Clown emojis all around
Might as well go all in on that new rating.
Balatro 1.5 Patch Notes.
All the Jokers now hang dong.
Big naturals Queens are worth double.
NBA 2K literally had slot machine in it. System is corrupt.
When I was young I always wondered why the nhl games had a 16+ rating and Fifa had 3+. Figured both of them where ordinary sports.
Apparently fighting automatically shoots that nhl rating to the same level as GTA and balantro.
let's just do like all parents buying the last Call of Duty to their 10-year-old and just don't give a fuck about PEGI.
The thing is, this is likely going to affect their sales to some degree.
As a parent, you may have age lock on your child's account, or search games by rating, or just not know what this game is when asked to buy it but judging by rating.
I don't know how significant of an impact that is, but it's unfair.
I think they've done them a favour in a way. If this was day one then it might hurt them but they're past the point of like 90% of their sales I bet, and now pegi looking like incompetent dinosaurs is just a free second wave of social media exposure
One of the big advantages of steam and online storefronts in general is that it bypasses PEGI / ESRB and their unnecessary Draconian nonsense.
this is starting to be horseshit. Every windows computer has a version of fucking solitare on it , there are other card based games that don't get this treatment, and the lootboxes are actual gambling.
I thought at the start it was a type of beurocratical problem, but it's been too long.
Not entirely sure about the European PEGI, but the American ESRB is funded by the same companies that it regulates. It was created after the outcry about violent games and was the industry self-regulating to avoid the government getting more involved.
It is a lobby group for the industry, for better and in this case very much for worse.
I assume PEGI is little different.
PEGI and many other groups are private groups. They're not an authority of any form. They're not associated with government, public regulation, or public election. They're a group of people that create their own standards outside of the ISO or any actual regulation representing the public.
Some countries do have actual public systems, but many just have these private groups that know best.
Balatro is a hard drug worse than heroin. We need to protect our kids from the bottomless pit of roguelite games
Thank God it's ten dollars.
I almost downloaded it.
If you've ever spent money on a movie theatre ticket, you value your time at $7-$20 dollars an hour. This... is thousands of hours of entertainment.
I'm not saying it's not worth ten dollars.
I just don't feel like spending ten dollars.
So, you're suggesting we make games per hour subscription? A good idea /s
He probably forgot to funnel millions of dollars to non-profits and businesses adjacent to PEGI decisionmakers and their family members. Rookie mistake.
I'm hopelessly addicted to gatcha. When I saw this I bought Balatro.
Fuck PEGI, their ratings always sucked and weren't useful at all. Full blown swearing? 13+. One cigar through 500 hours of gameplay? Adults only. Never cared, never will.
Violence and gore? 13+. Some boobs? Adults only.
Killing good, love bad.
If anybody knows about love it's rimjob_rainer.
Hngh. Balatro already had a bunch of hassle on Switch eShop due to the PEGI ratings change.
Earlier, Nintendo somehow got a PEGI 12 rating for 51 Worldwide Games, which includes poker and blackjack. I wonder what they argued to avoid the 18 rating. "Sure, this compilation has poker and blackjack, but it's not like we made it fun." (It's adequate but compared to Balatro it's very much a non-frills experience.)
"sure our game has gambling elements, but we're Nintendo so shut the fuck up and give us a better rating because you're a private company in the business of giving ratings"
They haven’t understood the game at all, I wonder if they even looked at it for more than two minutes
Run game > see playing cards and poker chips > close > PEGI 18
They're not looking into blatant gambling in AAA titles, of course they won't take a closer look into an indie game. They're completely useless.
Windows comes bundled with solitaire. How is it allowed in schools?
I think the current microsoft version of solitaire has microtransactions and ads so is actually significantly worse
They added micro transactions and ads to fucking solitaire? How have I not heard about this till now...
This isn't really new. Solitaire has had ads for over a decade now since Windows 8, and there is a monthly premium subscription to remove them. As I understand it they also don't show during offline play, but might be wrong about that.
Offline play? It's SOLITAIRE. Offline play should be the ONLY play, by default.
Feeling like I took crazy pills this morning...
Are all game rating systems just complete and utter garbage? Dare you to find a good one.
The ESRB isn’t awful, it’s not perfect of course, but I think it’s pretty dang good for what it is.
I mean the point of all rating systems in the US was fear of government regulation of content and having to fight that particular legal battle. It basically exists because moral busybodies were upset about Night Trap, Mortal Kombat and Doom.
Critiquing Doge on steam
I wish lawmakers had some balls on this subject. If there's gambling, they should have to register as a gambling company and comply with all the other restrictions on gambling advertisements in each jurisdiction.
The problem here is that Baltaro does not have gambling. It just uses cards and chips as the basis for playing the game. Like Magic the Gathering or Inscryption.
Using chips is even a stretch honestly. There are some chip imagery here and there but otherwise 'chips' are just how points are called.
Exactly you never actually commit to any sort of wager or even an imitation of financial risk.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46MQ1ZMZ-l4
3 and older game.
Gotta love how they saved the literal slot machine for a minute in to the video so it wouldn't be too obvious.
Reminds me of that Australian law that was proposed to make anything with a relation to casino games Restricted 18 but merely mature for exploitative slot machine loot box mechanics.
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