CORRECTION: The game has sold 250,000+ copies not close to 1 million
@optm91605 ай бұрын
real
@sxxmantha5 ай бұрын
balls
@SeanBez5 ай бұрын
That makes more sense
@ApplesPog5 ай бұрын
Thanks MogulMail, you've inspired a very popular youtuber named Ludwig, he even copied your hairline (he copies everything.)
@After_glow_10015 ай бұрын
can there be a correction for 4:03 where you say its 7 to the 55th power when it was 7 times 10 to the 55th power
@vj72485 ай бұрын
Absolutely insane that games which don't have gambling are punished for having 'gambling imagery' .... But games that are entirely dedicated to getting people addicted to loot box opening are considered OKAY.
@qfsrucjcmlzoey5 ай бұрын
Well, it sucks, but that's the rules.
@AmSleepyJay5 ай бұрын
@@qfsrucjcmlzoey nah mate, that's the issue. The people who made the rules aren't following it correctly. Screwing over smaller companies and creators and letting the larger ones through. This game is not gambling.
@Eramor5 ай бұрын
Yup, especially gacha games like genshin as well. Streaming that should be considered the same thing as gambling if the games in the video do
@newp0rt5 ай бұрын
@@qfsrucjcmlzoey this mindset is the issue. we used to allow people to just gun eachother down in a fair duel. "sucks but dats da rules!" rules change with time. the massive uptick in games with heavy gambling mechanics requires new rules which luckily is changing but the fact that "cards = gambling" but literal pay2win lottery systems arent is less of a rule and more of an oversight.
@Bob134545 ай бұрын
@@qfsrucjcmlzoeyWhat about the micro-transaction games that are literally gambling?
@SeratiTheDood5 ай бұрын
By this logic, Tabletop Simulator should be 18+ because one of the default tables is a poker table
@chet_awesomelad5 ай бұрын
There are also a TON of game that contain a poker minigame, such as RDR2, Far Cry 3, Dragon Quest 11, Tales of Vesperia, Super Mario 64 DS, Watch Dogs, etc. It's super common. They all teach the player REAL poker hands too, not Balatro's roguelike Joker stuff. Why haven't they been rated 18+?!
@Whitiful5 ай бұрын
@@chet_awesomeladto be fair some of those games are not the most kid friendly in other aspects, but i get your point
@TheMobyh5 ай бұрын
@@chet_awesomelad A lot of these games are rated 18+ though (At least in Europe where the equivalent to ESRB M (17+) is Pegi 18+)
@Amaling5 ай бұрын
Don’t give them ideas
@fernandovazquezcueto96065 ай бұрын
@@chet_awesomeladRDR2, Far Cry 3 and Watch Dogs are rated 18+ by PEGI
@Haelian5 ай бұрын
"he's a sick man" I have never been portrayed so accurately
@TwentySeventhLetter5 ай бұрын
lmao
@avocado20795 ай бұрын
All hadeez players have a sickness (source I am a hedeez player)
@James-oj8jk5 ай бұрын
to be fair that run was sick
@thelego28695 ай бұрын
Never before did I think I'd see the day that Haelian would be featured in a Ludwig video
@coffeebreak76685 ай бұрын
Here he is
@BrownEyedPrincess15 ай бұрын
Poor LocalThunk. He made a masterpiece. I’ve played so much of this game since it dropped.
@midasdagonovich6575 ай бұрын
this.
@MarmaLloyd5 ай бұрын
I dont want to call my game of the year too early but I love it. Never thought I would live to see a better single player card game than solitare but here it is
@Someone-sc2hk4 ай бұрын
I think the rating went back down
@MarmaLloyd4 ай бұрын
@@Someone-sc2hk I just grabbed a lightweight burner laptop to play it on the go. No regrets
@haha21345 ай бұрын
Every AAA game out here using loot boxes and skin boxes, but a completely microtransaction free indie card game is a gambling game, go figure
@takeadeepbreathin5 ай бұрын
THIS!!!!
@newp0rt5 ай бұрын
right. cards (with zero monetary value) = gambling but lootboxes that cost money? not.
