simple@lemm.ee to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoPEGI gives Balatro an 18+ rating for gambling imageryfiles.catbox.moeimagemessage-square194fedilinkarrow-up11.58Karrow-down112file-text
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minus-squarecaut_R@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up151arrow-down3·5 days agoThey 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
minus-squareCosmoNova@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up97arrow-down2·5 days agoThey’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.
minus-squarepachrist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·5 days agoAh, but there are also tarot cards, which is spooky Occult voodoo magic. Balatro backwards might spell “Satan is Lord” in some ancient druidic script.
minus-squareEarMaster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·5 days agoIt can’t be that easy. PEGI says that games containing gambling (real money or not) are rated with PEGI 12 to 18. So there must be something else to the game that led to this rating.
minus-square9bananas@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 days agoor…you know… they’re just morons.
minus-squarelad@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·4 days agoMaybe winning a game award while being solo developer studio, it feels like this to me
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.
Ah, but there are also tarot cards, which is spooky Occult voodoo magic. Balatro backwards might spell “Satan is Lord” in some ancient druidic script.
Praise Otralab!
* ortalaB
It can’t be that easy. PEGI says that games containing gambling (real money or not) are rated with PEGI 12 to 18. So there must be something else to the game that led to this rating.
or…you know… they’re just morons.
Maybe winning a game award while being solo developer studio, it feels like this to me