I think it actually is a revolution in parts. We're gamifying combat down to the chance of misfire for individual guns, yet conversations barely have anything, mechanically. Games like this are a good step to rectify this, make those more interesting. I feel this aspect is something games neglected for so, so long.

He mentioned it but I'm noticing a distinct lack of Duke Amiel du H’ardcore on The Council.

The faces in this are... a little off, but that woman in the bustier is on point. Guess we know where the devs spent their time.

"If you are not trained in politics,you cant have a political conversation." i wish that was the case in real life

I'll wait for the battle royale mode.

Not sure about the context, but _connexion_ is the French word for connection, and since a lot of the characters are French (including the protagonist Louis) it's possible that's more of a stylistic choice than a spelling error. I find it way more obnoxious that Louis de Richet sounds more like a somewhat bored present day American than an 18th century Frenchman.

2:07 AAACTUALLY, "hoi polloi" is the opposite of "influential people". It literally means "the many", as in common rabble.

The first thing that comes to mind is "My face is tired."

As an Englishman 'The Council' sounds like the most mundane game ever.

The french leaders during this era were actually quiet educated, the revolutionary government was based exclusively around enlightenment ideals. To display them this way is to tacitly dent that despite the outcome Robespierre and his government were a force for liberation from a frankly worse off government before hand.

Vampyr jimpressions please!

This episode reminds me of reading old gaming magazines in the library or watching Tilt. Just finding out a cool unknown game and hearing/reading cool and good impressions of it. Kinda gives me nostalgia and a warm feeling

I miss Commentocracy :(

"It's solid, it's fun, and it's mildly enthralling" is the perfect descriptor for most of focus's games

Fitting that he mentiones White Wolf, because there is going to be a Werewolf: the Apocalypse video game made by the same company (supposedly) that made this game.

I was HOPING you'd cover this game, Jim. I'm always interested in detective games, so this caught my attention. I'm not sure if I'll play it, though I'm interested in studying its game mechanics.

Good insight for mentioning White Wolf since these developers are now working on Vampire: The Masquerade - Swansong

"connection" with an x might be intentional. Archaic spelling.

Although I love your humor, informative videos on games you enjoy and want to highlight are where you really shine you beautiful man.

It was Werewolf: The Apocalypse, if we're talking about Classic World of Darkness. Werewolf: The Forsaken was the vastly inferior sequel, where they took all of the elaborate world-building and replaced it with angst. They also took all of the unique opportunities for constructing all kinds of different plots and replaced them with angst. It's pretty telling that Old World of Darkness's Werewolf setting was that the planet was dying and the earth was hurtling towards an unavoidable doomsday, and that was _nowhere near_ as grimdark as Werewolf: The Forsaken.

Thanks for making this vid Jim, I feel like this game has enough going in its favor to fill that mid tier game slot we need more of these days!

DLC: Marik's Evil Council of Doom ... I'm sorry haha

Bought it, love these sorts of games. Thank you for bringing it to my attention.

The game really amps up in episode 3 for sure. I played this game at the end of 2018 and I still havent forgotten about it.

"I have picked up two terrible games and only have "1 Blunder" left before my path branches off into the bad ending! I have placed my plans for the next Steam sale inside this droid (message) Help me Mr Sterling, you're my only hope!!"

I like the facial design in this

For what it’s worth “connexion” is a legitimate but somewhat archaic spelling for connection. It’s how the word is spelt in lord of the rings.

When I first heard about this game months ago, I knew it'd be right up my alley. This confirms it. Thanks, Jim.

Who came here after the Jimquisition on Telltale's closing? I did, mainly because this was recommended randomly just now.

I think you're 100% spot on with Detroit this time :D thanks for giving it a fair shake Thanks for this video, Jim, The Council looks pretty interesting

I really liked how you reviewed this game without the usual humor (which i like, but not always). Very refreshing!

Now this is truly fascinating

thanks for the review, I will wait episode 3 to see if I buy the season pass.

Those clipping complaints remind me of how much it bothers me that Link's hat clips through his shield in some (every?) games. THE GAME DOESN'T EVEN HAVE DYNAMIC PHYSICS. WHY IS HIS HAT GOING THROUGH HIS EQUIPMENT.

I've just saw the announcement that valve isn't going to moderate content on Steam unless its illegal or "straight up trolling" *and i cant fucking wait for the video on that*

Might get this next week, though would prefer to have the whole package rather than one episode.

Lovecraft spelled connection with an X, and the verb "to show" like "shew". I think it's intentional archaisms, not mistakes per se.

Perhaps this will serve as inspiration for something more memorable, something less technically flawed.

Thank god for you.

So, this is Plato's Republic: Murder Mystery RPG edition? This is the best thing I never knew I've always wanted!

These dialogue options remind me of Long Live the Queen.

Yay! The Council is being showcased!

Agony is going to be a good jimpression. I can already hear jim shouting about that one.

