I’ve just uninstalled and removed Balatro after yet a near, very close 8/8 ante finish. I have been failing and failing, I’ve only ever seen and gotten to 8/8 ante twice, this being the second time. Every other run has been just insulting me to where no strategy has ever worked, I feel like a lot of it is RNG and pre-determined outcomes based on seeded runs.

And I hate that way of playing. It always feels like I’m getting smacked down by a troll bully who I can never overcome. They’d kick me down every failed run I’d have, then they give me a false sense of security the further I get. “Awwww, getting tired of being owned? Here, let me help you by giving you a few seemingly lucky breaks. SMACK Oh! OWNED YOU AGAIN! FUCK YOU! LOLLOLOL! I BANGED YOUR MOTHER, GIT GUD, NOOB!1”

I just don’t understand why these kinds of games are around, even when I have a good idea who it is for.

  • yermaw@sh.itjust.works
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    Call of Duty. Any of them. The campaigns are capable and fun, and I’ve enjoyed the ones I’ve played, but the online sucks so hard to me.

    I first tried when they first came out, but the internet wasnt fast enough for the “who shot first quick fire twitch shooter”. I would be on a bridge then teleport to like 5 different places in a second, then the killcam shows me that actually I was just walking into a wall while XxProSnip3zzxX shot me in the back. Wow I sure suck at this game.

    Tried again a few iterations later and my first 5 games in a row the game had already started and my team was already caught in a spawn trap. We’d just be respawning into a firing line getting mowed down the instant we spawn. 0k 15d.

    Finally got a real game going and I was just getting completely murdered by people who’ve never stopped playing and understand the maps perfectly and gun you down before you can even react to their presence.

    I tried the battle royale one and it was really exciting for about 15 minutes. Ive got one life, im surrounded by death, i can hear fire going in all directions. Then i never see anyone. I run from likely location to likely location and theres nobody. Its just me. I start shooting in the air “come and get me, lets fight”. Nothing. I see a tall building and think if I can get to the roof I can see where people are. I go inside the building. Im dead now. There was a guy perched on the lip on the inside of the door, waiting this whole fucking time just in case somebody walked in like I did. He’s teabagging me now and punching my corpse. Such fun.

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      i only play single player and cant stand call of duty games. (i did like black ops 1) the games are 100% scripted. i pkayed the wwii one with josh duhamel. two things stand out. i was defending a holl with my ai teammates helping. i started to realize theybwerent killing anyone and it was up to me. then, kater i exit a house with at least 5 friendly soldiers in front of me. i was preparing/healing and notice a dog running toward the house. i thoight “no worries, its one dog, someone will kill it”. nope, it zig zagged and not one ai npc card, it killed me. i load the save and get back to that point and the EXACT same thing, EXACT movement of everybody hapoened… thats when i quit