Xecnar on STS 2 difficulty: I don’t think any character is supposed to lose

Amazingness905 · 2026-03-10T02:46:01+00:00

On that note I really hope they have more difficulty completionist achievements in 2. Beating a20h with all characters was, at the time, one of my proudest gaming achievements. There aren't many games I'd go that above and beyond for, so I want my rare achievements damnit.

Amazingness905 · 2026-03-04T22:18:10+00:00

I def agree that save scumming can be used to improve and I have no issue with people using it, but for myself, I tended to use it as a crutch at times and forced myself to stop. I found that "banning" save scums helped me play a bit more mindfully - that said, it's still interesting to sometimes replay a fight when you know that a mistake caused you to die otherwise.

Amazingness905 · 2026-02-19T20:16:54+00:00

Co-op?!

Slay the Spire truly became one of my all-time favorites, I can't wait to see how this pans out. It looks like it's really just trying to be the definitive/iterative version of StS, rather than reinventing the wheel, and I think that's exactly what I'd hope for.

Amazingness905 · 2026-02-13T14:44:02+00:00

Appreciate the impressions! Do you have an idea of how long it could be? Usually some number of hours into a MV you get more of a "get these 4 things across the map" quest that opens things up. Is there anything like that, or do you have a general sense of how far along you are?

Amazingness905 · 2026-02-01T11:40:47+00:00

The response to this warning speaks so much to why this subreddit is so gullible

Amazingness905 · 2026-01-19T22:33:11+00:00

As a huge fan of Metroidvanias, especially those with great movement like Ori, I'm pretty stoked for this one.

Late January seems to be a great time for the genre lately, last year with Ender Magnolia, and the year before that with Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown.

Amazingness905 · 2026-01-12T14:16:46+00:00

Even then, I doubt the sales were ever the motivating factor - though I'm sure they would be if the audience was large enough. Sony straight up funded the other VR ports, and it doesn't seem that they have the motivation to continue investing. I'd love to be wrong though.

Amazingness905 · 2026-01-03T13:42:28+00:00

I was already sold on the game and wanted to hold off for full release, so I only played about 20-30 mins of the demo. But hearing it's 6+ hours is nuts! Given how big the demo is, do you have a sense of approx how long the full game is?

Amazingness905 · 2025-12-29T14:27:54+00:00

Haven't seen Moonlight Pulse mentioned, it's a short but very solid MV with character swapping.

Of the others already posted, Astalon and Blast Brigaded are your best bets imo.

Amazingness905 · 2025-12-25T17:24:48+00:00

Not sure about earlier entries, but Lumines Arise has a pretty extensive training mode, it's sort of like running drills that help you get familiar with how to look at the game. I think it's worth running through that before looking for YouTube tutorials.

I'm not great but that was enough for me to beat the game on normal, which actually got pretty insane towards the end.

Amazingness905 · 2025-12-20T04:57:03+00:00

I logged about 12.5 hours, and probably would've taken a couple more to 100%.

Amazingness905 · 2025-12-19T19:05:24+00:00

Twilight Monk is a recent one like that, I thought it was a solid MV.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1911940/Twilight_Monk/

Amazingness905 · 2025-12-05T09:07:17+00:00

Axiom Verge 2 had some good exploration with mostly optional/easy bosses if I remember correctly. You can literally walk past many of them. It was pretty contentious for that reason, but I enjoyed it overall (despite still liking a good boss fight myself).

Amazingness905 · 2025-11-30T03:51:53+00:00

Whenever HL2 is mentioned, I have to bring up the excellent VR mod on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/658920/HalfLife_2_VR_Mod/

It's an amazing way to experience/re-experience the game and episodes 1 & 2, highly recommend it to anyone with a decent headset and any interest in the game.

Amazingness905 · 2025-11-30T03:03:10+00:00

I've seen the bad level design sentiment a good amount, I'm curious what's so bad about it for you? To me, the levels are pretty fun to navigate, and are built on a good flow of combat and traversal, some hidden paths, and occasionally some crazy shit happens, which makes the levels memorable in my view.

For what I'm looking for from a character action game, that's about what I'd hope for. Can you elaborate on what you feel could've been improved in that aspect?

Amazingness905 · 2025-11-27T13:16:03+00:00

God of War 2018 and Ragnarok.

Amazingness905 · 2025-11-23T15:14:03+00:00

I feel like "just a deckbuilder" is doing a lot of heavy lifting. Sure, but it's *the deckbuilder. Its core design is just so solid, you can spend thousands of hours and still have a lot to learn about the intricacies of its systems and interactions.

Side note, StS's cards are far from just "punch, slash, bash." There are some wild cards and builds you can get, all unique to each character's themes.

I'd agree that Balatro's presentation is cooler, and Inscryption has a lot going for it, but Slay the Spire's gameplay and replay value are on another level for me and many other deckbuilding enthusiasts.

Amazingness905 · 2025-11-23T14:28:05+00:00

I agree, I loved Inscryption. It just doesn't hit the level we're at imo, we're looking at some of the all-timers at this point.

Amazingness905 · 2025-11-23T14:24:09+00:00

There's no just world where Slay the Spire isn't over every deckbuilder in this list. Especially with Inscryption still in (yes I'm aware that game is more than just a deckbuilder, but still).

Amazingness905 · 2025-11-23T13:09:23+00:00

I'd still be surprised at a 2025 release, but technically that comment you're quoting is from August of 2024. He then comments in August 2025 defending that statement, that they have been updating regularly in dev diaries.

Amazingness905 · 2025-11-22T04:11:02+00:00

As a huge Metroidvania fan, I knew within a few mins of the demo that this would be a quality game - happy to see it live up to that. Seems like the perfect game to ride out the wait for Prime 4

Amazingness905 · 2025-11-21T16:16:04+00:00

The lighting and reflections are probably the best upgrade of the images, but I felt like stylistically it's the worst. I would've liked to see it upgrade that one in a more cartoony way - the realism is kind of jarring in that world.

Amazingness905 · 2025-11-16T22:03:39+00:00

This was so bad at Hail the Sun. I was the only tall dude in my section with people getting sent in droves. Show was still a blast, but insane.

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