Comment on PEGI gives Balatro an 18+ rating for gambling imagery
Cypher@lemmy.world 4 days agoI haven’t played or watched Balataro but from the description on steam
You’re going to need every edge you can get in order to reach the boss blind, beat the final ante and secure victory.
Unless ante here is referring to something else it seems it does have them?
damnedfurry@lemmy.world 4 days ago
“Antes” are what Balatro calls its levels. Each level consists of 3 stages, which the game calls “blinds” (small/big/boss).
In poker, you don’t “beat” an ante, it’s part of what you bet. You also don’t “reach” blinds, nor is there such a thing as a “boss blind” in poker.
So yes, if you’re familiar with poker, that description should make it obvious that the words have different meanings in the game than they do in poker.
The only actual ‘mechanic’ that’s actually the same in Balatro as in poker is what comprises the different hands, and their relative value. And even then, there are also hands in Balatro that don’t exist in poker at all (five of a kind, flush house, etc.).
Cypher@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Firstly you could read user names before going off, I was simply asking a question that Im unwilling to buy the game to answer.
damnedfurry@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Going off? Yeah, you asked a question, and I answered it. What are you talking about?
Cypher@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Between your immediate downvotes and the tone of your message your response is unnecessarily long and rude