![]() ![]() These very examples are where I could dedicate an entire article as to why Card Shark just may be one of the smartest things experienced this side of the half-way point in 2022. Just as I had dropped my guard, well played. You got me, oh boy did you pull that off Card Shark. How the strain of keeping tabs on numerous aspects across a single screen, prove a fitting challenge for such high risk- Then it happens…a mere stand-alone moment or opportunity you took unaware of the ramifications and your reaction, as I unashamedly found myself doing, was throwing one’s hands up in disbelief, crying aloud: “WHAT?!” Maybe it was in my head all along Card Shark’s only real hidden agenda, if you can even call it such, is in wowing you with how elements like screen space and even quick-time events can play well in the context of keeping things under wraps. And still the game seemingly refuses to budge. #The card shark show seriesYou progress through the story, mosey on through another series of eye-catching environments and win more and more bets that inevitably tempt you to raise the stakes. No grotesque imagery or cheap burst of sound either. There’s no jump-scare of sorts, no sudden moment you’re confidently (to the point of feeling smug) aware is going to show up. So it continues and that initial suspicion of the game working against you, behind your back even, slowly dissipates. I’m willing to admit that this could very well be my own perceptions clouding things here, but it’s only because Card Shark‘s world of sleight of hand and distraction is so effective in its delivery, where this air of mistrust begins to manifest. One the game is in fact orchestrating not for you, but against you. This helpful insight Card Shark is providing, both in a way educational but interestingly mechanical in how it unravels more so, is but a front for an altogether more elaborate reveal or deception you’re unaware of. ![]() But as touched upon when first trying out the game, there very quickly begins to stir this feeling inside (conjured out of deep-seated paranoia or not) that the game’s developer, Nerial, are playing you. #The card shark show how toSpecifically, a game that requires you to learn how to cheat one’s way to success - in all the many ways one can manipulate something as feeble and basic as a playing deck. You might think that’s a bit of an odd juxtapose for a game about cards. ![]() Horror films can learn a thing or two from Card Shark. ![]()
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