>>714300571it's gambling in the sense that there's no real skill expression. you're just looking for synergies and if you get good ones you win and if you don't you lose. the moment to moment gameplay might as well be automated. >inb4 one autist out of trillions proves that over 5k hours of runs he has a win percentage that is one deviation above the mean thus proving the game is entirely skill based
slay the spire is similar but is much much much more skill based, for example. being good at balatro is like being good at flipping coins. the real artistry is he made an RNG simulator that is addicting and opaque enough to trick people that they are doing something.