Thanks for the recommendation, never heard of this before.
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Have you tried Inscryption?
It’s a lot like slay the spire, but shit gets weird. (In a good way)
Aralakh@lemmy.ca 4 months ago
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 months ago
I love Inscryption very much but my favorite game the creator of Inscryption did is his previous game, “The Hex”. I recommend anyone reading this go in blind, don’t trust the screenshots you see on Steam, everything makes sense after less than an hour of playing and it gets so much more nuts and creative from there.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
Pony Island is also great. Everything that guy touches is great.
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 months ago
Pony island is the weakest of his games for me, but it’s still great, like you said! I’m SO PSYCHED for Pony Island 2!
The Hex is such a great and innovative game.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 months ago
I guess… I found the card game itself to be kind of bland. However, I will say that I never finished the game, and without spoilers (I honestly don’t really know specifics) I understand things get… Different. So maybe it gets better
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Yeah, you didn’t even get through the “tutorial.”
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 months ago
Maybe… That said, if the “tutorial” was boring as fuck and 8 hours long, then maybe it should be adjusted
smeg@feddit.uk 4 months ago
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 4 months ago
So both are card game rogue likes, but…
Slay is more like “shuffle a deck of cards and try your luck”
Inscryption is more “I’ve created some puzzles for you to solve.”
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
Inscryption is an interesting story designed around an interesting card game, and it ends when you finish the story. The devs other games work with this game to build a deeper world (The Hex, Pony Island, etc), and the lore of Inscryption goes pretty deep too, so look on YouTube for a breakdown once you finish and your mind will be blown.
Slay the Spire is a roguelike with a bit deeper mechanics, but incredibly shallow story (if you can call it that). There are multiple classes with different play styles, and you will likely take a different strategy each run depending on what cards you see.
I highly recommend both, but it depends on what excites you more, interesting story or replayability. Inscryption has horror elements in the storytelling, Slay the Spire is basically just a weird fantasy theme.
My preference is Inscryption, but I’m more into story than gameplay, all else being equal. Both are solid.
smeg@feddit.uk 4 months ago
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 months ago
Just as an alternate opinion, I found the actual card game itself, in Inscryption to be a bit shallow and bland. The most compelling part (of what I played, admittedly), was everything but the card game itself.
Your mileage may vary.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
Inscryption is a story driven deckbuilder with a number of puzzles you need to solve that aren’t directly related to the core game. The reason to progress the game is that you enjoy the story and want to see it unfold, not because you enjoy the deckbuilding gameplay. If you want an infinite mode of the deckbuilding gameplay, there’s a mod for that, but IMO it goes against the spirit of the story.
Slay the Spire has no story and the reason to progress is because you enjoy the gameplay. Winning unlocks a new character, and winning with each character unlocks more difficult bosses.
If you want to play a great deckbuilder, play Slay the Spire, Balatro, or Monster Train. If you want to play a great game that happens to be a deckbuilder and will make you reflect, play Inscryption. All those games I mentioned are great, but I much prefer Inscryption and think about it far more often.