I have less than 10 hours in the game, 7 runs, only one success (with a blue deck).
The game is cool, difficulty really ramps up with the last 2 antes, but there are two boss modifiers that always kill me, especially when they are assigned to the last boss:
- the one that moves the target up to 300000 (instead of 100000) and
- the one that forces you to win in only one hand.
It feels like the game pushes you to be in a position where you can win in a single hand with a base target and that’s asking a lot on the basic difficulty when the player is still trying to understand all synergies and mechanics. I dunno, it feels these modifers should be unlocked at higher difficulty levels.
It doesn’t help that runs are so long (over 1 hour) and losing at the final boss with such a difficulty spile feels pretty frustrating.
Anyone else feels frustrated with these specific modifiers? How do I counter then? Is it a matter of “git gud” and just be more aggressive in Joker selection?
6·3 days ago- Ante 1 just fish for flushes. Prioritize finding one scoring joker and one money joker in the shop.
- Until you’ve accumulated $25, don’t overspend in the shop unless it’s a good ROI.
- +Mult and +Chips are really good in the early game. *Mult is sorta useless until late game.
- Try to focus on one poker hand by ante 4. You should have a decent economy at that point so you can buy most booster packs.
- Hold on to tarot cards until you get a good hand for them. Tarot cards can be strong enough to save your from a difficult boss by boosting the hand right before you play it.
- Don’t skip except in rare circumstances. You probably won’t know what a good skip looks like until you’ve played a lot more.
- Always check the boss blind in the first shop of an ante so you can prep.
- Small poker hand builds (high card, pair) are good with “card held in hand” abilities. They also don’t require much discarding.
- Large poker hand builds require lots of discarding. There are some jokers that synergize by giving a bonus for each card scored.