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.

  • NekoKoneko@lemmy.worldEnglish
    81·
    18 hours ago

    Final Fantasy IX. I was a religious FF player before IX, and loved VIII so much despite all its flaws, because it really went for it with new ideas and atmosphere and the draw junction system which was hackable and broken but really interesting. In many ways the most Final Fantasy of Final Fantasy, despite the widespread hate.

    But the devs got so conservative for IX, might as well have been playing Dragon Quest. And the load times and frequency and lack of variety for random encounters was just insurmountably tedious.

    • JakoJakoJako13@piefed.socialEnglish
      1·
      6 hours ago

      Are you me? I have the same exact opinion. I love VII and VIII. VIII is my favorite PS1 FF game and my top Final Fantasy game period. I have no problem going back and forth between VI, VII, VIII, X, XII, hell even XIII sometimes. IX just never clicked for me. I think a large part of it is, it’s aesthetically the worst Final Fantasy game for me. The only character designs I like are Vivi and Garnet. The sudo chibi style is a bummer after VIII. I’ve played the opening scene 100+ times. I never got off disk one because I always lose interest. You’re thrown into the Evil Forrest and spend hours there only to go to the Ice Cavern and spend hours there. They’re the least interesting dungeons of any FF game back to back. That’s when I usually give up.