 hours in Slay The Spire and I don t feel that way. I feel… pride? I think all that time, and I m still not tired of this wonderful toy. Do it again, do it again!
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