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It is onerous to disclaim simply how wonderful Balatro is as a recreation, nevertheless it shines much more when enjoying on the Steam Deck. I are likely to not let myself play as a result of as soon as I begin, I often cannot cease. It is so pleasant that I by no means even thought of modding the sport, but mods do exist, and a few of them are cool. Nearly all of those I noticed are largely aesthetic, altering the look of some playing cards, however there are a pair that go a bit additional, and there was a cool one which simply launched.
In case you are on the lookout for a extra vanilla expertise, the Cosmos mod may be the one to make use of. It’s an ongoing mod the place a bunch of pixel artists are working collectively to create vanilla-friendly packs of latest Jokers to seek out within the recreation. I noticed the announcement of this pack on Twitter from one of many artists engaged on the challenge, NEATO (@NEAT0QUEEN), and it features a group of 10 Jokers in a vacation theme. It seems to be like an superior option to develop the sport with new content material, nevertheless it’s additionally simply the tip of the iceberg.
As I stated, I by no means thought of modding for Balatro, so I began diving into the world and located a stable quantity of actually cool new packs. There are ones that add in Pokemon-themed playing cards with over 200 new Jokers and Decks, movie-themed Jokers, new planet playing cards, and a brand new “Card Sleeve” mechanic that provides in new modifiers and particular results. I went so deep into it that I ended up with mods that elevated the variety of Jokers in my recreation to virtually 600, and it is superior.
Modding Balatro appeared like it could be a little bit of a troublesome process to rise up and operating, nevertheless it was truly a lot simpler than I anticipated! I went forward and created a information to get it arrange for your self, together with a few of the mods I’m utilizing.
It’ll be very onerous to return to vanilla Balatro with none mods. It looks like there’s a lot extra new content material to wrap my head round and new modifiers and mechanics to get pleasure from. And with how simple it’s to put in mods, I can solely see myself including extra to it.
Balatro will be bought on Steam for $14.99, and you may obtain the Cosmos mod on GitHub.
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