Dice Have No Eyes

such a cool an interesting take on the genre. great art and sound design

I love the visuals the concept and it's super addicting but the risk just isn't worth the reward. You will spend most of your time losing and the way the metaprogression points work you will often have nothing to show for it. It is brutally hard to get enough ¥ to matter in the early game. The Change in lives from the tutorial world while only 1 value removed is enough to completely change the way you have to play the game. Worst of all is the "instant wipe" mechanic where you can't even mitigate risk by rolling less dice. EDIT: I was not even aware of what a "pip" meant or how the "Power" System Worked when I wrote this review. Yes, the losses can be brutal, but that's gambling.

rigged

it is your god they create reality If you like balatro, you will like this. But importantly, it stands as its own thing, without being just a balatro clone. In essence, once you have unlocked enough stuff, it is much more game breakable than balatro, while not becoming trivial. Also, you could probably play this both as a gambling addict and as a spreadsheet technician. There's both strategy as well as a LOT of push your luck type stuff The visuals and sound effects are INCREDIBLY charming. The game has so much character, there's no words for it. Can't wait to see what future updates bring Some items do need balance changes currently, but it doesn't take from the fun of the game

couple hours in and i can already feel myself becoming addicted, all of the artistic design choices get you hooked on the dopamine rush from just rolling a handful of dice, and seeing your items synergize for crazy points on a single turn is amazing (and also gambling it on all or nothing rolls for basically everything in the game)

I just wish the game just prevented you from making downside-less dice rather than just taking them away from you. It was annoying losing a pretty good run to god basically just saying no-U in the middle of it and calling my beautiful pair of gold dice without any downsides an affront to nature and destroying them. Other than that and the circumstances behind some things being pretty unclear its a good game.