Slay the Spire 2 reviewed in Early Access by Dan Stapleton on PC.There has been a towering pile of praise heaped upon Slay the Spire since it popularized the deck-building roguelike genre in 2017, and virtually all of it applies to the Early Access version of Slay the Spire 2, word for word. That might make it easy to dismiss as retreading the same ground, but while the broad strokes of its turn-based combat and how you choose your risks and rewards on the map are the same, the details have major, game-changing differences and expansions on the original's ideas. Some of those forced me to rethink my strategies and approaches to the three returning characters, and made wrapping my head around the new pair a tough challenge. The ability to play in co-op is also a brand-new way to experience a classic game, and the relatively polished state it's been released in make it one of those Early Access gems you don't need to wait on.