@AnthemUnanthemed5 ай бұрын
Most governments/economic systems on the planet allow for a stock market, study after study has proven that while skill does play a role, luck and persistence mean much more in the world of business, if you really really want to look at it, gambling is only ok today when its oked by the government, which makes no sense as they dont do anything to make it safer
@AnthemUnanthemed5 ай бұрын
@@newp0rtand short selling and stock market trades are totally something different as well
@PunchBug-nd3pp5 ай бұрын
@@AnthemUnanthemed I saw a thing of warren buffet saying the modern stock market is closer to gambling then it ever has been before 😭😭😭😭😭
@sweetbabyalaska5 ай бұрын
As always corporations are more worried about the aesthetics of gambling and the bad press it brings, than actual gambling being pushed onto kids.
@WeenusMcMenace-dm6ep5 ай бұрын
Yeah gacha games have no restrictions for children, but a single player card game is blamed for gambling😐
@scottiedarko79515 ай бұрын
For real. As someone who really hates gambling and how it's permeated our culture even past casinos (how ridiculous sports betting has gotten) and how games skirt past it with addictive, restrictive games with freemium models and loot boxes, from trashy gachas to AAA games... Balatro looked like a well-thought out, awesome game when I saw NL play it, even tho I know I won't ever play it myself
@jerecakes15 ай бұрын
case and point, cookie run
@captchagod645 ай бұрын
You hit the nail on the head
@Syphaxis4 ай бұрын
I call it Fake and Gay world. No one cares about substance anymore, only appearances.
@NinesTempest5 ай бұрын
Aesthetics are powerful. People are banning it because it just looks like cards and the appearance of banning gambling games is more important to them than any real rules or morals. It's insane.
@RandomAutist5 ай бұрын
Guess Microsoft shouldnt install Solitaire or any card games.
@kannaharuka5 ай бұрын
@@RandomAutistTRUE I FORGOT ABOUT THAT WTFF
@ItsJCrew5 ай бұрын
"Rules for thee but not for me" - Gacha and pack opening games probably
@devterij5285 ай бұрын
No rules for me because oh what's that envelope on the floor I think you dropped it mr. regulator
@cassidy83075 ай бұрын
Definitely absurd given how you can spend over $100 and still not get a wanted character in star rail. Pegi 12 btw.
@marcar9marcar9724 ай бұрын
That’s not what’s going on though. It got removed due to the age rating change.
@reguba35345 ай бұрын
I swear I used to play a literal poker minigame in Mario Party DS, it's crazy to me that this is happening
@sneakrrr5 ай бұрын
yeah there’s a DS card that’s only casino games with Luigi as the dealer.
@newp0rt5 ай бұрын
i mean almost every japanese rpg game had gambling. ff has the golden saucer. dragon quest has its casino in every game even 11. pokemon had one. and all these in game casinos had slots, card games, etc and were required to get certain items so u couldnt avoid them.
@Galamoth065 ай бұрын
Did you turn out to be a destructive, compulsive gambler? Is your life absolutely ruined because you saw those poker cards on your Nintendo DS? I know mine was. I spent nine years in prison for brutally assaulting a man just because his name was Luigi. I live in a sewage channel and I'm in constant danger of being washed away when they open the floodgates.
@GlobeStan5 ай бұрын
It's Mario 64 DS
@InOtherNews15 ай бұрын
@@GlobeStanthe poker mini game was actually in both mario 64 ds and new super mario bros ds
@Raptremrum5 ай бұрын
When northernlion first played this he hit the end of the demo and the dev gave him a key for an unlimited demo and after a couple hours the dev asked NL to stop playing it because the chat was too hype and he didn't want the game to get overhyped. Now that it's out, we know that there was no overhype, the game is just fantastic. Hope this gets resolved.
@yehoshuas.69175 ай бұрын
okay that's cool as hell. Good on you Balatro dev
@handoverthestromboli67154 ай бұрын
Northernlion the indie game goat
@乂5 ай бұрын
The hypocrisy of gaming regulations is mind-blowing. Balatro is a gem that deserves recognition, not censorship.
