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Balatro.
Almost every single mention of it I see online makes it sound like the most freaking addictive drug. Any of you seen that Star Trek TNG episode where this weird addictive headset game takes over the Enterprise? Just like that.
It's probably a good game, but all those posts feel really off putting to me.
Big number go up, get brain drug dose. not much more to it than that.
It's a really fun game. People exaggerate the "addictive" aspect because.. you know.. "internet"
Y'know, while I also think it's exaggerated, there's definitely some truth to it. I was playing it on my phone while my friend's kids were watching, and they incessantly tried to get me to pick opening packs over any other game mechanic.
I think it definitely does abuse that "loot box opening" dopamine pathway a little too well in a perhaps a less than healthy sort of way, even if it doesn't cost you any real money.
So while it is a very good deck building strategy game, I totally get the reason it has the reputation it does.
It's also a card game. Card games are practically synonymous with human civilization. So it already has innate appeal to a wide audience.
as a balatro enjoyer i am offended by this comment.
I don't like that kind of game. I didn't like Balatro. I'm more into realism and simulation though. I had no idea why all of my favourite sites couldn't stop talking about it. Honestly, I think standards have fallen a lot further than we thought. Again though. I'm surviving until the release of Elder Scrolls 6. Balatro was never really on my radar.
We live in a world where bastion and undertale and tw3 are 'good games'.
There are times when hype and marketing and fad take over, and nobody can see that the game is poor or ho-hum... Or in the case of undertale, pure shit.
i am not sure if this is sarcasm or not, but talking about standard falling and then looking forward for TES6, is crazy. bethesda is the prime example of standards falling lol