Esoteric Ebb

[Oyster Sauce]

Disco Elysium and Critical Role linked up! Need it or keep it??!

[Acrux]

Disco Elysium and Critical Role linked up! Need it or keep it??!

Oh boy I can't wait for this foid to tell me all about masculinity and manliness.

[Rienen]

If a dev feels the need to include the word "commentary" as part of the description for their game, it's safe to say that game isn't for me.

[Tweed]

Disco Elysium and Critical Role linked up! Need it or keep it??!

Oh...OH OH! OH MY! IS...IS THAT....

reference.webp

IT IS! IT'S A HECKIN' PLANESCAPE:TORMENT REFERENCE!!

[Valter]

Disco Elysium and Critical Role linked up! Need it or keep it??!

I am pleasantly surprised with this game so far, like 4 hours in. And I dropped Disco Elysium within 1 hour. The world lore is quite intricate and the artstyle is much more palatable than Disco's.
It's a very politics-heavy game and there is a subtle libtard bias in the writing, but you are given plenty of options to be racist or sexist as well. There are several political parties ingame and you are pushed to identify with one of them along your journey, or just be apolitical or autocratic.
Girlbosses galore, but for the most part I can reply to these situations in an acceptable fashion. The game is also very lighthearted, and the main character is generally not taken seriously. While I dislike the inherently goofy nature of how people interact with you, you are also given the choice to be more serious or intimidating if you so wish, though these occasions are less common.

[Lhynn]

Disco Elysium and Critical Role linked up! Need it or keep it??!

I am pleasantly surprised with this game so far, like 4 hours in. And I dropped Disco Elysium within 1 hour. The world lore is quite intricate and the artstyle is much more palatable than Disco's.
It's a very politics-heavy game and there is a subtle libtard bias in the writing, but you are given plenty of options to be racist or sexist as well. There are several political parties ingame and you are pushed to identify with one of them along your journey, or just be apolitical or autocratic.
Girlbosses galore, but for the most part I can reply to these situations in an acceptable fashion. The game is also very lighthearted, and the main character is generally not taken seriously. While I dislike the inherently goofy nature of how people interact with you, you are also given the choice to be more serious or intimidating if you so wish, though these occasions are less common.

That ******* artstyle is cancer, makes me want to throw up.

[UltraFan123]

****, the comparison with Critical Role wasn't an exaggeration.

Had you shown that orcess without the game text, I would've immediately assumed that it was a screenshot from the CR animated series.

The damage that CR did to the RPG genre can't be overstated, and it will take a good while for the fantasy RPG scene to heal.

[Oyster Sauce]

Disco Elysium and Critical Role linked up! Need it or keep it??!

I am pleasantly surprised with this game so far, like 4 hours in. And I dropped Disco Elysium within 1 hour. The world lore is quite intricate and the artstyle is much more palatable than Disco's.
It's a very politics-heavy game and there is a subtle libtard bias in the writing, but you are given plenty of options to be racist or sexist as well. There are several political parties ingame and you are pushed to identify with one of them along your journey, or just be apolitical or autocratic.
Girlbosses galore, but for the most part I can reply to these situations in an acceptable fashion. The game is also very lighthearted, and the main character is generally not taken seriously. While I dislike the inherently goofy nature of how people interact with you, you are also given the choice to be more serious or intimidating if you so wish, though these occasions are less common.

They forgot to draw boobs on that woman

[Acrux]

Disco Elysium and Critical Role linked up! Need it or keep it??!

I am pleasantly surprised with this game so far, like 4 hours in. And I dropped Disco Elysium within 1 hour. The world lore is quite intricate and the artstyle is much more palatable than Disco's.
It's a very politics-heavy game and there is a subtle libtard bias in the writing, but you are given plenty of options to be racist or sexist as well. There are several political parties ingame and you are pushed to identify with one of them along your journey, or just be apolitical or autocratic.
Girlbosses galore, but for the most part I can reply to these situations in an acceptable fashion. The game is also very lighthearted, and the main character is generally not taken seriously. While I dislike the inherently goofy nature of how people interact with you, you are also given the choice to be more serious or intimidating if you so wish, though these occasions are less common.

You can choose that option, but does the game lecture you that you made the wrong choice later?

[rusty_shackleford]

dialogue is not gameplay, it's not a game

[Stack of Turtles]

Disco Elysium and Critical Role linked up! Need it or keep it??!

