I didn't want to leave a review for this game until I gold staked every deck but I have 60 hours on record with this game and I realize that's not happening anytime soon for me.
It's hard for me to give Balatro praise in a way that has not been done better by so many others. It's mechanically one of the most intruiging concepts for a deckbuilding roguelike I have ever encountered, and the mental math formula is addicting as hell. The game-feel on all of the effects, cards, and even the sfx and music are just perfect. I feel like I'm playing a card game in an extra-spatial dimension while I'm waiting on the world to end. It's honestly just perfect, which is hard in a genre where so many of these kinds of games feel repetitive, flat, and dry.
It's hard for me to give Balatro praise in a way that has not been done better by so many others. It's mechanically one of the most intruiging concepts for a deckbuilding roguelike I have ever encountered, and the mental math formula is addicting as hell. The game-feel on all of the effects, cards, and even the sfx and music are just perfect. I feel like I'm playing a card game in an extra-spatial dimension while I'm waiting on the world to end. It's honestly just perfect, which is hard in a genre where so many of these kinds of games feel repetitive, flat, and dry.