156 The 'Pick 3' Situation is Crazy

Much like how everything is crab, everything in games seems to increasingly be 'Pick 3'...well, not EVERYTHING, but it sure is becoming prevalent. You level up, 3 options appear, you pick 1, and then play for another minute until you have to pick 3 again. When it's great, it's fantastic, but as it becomes more pervasive will the charm wear off?MORE PLACES TO FIND USCrubscribe ► https://bit.ly/CrubcastGet the show early and get exclusive content at our Patreon ► https://www.patreon.com/crubOur Crubcasts are recorded LIVE at https://www.twitch.tv/crub_official every Tuesday at 7pm Eastern, with EXCLUSIVE Pre- and Post-ShowsJoin our Discord ► https://crub.org/joinBlueSky ► https://bsky.app/profile/crub.orgCome join our Steam group ► https://steamcommunity.com/groups/crubclubPodcasts are available on Apple, Google, Spotify, and other platforms are available at ► https://crub.orgSHOW NOTESHere's a free post on our Patreon of us checking out The Spell Brigade, an online co-op Survivors game:https://www.patreon.com/posts/checking-out-157909409Some of the games mentioned...The Pick 3 Slop Website:https://pick3slop.com/Gambonanza (they sent us a code, but just linking this because it's a weird name to blind-Google):https://store.steampowered.com/app/3509230/Gambonanza/Dungeon Clawler (also sent us a code, for disclosure):https://store.steampowered.com/app/2356780/Dungeon_Clawler/HUNTERxHUNTER NEWxSURVIVOR:https://hunterhunter-ns.bushimo.jp/en/TODAY'S CRUBCAST HOSTSBrody: https://www.youtube.com/@RACROXCassandra: https://www.youtube.com/@ThatTravGuyChris: https://www.youtube.com/@MykonosFanNicco: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl56kbl3tb-KiGEHT7MUGUgCHAPTERS00:00 Discord Nitro 3 month is pick 305:19 The morphing of the roguelite genre14:27 Slay the Spire 2, too much game, not enough card22:01 "Throw it against the wall and hope it sticks" design29:14 Chris realizes that this entire subgenre is all just Hades35:13 The synergies absolve all 47:34 Should there be a "try all the cool stuff" room?55:46 Favorite scene from a bad piece of media? (Urkman1) ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★