nanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 7 months agoBalatro dev: Talked with PEGI and they do not see anything wrong Balatro being rated 18+, nor with EA sports FC (and similar games) having a 3+ ratingx.comexternal-linkmessage-square68fedilinkarrow-up1514arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1511arrow-down1external-linkBalatro dev: Talked with PEGI and they do not see anything wrong Balatro being rated 18+, nor with EA sports FC (and similar games) having a 3+ ratingx.comnanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square68fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareFurtiveFugitive@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up64·7 months agoIs the rating purely because it uses playing cards? Poker hands? Yahtzee and literal poker with betting are included in Nintendo clubhouse/worldwide 51 and it’s rated Pegi-12. Would balatro get a pass if it used cards numbered 1-13 instead of traditional cards? This whole thing is bonkers.
minus-squareforgotaboutlaye@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·6 months agoAnyone can walk into a store and buy a deck of cards. I bet the gift shop of any casino in Las Vegas would sell a souvenir deck of cards to a kid without a second thought.
Is the rating purely because it uses playing cards? Poker hands?
Yahtzee and literal poker with betting are included in Nintendo clubhouse/worldwide 51 and it’s rated Pegi-12.
Would balatro get a pass if it used cards numbered 1-13 instead of traditional cards?
This whole thing is bonkers.
Anyone can walk into a store and buy a deck of cards.
I bet the gift shop of any casino in Las Vegas would sell a souvenir deck of cards to a kid without a second thought.