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Slay the Spire 2 Update Triggers Second Wave of Review-Bombing After Mega Crit Warned That 'This Is Still an Early Acces

Recent Slay the Spire 2 Steam reviews have fallen to "Mixed" after a new update triggered a second wave of review bombing. The sequel to developer Mega Crit's popular roguelike deckbuilder, which launched in Early Access to "Overwhelmingly Positive" reviews March 5, received its first major update (version 0.103.2) yesterday. It’s a patch that introduced updated art, a range of UI and UX adjustments, tweaked writing for clarity, and more, but not everyone is pleased with the host of balance changes it added. It’s resulted in an influx of negative reviews and, at least temporarily, left Slay the Spire 2 with the mustard-yellow Mixed recent reviews label. Unfortunately, it also appears to be something Mega Crit expected, with its patch notes beginning with a warning in bold: "This is still an Early Access game, so just because something made it from beta to main does not mean it's set in stone." "Be sure to pay close attention when embarking on your next few runs: many things that you've grown used to have been re-balanced, reworked, or even removed (in a couple rare cases)," the Slay the Spire 2 patch notes added. "However, quite a few new pieces of content have also been added for

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'I Don’t Want Sloppy Spire 2' — Slay the Spire 2 Roadmap Reveal Doesn’t Promise Release Dates Because Mega Crit Wants to Do 'What Works for Us'

Slay the Spire 2 developer Mega Crit has published a detailed roadmap for Slay the Spire 2 without promising any release dates because it doesn’t want to make "Sloppy Spire 2." Studio co-founder Casey Yano outlined a host of new Early…

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'I Don’t Want Sloppy Spire 2' — Slay the Spire 2 Roadmap Reveal Doesn’t Promise Release Dates Because Mega Crit Wants to Do 'What Works for Us'

Slay the Spire 2 developer Mega Crit has published a detailed roadmap for Slay the Spire 2 without promising any release dates because it doesn’t want to make "Sloppy Spire 2." Studio co-founder Casey Yano outlined a…

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Slay the Spire 2 Update Triggers Second Wave of Review-Bombing After Mega Crit Warned That 'This Is Still an Early Access Game'

Recent Slay the Spire 2 Steam reviews have fallen to "Mixed" after a new update triggered a second wave of review bombing. The sequel to developer Mega Crit's popular roguelike deckbuilder, which launched in Early…

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Slay the Spire 2 developer Mega Crit has published a detailed roadmap for Slay the Spire 2 without promising any release dates because it doesn’t want to make "Sloppy Spire 2." Studio co-founder Casey Yano outlined a host of new Early…

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Recent Slay the Spire 2 Steam reviews have fallen to "Mixed" after a new update triggered a second wave of review bombing. The sequel to developer Mega Crit's popular roguelike deckbuilder, which launched in Early Access to "Overwhelmingly…

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