BALATRO REVIEW | HELP PLEASE THEY WON'T LET ME LEAVE I CANNOT ESCAPE

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  • čas přidán 8. 04. 2024
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    This is a Balatro game review.
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Komentáře • 585

  • @Bricky
    @Bricky  Před měsícem +2026

    Sk8er was fired for putting a Jojo reference in my video
    the evil has been defeated

    • @dioguito
      @dioguito Před měsícem +74

      brick hand me a job im n1 fan

    • @user-yh6je7nh3e
      @user-yh6je7nh3e Před měsícem +122

      yare yare daze

    • @darkmagpiestudios8222
      @darkmagpiestudios8222 Před měsícem +22

      For now.

    • @spottedwombat7103
      @spottedwombat7103 Před měsícem +38

      I really enjoy your videos on rouge likes(?) and i know you’ve played it before so i am asking, no begging WHERE IS THE RISK OF RAIN 2 VIDEO

    • @TheNinjaScones
      @TheNinjaScones Před měsícem +39

      pour one out for a real one
      o7

  • @TRDRHDB
    @TRDRHDB Před měsícem +1318

    Nothing makes me happier than knowing another one of my favorite youtubers is completely trapped by this game

    • @reco5able
      @reco5able Před měsícem +27

      Oops all Stockholm syndrome’s

    • @Drthulhu
      @Drthulhu Před měsícem +2

      Same bro

    • @TRDRHDB
      @TRDRHDB Před měsícem +22

      @@reco5able actually though i have a genuine abusive relationship with balatro i just get the worst luck imaginable every run but i keep crawling back anyways

    • @JaxxonBlaze69
      @JaxxonBlaze69 Před měsícem

      JFJ is a good one. He streams here on youtube so you have to go to his channel and find the VOD if you want to watch it

    • @PatValmor
      @PatValmor Před měsícem +3

      Nothing makes me happier than finding out my favorite CZcamsr is happy and healthy!

  • @Wolfenstein3000
    @Wolfenstein3000 Před měsícem +320

    The crazy part is that the dev only made Balatro to fill out his game design resume

    • @yourfriendlyneighbourhoodc8475
      @yourfriendlyneighbourhoodc8475 Před měsícem +98

      Reminds me of how Toby Fox made Undertale just to see if he can make a game

    • @magnusthereddidnithingwrong
      @magnusthereddidnithingwrong Před měsícem +51

      Turns out the best way to start a music career is to just make a great video game first.

    • @bartholen
      @bartholen Před 26 dny +7

      That's kind of unfortunate. Because whatever he's making next will now face astronomically high expectations.

  • @MrCnovalink
    @MrCnovalink Před měsícem +1057

    god between this and vampire survivors, it's almost as if gambling is specially formulated to be the biggest dopamine hit of your life. but we can't be sure, better hit the slots for more data.

    • @christianschlogl6295
      @christianschlogl6295 Před měsícem +78

      Money invested: 11.453.645,45 $
      Result: Data pool insufficient; Invest more

    • @KugutsuYushiro
      @KugutsuYushiro Před měsícem +37

      I hear you, but Balatro doesn't actually have a gambling element really. You don't risk or bet anything, the random chance is nothing beyond what roguelites normally have

    • @Seydaschu
      @Seydaschu Před měsícem +9

      Well, now they gotta put the Vampire Joker into Vampire Survivors!

    • @triplecastsleep1924
      @triplecastsleep1924 Před měsícem +27

      @@KugutsuYushiro What matters for gambling is the *perception* of putting something for value up, and caring about the outcome. That's it. You can get the same kinds of dopamine hits without putting a penny up - it's why games like this always do so well.

    • @colbyboucher6391
      @colbyboucher6391 Před měsícem +11

      ​@@KugutsuYushiroYou absolutely are betting, the bet's just sort of being made for you. You're betting that the next cards in your hand are going to give you something big (or just dropping out to play your hand).

