A Dark and Enjoyable Fantasy RPG That Grew On Me - Sovereign Syndicate

[@crimsonherringstudios]

Thanks for the coverage Splattercat! Glad you enjoyed your time with it. Here to answer any questions from the community if they have them. Excited to release on the 15th on Steam and GOG!

[@vforwombat9915]

great! could you explain the holographic bubble multiverse theory to me? ... ...oh, you meant questions about the game. ... nvm.

[@jankragelj]

​@@vforwombat9915it's pretty easy, the theory posits that the universe is a gravitationally stabilized two dimensional bubble contained in a spherical plasmatic double layer. Everything that happens in the universe, happens on the inside of the 3d sphere that someone is supplying with electromagnetic energy from its center. This energy is then transmitted in the shape of a toroidal projection field. The toroidal field, coupled with the inner plasmatic layer of negative potentitial is what simulates the third dimension. So, the universe is an electromagnetic modulance layer induced on the inside of a plasmatic bubble stimulated by a toroidal electromagnetic field of an unknown origin.

[@cloudshad0ws]

Is this going to be playable on Steam Deck (or on Linux in general, with Proton)?

[@crimsonherringstudios]

@@cloudshad0ws Yes, fully playable on Steamdeck.

[@FSVR54]

plans for a ps5 release?

[@lucifer0_0]

Splat: “This is a combat-less CRPG…” Also Splat: IM A MINOTAUR LET ME BUST SOME KNEECAPS

[@philurbaniak1811]

😆👌 _commences barrel chucking_ 🤣🤣!

[@frownmastr]

Stealth through intimidation is always fun. Who goes there? YOU SEE NOTHING!! Hmm, guess nothings there.

[@bring-out]

🤣

[@brianmoyachiuz905]

😂 I'm totally using that for my barbarian nat 20 on sneak

[@lootyboot7949]

I knew that disco elysium would inspire some devs to make similar games. Awesome.

[@5Poisons]

ye, I was thinking Disco Elysium as well as I was watching Splatt play through this one.

[@Avenus112]

Im excited for one that isn't communist propaganda about a trashfire protagonist.

[@Alex-cq1zr]

@@Avenus112 You SHALL have cheap and efficient healthcare, comrade! *Authority*

[@Avenus112]

@@Alex-cq1zr meanwhile, what that actually means is quick MAID throughput. And the gulag for questioning what you paid the stqte for.

[@GameTimeWhy]

Oh right having autonomy over whether you want to end things or not in a safe way is communist. I forgot freedom is a communist idea. ​@@Avenus112

[@neilarcher2551]

It seems like a graphic adventure with an rpg styling.

[@ClibanariusJJ]

Disco Elysium is the obvious inspiration. And rules too.

[@MN121MN]

Nice, they updated it. FYI, the other more Fantasy-based one, Esoteric Ebb, also has a demo out.

[@disembodied2954]

12 pence (which are d, not p, OBVIOUSLY) to the shilling, 20 shillings to the £, (or 144 pence). Then you have a guinea, which is £1 and 1s. Pre-decimal currency was devised by people who were really, really high.

[@armelior4610]

no wonder the imperial system is so messed up, the Commonwealth was crap at convenient conversion

[@lucidnonsense942]

it's D from dinarius, cause Latin All the abbreviations are from Latin forms.

[@barticle]

​@@lucidnonsense942 Yup - pounds, shillings and pence = librae, solidi, denarii. My grandmother would sometimes say "LSD" meaning money!

[@jonpickens3965]

Thanks for the heads-up. Didn't know you were a minotaur fan. Here are a couple good reads to check out: "Day of the Minotaur" Thomas Burnett Swann. In a classical Greek setting, forest folk prepare to defend their homes. "Ashes of the Sun" Hanovi Braddock. In the world of "Magic: The Gathering", Human, Minotaur, and Goblin cultures intersect. The dialog is well enough written that in some scenes you can tell who is talking by vocabulary use and pacing alone. OT 1: Traditional British currency: 12 pence = 1 shilling 20 shillings = 1 pound OT 2: "A Dictionary of Victorian Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words: From the Underworld and Elsewhere" by John Camden Hotten and Florian Lütz. Interesting read, and a good reference if creating period dialog.

