Game News Esoteric Ebb now published by Raw Fury, new demo available

[Infinitron]

Tags: Esoteric Ebb; Raw Fury

https://www.gamespress.com/Raw-Fury-adds-Tabletop-inspired-CRPG-ESOTERIC-EBB-to-Upcoming-Catalog

STOCKHOLM – Feb. 27, 2025 – Today during the celebrity-attended and tabletop-focused Lost Odyssey Event, Swedish publisher Raw Fury announced their partnership with developer Christoffer Bodegård to launch their absurd fantasy CRPG, ESOTERIC EBB, this year. Until March 17th, players can play the demo on Steam.

ESOTERIC EBB is an isometric, Disco-like, TTRPG-turned-CRPG, featuring deep and branching dialogs with a staggering amount of choice set in an Arcanepunk-fantasy setting.

In ESOTERIC EBB, the player is the Cleric, one of many menial laborers of the city of Norvik. Tasked to solve the mystery of an exploded Tea Shop, players will roll dice against the voices in their head, explore a fantasy city on the brink of its first-ever election, and strive to become a hero of legends. Or completely ruin the campaign.

Key features in ESOTERIC EBB include:

• Make choices that may come back to bite – Complete open-ended quests, low and high-stakes alike, set in the streets, towers, and dark tunnels of Norvik. Become the city’s savior or its demise.
• Roll the dice – Roll to wrestle dwarves, steal anything in sight, or keep from looking like a complete fool. But remember, in true TTRPG fashion, failure can often be way more interesting.
• Warp reality to your whim – Use The Cleric’s innate magical power for unique narrative choices. Control minds for fun and profit. Detect secrets in the tunnels below or within the minds of enemies.
• Master turn-based combat sequences – Clerics in Norvik are taught to use violence as a last resort. When the need does arise, a roll of the dice determines success or failure ala the best tabletop RPGs.
• Progress through the story to complete the Questing Tree – A quest log, skill tree, and mind map all at once. Each Quest Branch can take root in your mind and alter the Cleric’s playstyle through game-changing feats.

More details about ESOTERIC EBB are coming soon. To keep up with the latest on ESOTERIC EBB, follow the game and its developers on X.​

 

[Gandalf]

Looks like a nicely produced game for kids. I might give it a spin to see if it will make me laugh.

 

[Infinitron]

I like how this game is blatantly "Disco Elysium but in a D&D fantasy setting" but at the same time seems cool and fun. Sometimes derivative ideas are still good ideas! You just have to execute them well.

 

[aratuk]

I like how this game is blatantly "Disco Elysium but in a D&D fantasy setting" but at the same time seems cool and fun. Sometimes derivative ideas are still good ideas! You just have to execute them well.

Ja, originality and quality of execution are unrelated, unfortunately. The most celebrated early example of an idea often isn't the first example, but someone who saw it and iterated on it.

Not totally unrelated, since originality probably correlates somewhat with good taste and good decision-making, and likewise the opposite, but it isn't necessarily the case.

 

[Iluvcheezcake]

Looks interesting

 

[luj1]

Yeah, interesting for a computer game. But as far as CRPGs go, it looks like zoomer shite. Maybe I'm from another planet, but as someone who just finished a classic title you can tell by the video that this has zero RPG vibe, zero DnD style, zero warmth, zero seriousness. Solid colors plus quite unfunny humor. Does appear visually sterile and with a soulless mobile interface. Props to them for trying out something new and copying Disco Elysium but this new breed of RPGs is quite inferior.

 

[Bastardchops]

Arcanepunk? Sounds like they made a generic fantasy setting, but it's totally self aware and ironic!