  • @yungthnapples3818
    @yungthnapples3818 Před měsícem +539

    This one goes out to all the bricky ep 2 comments saying "Balatro main channel vid about to go hard"

  • @RGisOnline
    @RGisOnline Před měsícem +339

    Balatro is one of those games where the only thing that is bad about the game is that it is too addicting

    • @logixindie
      @logixindie Před měsícem +5

      I don't think it's that addicting. It's definitely the best roguelike to me.

    • @chubbyanemone696
      @chubbyanemone696 Před měsícem

      Its not a roguelike.​@@logixindie

    • @logixindie
      @logixindie Před měsícem +7

      @@chubbyanemone696 it's hard to say since different people have different ideas of what a roguelike is. The term has evolved so much since its original meaning. It fits my definition perfectly so it's a roguelike to me.

    • @ashtonhoward5582
      @ashtonhoward5582 Před 7 dny

      ​@@logixindie it's a roguelite. Called that because it has meta progression. Roguelikes do not have that. So people calling games with meta progression roguelikes is a mislabel. Think Hades or Gungeon.

    • @logixindie
      @logixindie Před 7 dny

      @@ashtonhoward5582 while that is true, the meta progress aspect is very small in Balatro, it it doesn't take long to unlock every item. Balatro soon becomes a roguelike where each run is independent from another, while Gungeon is a roguelite beast with unholy amount of contents to unlock, and Hades is a lot about connections between runs.

  • @Wampa842
    @Wampa842 Před měsícem +112

    Quite literally Number Go Up: The Game.
    Considering how much Vampire Survivors has destroyed my productivity, I'm scared.

  • @ladywaffle2210
    @ladywaffle2210 Před měsícem +24

    Okay but "the four horses of the apocalypse are already here and their names are Diamonds Spades Clubs and Hearts" is a fucking fire line

  • @Pepagg8
    @Pepagg8 Před měsícem +176

    16:10 I love the fact that he was persumabely high while playing it judging by the caramel apples

  • @TonyRedgrave
    @TonyRedgrave Před měsícem +127

    4:40 Hey now, Oxenfree isn't an indie walking simulator about depression.
    It's an indie walking simulator about why radios and geometry are evil.
    I'll never look at triangles the same way again...

  • @ragnarok2354
    @ragnarok2354 Před měsícem +42

    From Moonbreaker, to Mechabellum, to Vampire Survivors, to Caramel Apples, to Balatro, how does this man have ANY FREE TIME. LET ALONE ALSO BEING WARHAMMER PILLED. THERES ONLY SO MANY HOURS IN THE DAY BRICKY

  • @yaboibluddfang9795
    @yaboibluddfang9795 Před měsícem +288

    16:18 there's two addictions in this scene

    • @ruairip7722
      @ruairip7722 Před měsícem +52

      Candy Apple Moment[tm]

    • @Pepagg8
      @Pepagg8 Před měsícem +40

      Since he mostly eats them high its probably 3

    • @PlesnivejSejra
      @PlesnivejSejra Před měsícem +8

      Great catch! Did not even see them first time

    • @Kneith
      @Kneith Před měsícem +5

      Them apples

  • @mim19923
    @mim19923 Před měsícem +159

    17:29 Bricky confirmed type b egg lover

  • @CommissarMitch
    @CommissarMitch Před měsícem +186

    Hey Bricky there is a game called Small Saga. It has the Bricky Trinity:
    - Overwhelmingly Possitive
    - Solo Developer
    - Fun

  • @partk6788
    @partk6788 Před měsícem +43

    Multiple caramel apples on the table 16:10 . The addiction remains

  • @danidm5820
    @danidm5820 Před měsícem +20

    I like how the example of a difficulty setting that "just raises enemy health and damage" is Devil may Cry, and specifically the boss fight that unlocks an entire extra weapon and moveset every time you go up in difficulty.

