Vampire the Masquerade CRPG. If it delivers a narrative heavy VtM CRPG is exactly my type of shit. Completely new studio though (they did boardgames before)
Vampire the Masquerade CRPG. If it delivers a narrative heavy VtM CRPG is exactly my type of shit. Completely new studio though (they did boardgames before)
Disco Elysium did actual damage to the gaming industry, look at it.
I’ve taken to calling this micro-genre of CRPGs “Disco Elysium em’ ups”.
That game itself was, in my head, “planescape tormenting it up”.
I still consider Planescape the superior game in terms of narrative depth / how much it makes you feel, but not by much.
or you can do both at the same time and be Esoteric Ebb
This looks like stuff I might really like, thank you !
If you’re into (really) good writing and you haven’t tried it yet, give Sunless Skies a go (it’s a lot more well-rounded than its predecessor - Sunless Sea - and in the same awesome Fallen London universe).
oh hell yeah, I love the Fallen London universe! I’ve played a lot of Sunless Sea, but I think for some reason I skipped Sunless Skies, might give it a go
The writing was awesome in Sea of course but the gameplay itself lacked IMO; it felt very grindy. Skies fixes that completely for me, and it’s also beautiful visually, it’s a pleasure to wander in the world with your locomotive.
The same team - Failbetter - is also currently developing a new game in a new universe. The game looks like a combination of Stardew Valley and their particular brand of high-quality writing, which sounds incredible on paper: Mandrake. No release date yet.
I think this format is great for VTM
NGL, if there is any game that being a DE-like would fit perfectly like a glove, it would be a game set in VTM.