@DoalTheAngel5 ай бұрын
Same cant be said for you. Ironic you wish indie developers to be recognized when you are one of the people who dont allow small creators to succeed and show that you can devalue years of hardwork by buying channels I believe Balatro should succeed and become well known, but its also hypocritical of you to comment when you are in the same category as bots, spammers, and scammers, hence devaluing your authenticity
@blitzboy29345 ай бұрын
@@DoalTheAngeltf?
@DoalTheAngel5 ай бұрын
@@blitzboy2934 Yeah, fr
@kannaharuka5 ай бұрын
@blitzboy2934 x here has 6 million subscribers with 4 videos amassing less than 1 million views. Pretty sure doal is upset that they bought a channel just to delete all of its past content, thus getting rid of all the work put into the channel previously. Or implying that the account was botted to 6 mill or something idk I'm just a girl scrolling through KZfaq comments. 🤷♀️
@DoalTheAngel5 ай бұрын
@@kannaharuka Its bought obviously. They abused the checkmark to trick people that they are a famous KZfaqr when they are literal nobodies
@jawsdragonkiller5 ай бұрын
The fact that in game app purchase Lootbox's or CSGO crates are acceptable to record and upload but Baltro isnt acceptable and allowed is absurd
@Duck1en5 ай бұрын
The stupidity of the story is that lootboxs or case opening streams don't get taken down for gambling, streamers doing CS websites where you gamble don't get taken down
@karu66535 ай бұрын
Ngl learning Ludwig also watched Aliensrock was a pleasant surprise. Dude's underrated
@BeeLol.35 ай бұрын
fr tho, i love watching aliensrock its where i first heard of balatro
@Jarvalicious5 ай бұрын
Haven’t watched that guy since I was into Bloons 😂😂 glad hes still around
@Antokommando075 ай бұрын
Was waiting for this comment 😂
@thekhacs5 ай бұрын
fun fact, when aliensrock had close to 100k, Ludwig encouraged him to get editors and helped him a lot with learning how KZfaq worked, very cool
@haeilsey5 ай бұрын
@@Jarvalicioushe's done lots of cool and interesting puzzle games the past few years, and if you like that definitely go through his playlists
@savestreak5 ай бұрын
ALIENSROCK MENTIONED LETS GO
@jbisthedj5 ай бұрын
The goat
@Muskar25 ай бұрын
ThePrimeagen mentioned?
@tmmaster69045 ай бұрын
aliensrock my goat
@thing48265 ай бұрын
Aliens sure do rock!
@d0rkl0rd925 ай бұрын
tyler fans rise up
@Fesquera5 ай бұрын
As someone living in the Netherlands I get mad about this every other week. We have anti gambling laws that I - in theory - agree with, but in practice are absolutely terrible. I can't buy loot boxes in the MMO I play (which is fair enough), but I can still buy Fifa card packs. I can't get some of the FREE loot boxes in the same MMO, but I can buy Apex item packs and was able to buy Overwatch Lootboxes before they stopped existing. To make a long story short, most anti-gambling laws seem to exist purely to make companies bribe countries into allowing their game, which is why large games still exist and small games get screwed over.
@alexo_pog5 ай бұрын
antigambling laws are so strict where i live that we have banned TWITCH PREDICTIONS and GTA5 FREE CASINO SPIN (and other casino games) quite... outlandish, and im from europe
@ceshmate19535 ай бұрын
@alexo_pog twitch predictions uses chat points... you can earn more chat points if you are subscribed... so yes. It's gambling. However, you can't take money back.
@randomacc10293847565 ай бұрын
meanwhile CCGs like Hearthstone are totally allowed to get people to spend thousands per year on their game that is "for all ages"
@jessicacook90035 ай бұрын
I had no idea Luck be a Landlord faced these issues too. There are ZERO elements of gambling in Luck be a Landlord, there's barely even random chance. What, are literally all games ever going to be banned now then? Most infuriating is that Google isn't touching the shifty knockoffs with micro-transactions and monetization beyond sticker price. Man this just ruined my morning mood.
