Balatro's Poker-Themed, Deck-Building Premise is One of Incredible Replayability
It occurred to me, the very moment I was attempting some manner of an introduction here: maybe this was developer LocalThunk’s plan all along. Perhaps it’s a message, a reminder at just how dangerous and perilous gambling can be, when neither approached nor administered with a level of self-control. Despite the game’s simplicity, its straight-forwardness, its eagerness to get players back into the cycle of roguelike-styled runs to see how far one can go for the umpteenth time, there actually is underlining depth to these pixellated decks of cards and foil-wrapped luxuries alike....