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[–] Traegert@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago (3 children)

I like roguelikes and deckbuilders, and I LOVE slay the spire but I'm pretty ambivalent on poker. I've had my eye on this but is it just "poker but a little quirky" or would it be worth my time as a non poker fan?

[–] LyD@lemmy.ca 6 points 11 months ago

I love STS and I've played ~6h of Balatro.

It isn't clicking with me like STS did. STS has tons of flavour and variety, but Balatro's main flavour is "poker" with some surrealism on top. The gameplay mostly has you staring at poker cards and thinking about how to stack point multipliers with jokers. It felt pretty monotonous to me after a while.

Balatro is definitely fun and worth its price. Give it a shot if you like STS. I just don't think it's the second coming of STS like a lot of people have been saying.

[–] Marighost@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago

I've never played a single game of poker IRL and I have 50+ hours in Balatro. It's good.

[–] alexiascylding@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 11 months ago

ive never played poker in my life and i love it