Inspector Schmidt: A Bavarian Tale - a third-person detective RPG set in 19th century Bavaria

[Infinitron]

https://activefungus-studios.de/en/en-a-bavarian-tale-totgeschwiegen/

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Munich, Germany, January 17th, 2023 - Active Fungus Studios announces the release date of its debut title, the historical detective RPG A Bavarian Tale: Totgeschwiegen. The game, currently available in Early Access, will be launched in full version on PC via Steam on February 2nd, 2023. Take on the role of Valentin Schmidt, a young surveyor sent to the tranquil village of Wolpertshofen in Upper Bavaria in 1866 on behalf of the Bavarian crown. Use your detective skills when a cruel death shakes the village community and plunges you into an adventure.

Watch the trailer here.

Download the press kit here.

Wolpertshofen - A village that sits between idyll and a den of iniquity. In A Bavarian Tale: Totgeschwiegen, players are transported back to a historical Bavaria in 1866 as the surveyor Valentin Schmidt. At first, Wolpertshofen seems like a peaceful, provincial village, but it soon becomes clear that appearances are deceiving. The idyllic village turns into a facade behind which a world full of dark secrets and inexplicable events are hidden. The residents are on edge, and a dark secret hovers over the community. Valentin must figure out who he can trust, who will lead him on a false trial, and be able to protect himself from those who want to stop him from completing his job with force.

Where story and gameplay go hand-in-hand. Players are completely free to decide which skills they want to level up. These are used in the classic pen&paper manner via skill checks. With the role of the detective, the goal is to find hidden clues and collect valuable evidence that will help to progress the story. Within the story of A Bavarian Tale: Totgeschwiegen, tricky decisions have to be made which can influence the investigation, one way or another. The challenges Valentin must face can be approached in different ways. Does he turn on the charm during an interrogation? Will he try to find a diplomatic solution to get his information? Or does he simply let evidence slip away on the sly? In a tricky situation, Valentin can also defend himself against adversaries with his strength... Or he takes his head between his legs.

Bavarian flair - even in the dialogues. Not only is the setting of A Bavarian Tale: Totgeschwiegen based in Bavaria, it exudes genuine Bavarian charm. The characters are also played by real Bavarians - and, of course, the dialect isn’t missing. Besides the original Bavarian voice work, there is also the option to switch to English with a Bavarian accent. But don't worry - subtitles are also included - in German and English. The dialogues are not only lovely to listen to but also interactive.

The most important features at a glance:

• Historical detective RPG in 3rd person
• Action takes place in the Upper Bavarian State village of Wolpertshofen in 1866
• Skills can be improved freely and are used in pen'n'paper fashion
• Decisions influence the outcome of the story
• Complete voice work in Bavarian and English
• German and English subtitles
• Playtime: Approx. 10 hours
• 11 different endings

 

[lukaszek]

no rpg tag, better move it

 

[†††]

no rpg tag, better move it

Adventure games are the new RPGs

 

[d1r]

I will never understand devs putting out trailers which fail to render the game at basic 60fps. Hence, the short trailer even fails to achieve 30fps in a lot of scenes. Pure incompetence, game goes right into the trash bin.

 

[Antigoon]

It has combat though

Spoiler

 

[Humbaba]

Boy this looks like shit.

 

[Zed Duke of Banville]

"...
Level up your skills
Decide which skills to level up and use them wisely in classic TTRPG / pen’n’paper skillchecks.
...
Move around in the shadows unnoticed
Sneak past enemies and guards to stay unnoticed. Or knock them out from behind.

Defend yourself
If your sneak-mission has failed, you can use the fight-mechanic as a last resort and defend yourself with an old fashioned fist fight.

Make difficult decisions
Your decisions have an impact on the course of the story, the world and the villagers. Will you find the right words?
...
Decide how you want to solve the tasks at hand
With charisma, diplomacy, brute force, the art of stealth or strategic escape?
..."

Far more of an RPG than Pentiment.

 

[Feargus Jewhart]

I'll buy it, don't care if it's dog shit. It seems different and it's not mass produced shlock, it will be local indie shlock.

More than enough for a reason to support it.

 

[Alphons]

Pentiment 2 looks rad

 

[harhar!]

Doesn't seem that bad. Might get it for cheap.

 

[luj1]

This must have reminded Infinitron of his faggot master Soyer

 

[Peachcurl]

lol that first trailer voice over is so cringe.


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anyways, RPG of the year 2023 _______↗

 

[Lucumo]

Active Fungus entwickelt Computerspiele als Erfahrung, die sowohl unterhalten als auch unsere Spieler:innen...

Yeah...no, thanks.

(Note: This kind of shit is more fucked up than the pronoun bs they keep pushing in the US. It's also not even in accordance with the language.)

 

[luj1]

• Playtime: Approx. 10 hours

lol

 

[Tyranicon]

Is this the sequel to Pentiment?

 

[Zed Duke of Banville]

• Playtime: Approx. 10 hours

lol

A considerable portion of Codexers praise Fallout, Age of Decadence, and similar games for their relative brevity (compared with the CRPG norm) while offering multiple playthroughs with substantial differences from character builds and player choices.

 

[Wunderbar]

Was it necessary to put some magic german word into the title of their game? "A Bavarian Tale" would've sufficed.

- Hey, I just played a cool historical RPG, you should totally check it out!
- Oh really? What's it called?
- Tot... totge... totges... toteschweine?

 

[Zombra]

Blood, death, fistfights, beer, explicit language.

Pinch me. I'm there.

 

[Infinitron]

This is out.

 

[Larianshill]

Well, is it good? Is it the Dark Souls of Pentinentlikes?

 

[0sacred]

Speaking as a Bavarian, can't we have some cool games in this setting?

 

[LizardWizard]

Speaking as a Bavarian, can't we have some cool games in this setting?

Go play Darklands, zoomer

 

[0sacred]

Darklands rocks but it's hardly a Bavaria-centric game

 

[Skdursh]

Picked this up as a curiosity. Will report back on the asset-flip-to-actual-effort ratio sometime after the weekend.

 

[Anthedon]

Wow, that's two games featuring Bavaria in one decade now. Now we just need another Gabriel Knight game.