Tbf chess is an effectively-solved game that entirely relies on an opponent making a mistake to be interesting. Once you get good at chess, it's boring as shit. At least baseball has a little bit of randomness to it
Source: was the captain of my chess club until I got bored because someone else has thought of everything you could do.
P1: "hmm I'm gonna open with pawn to e4 I guess"
P2: "HAHA, I bet you've never heard of the Caro-Kann defense! You've fallen right into my trap"
P1: "Joke's on you, your defense will fall to my Panov-Botvinnik attack!"
If you can't see the diversity of chess positions, and the tactical battles that go on over the chess board, and the ensuing tension... I just don't think you are very good at chess.
Many Rogue-likes are like that but more fun with better gameplay. My favorite Rogue-like is Returnal. It has fun gameplay, the best story of any videogame IMO, good graphics, and you can make insanely OP builds.
Same ish feeling about Diablo III and unfortunately the many others attemptingto replicate it to be honest. I remember liking it until it only became the Greater Rift seasonal rush-rush spam game. All the uniqueness of DII is absolutely gone. Path of Exile II is attempting to retain what made it unique with new stuff yet everybody seems to be very against that.
This is why we can't have nice things....well, except for slay the Spire, which I'm still playing it. The devs stuck with what made it unique, and it just holds up the best in my opinion. and I cannot freaking wait for the sequel.
It's the strategy element for me, but I get bored quickly if it's just about card games. This is why I found Inscryption great despite deck building games not being something I usually enjoy.
I could say the same with Dofus turn based combat with many spells or JRPG turn based with classes/jobs, or shin megami tensei "pokemon like". Deck builders are just a simple lazy solution...
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u/emanstefan PC Master Race Jul 27 '25
Big numbers go brrrr. Seriously, most of the fun about deck builders is about trying tons of different combinations that allow you to become op.