I Spent 10 Hours Playing Slay The Spire to Prove IT'S RIDICULOUS

[@qedsoku849]

As a game dev making a roguelike deckbuilder, this game is the gold standard of the genre and my primary inspiration, I’d like to specifically point out its usage of tooltips that explain keywords when you hover over cards, the relatively simple enemies in act 1, and the fact that most losses are due to taking damage over the course of multiple fights.

[@alexandrajones4518]

Sounds awesome! Do you have a name yet?

[@qedsoku849]

@@alexandrajones4518 Haven't thought of one yet, honestly it's gonna be a while before I do since I'm new to making games and still working on getting the basic card and deck mechanics working

[@alexandrajones4518]

@@qedsoku849 As a (VERY) amateur game dev myself, I completely understand.

[@StolenFantasy]

@@qedsoku849any updates on it?

[@Ghorda9]

@@alexandrajones4518 prioritise the UI over everything else otherwise you might have problems hooking everything together later which could kill a project

[@klyngdoh]

I remember when Mercenaries came out and people hoped it was going to be like StS. This game is a masterpiece.

[@ПервоеИмяПоследнееИмя-у3з]

People didn't just hoped, they expected it to be, as the devs literally name-dropped slay the spire when the mode was being announced. And then they fucking released Raid:Heroes of Warcraft after that - the sheer audacity

[@fredwin]

Mercenaries was pure lost potential. What a joke and a cop out.

[@SubzeroBlack68]

What is Mercenaries? I only know of the older shooter game lol

[@andrewgreenwood9068]

3:27 slay the spire is the game that changed that for me. It made me appreciate using consumables to get through a tight spot way more

[@RoCdOtAoWnsXD]

Such a good game. Just a genuinely healthy gaming experience. Low stress, enables high level and low level gameplay, replayability, pick it up and drop it whenever, etc. I have 600+ hours in this game and still enjoy it.

[@gedanori]

card game that if we lost we say "alright gg lets try again"

[@misanthropicservitorofmars2116]

“Low stress” brother I’m on ascension level 5 with the ironclad. Every fight is stress 😂

[@juanquntos7123]

​@@misanthropicservitorofmars2116nah it's low stress relative to action games. Just take your time and think about it

[@Ardaaa_a]

Bruh im trying to do my last achievement and literally losing my mind

[@lens_hunter]

Low stress pffff. It's so easy to have a shit run in this game and make 1000 mistakes.

[@americantoastman7296]

I can NOT believe our boy first tried all four classes back to back, that is INSANE! Good job mr. Ran!

[@G.Aaron.Fisher]

The base difficulty is insanely easy if you've played any sort of strategy game before. One of the annoying things about STS is just how long it takes to unlock the higher challenges. Realistically, he's probably going to get to Ascension 6-10 before losing runs becomes a semi-regular occurrence.

[@americantoastman7296]

That's very true, but even on A0 you can get absolutely shafted by a bunch of poor interactions, especially so if you have NEVER played this game before. Like, the dude is learning the rules, the classes AND the cards at the same time while winning four back to back runs. Color me impressed.@@G.Aaron.Fisher

[@raijuqt]

Doesn't Neow's Gift require that he failed a run before? I'm pretty sure you don't get those on your first run. He also had 2900 damage to heart at end of his 'first ever' run, which given he did 2100 damage in previous runs, most likely including 1-2 clears and however many previous attempts.

[@badwulff]

@@raijuqt He played it several months (or maybe a couple years) prior, that's why - he says it at the start of the full stream. I think he did Ironclad and Silent before? It's not quite "first trying" them all, but it's pretty close given the long pause he did and the fact he forgot most of the mechanics for the classes he _had_ played.

[@turnerhymes2500]

you get it on the first run of every character as well as losing before the first boss@@raijuqt

[@weshano3878]

Not using things because they could be useful later is sometimes referred to as collector’s anxiety

[@robyyn_your_gender]

Pointcrow appears

[@redmageknight3908]

Or the more known term of being a hoarder.

[@Hagot428]

I've heard it as too-good-to-use syndrome

[@nangsanbhalangblah333]

HP Potion syndrome

[@samuraibeluga3749]

also elixir syndrome

[@Kolon01]

The title should've been "I Spent 10 Hours Slaying The Spire to Prove IT'S RIDICULOUS"

[@Plonom]

Its not to late to change it

[@Rarran]

I’m changing it

[@danang5]

whats the original title?

