Whoa there, Buster. That's a flag on the

play. Five-yard penalty, unnecessary

frowning. Let's try and fix that

attitude now, shall we? There is a game

that just came out a few days ago,

that's got everyone smiling, it seems,

to the tune of over 550,000

concurrent players at its peak. Slay the

Spire 2. I've pumped about 12 hours

directly into the ass of this game and

I've only just now scratched the

surface. It is contentrich. So much meat

on the bones. And for only $22, I think

it is. Let me Let me double check. I We

have technology right at my fingertips.

I can't remember if it's 22 or $25. And

it looks like it is $25, which I think

is a great deal because for the price of

a single big arch burger from

McDonald's, you can instead get well

north of 12 hours worth of content. In

12 hours, I have only just now completed

a run with the five main characters,

Ironclad, Silent, Regent, Necroinder,

and Defect. So 12 hours, and I have

completed one run with each of these

five characters. So, I've completed five

total runs in 12 hours, which is

nothing. That's basically completing the

the tutorial for each of these

characters. Like, I'm through the

introduction on each of these

characters, more or less. I'm only just

now getting to my ascensions, which if

you're not familiar with Slay the Spire,

ascension is what you do after you

complete your first base run going

through the three acts. There is so much

content. So, I think it's a great price

point for how much content you get. And

I know I've kind of already whole hog

both cheeks out dove into like my

impressions of the game thus far. It's

very positive. I think the game is

extraordinary and that's probably no

surprise to any of you that follow my

gaming channel, which all of you should

be following the gaming channel, Moist

Critical Gaming. I've got numerous

videos up for Slay the Spire 2. I am

loving it. So, I wanted to give you my

review of the game after 12 hours so far

because a lot of people are seeing the

headlines about how popular this game is

and how much it's been, you know, going

ballistic out there and wondering, well,

is the game good. Does it live up to the

hype? And I'm here to tell you that yes,

I think it does live up to the hype. I

really think this is something very

special. If you played the first Slay

the Spire, you know exactly what you're

going to be getting in Slay the Spire 2,

but everything is improved. the visuals.

I also really like the new characters.

Regent and Necrobinder I think are

extremely fun with very very cool

mechanics. A lot of the cards have been

improved. I think they've done a great

job with Slay the Spire 2 across the

board. There's nothing in here I think

was like fumbled or lessened. I think

everything has only been heightened and

has been made even better. Now, for

those of you unfamiliar with Slay the

Spire, I'll go ahead and lay the

groundwork here, the the foundation

here, hit you with the foreplay. Uh, it

is a deck building roglike game, which I

know in the current landscape are a dime

a dozen. You can go on Steam right now

and dumpster dive finding 40 of those

released over the last two

weeks. Rogue likes have become the new

wave, the new hotness. And I know

everything is hamfisting roglike

mechanics into everything, but Slay the

Spire is like the OG deck building

rogike that blew up many moons ago. And

the sequel, I think they carry that

momentum and show why they're still like

the best in the business when it comes

to this genre. I really think they

nailed the formula. And there's just no

other game I think that does it this

well. I think Slay the Spire is to deck

building games what boobies are to

happiness. the goat. Now, if you know

nothing about deck building games, deck

building rogue likes or anything, I'll

just break it down to the bare bones.

You will choose a character and each

character plays vastly different from

one another. They have access to

different cards and they utilize

different mechanics and they also have a

different starting relic. And relics are

something that you collect throughout

your runs to try and juice your in

order to, you know, gear your build the

way you'd like it to go or, you know,

all kinds of different things. There are

just so many

different variations. There are so many

different cards and combinations and

strategies. It is just endlessly

replayable. You go through act one, two,

and three, killing a bunch of enemies,

which will give you other cards. You'll

have potions that you can utilize in in

the middle of combat. You'll get relics

and you will always be changing your

build around. No runs ever really play

the same, even if you try and do like

the same thing. For example, if you're

playing Necrobinder and you want to

focus, laser focus on Doom, you will

never have like the same Doom run every

single time cuz the relics will always

change, the cards you get will always

change, the enemies you encounter will

change. It's just so fun. There

is just endless depth to this game and I

can easily see this being like hundreds

of hours to like really minmax

everything and just fully

complete everything this game has to

offer. In Slay Spire 1, A20, Ascension

20 was like the max challenge there. Uh,

I'm not deep enough into Slay the Spire

2 to know if that's still the case here.