[@JBrander]

thanks. i too am a minotaur enjoyer.

[@CrazyxEnigma]

This game is put simply if Arcanum and Disco Elysium had a child albeit that child takes more after Disco Elysium.

[@neilarcher2551]

Things i never knew i needed before, a minotaur in a top hat.

[@Dwarfurious]

When i saw that last game you did Archelund and you loved the minotaurs this game came to mind and i knew you would cover it soon. Supposed to have other characters too, including a dwarf Monster Hunter inventor guy

[@Jasta85]

Have had this on my radar for a while now, damn we got both this and Dominions 6 releasing within just days of each other. So many great smaller releases been coming out one after the other.

[@ClibanariusJJ]

DANG! Dom6 is coming out? I have an actual 2007 or whenever-era copy of Dom3 with the spiral-bound notebook that cost me damn near $70. I haven't played any of Dom4 (in spite of buying it on the day of release on Steam) even.

[@WoVic]

Jenever is belgian/dutch ancester of Gin. British learned drinking it in the flemish trenches and tried making it back home.

[@bestboy897]

This game seems very intriguing. Looks like a cool successor of disco Elysium

[@zelderan]

Don't knock a gin and tonic bro, little lime wedge too? Great stuff

[@I_am_ENSanity]

Well then.....I've been a functioning alcoholic for over a decade and decided to go full "cold turkey" this year after usually drinking between 2 - 15 shots a days. Guess I best go talk to my doctor about this.

[@rickytempleton4181]

Minotaurs went extinct in the late 1890s. Sad we couldn't see them in our lifetime. They were known for their alcohol intolerance. Faces always flush.

[@rabidsquirrel7487]

Not gonna lie, saw the word syndicate in the thumb and got super excited for one moment.

[@KhorgosKhul]

My favorite fantasy races are 1 Steampunk Dwarfs 2 lizad people 3 Orcs (preferably green) 4 Minotaurs/Satyres 5 Gorgans/snake people 6 Werewolves

[@CythereaEressea]

This is like reading through my old Joe Dever and Steve Jackson gamebooks but without combat... diceroll, turn to page. I was thinking of unwishlisting it, but I'll get it only on a huge discount.

[@deepwoods_dave7368]

This is like Sunless Sea, Zubmariner. Lots of fun if you like story based games. The Long Dark is my all time favorite.

[@playlistforlistening]

Are you questioning the nimbleness of the cloven-hoofed when mountain goats exist?

[@Wolfman6743]

17:00 yep, this is why in BG3 I'm a save-scumming fiend in conversations. Sometimes the result of failure is fine, but other times failure means you're about to have a really, really bad time.

[@TheMostUt]

The writing is pretty phenomenal. Not my bag, but def neat to watch someone else play.

[@FreDDPhoniC]

Maybe...if you're a foodie for alcoholic drinks...you might be a drinkie!

[@AngryKittens]

So Disco Elysium? But with a minotaur? Not complaining, mind you. Disco Elysium was a masterpiece. The more like it, the better.

[@Welcome_The_Revolution]

Splatt - don't sleep on gin, decent gin with a quality tonic is delicious!

[@spaceyrat]

I'm put off by how many parallels exist between this and Disco Elysium, which has some very big shoes to fill and a set of player expectations set in its wake... but I'm still curious enough to see where they go with this, hopefully with D.E. being a familiar jumping off point versus the near sole inspiration. But maybe this is just showing my lack of experience with other games in this genre.