I feel sad every day...but I see a jimpressions and I click on it just to hear that opening song

"if you're not trained in politics, you can't have a political conversation" GOD, how I wish that were true about real life as well.

Connexion is an old spelling common in the 18th century, which this game takes place in--google "David Hume necessary connexion".

Big Bad Wolf is a french studio. In french connection is written "connexion". This may explain the typo.

I haven't played a White Wolf styled video game since Vampire: The Masquerade. Their dialogue system was astounding. I'll get this if it comes to the Switch.

I broke out into tears of laughter before Jim even said a word.

Vampire the masquerade, hunter the reckoning, mage the ascension, werewolf the apocalypse Vampire the requiem, hunter the vigil, mage the awakening, werewolf the forsaken. I love white wolf and onyx path

You should open a Pub called 'G'

Invoking the White Wolf games is a good way to get my attention. I do love how those games make it possible to eschew combat entirely and yet still be challenging and exciting just with dialog, politics, and schemes. ... Though, to be fair, 5E D&D has improved dialog (roleplay) options and focus a heck of a lot over it's past incarnations so that combat doesn't need to be the sole focus.

Speaking of White Wolf, I'd love to play Exalted with Jim. He'd probably be a lot of fun in that epic game.

Saw Jesse Cox play this game, the voice acting is so funny, its like the so bad it's good. It's certainly got a lovable charm about it :)

Seem interesting, I may buy it.

That's why making a telltale style game about androids is easier. You save a lot of money from facial expressions.

God damn, the back hand to Detroit is real lol

connexion is the french spelling of connection, and it's a french studio...they just got confused with that freaking false friends

Goya, one of the black paintings.

Thought he was playing vampyr. Was all excited. I don't know what this game is... But I'll watch.

I like the visual design of the palace (or house, whatever).

This was a really well rounded review that's not a review.

Also, connexion is a viable (albeit a bit archaic) spelling variant of connection. (I think based on french?)

So far it sounds interesting.

Sounds interesting, please do Agony when you have the time!

If you like a fantasy take on real life events, you might like The Invisible Hours. It's more of a video than a game, but involves the murder of someone, and you get to follow each character and see who they are.

Beautiful faces in this game. I love em

Man, I really want to play this, but I'll wait until all the episodes are out before I get it. Nothing infuriates me more than having to wait a few months between each episode.

Adrien Brody, is that you?

Really? No one else mentioned it? Okay then... Appearing in the game was The Incredulity of St. Thomas, aka “It’s just cosmetic!”

It is unique at least. Classes and skills in a game like this? Nice!

connexion is the french spelling, so i'm not surprised

The faces are nightmare worthy

Connexion is the old French way of spelling connection, this game uses a lot of old English. I got confused originally too you see ;)

If it's anything like my council then I guess a lot of the puzzles will be pothole-based. Useless gits.

'connexion' isn't actually wrong but it is quite old-fashioned, borrowed from Old French - Jane Austen novels still use that spelling even in newer editions

MOOAAAR PLEASE

I was waiting for TellTale games to have some good competition.

Connexion is a variant spelling, and a valid, if old fashioned one. Its basically French spelling.

You should add liveplays of your roleplay to your channel. I bet Jim playing D&D would be great.

Regarding the spelling: I don't know about the rest of the game, but "connexion" was probably deliberate. It's an older spelling that was still used in Britain in mid-20th century (it fell out of use in the US earlier). en.wiktionary.org/wiki/connexion

Hah. Connexion was/is the name of the careers service run by my local council. They're not bad at spelling, they're just really committed to their theme.

The painting on the wall was used in the Skyrim mod 'Enderal' first, long before this game. what the asset nicking shit?

is that dude in 5:00 Lion from Dota2 pre "witchification" !? Edit the older model of lion especially!

just here for more early ASMR reviews

Holy SHIT!!! *HOLY SHIIIT!!!* These are the scariest faces I have EVER SEEN!!

Somewhere along the line Focus Home became my favorite western publisher.... what does this say about me?

Focus puts out some good weird shit.

Best out-of-context powdered wig ? Malcom McDowell in "31" by Rob Zombie !

It's Goya. GOYAAAA>

Connexion is actually a valid, if rare, variant spelling.

those faces ... i bet they're regretting taking HD to olden times

Connection is spelled with an "x" in French, and the developers from this are French, so they probably forgot to translate the word.

Ill wait for the full episodes to be out,meanwhile Walking dead the final season is out in august

FYI Jim, "connexion" is actually an archaic spelling of the word - it's possible that was deliberate and not a typo.

Graphically extravagant. Me likee :)

10:10 for the "connexion" part.

Oh, the faces. But I wasn't sleeping tonight anyway. As to the spelling, 'connexion' *is* a legitimate one - if underutilised in general. To the point my autocorrect finished putting it in for me even though I've personally never used it in my life.

Agony Jimpressions? I'd like to you tackle that bad game.

So it's Illuminati the game, looks kinda interesting, adding it to the wishlist ;)