this or taintend grail?

[Jemoky]

Wanting for more STS but need a new game. Thanks

[thefollowingcharacters]

This is really a next evolution of slay the spire. Slay the Spire is the original nintendo Mario. This is Super Mario RPG. Take the gameplay of Slay the Spire, add some new twists, lower the wild swing of randomness to where player choice matters more, and add 3 stories with compelling and interesting characters.

Absolutely get this. Its a steal at this price.

[Stinkeye]

Originally posted by thefollowingcharacters:

This is really a next evolution of slay the spire. Slay the Spire is the original nintendo Mario. This is Super Mario RPG. Take the gameplay of Slay the Spire, add some new twists, lower the wild swing of randomness to where player choice matters more, and add 3 stories with compelling and interesting characters.

Absolutely get this. Its a steal at this price.

I bought it but I honestly like the fact that there is no story in Slay the Spire. I just want more games that I can pick up and play.

[The Renderer]

I got both and you should definitely get this one.
Tainted Grail is a good game as well, but it's kind of less... of everything. Plus it has some serious performance issues.

So get both if you can (Tainted Grail maybe later when stuff is fixed) and Griftlands if you only want one for now.

Also really great, if you don't know about it yet: Monster Train. Probably still the best out of all of them (including StS), but that's just my opinion.

[NamThunder]

You should get both, but I would recommend getting Griftlands first. It is easier to play and learn than Tainted Grail since death will not set you too far back, quite linear progression with randomly generated missions, and you can talk your way out of fights in Griftlands.

[Jemoky]

thanks guys! and yea Monster train is also on my watch list. prolly gonna wait a sale for that. alrighty then, gonna try this game for now

[kuaikukia]

Between Monster train and this game, does anybody has recommendation which one for people like me who wanted jumping into deck build rougelike game for the first time?

[The Renderer]

Originally posted by kuaikukia:

Between Monster train and this game, does anybody has recommendation which one for people like me who wanted jumping into deck build rougelike game for the first time?

For the first time I'd actually suggest Slay the Spire, it's probably the easiest to understand.

Between those two... Monster Train is probably easier to understand then Griftlands since it has less external things going on (like the quests, relationships to others, the whole RPG vibe). It has a pretty clear structure and you know what to do and can concentrate on the cards.

But, again, StS is probably easiest to get into.

[Fab]

@Jemoky

I played both and ultimately you should play both because they are good in their own ways. I think Tainted Grail is closer to your experience of SLS (despite many differences/additions) while Griftlands is half a story-based game. There are more new gameplay mechanics in Griftlands than in TG, but I found TG's combats more fun (there's also 9 classes instead of 3 for GL). Again, both are good games and quite cheap, so it's just about what do you want to play first.

@kuaikukia
I think Slay the Spire is overrated. Most of the games that came after mostly fixed the worst aspects of SLS: the grind and the huge RNG factor. Monster Train is extremely welcoming to new players to the genre and the progression system is the best in that genre IMO. There's also a good amount of variety. It's a great product.
That said, you shouldn't hesitate to begin by Griftlands if you're interested. It's easy to learn, there are characters, a story with choices, while Monster Train is all about mechanics. In my opinion you should get Griftlands and eventually buy Monster Train later if you like this genre because ultimately MT has more content and replayability I think.

[kuaikukia]

Thanks for suggestion both of you

Ah yes I did heard some reviewer mention about Monster train better than STS on some mechanic. Seems both MT and Griftlands easy to pick, then I might pick Griftlands first because looks more interesting

[Terrapin]

I'm going to go against the consensus and suggest Tainted Grail over Griftlands but I get why others feel differently. I much prefer the setting and combat in TG.

[Terran]

I don't know, but Tainted Grail isn't owned (well, as far as I know!) by a Chinese company part of a regime that brutally murders, rapes, tortures and imprisons minorities and people who don't follow their fanatical "Beliefs", while also threatening democracy and many countries and their people,
so...
I'll be avoiding any companies purchased by Tencent, who have direct ties to the Chinese Communist Party!

[Fab]

I'm sure this keyboard warrior has no phone, no computer, zero chinese products since every chinese companies without exception have to follow their governement's policies. I'm sure too he doesn't own any clothes made by forced or underpaid labor in asia since he cares that much about injustice, right?

[The Renderer]

Originally posted by Terran:

(well, as far as I know!)

If you really cared you would have made sure.

But yeah, not too happy about Tencent buying Klei either, mostly due the possibility of deteriorating quality of their games, though. But Griftlands has been in development for a long time before they got bought, so even if there was an effect, it wouldn't be noticable yet.

[cr0t0]

This or taintend grail? Buy Monster Train and Dicey Dungeons(more rogue-Like) instead. Nice games to play while drink a coffee

[Terrapin]

Honestly, the more I play this game the less I like it. Get Tainted Grail for sure.