Slay the Spire 2 is one of the biggest releases of the year. Or it is if we consider early access a release and its indie status doesn’t stop us from giving it the credit it deserves. With spectacular numbers, glowing reviews and a steady stream of new content, it’s a game you can keep coming back to. And now it is even more so with its new update, the biggest to date. Which promises that you’ll be able to get dozens more runs out of the game.
A game with even more content
Update v0.113.0 entered beta today, and all players who want to try it can jump into it. It includes a new character, The Fool, and two new modes, Blitz and Dread. Which require a bit of explanation.
As for the new character, Meta Crit, the game’s developers, said in the patch notes “a crazy musician who wields a bow! How can such an extravagant creature survive inside the Spire? That’s up to you! We expect to make lots of content and balance changes before the Fool is ready for the main branch. And, more importantly, have fun discovering all the strategies and the story of this kindly bard. It would be foolish not to do so!”. Though they haven’t given concrete details about his gameplay, surely to avoid spoiling the surprise.
Meanwhile, the game modes are very different from each other. Blitz is defined as “a condensed and chaotic mode centered on deckbuilding” where “the merchants’ wares feel a little strange, the map has disappeared and gold no longer matters“. As for Dread, they say it’s “a brutally difficult mode”, and to unlock it you’ll have to reach Ascension with each character. The Fool included. So it seems you’ll have to put in the hours to see all the content in this new update.