[@Plonom]

@@danang5 what do you mean this has always been the original title ? :)

[@tomekk.1889]

​@@RarranOH GOD HE DID IT

[@Fantafrenzy]

design, pacing, learning curve, mechanics. Slay the spire litereally slays. with so much build variety, replayability and the outstanding modders out there

[@kingsiracha4565]

Would also recommend Monster Train. Has similarities to Slay the Spire but plays out a lot differently

[@jhamPlays]

Found it a lot of fun. It does feel very different as the damage numbers get super high and the maths element is taken away from the player a bit but if you like STS then you'll definitely have some fun with it.

[@russelldavis1875]

Monster Train is one of the only ones that actually does things sufficiently differently. Most games in the genre post StS fail to understand what makes it interesting and are only worth a couple plays per class.

[@h4xnslash900]

Way to easy. Beat it my first 2 game in a row and refunded it

[@generalbacon7476]

​@@h4xnslash900man but theres so many other things to try in monster train defenetly some of the class combos are strong but like man youre missing out

[@greenapple9477]

Wish it was more popular.

[@Andrew-lo5rk]

This is genuinely one of my favorite games. For people who love hearthstone dungeon runs, this is like that but times x1000.

[@anthonybrongers8961]

Aw man yeah I f*ing loved Kobolds and Catacombs. Don't know which came first but Kobolds and Catacombs and slay the spire are like crack cocaine to me

[@tweestable]

If memory serves me correctly, this is how they advertised Mercenaries when they first showed how the mapping would be in the "choose your next path" and "each run will be different". Now you see why Mercenaries flopped as hard as it did lmao

[@TheBloodypimp]

If you wanna see what mercenaries could have been... check out path of champions in the riot card game legends on runeterra. Amazing. Just *chef's kiss*

[@redridingcape]

​@@TheBloodypimp Yea PoC is great.

[@TheBloodypimp]

​​@@redridingcapei have played a few pvp games.... but i've been playing poc.... so much... ^_^ also janna is op op. ^_^

[@bernhardenengel9367]

Have 450 hours in the game and recently went for completionist. Man try to get all the trophies in this game is so fun. I normally never do platinum/completionist stuff in games but this game just hits different.

[@zergrush8709]

It’s so fitting how you were biting your nails and being kinda nervous with defect but then went straight into confidence with the watcher

[@theparagonal]

STS was easily my game of the year when it came out. Insane depth.

[@slim-op8bi]

Just for context, you start the game on the lowest difficulty, the game (optionally) gets harder each run.

[@JediMage]

Ah yes, the "first try" where you already did ~1.5k to the heart before you even started the game. I think Rarran sometimes forgets that not every single person in the world is at his intellectual level of "genius".

[@Jaxter0987]

He did note during the stream that he had played some StS months and months ago but that it's been so long that he's forgotten almost everything.

[@elbardo_lux]

7:51 I wonder if he got to experience a pandora box run

[@Larimuss]

Yeah they are some of the funniest runs I've had, particularly with defect. Can fail miserably and can be glorious.

[@Blu_Moon_Owl]

I love playing the Defect the most. Something about his card and the orb mechanic clicks with me

[@franciscopetrucci]

You just feel so safe and cozy when you are surrounded by like six frost orbs giving you 10 block each. You're literally just chilling.

[@Blu_Moon_Owl]

@@franciscopetrucci pun definitely intended. Also all the lightning orb destroying everything

[@mcwurzn8194]

claw build best for pauper achievement

[@SkylerFallow]

@@mcwurzn8194 CLAW is the LAW

[@vrahnkeneisenbach9148]

@@franciscopetrucci That's fun when that works out, but I usually go for glass-cannon storm power decks that kill encounters in 1-2 turns and then heal back any damage taken with self-repair. Just gotta watch out for the Awakened One who scales insanely fast if you just go crazy with powers right out the gate.

[@Greedsmith]

1:35 You don’t actually need to Slay the Spire (title mentioned) to unlock the next class, you unlock it even if you die or give up.

[@ic5889]

videos that make me realise i am way worse at this game than i thought lol. i will never beat the heart and i have made peace with that

[@Johnhamsta]

Rarran, protip: Slay The Spire viewers *adore* full gameplay videos. Easy content! Good job, too!

[@mathewellin4615]

I'm normally just here for the hearthstone content but would absolutely watch a series where you work your way up to Ascension 20. This game becomes absolutely bonkers later and has enough synergies and variety it stays fresh for another 300 hours.

[@willflew2408]

I loved the part when rarran went "it's rarran time!" and rarran'ed all over the spire

[@iambottokam]

This dude has definitely played a decent amount of slay the spire

[@fatalfury28]

fraud yes

[@gabrieleire824]

If you liked slay the spire you should definitely try Night of the Full Moon. It's has similar mechanics but with 9 characters with different cards.