  • @djbeast2145
    @djbeast2145 Před měsícem +113

    "it's a sheep in wolf's clothing" classic brickyism

  • @ALR_music
    @ALR_music Před měsícem +147

    17:30 LETS GO MY MAN BRICKY BE WATCHING NORTHERNLION

  • @thesongoflunch
    @thesongoflunch Před měsícem +17

    Listening in the room with my gf - she absolutely died at 8:13 "babe i feel ATTACKED"

  • @acoolnameemm
    @acoolnameemm Před měsícem +38

    Me with Factorio and Helldivers 2: "Yeah, I got space on my disk"
    Edit: I have 51.4 hours in this game now. Its 5 hours a day on average. It has toned down slightly from the 9 hour a day I had the first 3 days, but that's only because I cycle between Balatro and fighting the good fight for freedom and democracy over on Helldivers 2.
    I fear for my productivity when the Factorio Space Age expansion comes out.

    • @RecoilRogue
      @RecoilRogue Před měsícem +18

      Weird way for a heroin addict to say "Yeah I've got money for crack as well"

    • @acoolnameemm
      @acoolnameemm Před měsícem +12

      @@RecoilRogue its 1am now, 2 hours have already passed. This was a mistake

    • @StardustCorvid
      @StardustCorvid Před měsícem +3

      You should buy Rimworld.

  • @TheKirBoi
    @TheKirBoi Před měsícem +33

    Bricky should make an actual brick and cement wall with each and every "Indie developer, Overwhelmingly Positive on Steam" game he's covered being labelled as a brick in said wall.

  • @redhunter9669
    @redhunter9669 Před měsícem +17

    17:58 I just burst out laughing like a madman and now my family thinks I’m a psychopath

  • @Ralphopotamus
    @Ralphopotamus Před měsícem +5

    Bricky, I am supposed to be defending Super Earth from the bots. Instead, im 10 hours deep into the game on the first day. This game is so addicting, thank you for the spotlight!

  • @trytoxania7020
    @trytoxania7020 Před měsícem +6

    17:30 he knew, he knew where I’d be coming from

  • @jemueledwin3869
    @jemueledwin3869 Před měsícem +19

    Bricky says ham instead of hand at 8:41, just wanted every one to know that.

  • @lucyarisato6850
    @lucyarisato6850 Před měsícem +34

    The coal gang’s favorite game of choice is Balatro, it seems.

    • @mrpages6384
      @mrpages6384 Před měsícem +1

      Forever hurtling towards the earth again, hi

  • @Epicmonk117
    @Epicmonk117 Před měsícem +3

    I had a run recently where I got the following jokers:
    - Bonus multi when playing hearts
    - Bonus chips when playing face cards
    - Bonus multi when playing face cards
    - ALL cards count as face cards
    - A fifth one I forget, but had the x1.5 multi modifier, so I kept it
    All I did the entire game was spam flushes of hearts.

  • @123adamhewitt
    @123adamhewitt Před měsícem +9

    One one thing comes to mind when someone motions Tarot deck : JOJO references

  • @maggotmoment
    @maggotmoment Před měsícem +17

    15:40 Thought we wouldn't notice that eh? Nice

  • @damionwatson834
    @damionwatson834 Před měsícem +33

    Lmao bricky still has a crippling caramel apples addiction

  • @TheBeingOfAsh
    @TheBeingOfAsh Před měsícem +14

    new Bricky and Max0r video in the same day? WOOOO!!

  • @solaeclipse2513
    @solaeclipse2513 Před měsícem +9

    Toffee Apples spotted. Seems like you have more than one addiction lmao

  • @falco5148
    @falco5148 Před měsícem +1

    17:42 I appreciate the little reference to black ops 1 zombies, I still play it to this day with friends ;))

  • @eenpersoonrandomnes6444
    @eenpersoonrandomnes6444 Před měsícem +2

    Congrats on 1 million subs Bricky! I've been a long time viewer and you really deserve all the success my guy! ❤

  • @billy65498
    @billy65498 Před měsícem +2

    The time consumption spiral is real, I had a similar experience playing rounds of slay the spire instead of driving home from college when it originally dropped... I fear for my soul when I pick up poker but cracked.

