🃏 乐子：具有数学成瘾性的扑克游戏 🎲
我对这种受扑克启发的流浪游戏扭曲感到充满兴趣
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Balatro enchanted me to enjoy math.
我不是扑克牌迷，但我现在绝对是个Balatro迷。
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由一位笔名为LocalThunk的匿名开发者创建的Balatro是一款构筑牌组的扑克牌冒险游戏，通过添加打破扑克牌规则的卡片，以最愉快的方式进行数学运算，使其成为一款无限重玩且极具吸引力的游戏。我从未想过有人能够让PEMDAS变得有趣，但Balatro证明了我错了。
机制：从扑克牌到赢得Balatro挑战 💪
每次挑战都很简单。您玩一系列级别（称为“Antes”），每个级别由三次遭遇（称为“Blinds”）组成：小、大和Boss。在每个级别中，您必须在有限次数的手中达到高分。您的分数由一个简单的数学公式确定：X乘以Y。这两个数字受您玩的手影响。
更强大的卡片和更强大的手牌会得到更多积分，就像任何一款良好的扑克牌游戏一样，您可以添加乘数以使这些数字不断增加。扑克牌规则适用于手牌的强度；四条比全House多赢得的筹码更多，全House比同花顺多赢得的筹码更多，同花顺比顺子多赢得的筹码更多，依此类推。
赢得回合将赢得金钱，然后在Balatro的商店中花费这些钱——这就是真正的游戏开始的地方。
商店：赢得Balatro挑战的开始 🛍️
在击败每个Blind后，您将进入商店。在那里，您可以用辛苦挣来的现金购买一系列选项，进一步增强和区别您的牌组：打破规则的Joker卡、修改牌组的Tarot卡、带有全息卡片的增幅包、可能是幽灵的卡片等。通过星球卡可以升级手牌类型，例如三条或同花，增加它们的乘数。
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商店是赢得Balatro挑战的关键，因为在开局阶段之后，您将无法在没有这些卡片的帮助下击败任何Ante。Boss Blinds 引入难以击败的机制，比如阻止一个花色得分或要求您在整个Blind中只使用一种手牌，每个接连的 Ante 都要求每个 Blind 的分数越来越高。
游戏变成了从这些增益卡中获取得分修饰符，使单个手牌更强大——添加筹码和乘数，然后为这些乘数添加乘数——以至于在我获得的第一个Balatro胜利的情况下，甚至9的一对都能赢得比赛。
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在那次挑战中的早期，我拿到了一个大理石Joker。在每个级别之后，它都会将一张石牌添加到我的牌组中；这些卡片是无色无数的牌，与您使用它们的手牌一起添加50个筹码。仅凭大理石Joker本身并不理想。太多的石牌可能会影响您的打法，例如，它们既没有数字也没有花色，可能导致您无法打出任何一种手牌。
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But I also picked up two other crucial Jokers: Hologram, which adds a 0.25x multiplier per card added to your deck, and Driver’s License, which adds a flat 3x multiplier if you have at least 16 enhanced cards in your deck. I coupled this with some other Jokers that added multipliers to every hand I played, and by late game, what started as a 20-point hand was consistently earning more than 500,000 points, all thanks to the accumulation of a +10 here and a 2x there. Ordered correctly (card abilities read from left to right, so make sure you add before you multiply), I was looking at a score multiplier of more than 1,300x, transforming a pair of 9s — an objectively not good poker hand — into my first glorious taste of victory.
Balatro: Breaking the Mold with Math 🧮
If this all sounds very mathy, that’s because it is. Not since Universal Paperclips have I played a game this focused on the joys of making numbers interact with one another. Other top-tier deck builders like Slay the Spire or Monster Train inject at least a modicum of narrative flavor on top of their gameplay. Hell, even Universal Paperclips, the most bare-bones number simulator I’ve ever played, is ultimately in service of a story about the consequences of the use of artificial intelligence in the pursuit of maximizing industry.
With Balatro, there is no narrative except your own headcanon, which in my case was imagining the video poker machine at my hometown pizza place suddenly beginning to glitch, spitting out cursed cards while the smell of cheese and marinara fills the air. (When it’s proven one day that Balatro is secretly an Inscryption-style deck builder, I expect you all to give me my flowers, thank you.)
But I made all that up. Balatro is just numbers and probability. Balatro is just math.
All video games involve a lot of math, of course — more math than I, a guy who was not a mathlete by any stretch of the imagination, can claim to comprehend. That’s kind of the magic of games like Balatro, though. They make me like math. A lot. Where other games might choose to obscure the innumerable calculations needed to make the game function, Balatro shows its work. Every Blind, every Ante, Balatro shows you its hand: Its calculations are all visible to the player, step by escalating step.
Q&A: Your Burning Questions Answered 🔥
Q: How does deck-building work in Balatro?
A: In Balatro, after defeating each Blind, you enter the shop where you can spend your money on various cards like Jokers, Planet cards, Tarot cards, and more to strengthen your deck. With each run, you’ll be able to acquire new and more powerful cards, allowing you to build a unique and powerful deck.
Q: Is Balatro suitable for poker beginners?
A: Absolutely! Balatro has the perfect learning curve that transforms even the most poker-uninitiated players into skilled card sharks. Its deceptive simplicity draws you in before revealing its near infinite complexity, making it accessible and enjoyable for players of all skill levels.
Q: Are there any hidden mechanics or strategies in Balatro?
A: Balatro thrives on strategic gameplay. As you progress, you’ll discover the importance of ordering your card abilities correctly, multiplying multipliers, and utilizing score modifiers to make your hands more powerful. Experimentation and careful planning are key to success in Balatro.
Q: Does Balatro have a storyline or narrative?
A: Balatro is primarily focused on its math-driven gameplay and does not have a narrative. However, players can create their own stories and headcanons as they immerse themselves in the game’s compelling mechanics and addictive gameplay.
🖇️ References
- Silent Hill 2 Remake Developer Bloober Team Announces New Game Project
- Order of Operations
- Universal Paperclips – A Hypnotic Clicker Game
- Slay the Spire: A Deckbuilding Roguelike
- Monster Train: A Strategic Roguelike Deck Builder
- Inscryption: The Mysterious and Twisted Deck-Building Horror Game
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Balatro将让您在每张牌都计数的游戏中成为一名牌手。在您意识到之前，您将全副武装。卡牌构筑游戏的粉丝们不能错过这款游戏。加入吧。
嘿，玩家朋友们！您尝试过Balatro吗？这款以数学为基础的卡牌构筑游戏将是这个类型的创举，提供了将扑克的刺激性与战略性卡牌构筑机制相结合的游戏体验。如果您正在寻找新奇且令人上瘾的体验，Balatro就是适合您的游戏！💥
在下方评论中分享您对Balatro的想法，并让我们知道您在游戏中发现了哪些独特的策略或难忘的时刻。并且别忘了将这篇文章分享给您的社交媒体好友，让他们也能发现Balatro的乐趣！🤩
