Balatro

Such a lucky run so far (Red Deck Gold difficulty)… Not quite sure yet what to do, probably sell the tarot joker for the blueprint

I have less than 10 hours in the game, 7 runs, only one success (with a blue deck).

The game is cool, difficulty really ramps up with the last 2 antes, but there are two boss modifiers that always kill me, especially when they are assigned to the last boss:

1. the one that moves the target up to 300000 (instead of 100000) and
2. the one that forces you to win in only one hand.

It feels like the game pushes you to be in a position where you can win in a single hand with a base target and that's asking a lot on the basic difficulty when the player is still trying to understand all synergies and mechanics. I dunno, it feels these modifers should be unlocked at higher difficulty levels.

It doesn't help that runs are so long (over 1 hour) and losing at the final boss with such a difficulty spile feels pretty frustrating.

Anyone else feels frustrated with these specific modifiers? How do I counter then? Is it a matter of "git gud" and just be more aggressive in Joker selection?

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/36107112

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/23594747

For context: https://sh.itjust.works/post/29595487 https://lemm.ee/post/50197116

(actual life-ruining gambling is okay though, as long as you give the slot machine a thematic paint job)

Source: Sheddit

Courtesy of of the Cryptid mod

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/29715492

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/49924358

Clown emojis all around

Black mode is just all luck and all suck. It just feels like I'm playing an early beta, worse version of Balatro.

It's just really not fun. No hands remaining means no money, no money means no boosters/consumables/jokers, no boosters/ jokers/consumables means no enhancement, which leads to more antes with no remaining hands and the cycle continues until you get a frustrating boss and lose by 50 chips for the 50th time. It's like anti-balatro. With no fun cards, or money, or anything exciting at all, it just becomes a lame video poker game. I feel punished for playing. It's like Video Poker with Bennett Foddy. It's completely thrown a wet blanket on all the enthusiasm I've built up to this point.

Edit:

Tldr: it takes the deck building out of the deck building game, leaving only poker.