Mini Review Balatro PS5 Roguelike Poker Aint No Joker
You wanna know how I got these cards?
Balatro is a fantastic roguelike deckbuilder that hides delicious depth behind its simple, recognisable exterior. With a deck of 52 standard playing cards, you need to earn enough chips to defeat each Blind, and to do so you must play valid poker hands — to start with, anyway. The game quickly shuffles away from poker, requiring only basic understanding of the historic game's hand types, instead focusing on myriad ways to make your plays more powerful. Essentially, Balatro gives you countless ways to cheat, and finding strategies that balloon your chip-scoring potential is unbelievably satisfying.
Jokers are the key here. Between Blinds, you can buy these special cards with any cash you've earned, and they have an enormous impact on your run. For instance, maybe you get a Joker that adds 4 to the multiplier for every Spade you play; this obviously incentivises playing Spades, but the game runs much deeper.
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