Maybe there's even more. I'm not sure.

I'm trying to do most of this blind

because I think it's much more enjoyable

to go in there and like fully just have

things, you know, golden shower

on top of you as as fresh as they can

be. So, I've been really enjoying like

learning everything through trial and

error, discovering things. It's just

it's been so fun and I am only just now

at like the very tippity top of the

surface here of how much content this

game has. IC. I'm playing it daily for

multiple hours a day. It's so good. So,

I truly do think Slay Spire 2 lives up

to the hype. I know this was many years

in the making. It was worth the wait.

$25 for this much content, I think, is a

great price point. I love to see things

like that. I know I glazed and commended

Hollow Night Silk Song for something

very similar where you get so many many

hours of content for a low price

compared to like AAA games where you'll

pay like 70 or Lord help us, God forbid,

but unfortunately even $80 sometimes for

like a you know 6-hour game or

something, right? Like I think this is

just so refreshing. It's super nice and

also very it's a game you can enjoy with

your friends. Slay the Spire 2 has

multiplayer. I just tried it for the

first time last night with my buddy

Ryan. But it has, I think, fourplayer

co-op, so you can have a run with your

friends, too. And they scale it up so

that way it's not just like a full-blown

steamroll. Like, there is a

challenge to it. Granted, of course,

since there's more of you, there is more

flexibility. So, you probably will have

an easier time. Like, if you're

struggling by playing solo, I know a lot

of new players have found it kind of

punishing, which it is, and I appreciate

that. I think it's a good thing. It

doesn't hold your hand and put the

training wheels on or clobber you with

sockum boppers. It's giving you the raw,

you know, knuckle sandwich. And I think

that's wonderful. And it will enable you

to get better over time as you keep

doing runs and figuring out better

synergies and what cards work for what

builds. It it it is just a game that I

think is just a joy start to finish. And

like I said, the multiplayer is like a

really nice cherry on top cuz playing

with friends is a lot of fun. I had a

great time playing with Ryan and I

imagine it's even better playing it in a

four stack. I bet that goes

ballistic. I don't have any real

complaints. Like there's nothing in the

game that I was like disappointed by. I

will say that there are some cards in

here that are utterly useless. Just pure

poop ass. Like you will never take them

in a run. And if you do, you will feel

like an idiot for it. There are just

some genuinely awful, terrible cards in

here that I think could use a little,

you know, sprucing up, a little tuning

on. But for the most part, I think they

do a good job with all the cards having

a place and a role to serve and a

function. Some cards obviously are much

better than others. But yeah, that's

always going to be the case. There's

always going to be some cards that need

a little tweaking, balancing, but I

think just off rip here, they've done a

really good job balancing things.

Silent, I believe, is probably the

strongest character in the game right

now, but even then, I don't really think

it's busted. Like, I don't think there's

anything about Silent that makes it just

like a complete cakewalk every single

time. Like, you still need to activate

neurons. It doesn't play itself. So,

like I I have no problem with that being

like the best character right now. And I

still think it's in a good state overall

in terms of balance. So, I'm very happy

with Slay Spire 2. I'm really happy to

see that it's doing so well right now.

Over half a million concurrent players

at peak is amazing. That's an incredible

accomplishment and I'm glad to see it

holding so strong. Still over 200,000

players every single day. That's great.

Hats off to the team. They knocked it

out of the park. I just wanted to give

you this little review as I continue to

play through it and of course post more

uh of my runs on the on the Moist

Critical Gaming channel. And uh really

that's about it. Dip.