{"id":452995,"date":"2024-01-22T16:40:59","date_gmt":"2024-01-22T22:40:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/?p=452995"},"modified":"2024-01-22T16:41:07","modified_gmt":"2024-01-22T22:41:07","slug":"smash-bros-inspired-roguelite-spiritfall-leaves-early-access-on-february-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/smash-bros-inspired-roguelite-spiritfall-leaves-early-access-on-february-28\/","title":{"rendered":"Smash Bros-inspired roguelite Spiritfall leaves Early Access on February 28"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If you feel recent roguelite games have been missing that platform fighter touch, <em>Spiritfall <\/em>is here to answer the call. Developer Gentle Giant&#8217;s action game takes notes from <em>Super Smash Bros.<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/street-fighter-brawlhalla-crossover-dlc-luke-sakura-ken-capcom-ubisoft\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Brawlhalla<\/em><\/a>, and similarly hectic platform fighter fare, and it&#8217;s set to launch in full on February 28, 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Spiritfall <\/em>has been available in <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/1835240\/Spiritfall\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Early Access<\/a> since April 3, 2023, and has garnered &#8216;Very Positive&#8217; reviews from players in the months since. The release date news came along with a new animated trailer that shows off some slick cinematics and a sample of the fast-paced action at the heart of it all.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Spiritfall | Animated Release Date Trailer\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H3DfiRH1gTg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When <em>Spiritfall <\/em>shared its Early Access update roadmap back in November, the devs detailed a few of the additions on the way to the full version. These include the final region and boss fight along with a new optional boss, fifth alternate weapon form, all challenge levels, and &#8220;more surprises.&#8221; Gentle Giant has stayed pretty active in updating the game since it became available, knocking out 10 monthly content updates on top of the usual intermittent hotfixes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even if you haven&#8217;t played it for yourself yet, you can certainly see that platform brawler style at work in the trailer. <em>Spiritfall <\/em>combines that frantic fighting with roguelite features such as randomly generated maps and the ability to unlock new powers, upgrade skills, and gather a bunch of weapons to make the going a little less tough for each successive run. <em>Brawlhalla <\/em>by way of <em>Dead Cells <\/em>will no doubt be enough of a hook for most to at least dip their toes in what this one has to offer. &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brawl &#8217;til you fall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":875,"featured_media":452999,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"article_type":"","ub_ctt_via":"","_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"[]","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[209,19112,19126],"internal-label":[24255],"invoiceable_action":[23725],"article_type":[23116],"coauthors":[{"id":875,"display_name":"Joseph Luster","user_nicename":"joseph-luster"}],"acf":[],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/spiritfall.jpg?fit=1200%2C675","author_info":{"display_name":"Joseph Luster","author_link":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/author\/joseph-luster\/"},"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/spiritfall.jpg?fit=1200%2C675","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452995"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/875"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=452995"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452995\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":453081,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452995\/revisions\/453081"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/452999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=452995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=452995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=452995"},{"taxonomy":"internal-label","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/internal-label?post=452995"},{"taxonomy":"invoiceable_action","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/invoiceable_action?post=452995"},{"taxonomy":"article_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_type?post=452995"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=452995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}