Big disclaimer that I knew basically nothing about 40k prior to playing this beyond the surface level stuff you just sorta absorb by cultural osmosis.

However, the setting and writing is super cool so far. One interesting thing is that the obvious hypocrisy and fascism of the empire combined with the general “everything is turned to 11 at all times” of 40k does a really decent job of nipping a lot of potential lib writing in the bud. There’s simply no room for the “moral high road” libs love hand wringing over in most other cRPGs. There’s also some cathartic quality to the fact that the setting isn’t shy about the fact that the player as the Rogue Trader is directly responsible for untold amounts of innocent deaths and brutal oppression. The exploitative system is on full display, making your violently rebelling against it (inasmuch as you can) all the more satisfying.

Still rogue trader, still a great game. Super cool.

Thank you comrade!

Is there a source on this, especially globally?

Owlcat’s 40K Rogue Trader. I’d never really delved into 40K before, but man it’s really good so far. Writing is excellent, combat super fun, and 40K is such a cool setting and world. Highly recommend if you’re a crpg person.

Another kkkracker down

Yeah it’s pretty intimidating but at least the characters are good

Oh yeah that one’s also on my “don’t like” list. It’s weirdly paced and relies too much on gore imo.

Oh and if you like kph 100% check out Acephale

I absolutely IMPLORE you to check out The Silt Verses, David Ward is a great author and both the verses and eskew are excellent pieces of fiction

Oh yeah I’m all caught up on that! Pretty good, compared to TMA s1 I’d say it’s more eventful tbh, but the “statements” haven’t been quite as gripping I agree.

Legend is a personal favorite

I read Left Right Game on nosleep when it first came out so it’s not on the list. It’s good though! It clears my “thriller is ok if it’s creepy at the start and has strong writing”-bar

KPH and Acephale are both anthology pods, so stories are very loosely connected at most, but mostly entirely independent. KPH is very famous, Sorin Narnia is probably this generation’s best horror writer imo. Acephale takes a few eps to really hit its stride but once it does it’s just nonstop bangers. They’re both very much more on the audiobook side of the podcast spectrum, and are both really slow burn horror, all about the vibes and sense of place.

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