“Slay the Spire 2/Slay the Spire 2” has accumulated nearly 80,000 negative reviews on Steam in just a few days, and this number continues to increase. For a sequel that is regarded as the pioneer of the “Rouge-Like deck building” genre, such a number of negative reviews is extremely rare in the industry.
80,000 negative reviews, nearly 14 times the total of the first generation in 9 years!
The number of negative reviews accumulated in the first generation of “Slay the Spire” over a nine-year period was more than ten times greater than the number of negative reviews the second generation received in a few days. This comparison shocked many players who follow this game! With the same IP and the same development team, why is the market acceptance of the second generation so different from that of the first generation?
What are players looking for?
The negative reviews focused on several core issues such as the incompatibility of the newly added props with the first generation, the non-inheritance of the first generation saves, and the dispute over the payment mechanism. For an IP sequel, players’ default expectations are continuation and enhancement, but some design decisions in “Slay the Spire 2” made fans feel that their expectations were let down.