Mini Review: Beyond Words (Switch) - Addictive In The Best Ways, But Totally Copies Balatro's Homework
Upping the ante.
Back in 2024, Balatro made big waves in the indie roguelike space, offering a relatively simple but incredibly addictive take on the age-old game of poker. After selling millions of copies, it’s now spun off its own sort of sub-genre inspired by its mechanics, and one such game is called Beyond Words from MindFuel Games, a new studio comprising GoldenEye and TimeSplitters veterans Steve Ellis and David Doak.
Basically, this is Scrabble, but if it had Balatro’s rules, rapid-fire
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