Slidey_Moments

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Re: The Next Game from the Makers of GoldenEye and TimeSplitters Is Balatro Meets Scrabble

Slidey_Moments

@SuntannedDuck2 Personally I find comparisons to other games/movies/bands/etc to be quite helpful in the decision making process, but of course it does help if you have any frame of reference for what is being compared. From watching the trailer it's quite clear that there is a similarity between the scoring modifiers in "Beyond Words" and the jokers in "Balatro".

It looks like "Scrabble" and has similar scoring mechanics to "Balatro", so for me the comparison is spot on.

With regard to your complaint that no one comes up with smart ideas any more and they all jump on the battle royale/deck builder/roguelite bandwagon, like other forms of media, one groundbreaking idea births multiple clones but every now and then someone does something new and exciting and it helps propel the medium forward. If you're expecting all killer and no filler then it sounds like a you problem.

Re: Complete Your Physical Copy of Ghost of Yotei with a Fan-Made Manual

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Definitely appealing to gamers of a certain age with these. I have fond memories of reading game manuals cover to cover on the bus ride home to learn the controls ahead of playing the game. A lot of manuals also had some backstory and lore thrown in too (anyone remember the game "Weird Dreams"?). Nowadays you can just google the controls, etc. With the death of the game manual something has been lost to gamers of my generation, but my 16 year old would just shrug.