Sunshine Shuffle

Play poker with adorable animals while they tell you about the horrible things they've done so you'll convince the fish mafia not to kill them.

voice acting would make this a lot more fun. VN plus poker just isnt really a viable format. also doesnt follow the rules of TH (original raiser can reraise if it's called around back to them), cant adjust bet sizing either, so a lot of hands play strangely most of the time.

reads like a creative writing assignment, not interested in reading about these quirky characters

It's not a high intensity poker simulator by any means, but really nicely emulates that "casually shooting the ♥♥♥♥ with the old timers around the table" vibes. My real criticism is that the ship is called the S.S Sunshine, but it is very clearly a Paddle Ship, not a Screw Ship. Why aren't we talking about the real controversy here?

I'll be so real, I bought this game without even reading the description. So imagine my shock as I listened to these goofy lil guys tell their harrowing story over a game of texas hold em, a la Poker Night At The Inventory. Please, get the game and listen to their tale.

The story moves at a painfully slow pace, and the AI takes just as long to make its decisions. Dialogue quickly becomes repetitive, often triggering from the simplest actions and sometimes not even making sense in context. The biggest issue, though, is the AI's poker ability... It’s simply terrible. Multiple times I’ve seen the big blind fold pre-flop after everyone else has checked. The AI also makes reckless calls far too often, making bluffing nearly impossible since someone will call with practically nothing most of the time. It would have helped if the developers had given the opponents distinct playstyles like aggressive, cautious, or balanced but instead they all behave the same way, which really drains any potential enjoyment from the game.