Esoteric Ebb

I genuinely can’t remember the last time a game made me laugh this much. Esoteric Ebb is basically what happens if someone mixed an old-school RPG, a fever dream, and a group of unhinged D&D players into one game. Yeah, there’s a LOT of reading. But somehow every conversation is entertaining, every character is weir…

This game feels good on the surface, but it's so painfully obvious that the whole thing is just a lecture that it becomes unbearable to play. Every single "bad" choice you make comes with a lecture on why it's bad and you shouldn't do it. The point where I stopped playing was when you get a choice to take someone's…

i think this game has a lot of charm - great graphic design, fun conceit - but ultimately falls short. being as close as it is aesthetically to disco elysium - as well as its attempt to tackle political themes - invites comparison to its predecessor. it is, simply, not that good. i'm aware ebb is meant to be a comed…

Gotta be honest here, I tried. I really really tried. This one is a bit of a let down, and I'm not sure how it has an 'Overwhelmingly Positive' review. One of the few times the audience score has misled me. I can forgive a game if its writing is bad, if the gameplay is good. But this is a CRPG. CRPGs live and die by…

I'm the type of guy who loves games with choices and dice rolls, but can't stand turn-based game and groups management. I tried really hard to love Baldur's Gate or Pillars of eternity games, but always gave up because of the group gameplay. Esoteric EBB keeps the dice gameplay and get rid of the awful combats and p…

I literally died of embarrassment because flirting went so badly, A+, game of the year.