So I’ve been digging around and found that Balatro’s game engine isn’t the most efficient, which has been causing lag and even crashes on the PS5. I heard some folks compare its battery drain to Genshin Impact. It’s been out for a bit now, so just how bad is the battery drain really?
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Yeah, the battery drain is pretty intense. I remember bringing this up a while back. There are some tweaks you can do to make it better, but I can’t recall all of them now. Maybe try looking up some community guides?
The battery usage spikes if you use the CRT filter. Just disabling it makes a huge difference, and without it, the game is surprisingly light on resources.
It can get pretty nasty. My phone starts overheating after just 10 minutes of gameplay. Maybe it’s not optimized well for certain devices.
I’ve been playing Balatro on my Pixel 7 Pro without changing much in the settings, except for speeding up animations a bit. I can play for quite a while without running into battery problems. Maybe it depends on the device?
For me, it gobbles up about 1% of battery every minute, which can add up quickly during long play sessions.
Ah, that would explain it. I never thought about the filter as the culprit.