[@phillystevesteak6982]

Ya but there's no enemy intents? Dealbreaker. That's half the genius of slay the spire. That revolutionized the turn-based genre.

[@alexpopescu6559]

A frost prime collab would be soooo cooool! I feel like you guys would have great chemistry.

[@albertegg8225]

Rarran, I bought STS in May because you suggested it all the time in your HS streams and now have 500 hours in it approaching A17 on all characters. I am OBSESSED with this game and you changed my life :')

[@Knightgum2]

Slay the Spire is one of my favorite games. Happy to see you try it!

[@MrPicklecopter]

My mom wants to know when you are coming over again.

[@TooTsaka]

Same.

[@Binzob]

If people are looking for a co op game similar to Slay the Spire. I highly recommend Hellcard. Does have single player but it's at it's best when played with 1 or 2 friends. Absolute baller game, shame StS doesn't have co op

[@sidg868]

It IS ridiculous. Ridiculously good and ridiculously addicting, that is.

[@triusmalarky290]

1k hours in and 2 doses of 100%ing it, I still come back to good ol reliable slay the spire

[@christopherlundgren1700]

"Look how fast I breeze through an elite." *Immediately cuts to the end of the fight. Yeah, wow. That was really fast.

[@Rip_Chad-KT69]

bro no joke you are a natural

[@Youmu_Konpaku_]

I find it even nore interesting on how you've managed to flaunt yourself easily on these runs Especially the watcher + Ragnarok combo With that said Ggwp for also defeating the heart of the spire

[@JacobWrestledGod]

Masterpiece, wish there are more content though, it’s a very minimalist game

[@neorickio]

This is my favorite game of all time, period. I've been playing it for the past three years on multiple platforms (pc, ps5, android, switch). Never did the math to know how much time I spent across all platforms, but I'm probably beyond 1000 hours (almost 600 on steam alone). I even bought a physical copy on switch recently that I'll maintain sealed, my single physical game collection that is actually complete 😊 This is basically infinite fun.

[@philipprudek9537]

I picked up slay the spire this week due to the autumn sale. I find it way more difficult. it took me multiple tries to beat the game for the iron clad, reject and watcher. but the silent is so fun to play for me. every time i use that class, i win. very fun game.

[@JosephReference]

you're actually cracked at this game. what an incredible run.

[@corybishop3084]

The game is so complex at high levels. Fun and casual on ascension 0, but there’s so much to consider and margins can be razor thin on high ascension.

[@ZiggySol]

Watcher gameplay is like "Will Wrath stance kill me or let me kill the enemy?" every fight

[@DilanPandemic]

Well now I just feel awful about myself watching you first try all 4 classes....

[@Sythsis]

Thank you Mr. Rarran, i love slay the spire

[@hafyrrochagm7471]

For me, this is the moust devilsh thing a dev team ever came up since Darkest Dungeon. Like, serious, the game is always ploting 5 steps ahead of you in every possible answer you give it. The countless time i survived with Lucky, isnt half of the times i became op and just losse anyway.

[@pieissogood11]

I love this game got ascension 10 on defect

[@RoCdOtAoWnsXD]

One thing I noticed about this game, compared to Hearthstone, is mechanics tend to work how you'd hope they work. If you ever sit there, unsure of how an interaction will be, but you have 2 ideas, it's probably the idea that you want it to be.

[@Lunaraia]

Now we just need to get Rarran to play Slay The Spire: Downfall, a Standalone DLC sized mod to Slay The Spire.

[@svgPhoenix]

I can't imagine trying to learn all 4 characters back to back like that

[@andrewwdavvid]

3:25 ah yes, “too good to use syndrome” As someone who primarily plays roguelites, I suffer from this real bad

[@MrCaboose]

I love Slay the Spire. It's SO addictive and it's so rewarding to play.

[@mammot981]

I love watching people’s first runs and in my mind be like “foolish mistake” even tho I know I suck too edit: did he seriously beat it in the FIRST try??? how the fuck

[@marcohurtado2857]

Love how the smithing sounds sinks up with the music at 23:00

[@natanaru]

STS Is my favorite game of all time easily. So much time i can put into a game and still have stupid things happen in a run

[@Maddogs1]

Hmm... Weird that you have 2,900 damage on the heart in the past for a 'first completed run of slay the spire' Otherwise great video

[@altrivotzck6565]

I would be so hyped to see him come back to StS and try out the Downfall mod and their more complicated characters, or _maybe_ even the Packmaster mod. The downfall mod is definitely the most polished mod out there, almost feeling like the base game, and the characters, while sometimes being a bit more complicated than the base characters, are really fun and interesting. Half the characters in the mod aren't even that much more complicated, like Slime Boss, Gunslinger, Guardian, or Champ.

