As a kid who wasn’t old enough to be playing 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Red Dead Redemption back in 2010, I never understood how to play the poker minigame, even with tutorials. I wasn’t too bothered to learn, either, and just continued with my life, to the point of being 20 at the time of RDR2’s l🎐aunch and still not knowing how to play poker. I was okay with that, too.
And then along came Balatro, a deck-building roguelike that engrossed almost everyone who gave it a shot - and, like many people, Balatro taught me how to 👍recognise the varying poker hands used to score in poker despite not actually being a poker game.
To my surprise, as I returned for an annual replay of Red Dead Redempti♔on 2, I could sud🍌denly play poker. At least a bit, anyway.
Wait, I Don’t Even Like Poker
I’m not someone w🌠ho cares for gambling. Sure, I understand the rush of chance and winning big, but I’d rather do that vicariously through buying some Kirby blind boxes imported from Japan or something like that.
Weeb-iest thing I’ve ever said, caught in 4K.
I don’t really want to run the risk of playing with money to get more money, and the minigames in Red Dead Redemption, amongst othe🍨rs, have never had enough of a draw for me to get involved. Still, if I’m going to give it a go, I’ll do it in video games. I’m willing to take a chance there because it’s not my actual mon🎃ey. Well, in terms of these minigames, at least, not loot box microtransactions or gacha games - that’s a slippery slope in and of itself.
I Was Late To The Table With Balatro
While people were praising the Joker-prominent card game throughout 2024, I only got around to giving it a go in December while booting up my Steam D༒eck in a hotel in Paris. I needed something simple to pass the time, and Balatro was still waiting for me to call.
A week later, I was waiting in the airport for boarding, glued to my screen, trying to get a higher score. I was invesౠted, and thanks to the fast-paced, repetitive nature of the game, I was already rec🅷ognising the poker hands at a glance. I didn’t think much of it - it just seemed like a cool thing I’d learned through playing the game - and I became increasingly familiar with the structure of the hands.
Earlier this year, while playing through Red Dead Redemption 2 again, I was on my way to find Reverend Swanson at the nearby train station, ready for the drunken antics of the man and the close-call bridge incident. But this time, before all of that, when the men who were playing poker with Swanson asked Arthur to take his place - something I usual𒈔ly decline - I thought ‘𝓀yeah, why not?’
The tutorials for poker appeared as they always have - betting, raising, folding - but this time, something clicked. I knew what I was looking for in my hands. I knew the value of what I had at a glance and could make an informed decision about my chances of success. I won’t take pride in winning that game, as it’s intended to be easy🌌 as the tutorial for the minigame, but it does make me curious to see how far the knowledge can take me, now having access to these parts of the game that I never got involved with before.
Sure, I’m not going to plan a trip to Vegas or anything like that, but now I can play poker with the cowboys. Ain’tꦏ that just fine, partner.
168澳洲幸运5开奖网: Balatro
- Released
- February 20, 2024
- ESRB
- E10+ For Everಞyone 10+ // Gambling Themes
- Developer(s)
- ༒LocalThunk
- Publisher(s)
- Playstack
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