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HubU
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 Posted: Sun, 8th Mar 2026 16:03 Post subject: Esoteric Ebb (Disco Elyseum-like) |
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- Official web page: LINK
- Genre: CRPG/Disco Elyseum-esque
- Release date: Released
- Story/Description: Esoteric Ebb is a single-player CRPG inspired by the freedom of tabletop adventures. Unravel a political conspiracy with your goblin sidekick. Roll dice in tense encounters. Become a cleric of legends or completely ruin the campaign.
| Quote: | Esoteric Ebb is an isometric, Disco-like, TTRPG-turned-CRPG set in a bizarre post-Arcanepunk fantasy setting. You are The Cleric, an expert in esoteric events, and a glorified government goon. Inspired by classic CRPG games, Esoteric Ebb features deep and branching dialogs with a staggering amount of choices.
Create the world’s worst cleric. Take on the city through tense TTRPG dice rolls. Struggle to maintain control with your Stats chiming in at every moment. Let the voices guide you into insane encounters and hit that natural 20 right when you need it. Become the most interesting player at the table and completely ruin your DM’s day.
Five days until the first-ever election, a tea shop explodes in the heart of the city. They send you to deal with the mess.
You wake up in a morgue with half the river in your boots, surrounded by ten thousand rotting apples, several corpses, and one zombie. Out of your depth and with no official backup, you delve into your beloved city to investigate the impossible mystery no one wants you to solve. Juggle factions and play them against each other. Explore the streets and tunnels of a fantasy metropolis. Debate devils, drunk sphinxes, and all manner of fantastical fools in a world where mythological creatures sell newspapers at corner shops and ideologies overtake the ramblings of dead gods.
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Roughly 5 hours in, and I really like it. So far, the promise of actions having actual consequences is real. I can already see myself replaying it with totally different stats and approach.
It's well-written and the world is rich while the art is beautiful.
If this looks like it might be down your alley, then give it a try, I'm sure you'll be more than pleasantly surprised!
"Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life." ~Berthold Auerbach
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| Posted: Sun, 8th Mar 2026 16:43 Post subject: |
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It's so so. It's Disco Elysium basicaly...without the awesome writing of that one.
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vurt
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| Posted: Sun, 8th Mar 2026 18:31 Post subject: |
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Ugh.
That type of drawing style really is the worst, the "i can almost draw"-style.
Everything (especially proportions) looks slightly off, enough to irritate you. Just painful to look at.
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| Posted: Mon, 9th Mar 2026 08:36 Post subject: |
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| friketje wrote: | | It's so so. It's Disco Elysium basicaly...without the awesome writing of that one. |
Hmm, without DE's writing?! Oh my... so it is nothing like DE. Though 96% positives reviews, I will keep my eye on it.
harballaz wrote:
Hey dont be so hard the little console eunuchs, they need time to aim their lil vibratin thumbstick.
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HubU
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| Posted: Mon, 9th Mar 2026 13:43 Post subject: |
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| vurt wrote: | Ugh.
That type of drawing style really is the worst, the "i can almost draw"-style.
Everything (especially proportions) looks slightly off, enough to irritate you. Just painful to look at. |
Art(style) is subjective indeed.
| Rifleman wrote: |
Hmm, without DE's writing?! Oh my... so it is nothing like DE. Though 96% positives reviews, I will keep my eye on it. |
Oh, it's not on par for sure. But in that genre, you're not gonna replay DE till the day you die and nothing else just because the rest can't compare.
Enjoy it for what it is, which is pretty OK/good 
It's a nice ride for so far, and I support indy devs trying to do something risky rather than reheat the tired, unimaginative formulas.
But to each their own indeed.
"Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life." ~Berthold Auerbach
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| Posted: Mon, 9th Mar 2026 17:59 Post subject: |
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Game allows me to select EB Garamond as font?! 10/10
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