  • @DurdleDers
    @DurdleDers Před měsícem

    Holy shit my boy got there at last! Congrats on 1mil subs Bricky! You absolutely deserve it!

  • @Rebelyrocks
    @Rebelyrocks Před měsícem +2

    This game coming out on Mobile is going to bring civilization to a halt.

  • @blazerchocobo
    @blazerchocobo Před měsícem +11

    I was absolutely expecting this video: the addiction is real.

  • @axbix
    @axbix Před měsícem +1

    As someone with 50 hours, 20 of those being stuck on blue stakes, I might be getting over it. I'll see how I feel after two more mortgages.

  • @BigHeadWinter
    @BigHeadWinter Před měsícem +4

    My boy is hooked on both Balatro and NL like the rest of us

    • @BenHussGaming
      @BenHussGaming Před měsícem

      NL?

    • @alexkaplan6581
      @alexkaplan6581 Před měsícem

      ​@@BenHussGamingNorthernLion

    • @enider
      @enider Před měsícem +4

      I was doubting until the chili oil bit, ain’t no way anyone not watching NL would use that while talking about Balatro

  • @Poitisan
    @Poitisan Před měsícem +4

    16:10 when you see know, you see them

  • @AjaxOutlaw
    @AjaxOutlaw Před měsícem

    Congrats on 1 mil!

  • @Shibby
    @Shibby Před měsícem +2

    Love this game. Poker and roguelike/puzzling the math feels so good.

  • @igorcool159
    @igorcool159 Před měsícem +3

    Bricky, what did you introduce this game, I've lost the house and the car, my wife left me with the kids and now all I do is play. My boss has fired me and now I'm living under the bridge and o can't stop playing all I have is a steam deck, solar charge battery and a box to live in. I need help

  • @Drthulhu
    @Drthulhu Před měsícem +1

    The way this game does endless is so good. It’s actually really hard unless you have the perfect setup. This really is one of the best games we’ve had in awhile

  • @martymcflyy7933
    @martymcflyy7933 Před měsícem +1

    Great video bricky. Now it is time for a pacific drive video.

  • @ThulerPedro15
    @ThulerPedro15 Před měsícem +2

    Balatro is simply the new Slay the Spire.
    A game that came out and my first thought was
    "This changes everything"

  • @carparked
    @carparked Před 8 dny

    “Oh no I’m feeling it”
    Exactly what I said on my first run. Genuinely one of the best games I’ve played in a while, I can’t get enough

  • @midgetfish6129
    @midgetfish6129 Před měsícem

    Quick tip. You can choose the order in which the cards are scored this does matter in some cases such as putting glass cards last or retriggering the best card in the played hand instead of a wimpy normal card.

  • @darkangel8192
    @darkangel8192 Před měsícem +1

    Random AAA Game Publisher: Why aren't people interested in buying our $60 live service games anymore???
    Some guy making a poker game in his basement: lol. lmao.

  • @fishqueen1702
    @fishqueen1702 Před měsícem +1

    I haven’t played this game and I don’t plan too because I don’t like rogue likes, but even I get a dopamine rush when I watch gameplay videos, it’s genuine crack

  • @MajorS0UL
    @MajorS0UL Před měsícem +1

    I'm not sure if you are aware but you can click the logo several times while the game is launched to see a new challenge.

  • @edd4760
    @edd4760 Před měsícem +13

    Hey again Brickster, hope this message finds you well! It’s me again, the *Gunfire Reborn* shill back to give you another build to try when you finally decide to give this masterpiece the time it so rightfully deserves.
    A good one for beginners is the _Crown Prince_ frame build. Reason it’s called that is due to it being required in order to unlock the unique frame for the character. The way to do it is to make sure you take skills which increase your primary ability power, which is to freeze enemies in place. If you simply take *_Energy Storage + Power source_* then you will find yourself freezing enemies from up to ten seconds+, although that only occurs if you cast it again on them once they stop being frozen.
    If you combine this however with a high fire rate gun such as the corrosive + fire shooting lizard then it means free headshot damage and burn/corrosion for all who will meet their untimely demise at your hands.
    Nice to see your doing good, see you again next video!