[@CrazyxEnigma]

DE itself takes a lot of cues from Planescape Torment which came out back in 1999. For a long long time it was a singular experience with no other game like it. Until it got a spiritual sequel Torment Tides of Numenera in 2015. It wasn't seen in as good a light and a lot of people felt it did too little differently not quite derivative but close, haven't played it myself though that's just what I've heard about it. Disco Elysium while hitting similar notes also very much did its own thing. Time will tell whether this is like Torment ToN or DE when it comes to how people feel about it.

[@spaceyrat]

@@CrazyxEnigma Thanks for the additional context.

[@edwardkellog8190]

Random fact, it was base 12 for pennies to shillings (12 pennies in a shilling) but 20 shillings were a pound. I have no idea why it was that way. There were also half pennies and farthings, they were mad back then

[@armelior4610]

well if you're gonna make a spiritual successor to Arcanum, might as well skip terrible combat completely

[@CrazyxEnigma]

Real time Bow user goes brrrrrr.

[@blyatt]

Game looks awesome, super mad you stopped without talking to the cutpurse though 😂

[@Qulize]

Looks good so far and playing as a minotaur in Victorian era London is rad.

[@j.d.6915]

You like being a Minotaur eh? You could make a party of them in Phantasie 3. (Very old school rpg)

[@TheGunnarRoxen]

loved that game. Completed it twice once on the Atari ST and once on the Amiga

[@michaelbroome6603]

12p = 1shilling, then you had farthings halfpennies threpennies sixpence piece two bob pieces half crowns and crowns ;-) Siochain

[@vannoo67]

"Like a Foody with Alcohol" Is that an "Alky"?

[@korgullironclad1149]

This looks like it was heavily inspired by Carnival Row. Seems very intriguing.

[@dflatt1783]

8:30 Try soju (Korean). It's awesome!

[@Barthenn]

@Splattercatgaming Which are your two favorite race in fantasy, you mentioned in this video Minotaurs are your 3rd favorite race in fantasy what are your 1st and 2nd ? Me I would say 1st Vampire, 2nd Dhampir/humanoid, 3- Half-Elf and Drow(Dark Elves) are a draw

[@dirtywhitellama]

Based on prior videos I'd have to guess dwarves and orcs.

[@DrunkenWizardBattle]

the very obvious disco elysium influences are compelling

[@markroberts666]

You were wrong about the shillings, 12 pennies = 1 shilling 20 shillings = £1 which all changed into a decimal in 1971 I was 14 at the time and my paper round money went up from 12s-6pence to 75p I was in heaven ;)

[@SusCalvin]

Disco Elysium vibes here. Just throws you into things, hungover and being approached by a dude.

[@Savataga2]

Damn! It IS good! Moods, cards, Minotaur- detective! Damn!!

[@spatialdistortion223]

Getting Fallen London/Sunless Sea vibes...

[@TheBludgeoningEffect]

Disco Elysium got a dark fantasy make-over

[@Jak00Z]

Thanks 😀

[@zeekkh]

We need more other race main characters!

[@tobiastheblueman]

Isn't gin made from juniper berries? Lol

[@lucidnonsense942]

Flavoured with.

[@Emanemoston]

Thanks for the video.

[@poeticartist2nv]

I'm glad I watched this was an interesting one

[@FANTASTICpwnage]

It's hard to say if this is inspired by Disco Elysium, or trying very hard to BE Disco Elysium. It is a very cool looking game though.

[@adude1237]

Noir Elysium. I love it.

[@jasonbolin151]

Kinda dig the art style.

[@shlepad]

Strong Disco Elysium vibes.

[@Iridescence93]

Fallen London/Sunless Sea vibes. Interested

[@electricmessiah1310]

Was hoping he would pick crack Minotaur.

[@AAX1975]

I've been watching your videos for awhile and I find that you're extremely educated and intelligent. Some of the choice of your words, your relatively worldly grasp of concepts and story are expansive. I think it's why I enjoy your videos so much. Good stuff. Not sure if you went to college or what, but you've got a knack for the verbal portion of these videos.

[@lucidnonsense942]

Splat has a geology undergrad.

[@SwedishTwigg]

Heyoo Splattyboo!

