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 https://store.steampowered.com/app/287630/ The Council is a tale of the late XVIII century intrigue, conspiracies, and behind-the-scenes political manipulation. Most of the characters are based on real figures of the day, and it frequently references actual historical events. What it does with them, is a completely different story, though...  NO SPOILERS Real history lessons are fine, however.The Council is a game of numerous variables, where dialogue choices, discovered clues, and your character's development can lead to key plot crises resolving in many ways. The Council is a product lacking a certain level of polish. It starts off fairly smoothly, but gradually deteriorates as you move forward through the episodes. EPISODE 1. THE MAD ONES QUEST 1. Introducing LOUIS I. THE DETECTIVE   Introducing LOUIS II. THE OPPOSITE MAN  Introducing LOUIS IV. THE FAILSON  QUEST 2.    QUEST 3.    A bonus outtake of Louis IV being smug  QUEST 4.    EPISODE 2. HIDE AND SEEK QUEST 5.    QUEST 6.   QUEST 7.   EPISODE 3. RIPPLES QUEST 8.   QUEST 9.    QUEST 10.  EPISODE 4. BURNING BRIDGES QUEST 11.    QUEST 12.    QUEST 13.    EPISODE 5. CHECKMATE QUEST 14.    QUEST 15.    QUEST 16, THE END.     THE CAST             
SelenicMartian fucked around with this message at 22:03 on Jul 19, 2019 |
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Haven't watched the videos yet but I am 100% on board for Secret Agent Dame Maggie Smith.
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Apr 15, 2019 05:53
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Louis II should be a diplomat who spreads out his skill points.
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Apr 15, 2019 08:16
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Send all votes into the strawpolls linked to in the second video description!
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Apr 15, 2019 08:21
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This kind of feels surprisingly indepth - it makes me think of the new Call of Cthulhu game but actually more interestingly done, if that makes sense? The voice work is... uh... Well, the accents are varied? Not sure where Washington is supposed to be from. I mostly like Louis, but it would be great if his voice was a bit more consistent. And perhaps more confident.
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Apr 15, 2019 10:14
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I remember being really impressed with the writing in this game when I saw it passively
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Apr 15, 2019 12:31
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I've had this on my wishlist for a while, I'll be following this closely. I'll start when I finish work.
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Apr 15, 2019 20:11
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This is gonna be quite interesting.
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Apr 15, 2019 20:58
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The character models kinda remind me of Dishonored. Looks interesting and I like your plan for the LP.
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Apr 15, 2019 23:08
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What's the ruling on pointing out possible foreshadowing? I'm happy to keep it to myself, but I noticed some interesting things in those videos. This game is showing a lot of promise! Though... it already seems kind of inconsistent? In the second video, we tell the Cardinal that our mother is there but must be sleeping in order to get him to trust us with the letter, but during the supper scene, the Cardinal talks about helping find her. Small history bits: - George Washington was a Freemason, though it seems the Golden Order is this game's stand-in for that organization. - Johann von Wöllner, one of the names we saw in the hallway, is possibly Johann Christoph von Wöllner, an interesting character and another Freemason. He'd fit in with the game so far, from what little I know of him.
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Apr 16, 2019 01:47
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Solumin posted:What's the ruling on pointing out possible foreshadowing? I'm happy to keep it to myself, but I noticed some interesting things in those videos. This game is showing a lot of promise!
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Apr 16, 2019 07:17
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I played through all of the The Council and came away thinking "I am excited to see what this developer hopefully does next with the concept, having hopefully worked out the kinks". This is basically a game consisting of all that alt-history Assassin's Creed stuff which happens to be extremely my poo poo.
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Apr 16, 2019 10:59
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I actually bought this game during a PS4 sale but never got around to actually play through it due to crippling indecision on where to allocate my points.
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Apr 16, 2019 18:49
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Apr 16, 2019 23:42
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Holm's face is just distressing to look at. Like he could pull a live rat out of his pocket and bite it's head off and then go back to talking about going to the eastern patio for canapes and cocktails and I wouldn't question it. Like, I'm kind of hoping he never does anything untoward for the whole game simply because that face makes it vastly too easy to imagine him performing any sin or act of depravity. Ratoslov fucked around with this message at 00:18 on Apr 17, 2019 |
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Apr 17, 2019 00:08
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Louis seems to think Holm was going to become a problem based on his deadly premonition, but I don't remember why (and you'd think I'd remember anything pertaining to that fuckin face), plus there could be any number of twists intended to make that whole thing intentionally misleading. It's kinda funny to think that Holm's voice actor might have had no idea what kind of abomination his voice would be coming out of in the finished game. Speaking of deadly premonition, I'm getting a Swery vibe so far where everything's weird, sloppy and awkward, but it catches you off guard with moments that are legitimately very good. Hopefully that's not a first episode fluke and cool stuff is sprinkled throughout rest of this mess.