  • @georgetriantafyllidis6525
    @georgetriantafyllidis6525 Před měsícem +2

    the title is exactly what I've been thinking for the past 2 weeks

  • @ezroid7791
    @ezroid7791 Před měsícem +5

    Why would you ever want to leave. We are all together here. With balatro

  • @Akabane101
    @Akabane101 Před měsícem +1

    I've been waiting for Brickytro.

  • @sauceinmyface9302
    @sauceinmyface9302 Před měsícem

    My favorite way to think about the games structure is like other roguelikes. Each ante is a floor. Each blind is an encounter. You do encounters to get money and access the shop. You can skip encounters to get a bonus instead. Boss encounters cannot be skipped though, so you need to prepare for each boss encounter. After each boss, you advance to the next floor, and numbers for all the encounters go up. Beat the floor 8 boss to win a run.

  • @ajollyduck
    @ajollyduck Před měsícem +1

    I love when the game dev gives you an ACTUAL gambling addiction. The only thing more addicting for me is Factorio, but cheating at cards and getting away with it is a close third.

  • @Midwestemoisme
    @Midwestemoisme Před měsícem +1

    17:31 he def watches northern lion lol

  • @sthun2006
    @sthun2006 Před měsícem

    letss gooo 1 mil bricks

  • @davfranq3424
    @davfranq3424 Před měsícem

    The Steel Samurai theme at 10:58 is pure!!!🔥❤

  • @holyyoghurtman1952
    @holyyoghurtman1952 Před měsícem +5

    Is that a Herald of Darkness live Bricky reaction in the thumbnail?

  • @squeethemog213
    @squeethemog213 Před měsícem

    Absolutely love this game to pieces. Had an Ash Waste box to build but guess that's going on the back burner xD

  • @HaxorDJGrimm
    @HaxorDJGrimm Před měsícem

    The best part of this is that you can already compile a mobile version from your game install and play it on your phone if you have an Android device, and thats what put the official port into the dev's mind

  • @doktorhabilitowanystanczyk
    @doktorhabilitowanystanczyk Před měsícem

    you got me bricked me up, bricky boy

  • @meph2806
    @meph2806 Před 25 dny

    I am genuinely shocked that Bricky has only 1 mil subs. He deserves way more!

  • @ToeZ6624
    @ToeZ6624 Před měsícem +1

    This game reminds of something Pop Cap would've released back in like 2007 with Peggle

  • @thelordz33
    @thelordz33 Před měsícem

    When i first got Balatro, it was 6pm. I didn’t stop playing until 12pm.

  • @BrandonL337
    @BrandonL337 Před měsícem +1

    8:11 Brickle calling out Matara, hahah.

    • @frobro5674
      @frobro5674 Před měsícem

      She deserves it sometimes ngl 😂

  • @Cssfallout
    @Cssfallout Před měsícem +1

    Recently played Pheonix Wright, I recognise that music.
    I also love Balatro.

  • @Heydad956
    @Heydad956 Před měsícem +1

    The planet card joke got me so hard holy shit.

  • @SilverZephyr09
    @SilverZephyr09 Před měsícem +1

    The most dangerous thing about Balatro is the game tricking my brain into thinking that it might actually be good at poker.

  • @Zarrx
    @Zarrx Před měsícem +1

    this is the new solitaire. It's what we will be playing in our retirement homes for 10 hours a day.

  • @jebbus132
    @jebbus132 Před měsícem +1

    Balatro is going to fucking destroy lives when the mobile ports come out.

  • @renatoafonsomaiacarneiro950

    17:57 oh dang, someone has one hack of a calculator history here 😳

  • @aquaisuseful682
    @aquaisuseful682 Před měsícem

    18:02 Buhubububuh bend over and bite the pillow?!” Bricky…that made me swoon a lil

  • @bofurlong8944
    @bofurlong8944 Před měsícem +1

    “What are planets? They allow women to be prejudiced without moral consequence.”
    Been saying this about astrology for years.