@absoultethings42135 ай бұрын
It’s only about games that look like they have gambling not actual gambling (although there is quite a bunch of random chance in the form of rarity/symbol/item choices, it’s essential to the game and so it is perfectly acceptable but it is definitely there)
@AMan-xz7tx5 ай бұрын
4:00 correction: 7e55 is not the same as 7^55, it is 7*(10^55) which is orders of magnitude larger think "XeY, where 'X' is the last digit in a number with 'Y' number of digits", so 7e55 would be 7 followed by 55 zeroes
@meatsauce125 ай бұрын
seventy septendecillion
@nathanwyatt92785 ай бұрын
I was looking for this comment lol. I knew I couldn’t be the first to recognize it
@henris83675 ай бұрын
“e” is just shorthand for the “ x10^ “ in scientific notation
@Galamoth065 ай бұрын
So it's basically a notation thing, then? "e" means X*(10^Y), and "^" indicates that it's just X^Y? (Sorry, I suck at formatting... and math.)
@edford33545 ай бұрын
@@Galamoth06 Yes it's basically just notation X^Y is just X to the power Y whereas XeY is X * 10 to the power Y, its needed a lot in science where you can be working with like particle numbers or pressure for instance and you can end up with a lot of very high (or very low numbers)
@bottlingsho54315 ай бұрын
Both Balatro and Northernlion mentioned, perhaps this is the best Mogul Mail video that will ever be made.
@EagleScout20195 ай бұрын
Super Mario Bro DS has literal poker on it. That gambled got in game coins. And it’s E for everyone
@astupidlylongnamethatstoolong5 ай бұрын
Nintendo's hands are also rated E for Everyone, so no doubt the people behind rating games e/18+ would let Nintendo slide if they dared rated it 18.
@danielkaniewski7275 ай бұрын
most Pokemon games have a literal casino in them too
@noanimationexpert38435 ай бұрын
@@danielkaniewski727this is actually why remakes of old games don’t have game corners anymore. Even virtual console releases of old games have had their ratings increased in some areas because of game corners and some versions of the game have them removed entirely.
@chbou13135 ай бұрын
I love how Ludwig loves Aliensrock, my favorite youtuber as well
@carterwright85045 ай бұрын
LUDWIG WATCHES ALIENSROCK
@TRDRHDB5 ай бұрын
Actually so happy to see ludwig call balatro his favorite game ive played the fuck out of the demos leading up to release and I'm so glad its getting the recognition it deserves
@Randomplaceinruralamerica5 ай бұрын
They’re going after Balataro because they can. Any game that actually promotes gambling like CS cases or FIFA packs arent getting hit because they’re too big. Battlefront 2 was the huge takedown along with Overwatch loot boxes then it just sputtered to a halt.
@colossalweeb5 ай бұрын
This is a similar thing that got the game corners removed in pokemon games from gen 5 onward (gen 4 if you're european). But there it's more just straight up a simulated slot machine where you bet your own in game currency. But i dont think balatro even has you betting fake money on the poker stuff. The money is all spent on luck modifiers basically. It's not gambling as much as it is just a way more indepth coin flip. The worst thing you could argue is that it kinda teaches you some blackjack stuff. It's actually less bad than the luigi casino minigames on the ds
@drewdadew5 ай бұрын
even still, that means that ANY fake game currency falls under that, you get random items from enemies in terraria, you get random abilities in games like hades and roboquest, so those all could be considered gambling then? fake currency is EVERYTHING because counting is EVERYTHING. if it aint real money it aint gambling.
@Strong_nuclear_force5 ай бұрын
@drewdadew This ingame currency can't be traded into real money, but some MMO currency/item can be traded into real money. The difference is huge. in the cases where real money can be traded, people would make mass bot farms, there are lawsuits about rigged loot boxes. I think it is fair for anti gambling law to restrict games in some cases. At the very least, games where ingame currency can be directly bought by real money need a tool to protect the users.
@shroomer38675 ай бұрын
What people need to remember, most regulators have never played video games and don't know that much about them. They see playing cards and green table, and they either think Solitaire or Poker, and thus, banned. Funnily enough, these same regulators have no issue for providing loopholes and amnisty for large companies like casinos, gacha games, betting clubs, etc...