[@altrivotzck6565]

I'd also be interested to seeing him play Touhou: Lost Branch of Legend, and his reaction to how that game is kinda a mix between StS and the MtG color system. He'd probably be able to have some interesting opinions on how that game's mana system differs from Hearthstone, StS, and Magic.

Just started playing it a couple days ago. It is amazing!! 10 hours doesn't do it justice. Play it for a week.

[@Tuezday1388]

Just started playing too, beat it on three out of four characters so far. I firmly enjoy Defect, but a combo of RNG and horrible choices has caused me to loose a lot. Someday I’ll finish it……

[@NickMaovich]

Dude has more wins in 4 hours than me in 60 that's insane

[@HurryRavn]

Had to skip to the end just to see what your verdict was, very happy that you loved it! It's super fun! And well done on beating it first try on all characters! :O

[@sallomon2357]

I can't believe he finished the game first try with the Watcher, she is so demanding to play xD

[@opatzo9165]

@@sallomon2357how? Watcher is by far the easiest 😂. You know what they say, the watcher has lethal

[@Jaxter0987]

@@opatzo9165 She's by far the strongest class but I would definitely argue she's also the hardest.

[@OLExGREG]

@@Jaxter0987 No chance. If you're not too lazy to calculate lethal, she's super easy. Literally you can get over 50% winrate basically just forcing infinites lol.

[@Ghorda9]

@@opatzo9165 that's only true with a couple builds, otherwise she's similar to silent

[@briguy459]

This just makes me wanna play it more

[@jarontrox2614]

You should

[@DuGStp]

Should be getting analog version in the mail soon. 😊

[@colinhawkins3672]

This game is fun now ascend to level 20 on it.

[@jarontrox2614]

This has aged either poorly or well and i'm not really sure

[@frianoMontez]

The fun part of the game is actually trying to get the perfect craziest deck combo. Infinite one turn kill, corruption random OP deck, tingsha non stop cycle deck, at one point we would go every elite and risk the run for that epic relics collection. It is one of the craziest rouge dungeon game that can be play over 100hours. This game should be a place holder similar to stacklands for new type of games. Using these mechanics to create an rpg open world type of card game.

[@Spooky_Fiendz]

I’m in disbelief that bro just beat the game 4 times first try on 4 diff characters and proceeded to win a fifth time beating the game for real. He’s on a mission.

[@mitchellcontente]

There's no way. How the hell you do all that first try

[@peyxx]

me playing this game 1st time 1-lets try it its free game this month on psn 2-oh its turn based like my beloved final fantasy X GREAT 3-oh this is simple 4-nah this game can get very deep 5-im brainless so dumb 6-cant stop playing 6 hours in a row sessions

[@KrommyMusic]

It took me like 10 hours just to win with ironclad lmao

[@DrFreezero91]

I take your word and get it the next time :D

[@xinranli1800]

ppl with more than 500 hrs watching this video: wtf can u get out of 10 hours??

[@Cedisdead]

Chat was ruining this first reaction with their backseating sadly. Great video but still..

[@MasterEth]

Yes, it's ridiculous, but i love it.

[@austinbelvin9691]

Great video, it’s always good to see someone enjoy this game as much as I do. If you liked this one you might enjoy monster train, it’s another deck building rogue like with a sort of tower defense theme

[@PerfosOG]

Dude, i have 10 hours in this game and can't even complete floor 2. 😆

[@elbardo_lux]

17:19 this is what everyone was expecting from mercenaries. Imagine if mercenaries worked like this.

[@pie6088]

What is mercenaries?

[@GatsbyCioffi]

​@@pie6088The mode in Hearthstone.

[@Cuestrupaster]

This game reminds me of my favorite anime Druga no Tou, wich was based on the game of the same name, wich probably was the first game with this idea of "climbing a tower that goes to the heavens while fighting monsters through its floors"

[@Yammatti]

KZbin videos helped me on how to play everyone Except the watcher Making a deck yhat doesnt brick with em is a nightmare

[@fadeleaf845]

You don't actually have to beat the game to unlock the next class each by the way. You just have to finish a run, win or lose, with the three first characters. You do unlock something, however, if you beat it with all three of those.

