Found this game out this week and really recommend any RPG fan to give it a try:
Cosmo D is an indie dev who did a few walking sims / adventure games, for some reason his latest game is a surreal kind of CYOA / Disco Elysium-esque RPG.
Basically, you must infiltrate a dance club dressed as a pizza delivery guy and rescue a fellow spy. There are many ways to do this and many obstacles along the way, that you solve by doing dice rolls against people or skill checks.
And here's where things get weird: you don't level up skills, you level up the die, using cash to change the numbers on the sides. There are also special "pizza dice" that you can bake, which give bonuses like extra cash, health regen, etc. And special buff/debuffs dice that can hurt you, demoralize you or increase/decrease your rolls.
It's a bit messy at first but makes a lot of sense when you get it, and it's fun to min-max everything to explore the different solutions. The devs added a lot of reactivity, like how you can steal a fancy jacket that debuffs NPCs, but if the owner sees you wearing it he will get pissed and get a buff.
A playthrough is just 1-2 hours long and there's no real dialogues or combat, just skill checks. But there are several paths, secrets and endings to uncover. Highly recommended if you enjoy CYOA games and some wacky humour. It's cheap and also has a demo.
Cosmo D is an indie dev who did a few walking sims / adventure games, for some reason his latest game is a surreal kind of CYOA / Disco Elysium-esque RPG.
Basically, you must infiltrate a dance club dressed as a pizza delivery guy and rescue a fellow spy. There are many ways to do this and many obstacles along the way, that you solve by doing dice rolls against people or skill checks.
And here's where things get weird: you don't level up skills, you level up the die, using cash to change the numbers on the sides. There are also special "pizza dice" that you can bake, which give bonuses like extra cash, health regen, etc. And special buff/debuffs dice that can hurt you, demoralize you or increase/decrease your rolls.
It's a bit messy at first but makes a lot of sense when you get it, and it's fun to min-max everything to explore the different solutions. The devs added a lot of reactivity, like how you can steal a fancy jacket that debuffs NPCs, but if the owner sees you wearing it he will get pissed and get a buff.
A playthrough is just 1-2 hours long and there's no real dialogues or combat, just skill checks. But there are several paths, secrets and endings to uncover. Highly recommended if you enjoy CYOA games and some wacky humour. It's cheap and also has a demo.