I am pleasantly surprised with this game so far, like 4 hours in. And I dropped Disco Elysium within 1 hour. The world lore is quite intricate and the artstyle is much more palatable than Disco's.
It's a very politics-heavy game and there is a subtle libtard bias in the writing, but you are given plenty of options to be racist or sexist as well. There are several political parties ingame and you are pushed to identify with one of them along your journey, or just be apolitical or autocratic.
Girlbosses galore, but for the most part I can reply to these situations in an acceptable fashion. The game is also very lighthearted, and the main character is generally not taken seriously. While I dislike the inherently goofy nature of how people interact with you, you are also given the choice to be more serious or intimidating if you so wish, though these occasions are less common.

okay, it gives you the option to pick a fight or **** out, but it doesn't give you the option to wearily ignore her ******** like a normal person

[Valter]

Disco Elysium and Critical Role linked up! Need it or keep it??!

I am pleasantly surprised with this game so far, like 4 hours in. And I dropped Disco Elysium within 1 hour. The world lore is quite intricate and the artstyle is much more palatable than Disco's.
It's a very politics-heavy game and there is a subtle libtard bias in the writing, but you are given plenty of options to be racist or sexist as well. There are several political parties ingame and you are pushed to identify with one of them along your journey, or just be apolitical or autocratic.
Girlbosses galore, but for the most part I can reply to these situations in an acceptable fashion. The game is also very lighthearted, and the main character is generally not taken seriously. While I dislike the inherently goofy nature of how people interact with you, you are also given the choice to be more serious or intimidating if you so wish, though these occasions are less common.

okay, it gives you the option to pick a fight or **** out, but it doesn't give you the option to wearily ignore her ******** like a normal person

Yeah these new devs on the block still got nothing on old Telltale.

[sheet]

Not a single female phenotypic feature on that orc. I ******* hate noticing that everything is like that now.

Edit: oops, oyster beat me to it.

[Val the Moofia Boss]

Disco Elysium and Critical Role linked up! Need it or keep it??!

I am pleasantly surprised with this game so far, like 4 hours in. And I dropped Disco Elysium within 1 hour. The world lore is quite intricate and the artstyle is much more palatable than Disco's.
It's a very politics-heavy game and there is a subtle libtard bias in the writing, but you are given plenty of options to be racist or sexist as well. There are several political parties ingame and you are pushed to identify with one of them along your journey, or just be apolitical or autocratic.
Girlbosses galore, but for the most part I can reply to these situations in an acceptable fashion. The game is also very lighthearted, and the main character is generally not taken seriously. While I dislike the inherently goofy nature of how people interact with you, you are also given the choice to be more serious or intimidating if you so wish, though these occasions are less common.

Interesting. Would you recommend it?

[Valter]

Disco Elysium and Critical Role linked up! Need it or keep it??!

I am pleasantly surprised with this game so far, like 4 hours in. And I dropped Disco Elysium within 1 hour. The world lore is quite intricate and the artstyle is much more palatable than Disco's.
It's a very politics-heavy game and there is a subtle libtard bias in the writing, but you are given plenty of options to be racist or sexist as well. There are several political parties ingame and you are pushed to identify with one of them along your journey, or just be apolitical or autocratic.
Girlbosses galore, but for the most part I can reply to these situations in an acceptable fashion. The game is also very lighthearted, and the main character is generally not taken seriously. While I dislike the inherently goofy nature of how people interact with you, you are also given the choice to be more serious or intimidating if you so wish, though these occasions are less common.

Interesting. Would you recommend it?

Ehhh not really. It's okay, but not good, you know? I'm just surprised it feels better than Disco and it just so happens to be my kinda walk-n-talk game so I'm enjoying it well enough.
The highlights so far are the extensive lore behind the world's nature, history, geopolitics and local politics, as well as the internal monologue by the stats which is written a step above every other facet of this game. These parts are, however, bogged down by the passable humor that gets stale after a couple hours (which is a horrible thing to happen in a supposedly comedic game) and most city folk looking and talking like modern day californians cosplaying their OCs. Everything else about this is mediocre

[Finarfin]

Orc women should be muscular but also have big tiddies

[Finarfin]

Disco Elysium and Critical Role linked up! Need it or keep it??!

I am pleasantly surprised with this game so far, like 4 hours in. And I dropped Disco Elysium within 1 hour. The world lore is quite intricate and the artstyle is much more palatable than Disco's.
It's a very politics-heavy game and there is a subtle libtard bias in the writing, but you are given plenty of options to be racist or sexist as well. There are several political parties ingame and you are pushed to identify with one of them along your journey, or just be apolitical or autocratic.
Girlbosses galore, but for the most part I can reply to these situations in an acceptable fashion. The game is also very lighthearted, and the main character is generally not taken seriously. While I dislike the inherently goofy nature of how people interact with you, you are also given the choice to be more serious or intimidating if you so wish, though these occasions are less common.

A second with grok fixed that ****** asexual looking orc thing.