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Apr 17, 2019 01:08
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I think our illustrious LPer has gone soft. He's playing a game that doesn't appear to suck. It's got some issues, sure, but clearly is far superior to … say … Knight's Contract. I think the strain is getting to him too. Seems to be reaching for things to be overly snarky about. Or maybe I'm just reaching for things to talk about that others haven't said. This looks like it's going to be a fun journey.
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Apr 17, 2019 06:12
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Louis is meant to be French, but speaks in-game with a 'generic' American accent. His mother is also French, but speaks in-game with a 'generic' Englishy accent. I want people to bear this in mind when other French characters pop up in-game.
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Thotimx posted:I think our illustrious LPer has gone soft. He's playing a game that doesn't appear to suck. It's got some issues, sure, but clearly is far superior to … say … Knight's Contract. I think the strain is getting to him too. Seems to be reaching for things to be overly snarky about. I fully trust that this games story will break down into nonsense by the halfway point.
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Apr 18, 2019 02:55
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I want to like this game, but Holm's face
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Apr 18, 2019 03:54
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It's really got this almost-aggressive grotesqueness that might actually make this a harder watch than the latest version of Mr. Puffles.
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Apr 18, 2019 04:56
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Nissin Cup Nudist posted:I want to like this game, but Holm's face I want to like this game, because Holm's face
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Apr 18, 2019 04:59
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Fish Noise posted:It's really got this almost-aggressive grotesqueness that might actually make this a harder watch than the latest version of Mr. Puffles.
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Apr 18, 2019 22:21
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I've never heard of this but I'm on board for some weird poo poo.
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Apr 19, 2019 01:16
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Ten seconds in and I knew I'd enjoy this series too.
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Apr 21, 2019 19:20
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I really enjoy the idea of this game, but the character animations really make people look like puppets.
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Apr 22, 2019 07:56
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Dreadwroth2 posted:I really enjoy the idea of this game, but the character animations really make people look like puppets.  Introducing LOUIS II. THE OPPOSITE MAN More videos are uploading.
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Apr 22, 2019 18:24
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Motherrr must be really disappointed that her rubbish non-wizard son didn't even realise the letter was for him. Godoy, Godoy...
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Apr 22, 2019 18:46
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Man the way they butcher the non-English names at times is real irritating. They'll keep this up for the length of the game, will they?
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Apr 22, 2019 21:18
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Good thing Lord Mortimer funded George Washington's electoral campaign against...uh...George III? Given how famous a painting Saturn Devouring His Son is, I assume we're supposed to know that it's real. I guess this question is whether Goya took credit for someone else's work or Mortimer is Goya.
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I'm really hoping this game goes deep into some weird occult stuff. It has the right atmosphere for some cosmic horror weirdness.EasilyConfused posted:Good thing Lord Mortimer funded George Washington's electoral campaign against...uh...George III? Even more oddly, Goya painted Saturn Devouring His Son around 1820, and this game is set in 1793. There's no way Goya took credit for Mortimer's work, since Goya painted it directly onto the wall of his dining room. Louis does mention Rubens, who did his own Saturn Devouring His Son some hundred years earlier. So, basically, it's entirely alternate history. Not sure what's up with electoral campaign comment. I mean, a lot of people ran in the first presidential election, but Washington was basically guaranteed to win. And his re-election was even more of a given, since he was the primary candidate of both parties. Basically, both elections were for who was Vice President.
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Apr 23, 2019 02:47
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Introducing LOUIS IV. THE FAILSON
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Apr 23, 2019 05:23
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QUEST 2. And some new faces have arrived!
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Apr 23, 2019 06:43
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Ah, women, right? 
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Apr 23, 2019 09:28
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90s Cringe Rock posted:Ah, women, right? It's the awkwardly cheery "please just go away" vibe that sells it, it's great.
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 Don't forget to vote on... uh... yeah, that https://www.strawpoll.me/17881919
SelenicMartian fucked around with this message at 20:40 on Apr 25, 2019 |
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Apr 25, 2019 19:34
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Jesus Louis, dont be that pervy
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Apr 25, 2019 19:57
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Well that was super uncomfortable... I'm referring to Napoleon's silly accent, of course.
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Apr 25, 2019 22:51
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I voted. It didn't seem like Louis felt any shame, he seemed to be quite happy rooting around someone else's... drawers.
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I hope Louis IV has a black eye for the rest of the game.
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