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.
Farthest Frontier. I love city building games. That’s my genre of choice. Farthest Frontier is pretty but not much else. The underlying engine is jank at best. The numbers the game spits out at you don’t make any sense. I really think it’s doing incorrect math sometimes. The game stops throwing citizens at you around 50 pop. It’ll grind all progression to a halt for 20 minutes then drip feed you new citizens. All this while you’re sitting in a town begging for workers with 10 free houses. It’s incredibly slow to the point where you end up doing nothing just waiting for the game to catch up. I can handle that if the underlying systems make sense(see Ostriv), but they don’t. Everybody praised Farthest Frontier in early access then on launch as if it was the second coming of Banished. I’ve had nothing but a frustrating time with it.