I violated my no roguelike buying rule yet again, only this time, I didn’t end up being disappointed, as I received exactly what I expected: a heavy luck-driven poker-based game with huge spikes (and downfalls) in game runs. Everyone knows poker, and everyone knows sometimes that queen needed to turn your disarray of junk into a beautiful straight flush just doesn’t show up. Balatro even ups the luck ante by throwing in crazy jokers and other bonuses, and even that didn’t bother me. Wel...