@No-bb1jq5 ай бұрын
This just goes to show how lootboxes or gachas were never meant to be allowed by supervisors, but their cutesy unassuming looks are so unfamiliar to those people so they don't get banned. As soon as the look matches classic gambling (even if the content itself isn't it) they kick into alert mode.
@drummerofawe5 ай бұрын
Personally I have a hard time believing it's just naive ignorance. I'm assuming the payment models that games feature are considered by supervisors and even the most cursory glance can show you which ones are actually gambling.
@oompalumpus6995 ай бұрын
Lawmakers are old farts that are out of touch.
@bighatdrogan5 ай бұрын
Such a shame. Been having so much fun playing Balatro. The dev deserves all the love and I hope this gets fixed ASAP
@redyoshi65545 ай бұрын
My man Haelian made it on Mogul Mail and its a good thing, we eating good today.
@aramismarden58595 ай бұрын
Was cool to see that! Haelian and his flavor of the month rougelike is my comfort food :) I've got into so many games because of him (including Balatro!)
@samyakshah20405 ай бұрын
i love that ludwig knows about Aliensrock, Aliensrock is truly the best youtuber ever. Also love the Haelian mention, he truly is amazing! Also i love balatro currently, i hope it goes back to 3+ soon!
@drakeusmaximus24595 ай бұрын
A card game is only gambling if you bet on it. Otherwise its just a card game.
@cheeseblast5 ай бұрын
Did people forget you can literally just play cards? I was in middle school playing Euchre and Blackjack with teachers cause I got dropped off early for candy. 36yrs old, don't gamble at all, don't play scratchers, etc. Why are people so weird.
@BroadwayBrittany5 ай бұрын
You’ve got to be shitting me. I was literally waiting on my paycheck to snag this game and play the hell out of it. Damn, I really hope this gets resolved, because I now have money for the dev and I wanna throw it at him! 😢
@CatGataNekosan5 ай бұрын
Same thing happened to 'Luck Be a Landlord,' which is a roguelike with a slots aesthetic that came out last year. No actual gambling involved, but banned from google play in 13 countries.
@lordpumpkinhead2654 ай бұрын
Luck Be a Landlord came out way later than last year. I think it's been on Steam for like three years now.
@noisepollution44735 ай бұрын
Balatro is my favorite game this year and one of my favorite games ever. And it was made by 1 guy. And has no gambling in it. This is ridiculous. Thanks for covering this on your huge platform, Ludwig. Hope this gets resolved soon :/
@naliskun42225 ай бұрын
σ( ̄、 ̄〃) *IF* balatro is being removed why is hoyoverse allowed •honkai impact •honkai starrail •genshin impact Where's the consistency
@danielkaniewski7275 ай бұрын
The craziest thing is that most pokemon games have literal casinos in them and no one bats an eye at those
@asbelirving55365 ай бұрын
Pokémon stopped having casinos a long time ago specifically because of this problem too ! Iirc gen 2 was the last one with a real casino you could enter that had mini games active...
@hachnslay5 ай бұрын
just checked the age rating in Germany - 12+ for ... violence? wtf.
@dacrispy52685 ай бұрын
Nintendo taught an entire of generation of kids to gamble on Mario DS being dealt hands by Luigi. The irony of taking this off their stores lmao.
@RandomName871265 ай бұрын
Check out the game, "Dungeons and Degenerate Gamblers". It's a blackjack based roguelike that id not at all based on gambling, there is no real money involved, and it's super fun. The full game releases this year, I wonder if it'll also get banned in various countries.
@Aldenfenris5 ай бұрын
If this one got banned, that onen will likely get hit too, it is "blackjack" so it is evil gambling. Sucks so much.
@nerdjournal5 ай бұрын
Love this game. Played the multiple demos. I hope things get figured out.
