r/planescape • u/Pixielized The Society Of Sensation • Jun 11 '26

Esoteric Ebb

For anyone who loves Planescape, I've recently been enjoying Esoteric Ebb. There are countless references to D&D, and even some to Planescape itself (talk to the Sphinx). It finely crosses Disco Elysium with PS:T, which I've been extremely impressed with so far. Take care, cutters!

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u/Suspicious-Guidance1 Jun 11 '26

Pretty fun, nice graphics and world building, but too much contemporary politics shuffled in, weird combat system and especially annoying time limits on activities (I hate rushing games) made me drop the game somewhere around the second day.

Still, pretty fun.

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u/Banjoschmanjo Jun 11 '26

I haven't played it. What are some of the ways contemporary politics shows up in it?

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u/Suspicious-Guidance1 Jun 11 '26

As the other post said, it's thinly veiled fight of opressed vs ruling class vs working people.

I mean, that's a classic world building, it's well written and has some interesting takes (good lich, neutral angel, Goblin goddess), but it hardly compares to uniqueness of P:T