This Aint Even Poker, Ya Joker

this game is probably one of the better incrementals i’ve seen. unique, visually charming, and fun. but there’s one-ish things that if they were added, i would never stop playing. firstly, more content. i literally just started but seeing as how most people beat it with one night of idling is so much shorter than i was expecting from an idle game. secondly and most importantly, portrait mode. i know there’s a lot of UI elements that need to fit in landscape, but there are tons of ways to fit them into portrait, even if it removes some of the personality. just turning the clipboard and upgrade book into buttons on the screen would work just fine. and you already have to scroll through all of your decks anyway. landscape mode is just uncomfortable for me and a lot of other people. having portrait mode as a toggle in this game would be absolutely incredible. overall, great game, uncomfortable to hold for long periods of time, and while it’s very quality content, there’s too little content. 4/5

This is a really fun game and it seems like the developers care. The writing is funny and gameplay engaging. The issues it has are fixable. Primarily the pacing is just too fast. After my first overnight idling, I had enough to max out all the fairy upgrades, leaving no goals to grind toward or unlocks to look forward to discovering. And on the next run I had way too many new gameplay elements to get used to all at once, and at the same time was upgrading rune-level upgrades so fast I didn’t have time to learn what anything was for. There is no sense of tension, strategizing, build up, or looking forward to unlocking anything. I’m just mashing upgrades all over the place as fast as I can. A faceroll. Which really took the fun out of it. It seems like slowing the pace quite a bit would solve this, so that I could enjoy it across weeks with multiple runs per major prestige, maybe even having to idle to push through a plateau. That’s what makes a good roguelike fun. Just make things cost more, let growth happen slower, and other small tweaks to get it balanced. Other issues are cosmetic. The particle effects, even when graphics are turned low, are honestly blinding. As in, I can’t even read the cards. It runs my battery down faster than it can charge. I really don’t need a light show to enjoy a game with this level of intrinsic fun. I’m here to strategize and watch the numbers go up. I don’t need the gimmicks.

like this game is super fun and all, i dont have a problem with its length, i think it looks great and is super satisfying to play, but MAN is it awkward to play in landscape. like im pretty sure this game came out on steam first, but revolution idle has a portrait mode, cmon neow 😭