@rasengdori135 ай бұрын
Daily Reminder that the ESRB is entirely managed by the video game industry (AKA the industry making the actual gambling games for children)
@Thisisthegreatestatofalltime5 ай бұрын
Tbf it wasn’t the esrb that did it, they don’t have a +3 rating. It was the discount esrb pegi
@mwilli65 ай бұрын
ESRB is a North American game content rating, and Balatro is rated E 10+ ESRB rating and is on the Nintendo eShop and others in NA. The issue is outside of NA such as it's18+ PEGI rating in EU. I don't think Ludwig made that clear enough because I was shocked enough to look. Another ridiculous thing is Vegas Party has a PEGI 12 rating and is in the EU Nintendo eShop (It has a ESRB Teen rating). That's an extremely inconsistent enforcement of the ‘contains prominent gambling imagery and material that instructs about gambling’ restriction. But ESRB is based in this case. Hopefully that means PEGI and others will change.
@GandoTheBard5 ай бұрын
100% agree. It is egregious that this has happened while card games like Eternal and Magic Arena are 13+
@dcgamer10275 ай бұрын
Uck be Landlord has one of the best, most innovative UI's I have seen in the last few years, it honestly blew my mind and it has concepts every single game should copy. Sucks to hear they are getting screwed over. I really think it is beyond time to regulate and update gambling laws, if not across the whole world then at least in the US.
@petermoras68935 ай бұрын
Fortunately this doesn't effect my gaming grindset. Hour 1: I play CS2 until I get a lootbox drop that i can gamble for real money with on 3rd party sites. Hour 2: I log into my Roblox account, buying and selling various items for robux on the marketplace, trading the sold goods for real money. Hour 3: I do my daily missions in Genshin impact, obtaining enough primogems to finally roll a 10 pull for the newest 5 star. I get nothing. Hour 4: I take a lunch break and head out to my favorite bistro. I always order their special of the day. Today it was Tomato soup. Hour 5: I log into Magic The Gathering: Arena and play an event where I wager premium currency that I get back if I win enough games. I draw poorly and lose my money. Hour 6: I log into my WoW account which I left AFK to farm gold using a bot. I use a third party site to sell that gold for real money. Hour 7: I boot up Warframe to run a few missions and hope to get lucky with prime part drops. I sell the parts for platinum and turn it into real money using a third party site. Hour 8: I head over to the nearby casino. I don't gamble. They just have a really good restaurant inside.
@Lsir5 ай бұрын
When Gatcha Games are Gambling in Anime Fashion,but was praise and rakes all the addicts, But a game looks like a Gambling game but its not was ban because of the "Concept"/looks of gambling. This worlds is all backwards.
@oompalumpus6995 ай бұрын
Laws are never about the right thing.
@Roger_8085 ай бұрын
also in poker you cant discard cards over and over to choose which cards to play. the only thing that balatro takes from poker is the scoring system. its like if a game decided to count their score the same way as football or basketball. but it has completly different gameplay.
@souls47815 ай бұрын
Balatro getting flagged for gambling is the same as doing Minecraft Speedruns since it’s dependant on luck which seed you get😂 Ridiculous…
@Macnuger5 ай бұрын
Game is so good hope the dev can still be successful after the issues
@prawtism5 ай бұрын
Perfect publicity boost, without being a stunt from the dev, can't get any better
@RSFArocks5 ай бұрын
You say that like the dev isn't already incredibly successful. The game sold like 250,000 units in it's first three days. At 15 dollars a copy, that's nearly 4 million bucks. Even after all the storefronts and publishers take their cut, the still millions of dollars earned. That's more money than most indie devs can ever hope of seeing, all earned by one dude in half a week. Assuming this gets resolved in a reasonable amount of time, this won't be anything but a minor speedbump in this game's success.
@josephreynolds24014 ай бұрын
@@RSFArocks Free press. People who gamble LOVE banned gambling outlets. People who play 15$ great games LOVE roguelikes that hit the right nerve. Let's be real. Trying to kill it makes it stronger.
@tainted_bread5 ай бұрын
Only money I've ever spent on loot boxes was when I was around 13 on Overwatch. I spent like $300 on my mom's credit card hoping she wouldn't notice... This was right after my dad died of cancer and my mom was drinking an entire bottle of wine (if not more) every night. I of course felt very ashamed of it afterwards and have done nothing of the sort in the past 6 or so years.