[Valter]

Disco Elysium and Critical Role linked up! Need it or keep it??!

I am pleasantly surprised with this game so far, like 4 hours in. And I dropped Disco Elysium within 1 hour. The world lore is quite intricate and the artstyle is much more palatable than Disco's.
It's a very politics-heavy game and there is a subtle libtard bias in the writing, but you are given plenty of options to be racist or sexist as well. There are several political parties ingame and you are pushed to identify with one of them along your journey, or just be apolitical or autocratic.
Girlbosses galore, but for the most part I can reply to these situations in an acceptable fashion. The game is also very lighthearted, and the main character is generally not taken seriously. While I dislike the inherently goofy nature of how people interact with you, you are also given the choice to be more serious or intimidating if you so wish, though these occasions are less common.

A second with grok fixed that ****** asexual looking orc thing.

Even whitegreenwashed her too for good measure. Grok really said no dark orcs.

[asf]

looks gay

[Valter]

I am pleasantly surprised with this game so far, like 4 hours in. And I dropped Disco Elysium within 1 hour. The world lore is quite intricate and the artstyle is much more palatable than Disco's.
It's a very politics-heavy game and there is a subtle libtard bias in the writing, but you are given plenty of options to be racist or sexist as well. There are several political parties ingame and you are pushed to identify with one of them along your journey, or just be apolitical or autocratic.
Girlbosses galore, but for the most part I can reply to these situations in an acceptable fashion. The game is also very lighthearted, and the main character is generally not taken seriously. While I dislike the inherently goofy nature of how people interact with you, you are also given the choice to be more serious or intimidating if you so wish, though these occasions are less common.

Interesting. Would you recommend it?

Ehhh not really. It's okay, but not good, you know? I'm just surprised it feels better than Disco and it just so happens to be my kinda walk-n-talk game so I'm enjoying it well enough.
The highlights so far are the extensive lore behind the world's nature, history, geopolitics and local politics, as well as the internal monologue by the stats which is written a step above every other facet of this game. These parts are, however, bogged down by the passable humor that gets stale after a couple hours (which is a horrible thing to happen in a supposedly comedic game) and most city folk looking and talking like modern day californians cosplaying their OCs. Everything else about this is mediocre

Update: 15 hours in, I can confidently say I do not recommend it even if you like this kind of game, as I am no longer inclined to continue playing it myself. I did mostly enjoy my time so far, but despite being able to tolerate the first few fantasy tumblrite designs, the newer NPCs are just too ugly to overlook. And the misandric bias is getting a lot less subtle.

► You ever seen a donkey goblin?

[Acrux]

Shocking

[Demonic Fate]

The single developer's pre-mortem, and to a lesser degree his devlogs, are significantly more interesting than the game itself so far (I've played maybe one hour):



https://esotericebb.com/#Devlogs

FWIW, I really like the design and mechanics. I think it's a good middle ground between pure "walk and talk" like Disco Elysium, and full CRPG with combat and sneaking and stuff. I just don't really give a **** about the world and the people in it. But I'd happily buy a level editor from this guy and make my own module.

[rusty_shackleford]

I was a recently graduated university-educated game writer, with a master in player agency.

wow
that's a really expensive piece of toilet paper

[UltraFan123]

Of course the game designer is a libtard from Sweden.

[Norfleet]

wow
that's a really expensive piece of toilet paper

Apparently the game's beating Concord 3, at least.

[Tweed]

Looks like **** on a wall.

[Tadeusz]

Disco Elysium provides a good template for CYOAs but the content is always the problem. I bet DE template with Sir Brante's world for example can make a good narrative game.

[Demonic Fate]

The protagonist is canonically only attracted to dominant women with muscles.

I can't decide if this is more attributable to the author being a Redditor, or to him being Swedish.

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[J1M]

Disco Elysium and Critical Role linked up! Need it or keep it??!

I am pleasantly surprised with this game so far, like 4 hours in. And I dropped Disco Elysium within 1 hour. The world lore is quite intricate and the artstyle is much more palatable than Disco's.
It's a very politics-heavy game and there is a subtle libtard bias in the writing, but you are given plenty of options to be racist or sexist as well. There are several political parties ingame and you are pushed to identify with one of them along your journey, or just be apolitical or autocratic.
Girlbosses galore, but for the most part I can reply to these situations in an acceptable fashion. The game is also very lighthearted, and the main character is generally not taken seriously. While I dislike the inherently goofy nature of how people interact with you, you are also given the choice to be more serious or intimidating if you so wish, though these occasions are less common.

That ******* artstyle is cancer, makes me want to throw up.

Looks like a child copying Hades.

[J1M]

dialogue is not gameplay, it's not a game

Book with extra steps activity genre.