  • @koish_ii
    @koish_ii Před měsícem +1

    18:02 must become the most replayed bit of the video, you have your mission chat

  • @paulomatute4114
    @paulomatute4114 Před měsícem

    You know its a classic Bricky video when it is uploaded right when the game he is talking about gets updated

  • @YukoValis
    @YukoValis Před měsícem

    You really beat around the bush in this one.

  • @snoopingsnapping7120
    @snoopingsnapping7120 Před měsícem

    As someone who just brute forces through these kinds of card games because I refuse to learn and memorize the combinations, this was fun to watch

  • @MILOPETIT
    @MILOPETIT Před měsícem +2

    I'm starting to think he's not gonna make that Disco Elysium video

  • @MassWasTaken
    @MassWasTaken Před měsícem

    Was literally wondering this morning when Bricky's next video was gonna be

  • @jacobthebeekeeper5149
    @jacobthebeekeeper5149 Před měsícem

    What a good video to listen to on my way home to play balatro

  • @gamesplitters8963
    @gamesplitters8963 Před měsícem

    Man I fucccccking love brickle videos😂

  • @nicolelambert5172
    @nicolelambert5172 Před měsícem

    Bricky.. you just figured out why I love building decks for mtg commander lol

  • @Grarnir
    @Grarnir Před měsícem

    Nice to see the caramel apples making a cameo 16:19

  • @tracesosebee5485
    @tracesosebee5485 Před měsícem

    Looking at the hours played from Saturday at 10 AM to Monday at 7 PM, that's what Rogue Trader did to me. I started it Friday at 6 PM, and by 8 PM Sunday I had almost 30 hours in the game.

  • @rocksalot90
    @rocksalot90 Před měsícem

    THE CARMAL apples on the coffee table! he cant escape them!! who knows what number that is haha

  • @Halfway3
    @Halfway3 Před měsícem +1

    14:56
    Okay, Bricky, I see where you're coming from, and you didn't specifically call out DMC for this, but DMC4, and frankly, the entire series except for 2 and the reboot, have some of the best hard modes in games. SoS and DMD difficulty, not only increase enwmy damage and health, but they also switch around enemy spawns, change enemy behavior, add mechanics to how you beat them, and in some cases, give bosses new moves.
    I think a better example of this would be something like Skyrim where literally the only change is numerical.

  • @gryphonos5468
    @gryphonos5468 Před měsícem +1

    I felt frustrated with balatro so i came to youtube to relax. Ooooh look a new bricky video. I am now going to relaunch balatro.

  • @niclasnielsen9794
    @niclasnielsen9794 Před měsícem

    I had this video in the background while playing Balatro

  • @biggrav
    @biggrav Před měsícem

    Also I love how he didnt even mention the Challenge runs. Tbf I didnt even know they were a thing until a mate started streaming and went in a menu I had never seen before. I had 60 hours at the time lmao

  • @potatotemplarthe7th116
    @potatotemplarthe7th116 Před měsícem

    16:11 -bro was caught lacking with caramel apples in the background

  • @metallichurch
    @metallichurch Před měsícem

    My friend and i stream our games to each other, so I've been "watching"(listening) to him play Balatro. Sound design is top notch. The pops and pings and shuffles sound SO good

  • @JohnnyPaco81
    @JohnnyPaco81 Před měsícem

    This game definitely makes the neurons fire with all the sound effects

  • @D.A.R.C.I.
    @D.A.R.C.I. Před měsícem

    it got to the point where im looping the background music whenever im not playing the game.

  • @metabolic329
    @metabolic329 Před měsícem +4

    I was playing BALATRO when this dropped and still playing it as i watch this.

  • @glad16252
    @glad16252 Před měsícem +1

    Now I wait for Bricky to hit me with the Sanabi review

  • @Robrono
    @Robrono Před měsícem +5

    Does Audible have any titles on tackling Balatro addiction?