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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.