However, once you've beaten Act 3 with all four characters, a new mode unlocks, and it becomes possible to gain access to Act 4, where the final boss is the corrupt heart of the Spire. I took the Faustian bargain, though, because I also had a card that would allow me to increase my maximum hit points when I used it to kill an enemy.Įach play-through features Acts 1 through 3, with progress starting over once the final boss in Act 3 is slain. The trade-off was that going forward, my maximum health would be halved. In one play-through, I had the choice to replace my starting "Strike" cards for stronger vampiric cards that heal health. Often, powerful upgrades come with significant downsides. No two runs are the same, because the enemies encountered, and cards and relics found, are random each time. The fun in "Slay the Spire" is that every play-through starts the same way but quickly veers into a unique experience. And just to make the game even more random, there are also ways to acquire the cards (and thus special abilities) of other characters. In addition to cards for each character, there are also neutral cards that can be obtained. Playing a character more unlocks more cards and relics for its class, giving a wider array of options on future play-throughs. The Watcher is a monk-like character that uses battle stances to temporarily double or even triple damage output (at the risk of taking increased damage herself). Its gameplay style is different from the Ironclad and the Silent - rather than applying burst damage to take out enemies, the Defect plays defense while slowly building card synergy and power. The Defect is an automaton equipped with four types of orbs that offer various abilities. At the start of each combat, the Silent draws an extra two cards. The Silent is a rogue-theme huntress with low hit points that focuses on defense and on stacking poison attacks to deal progressively more damage. His starting relic has him heal hit points after every encounter. The Ironclad boasts the highest hit points and is a warrior type - solid offense and defense, and the ability to increase his strength and add more damage to his attacks. Each of the four playable characters has its own style of gameplay, with an innate starting relic and a deck of basic cards tailored to that character. There are four playable characters: the Ironclad, the Silent, the Defect and the Watcher.
The passive abilities include giving the player extra energy every combat turn, improving rewards, making elite bosses weaker and many others. When the player runs out of cards, the discard pile is shuffled back into the deck.Īfter defeating an enemy, the player earns rewards - options such as adding a new card to the deck, a one-time use potion, gold for use in a shop, and even relics, which grant powerful passive abilities for the remainder of the game. At the end of the player's turn, the remainder of the hand goes into the discard pile, the monster takes its turn and then a new hand is drawn.
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