• Nelots@piefed.zip
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      11 hours ago

      I don’t even like deck builders but I gotta disagree with you there. I mean sure, if its a poker game like Balatro I could see it. But how is Slay the Spire gambling? That’s like calling DnD-like games simulated gambling because everything is decided through a dice roll.

      • MagnificentSteiner@lemmy.zip
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        10 hours ago

        How could Balatro be seen as gambling? It’s a game you purchase once with no DLC or microtransactions and there’s no gambling in the game.

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            6 hours ago

            Pretty sure some of these people would see games like Egyptian ratscrew as gambling

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          10 hours ago

          Later parts of grinding for Completionist++ felt like gambling on time to me. Not only you need to get a very certain joker, you need a competent build to carry that joker and whether you get desirable jokers is entirely up to luck.

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            8 hours ago

            Without actual stakes, and I mean “betting something” rather than the in game phrase, isn’t that just luck and not gambling?