@farhannaik68545 ай бұрын
There is a good reason mogul mail is a journalism major and not a math major 4:03
@SK-df1iw5 ай бұрын
4:02 that’s 7.019 times 10^55, a number that is about 2 billion times larger than 7.019^55
@Destormeytor5 ай бұрын
Also for reference, looked up an estimate of how many atoms is the Earth made up of and the score this gamer managed to get is around 1,000,000 times bigger. Crazy
@notawaffle33105 ай бұрын
This number is 70190000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 btw 👍
@beardloss19605 ай бұрын
damn i did not expect ludwig to talk about balatro and aliensrock. good shit
@Honest__Guy5 ай бұрын
Crazy that Go Fish has the same gambling imagery. Does that mean Spy Fox should be banned in those countries? A literal kids game
@reptar745 ай бұрын
I think the first 4 generations of pokemon games all had some form of a casino in it with the first 3 having full on slots. Why weren't those rated 18+ for "encouraging gambling"? This is clearly an abuse of power by the ratings boards for some reason and thankfully the community is seeing right through it.
@michael_betts5 ай бұрын
The reason they stopped having game corner is because EU changed laws and was gonna make Pokemon age rated, so they had to remove game corner from international releases of some gen 4 titles.
@incrediking41765 ай бұрын
after hearing that aliensrock is one of your favorite youtubers, i would love to see a bro vs bro against aliensrock, but the twist is they are just different puzzle games
@tersecwalsingham57785 ай бұрын
Did hee say random boom? 💀 Haelian is a great dude. He plays tons of roguelites and is chill.
@BlastoiseFan15 ай бұрын
Power ups in Hades are called "boons" if I recall correctly
@MithicSpirit5 ай бұрын
Banning Balatro/LBAL without banning loot boxes and the like is crazy
@user__13125 ай бұрын
absolutely unbelievable that the publisher already had to get the rating changed, only for the ratings board to go back on their decision and for what?!!
@ChanceCyr5 ай бұрын
Isn't that QT's Boyfriend
@Shitlerfikus5 ай бұрын
Credit to Speed, that Sterling impression was spot on
@pineslines5 ай бұрын
Really happy your talking about this. I had no idea and am extremely sorry to hear this, it’s an amazing game! Also, really cool your also a huge fan of aliensrock, hes one of my favs :)
@finthetrashcan5 ай бұрын
i was looking into it because of a recent positive video i saw of it but i never even got to play! hope the issues are resolved soon and the dev gets the credit he deserves 😭
@Mojoemojow5 ай бұрын
Didnt know balatro till now, banger of a game shame they taken down the game cuz of a misunderstanding of what gambling is and luck based roguelike game
@helloworlditsmeheh5 ай бұрын
bro i was watching the member stream last night and thats crazy
@EE-sw3uh5 ай бұрын
“if you’ve never played a roguelike, well, its like every roguelike”
@SteeveYT.5 ай бұрын
Bought it yesterday, alr. 12 hours in. I think this is the perfect balance between "learn how to gamba+" and "don't lose anything". Game is lovely.
@NotEggSheeran5 ай бұрын
First 20 seconds, “I don’t know about a lot of things” got me hooked
@YMandarin5 ай бұрын
even poker isn't necessarily gambling, it's a fucking card game you can gamble on everything, like a coin toss
@imwithjimmy5275 ай бұрын
This is how I find out my new favorite game is banned? Sadge.
@goode_bag5 ай бұрын
I've been playing this game since they released a beta (or alpha idk) version last summer and I fell in love. As soon as the last demo came out I was telling all of my friends about it and streamed it on launch day. Hearing this news makes me so sad knowing less people will be able to experience this and that the dev now has to suffer. Thank you for making a video about it
@CheeseTreeFilms5 ай бұрын
late to the party but the fact that I was 12 years old punting my allowance on csgo cases and this game is considered gambling is batshit crazy
@spykids24 ай бұрын
It's easier to make an example out of a defenseless dev to appear as if you care about gambling than to actually try to fight EPIC or Blizzard or whoever.
@calebchen80265 ай бұрын
Unexpected but not unwelcome Haelian cameo.
@LitNothin5 ай бұрын
Aliensrock mentioned!! LFG!!!
