Game is ok

[Preacher JLU]

But it really does not live up to the hype everyone was giving it, it gets boring really really fast. There really isn't much skill involved at all, 90% luck. I guess I was expecting more, one thing is that it is a unique game and fun for a quick game before bed or work.

God bless

[ambershee]

You may want to win a run before making such a bold claim - and there are seven more levels of difficulty beyond the first and 15 total decks to work through them with.... before we talk about challenges.

There's definitely a degree of luck involved, but luck alone will definitely not get you far past the white stake.

[Fingusa of the East]

Careful, people here don't like it when you tell them the truth that they are playing a slot machine.

[Scrub]

why does this guy's review end up on the forums

[Preacher JLU]

Originally posted by ambershee:

You may want to win a run before making such a bold claim - and there are seven more levels of difficulty beyond the first and 15 total decks to work through them with.... before we talk about challenges.

There's definitely a degree of luck involved, but luck alone will definitely not get you far past the white stake.

Oh I get that, but what is the point of winning a run, then you just rinse and repeat.

[Preacher JLU]

Originally posted by doc:

why does this guy's review end up on the forums

Because I bought the game and I have a right to post just like you do, unless you are one of those ones that think only their opinion matters.

[srn347]

You'd be amazed how often the claim that a game is 90%/99%/all luck gets made about various games, and how untrue it usually is (this being no exception). Even if you're talking about gold stake, that's still a vast exaggeration. Like nearly all roguelikes, there's a lot of skill in the decision-making which includes (but is not limited to): managing the early game, scaling into the late game, preparing for the boss that's coming up, anticipating (and preparing for) the worst possible future boss you could face, etc. But sure, the game has a non-zero amount of luck therefore it's all luck...

[GTTV]

No, you're just bad.

And you can keep your desert-God's 'blessings' to yourself. He hasn't helped you win this game so he's clearly not worth much.

[Hachiware Dota2]

i think you dislike roguelikes in general based on your take

[Preacher JLU]

Originally posted by wecku:

i think you dislike roguelikes in general based on your take

Nope, love roguelike. Just not a real big fan of this one. Just my opinion, take it with a grain of salt. Have a blessed day!

[Preacher JLU]

Originally posted by GTTV:

No, you're just bad.

And you can keep your desert-God's 'blessings' to yourself. He hasn't helped you win this game so he's clearly not worth much.

Why does it matter to you so much about what I think, if you disagree move on, why stop and comment with an attack, honestly are you that lonely? Then you attack my faith, why, are you that lost?

God bless

[Hachiware Dota2]

ok im curious now what about balatro specifically makes you not like it?
because i feel like the amount of rng this game has really pairs well together will how easy it is to lose and amount of power ups avalible.
Also the replayability to me is pretty great because of unlocks and increasing difficulty but well all those opinions are mine.

[GTTV]

Originally posted by Preacher JLU:

Originally posted by GTTV:

No, you're just bad.

And you can keep your desert-God's 'blessings' to yourself. He hasn't helped you win this game so he's clearly not worth much.

Why does it matter to you so much about what I think, if you disagree move on, why stop and comment with an attack, honestly are you that lonely? Then you attack my faith, why, are you that lost?

God bless

Because you are pretentious and elitist and you are shoving it in everyone's face. You're a pest.

[Fingusa of the East]

Originally posted by GTTV:

Originally posted by Preacher JLU:

Why does it matter to you so much about what I think, if you disagree move on, why stop and comment with an attack, honestly are you that lonely? Then you attack my faith, why, are you that lost?

God bless

Because you are pretentious and elitist and you are shoving it in everyone's face. You're a pest.

Umm, wouldn't elitism be the people who go around disregarding everyone and being mightier-than-thou?

OP is literally the opposite of that?

[ambershee]

Originally posted by Preacher JLU:

Originally posted by ambershee:

You may want to win a run before making such a bold claim - and there are seven more levels of difficulty beyond the first and 15 total decks to work through them with.... before we talk about challenges.

There's definitely a degree of luck involved, but luck alone will definitely not get you far past the white stake.

Oh I get that, but what is the point of winning a run, then you just rinse and repeat.

The fun for me has been filling the collection, and chasing the achievements - a number of them require you to do very specific things outside of simply winning a run (hover over the locked icons in the collection and it will tell you what you need to do to unlock it). The challenge runs are also interesting in how they bend the rules and have a stronger puzzle element to them. I'm not sure I'll take all the decks up to the high stakes, but I do also appreciate that some of them work in interesting ways - and it was perhaps a mistake to lock all of the more interesting decks behind other milestones first.

I'm inclined to agree that this *is* too much luck involved in the game, but it also doesn't start to kick your ass until the higher difficulties where you get less to work with and the points required to complete each round scale much more aggressively. There is a decent degree of skill involved too, and that will come from learning how the game systems interact and how to best manipulate them. With most decks you can beat the white stake quite easily nearly every time.

[Scrub]

Originally posted by Preacher JLU:

unless you are one of those ones that think only their opinion matters.

people usually post their reviews in the reviews section on their profile, they don't need to make an entire thread for the attention