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… This is true of Balatro too of course, a game which has produced so many clones that wildly swing between dealing with gambling in a tactful manner and outright just saying that it's good, actually. So how about a Balatro-like that forgoes the gambling, and asks you to whip out a dictionary instead? …
… The only way to possibly reach those heights is with power cards – similar to Balatro's Jokers. …
… Like, they're all Balatros with different cards. …
… This makes them "feel WAYYY more powerful than if they all detonated at once, even though what you're actually doing is splitting a big explosion into smaller parts." Viv compares this to the "staging" of card interactions in Balatro once you've played your hand, remarking that "if all those things… …
… I've also been playing Raccoin, a game that recreates the coin dropping machines you find in the arcade at seaside towns but seen through the lens of Balatro 's stacking modifiers. …