@jarry7975 ай бұрын
Good job Haelian for getting in the video ❤
@Ace-ht3li5 ай бұрын
WAIT LUD WATCHES ALIENSROCK??? I love that dude, so glad to see another fan of his, especially one so big. It makes me so excited to know this.
@tkdjameson42015 ай бұрын
I’ve been tracking balatro for several months before it came out. Playing the demo’s and watching creator play through’s. I don’t understand how they haven’t thought about this earlier and I really hope this gets fixed cause it’s been one of the only video games that I’ve I’ve actively followed and spent any amount of time playing. Really cool to see lud playing it and it getting the love it deserves.
@JonNuclear5 ай бұрын
Ratings boards: Loot Boxes? Nah thats not gambling. also ratings boards: No money involved to lose or gain in a single player game? But it has poker cards? Definitely gambling
@spellbreakerunbound5 ай бұрын
“this guy” YO THATS HAELIAN i used to watch him when i was getting really into the mechanics of Hades he does a lot of sick roguelike content
@RomnysGonzalez5 ай бұрын
This game is so damn good. One of the best rouge like games and is so unique and special. It's so damn disgusting how Balantro is removed because "Gambling like" and yet we see damn games like NBA2K,FIFA Amount other sport games having literally slot machines for card pools.... yea man... Great. It only applies for Small and indie games, but for those big corpos the rule do not apply.
@1000_mikan5 ай бұрын
2:22 omg odd eye circle reference
@j.productions69515 ай бұрын
I think it is the visualization of gambling, the cards are what you would see at casino, slot machine is not far off from a casino model. If they kept the same math but switch everythings name and visuals, i wonder if they would have the same success.
@leinad11105 ай бұрын
The aliensrock shoutout is crazy (I love him)
@NobleBrains5 ай бұрын
77e55 doesn’t mean 77^55 it means 77*(10^55). So it just adds a lot of zeros to the end.
@jameslewis44345 ай бұрын
Ludwig knowing Aliens Rock is a combination of worlds i never expected
@MicrocosmTheCatboy5 ай бұрын
Its so amazing. Anything that needs to actually get banned, doesn't, because they can just pay their way out. The only reason these games get banned is so it looks like their gambling laws work. I hate countries.
@kyleschwartz60105 ай бұрын
AlinesRock is one of the best KZfaqrs on the Platform. Ive been watching him for years and still surpirsed he hasent hit 1million subscribers.
@salemi74385 ай бұрын
“If you’ve never played a roguelike before, you know, it’s like every roguelike man” is doing a great job at using those ASU English and Journalism degrees man
@greenwaterrr5 ай бұрын
huge aliensrock shoutout i watch tylers videos every day they come out.
@Mirtual5 ай бұрын
only ludwig can change a title to a video 4 times in 30 minutes
@tamkeenL5 ай бұрын
this is such an awesome crossover, i never thought i'd see haelian in a ludwig video
@SlimGillis5 ай бұрын
Ludwig really be throwing that “favourite game” tag everywhere huh
@bengross34345 ай бұрын
Hope this gets resolved, it’s an incredible game and worth everyone to try out as a roguelike!
@TehLiquid5 ай бұрын
I love Aliensrock, such a smart man, and very charismatic,
@SadfaceCM5 ай бұрын
They don’t do anything about the actual problem (pack opening/Gacha games) because they can get a cut of the money, but when it’s completely innocent and has no micro transactions involved, it’s a problem because it’s “encouraging gambolling”?! Good on Ludwig for speaking out about it because I love both of those games (got Balatro on release day) and had no clue about this BS going on!
@basilisk19975 ай бұрын
Loot boxes in video games have been shown to increase gambling addiction in children, teens and young adults. They are linked to higher gambling addiction rates as we speak. Yet the boomers of the world think that when we see a set of cards we instantly develop gambling addiction... I swear to god man...
@Mr.Game9595 ай бұрын
Honestly glad you made a video about this I never would have found this game and it looks like a game I would love to
@kaischreurs24885 ай бұрын
4:00 it's not 7 to the 55th it's 7 times (10 to the 55th)