[@gaetanhillion8342]

It's kind of like disco elysium in a less wacky way ^^.

[@Devokunnn]

The only reason i know anyone about shillings and stuff is from Alexis Kennedy's Book of Hours 😂

[@bw651]

amen to the minotaur rpg's!

[@mikkokhun397]

Its really like a Disco Elysium.

[@erictrauman2879]

this is a trip

[@deathlytree434]

Pretty intresting game

[@HeadCannonPrime]

Is this in the Carnival Row universe or something merely like it?

[@lucidnonsense942]

I don't think I could deal with more thirsty emo fairies...

[@ershin_chaos5815]

Whats the other game that let you play as a Mino?

[@Dark0Storm]

Haha, oh no, old British money was nowhere near as sensible as base 6. 1 pound = 20 Shillings. 1 Shilling = 12 pennies.

[@chrisfrolik4014]

Wait, this game isn't even out yet...

[@agall664]

Goes hard.

[@Mag_ladroth]

Vids only been out for a minute

[@KageRyuu6]

Nope, it's 12 pence into a shilling, and 20 shillings into a crown, same as in Warhammer Fantasy RPG.

[@eriviscale2]

Meh like some other people said it seems less like an RPG and more like a graphic adventure. The lack of combat makes it even less desirable. Not for me.

[@mbielcik]

🖤

[@tank7737]

Your post timing is all over the place. You doing OK Splat?

[@irohnick]

not bad :>

[@VIP-ry6vv]

This isn't an RPG. It's a choose your own adventure game.

[@Makalai-Azaylin]

Card based to an extent...so not my thing, but one that thing that REALLY grinds my gears is when the game adds waypoints/indicators to where things are. The whole point of an RPG is to roleplay a character against a thrilling scenario...not be led by the hand from item to item, from point to point. Sorry, the immersive did a Lemmings and jumped into a dumpster fire for me on this one. Shame too, the graphical style of the HUD drew me in at first...

[@hanneskarlbom6644]

Me like.

[@smoogles.5534]

this game needs voice acting or tons of people will skip it lol

[@observantowl1726]

It is pronounced je-nee-ver.😇

[@robertgreen7593]

12 pence in a Shilling. 20 Shillings in a Pound. L.S.D - Librum.Solidus.Denarius (Roman) Pounds.Shillings.Pence. £ is an L. 240 Silver pennies made from 1 Pound of Silver.

[@Silversicer]

wtf is that camera angle >.< it is so missplaced

[@drizzit2424]

If i wanted to read this much, I'd go back to school 🤣😂🤣😂

[@5Poisons]

Aside from the apparent Disco Elysium inspirations in this game, it kind of reminds me of another indie lovecraftian game called "Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones" which sadly never got completed if memory serves.

[@michaelbroome6603]

240p to the pound ;-)

[@waffleswafflson3076]

I clicked through the video trying to find when the gameplay starts but every place I stopped it was just text boxes.

[@Serbokrat]

Probably not a game for you. Try Call of Duty

[@waffleswafflson3076]

"Game"@@Serbokrat

[@Dios67]

I can appreciate all types of game. Pass.

[@amdanthony5255]

game is all text

[@joshuahan55]

reviewer need to stop saying its like baldurs gate if its combat less, its like calling a walking simulator like “doom”. just say its 3rd person isometric

[@HerrFenrisWolf]

The GUI to the dialoges look way too close to Disco Elysium for me, gives ripoff vibes in this aspect. The rest might be still very good and original.

[@anguishedcarpet]

22:50 literally scared to say the word queer while it has a fucking context box explaining that it doesn't always mean gay, peak 2024 youtube behavior

[@alekpo2000]

dont like the graphics at all, it looks washed out and kinda far away too

[@crimsonherringstudios]

You can zoom in.

[@markdowse3572]

Min-o-tor. Sauron is sour-on. But your constant swearing is not endurable. STOP SWEARING! Please. M 🦘🏏😎