Rock Paper Shotgun's article discusses Esoteric Ebb, a role-playing game blending the dialogue-driven, skill-check style of Disco Elysium with Dungeons & Dragons mechanics. The writer highlights how the game builds a memorable side quest around the awkwardness of canvassing, tasking the player's character, The Cleric, with asking every resident of the fictional city-state Norvik how they intend to vote in its first-ever election, in exchange for special rewards.

The election follows the death of Norvik's dictatorial founder-god, Urth, and pits several factions against each other: the ruling Nationalists, the pro-capitalist Freestriders, and the socialist Azgalist Workers' Party, with a fence-sitting "nonpartisan" option also available. To engage meaningfully with the canvassing quest, players must absorb substantial in-game lore, including a past goblin genocide, a suspicious trading company's influence, the player character's own role as a de facto law enforcer, and a mystery involving an exploded tea shop shortly before the vote.