Mega Crit has introduced Slay the Spire 2, the sequel to the wildly common indie that helped impressed a complete era of digital deckbuilders.
Revealed throughout the Triple-I Showcase on Wednesday, Slay the Spire 2 was proven in a brief trailer that appeared to substantiate the return of the Ironclad and Silent lessons whereas introducing a brand-new character — The Necrobinder. The official description for the new character reads, “A wandering lich who seeks to bind the forgotten corpse. Calls up on her trusty left hand, Osty in fight.”
Along with the trailer, Mega Crit included a number of gameplay screens, that are stylistically fairly much like the earlier recreation. Verify them out beneath.
First launched in 2019, Slay the Spire earned itself a big fanbase with its revolutionary mixture of roguelite mechanics, turn-based fight, and deckbuilding. In our authentic assessment we wrote, “[Slay the Spire] encourages experimentation, provides you time to make errors, and can problem you immensely as you navigate your manner by flooring after flooring of entertaining, puzzle-like fights. It’s an thought so good that it’s impressed a dozen video games prefer it earlier than it even left early entry, however is executed so effectively that none of them even come near matching it.”
Notably, Mega Crit was one in every of the builders to vocally condemn Unity’s short-lived set up payment coverage, threatening emigrate to a brand new engine until Unity’s adjustments have been “utterly reverted.” A Mega Crit consultant confirmed that Slay the Spire 2 has since absolutely migrated off Unity and can as a substitute use Godot — a free and open-source cross-platform engine.
Slay the Spire 2 is enter early entry someday in 2025. You could find all of the largest recreation launch dates for 2024 proper right here.
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