There's a lot to like about this game. It's like Game of Thrones, the TV show, in that it has tons of cool ideas, and falls totally flat on execution. According to the developers, there's a huge translation patch coming in September. You should definitely, 100% wait for that patch. The game is agony right now. Not only are there tons of awkward misclicks that happen because of stuttery, unresponsive battle buttons, but the terrible translation leads to constantly getting things wrong. Here's an example. I found two cards. One of them said, and I quote, "Deal 30 damage to enemy." The other card also said "Deal 30 damage to enemy." Alright. So it deals 30 damage to an enemy. No problem. I attack with one, and oh! It deals 30 damage to ALL enemies. That's a pretty big deal. The other one dealt 30 damage to one enemy as expected, but the identical wording and only difference being 1 mana cost vs 2 mana cost made me wonder, "How in the hell are these cards different?" The game doesn't o...

Overall ★★★★☆ (4/5) Recommended for people who are seeking strategy games! I bought this game 2days ago and played for a while. Literally, couldn’t stop playing it. Very interesting game play due to interconnection between hero abilities, card, and enemy special ability. I just got into 3rd stage without much investing into mastery (which you don’t lose even if you die). I highly recommend to people who love strategy challenges. I hope to see more updates with interesting heroes, cards, and enemies. So far, I played 3 heroes, and it’s been lot of fun in each hero play. (It seems there are more than 10 heroes available, but I could unlock about 5heroes so far). Pro -Turn based strategy game -Rogue-like: maps change every time you play again. Various events triggered. -Old RPG-like: teammates, skills, gold, upgrade, etc. -Unique Card / Hero style: It appears to be like SLS, but very different in terms of game play due to the hero skills and monster skills. -Replayable:...

At first, I was intrigued by the idea of party-based Slay the Spire gameplay, but the experience showed its weaknesses in the first few hours. Another review cited "great idea, clumsy execution" and I wholeheartedly agree. PROS - Great visuals - Interesting gameplay that is less like Slay the Spire as might initially appear CONS - Loose balancing. The base values of Slay the Spire are fairly low, which, in turn, helps keep volatility low. When you die in StS, it tends to be over multiple battles which gives you time to course correct. In this game, RNG swings wide and will cripple you in a single bad turn. - Healing is less stingy than StS, but there are so many sources of unblockable damage, you'll certainly need it. - Card descriptions and rules are hazy and inconsistent. Rollovers sometimes don't exist if you need a refresher. - Interface is junky. In addition to overly complicated methods for simple things (i.e. swapping a monster into your party involves multiple dropdown menus)...

Pros: - Good variety. There are plenty of cards, monsters, and heroes to utilize. - Fun core mechanics. You need to strategize and find synergies if you have any hope of winning. - Decent replayability due to unlocks and different heroes. - Consistent updates and patches. Cons: - Unpolished. Certain animations are lacking sounds, the UI can be clunky, and the ending isn't done. I assume most of these issues will be resolved by the time the game is fully released. - Unbalanced. A lot of the cards are just not very powerful and I find myself skipping most card rewards as the options are all trash. Certain abilities, specifically evasion, have the ability to be completely broken late game. - Way too grindy. You are rewarded for clearing every tile on a map with no time constraints forcing you to progress. It took me 5 hours to do a complete run as the first hero which is too long for a roguelike. - Bad localization. English translations range from weird to unreadable. Some of the cards ...

Very primitive card game. The whole game is a big war of attrition where you will be thrown against waves and waves of enemies with very limited option to heal and upgrade.

Good idea, bad execution. The game is slow and clunky. The interface has a ton of excess clicks, presumably to accommodate navigating using a controller. The artwork is good but the general aesthetic is a matter of taste. While it does some things that Slay The Spire doesn’t, everything they both do Slay The Spire does much better.

I've played StS over 100 hours and was looking for an alternative... I've just tasted this game for a few hours, but I'm getting convinced myself that this is the one!!

Needs a way to speed up battles. Needs Balancing. Needs Translation Improvements. Needs to add variety or diversity to the current setup so that each run doesn't feel the same. Those are just suggestions for improvement b/c EA and whatnot...still even without all that it's still well above average game with tons of unlockables etc. and I'll give it a 7.3 out of 10 as it is today.

Game is not very well balanced. Insanely hard to unlock new characters. If you like this style of game Slay the Spire is a better bang for your buck.

The game is good and has a lot of great ideas but this game needs to fix the difficulty.. This game is like Slay the Spire but 100x harder than it, needs to NERF the starting area and starting boss.. Game needs more rest spots that are not as expensive, since you make like 30-50 gold a battle and it cost 200 gold to heal just 50hp to allies. Having almost every enemy have poison(this ignores block) when they attack, this makes stay up on HP very difficult. You cant unlock new heros unless you beat the boss (dont heal after the boss either) and try and find a shop to buy one before u die and loss everything. IF THIS DOESN'T GET FIXED I WOULD NOT BE RECOMMENDING THIS GAME AT ALL! DONT BE LIKE ALL THESE NEW AAA GAMES THAT DONT LISTEN TO THEIR FANS!