[@ryanpratt8568]

PLEASE PLAY MORE! I would love to watch Rarran climb to A20... it's a trek and a half and there's so many more interesting builds to discover!

[@platniumdr]

Gotta say, after hundreds of hours playing ascension 20 and even more time spent watching StS videos from Baalorlord, Jorbs and Frostprime, I have never once got around to reading the text in event rooms lol

[@SarahCharles92]

It is so interesting seeing someone come into StS after it has been out for so many years, to the point where more games than I can possibly count have since come out based almost entirely on the StS formula. The only game that uses StS as inspiration that I have found can stand on its own separate from StS is Monster Train. If you enjoyed StS, I think you may enjoy Monster Train. Unlike other games that have gone a similar route to StS, even with differences (e.g., Roguebook), Monster Train is absolutely able to stand alone as its own game in terms of quality, fun, and nuance.

[@Droid6689]

Monster Train is pretty good. I'd put Wildfrost and Griftlands over it though.

[@henlohenlo689]

i don't have time to play alot of games. slay the spire is the perfect casual game for me. that and vintage magic the gathering. i don't like a bunch of new learning curves i got a life.

[@DBRay_]

Please do the Downfall mod at some point, it adds 1 character and 10+ bosses to play as

[@Ivan-xh7uc]

bro you must be really good with card games for you to win with 4 characters in their first runs. Ive been playing this game for almost a year now and I haven't won act 4 yet. also im surprised that on your very first run, you seem to pick the correct/best boss relics for your run.

[@sammyel-rafih5506]

It's not actually his first run. When he kills the heart it tells him his total damage he has ever done to the heart, and it's 2000+

[@ScuddotWobbrel]

Dude, I have been playing slay the spire on mobile for almost 2 years and I can't beat the heart... Wtf

[@jarontrox2614]

Keep trying, you will do it eventually

[@ChrisGreen-og7qg]

dont feel bad. if you've played the game enough you can tell it wasn't his first time playing.

[@lunasperidot8760]

If you're playing more deck building roguelikes I really recommend wildfrost. The art and music rules and the gameplay is similar to spire but with the addition of positioning and turn order

[@redridingcape]

You should try Astrea Six Sided Oracles if you haven't yet, it's my favorite roguelike since StS. Wildfrost was very fun too though.

[@nickholm]

i spent 300 hours and im still on asc 3

[@blahthebiste7924]

The fact that he won all 4 runs first try is pretty insane. Some people play for 50 hours before their first win. StS will always attract backseaters but do NOT underestimate how good Rarran genuinely is at this game

[@SilverionX]

Civilization coined the term "just one more turn", Slay the Spire embodies the term "just one more run".

[@PM-ty2yr]

Bro 12:56 proves that that wasnt your first run, cause it says you have already done damage to the heart before. Why are you lying to your viewers?

[@Binzob]

Probably hasn't played it in years.

[@thewaytodrown8473]

everyone has done damage to the heart collectively. Why are you lying to the comment section?

[@PM-ty2yr]

@@thewaytodrown8473 thats not the stat we are talking about

[@Simplycoburn]

That’s what I was thinking too. Like that’s 5 complete runs lol

[@OugiEin]

I have over 1,000 hours in this game. Hilariously, I still have never beaten the game with ironclad. And here this guy does it in the first try. Damn it. I'm going to have to redownload StS.

[@fofoagressive]

Sts is one of my favorite games ever. The depth of the card strategy is staggering.

[@yoshikoizumi7851]

sooo glad you checked it out and came to like it, but now the ultimate challenge begins: try not to compare literally every card game in existence with Slay the Spire. Difficulty: impossible

[@kingst7997]

Never seen one of your videos and this was very enjoyable to watch!

[@dietwater9491]

I need some Frost Prime and Rarran content. The content would be AMAZING!!

[@imtonysopro]

My board game just came in last week =)

[@dashocker760]

Seeing this gameplay after running ascension 18 makes me miss the simpler times 🥲

[@ebbandfloatzel]

The class-based deck builder rpg like this is genuinely one of the cooler hyper-specific genres. I recommend Chrono Ark since you enjoyed this. It's kinda brutal, but the variety of characters to build your party (yes, party) makes it so fun.

[@gee5861]

I just got into it and played for 4 hours straight

[@Xyraphella]

That watcher deck is pretty much what I used to get a20

[@VASM160689]

And then, after defeating the spire once with the first three characters, you unlock the real final boss. Which is ..... hard mode, to put it simply.

[@kangjohan78]

For those who didn't know, StS was inspired by Hearthstone's Solo Dungeon mode.