I don't really get why people wanted to become the King in one of these endings. You guys do know what happened to the French monarchy shortly after this, right?
Eugene doesn't. He was advised to get to Pau, but does his living of cheater influenced him to always get the most of the situation? He tricked the death many times after all…
Unless we have a superboss fight where we con the revolutionaries out of all of their money at the same time... then Louis... and then become the de facto ruler of France. Vive la Cardshark!
Le Compte getting mad for messing up was the funniest to me. How could I miss this after more than "20 hours" of training? 🤷♀️ This Meta data killed me 😆
It's funny how Erdnase winning has the best ending of all. Everyone lives, and Comte visits you and the regular. Good ending overall. I liked this game
I think that the best ending is screwing up the cheat. The meta data, the almost out of nowhere rant, the King's reaction, and the unexpected twist of becoming a hero of the people for some reason makes it feel like the best possible outcome, or at least the most humourous.
Anyone else disappointed by ALL endings? I tried giving myself 3 aces instead of four in order to account for Erdnase's fifth ace, but it just shows the "messed up" ending. They didn't account for 5D chess.
@@TwelfthClover I thought Erdnase slipped an ace while playing... Though you’re probably right, since it’s 5 Aces in our/Comte’s hand In that case, considering your situation: maybe there is 4 Aces in your hand, but Comte still sees you slip the 5th one and goes off. You can’t really explain it was your plan all along. This theory does not work if you deal Comte 3 Aces instead of four tho...
Erdnase feels the most trustworthy throughout the game, but a lot here in the ending makes him out to be a bad guy, and yet, his ending is the best for all parties... a little muddled if you ask me
I would have to go back and watch some of the story scenes but it seems clear towards the end he was using you just like the Comte, so I wouldn't exactly call him the most trustworthy up to this final game.
Erdharse only seems so good because he's the absolute best cheater around, he NEVER gets caught. And trying to beat him at ANYTHING will ALWAYS lead to your demise.@@OranjeDiscoDancer
This game was great! I only wish some sort of sequel is possible. But I'm not sure how you could go beyond what is in the original. Maybe it could expand the variety of cheats into new territories... like in games other than cards? Different card games that utilize a mix of old and new strategies? Possibly giving the player more freedom in how and when they cheat, and maybe another use for the currency beyond bets in future games? It is hard to imagine, but I wish for a sequel nonetheless.
Something a bit more cat and mouse perhaps, where you are playing against cheats and trying to get around it. Or playing full games where the dealer rotates so you have to do different tricks each round.
Maybe they could implement other games to cheat in, IE dice rolling, roulette, etc. Or more specific versions of a card games like you mentioned, like cheating in poker being different than rummy or something.
@@hactnsa5784 this is exactly what I was thinking! And maybe you could pay for your disguises and lodgings, etc. for bonuses, story progressions, secret missions and outcomes. That would be so much fun and even more engrossing.
Or perhaps an attempt to convert it to a multiplayer formula? After just playing the demo, I am dying for a chance to play it in some multiplayer format.
@@emberthefox4951 I love this idea!!! Could even do 2 on 2 and you have to out cheat the other cheats' Like, have ways to mess up their cheating etc. There's so many avenues you could go down for something like that. Great idea,
id say cheating for erdnase, or no cheating, are the best ones to go to. no one is sent to jail/killed, and you either get to keep in touch with a friend for 20 years or the two of them go on to cheat some more.
In the King wins ending, it says the Comte was forgotten in a cell in the Bastille. But the Bastille was stormed right around the time of that epilogue and all prisoners were freed. So it's likely the Comte escaped (assuming he didn't die in jail beforehand, he would be pretty old by that point).
He might have been thrown into a cell that wasn't meant to be ever left. The sort that weren't found by the rioters. Or maybe the rioters murdered him for being nobility, too.
Eugene has a fate to live, Erdnase has a fate to run away and live, Comete has a fate to die or alive by tricking death and last King has a fate to fall.
Why would there be? Erdnase is going to win regardless, the only thing you can change is if you are on his side or not. That's the thing about playing with your superiors in every way. They either win because of you, or in SPITE of you.
I was not happy with his 3/10 rating but after seeing this ending, I kind of agree. All these twist and turns and feeling of getting so much freedom of choice only to be stuck with the same 6 endings.
man i enjoyed this game so much but the endings suck. no one gets fabulous riches or land or titles...nothing interesting happens. basically the comte gets screwed in every ending and everyone else gets to walk away. why even have like 6 endings if there is no variance?
Just finished the game, I did really enjoy it (bar some of the really complicated cons) but I feel the cheat for yourself ending should be different, since it's kinda samey to cheating for the Comte. Hear me out: - you cheat for yourself, get 4 aces - the king gives you a choice of who to send to prison, you can choose Ernasde, the Comte, or both. - since the king says in one ending he can't do anything for you, you go back to Pau and buy the tavern - some time later, (depending on who you send to jail) Ernasde/Comte kills you ( you can argue that this would only work for sending both, since only Ernasde can escape, and Comte usually dies in prison, and the other would leave you alone but let's just say cheats don't like to be cheated) -you write your diary from the underworld. You don't know the date. -like the tavern you pour wine for death and play a game. No matter what you do death automatically wins and says something like "nice try, but you can lie and send people to death, or swindle and live like a king, but you can't cheat Death." Roll credits. I can understand that it doesn't give the player agency and has to let someone else win, but I like the idea that Eugene, after all that he's done doesn't want to cheat for himself, especially if you're honest with the king and say you're not his son. Those are my thoughts anyway.
Totally unrealistic. Erdnase is better than you in EVERY possible way by MAGNITUDES. And you, for all your training, are an amateur at best. There is NO way you could EVER hope to beat a professional conman, especially using the trick THEY told you to use.
What would happen if you cheated without aces? Like, giving yourself 4 kings? would that just be seen as the no cheating or the messed up cheating end?
If you donate a lot, after the line "13th August 1789" there's a line say "you're hailed as a hero". It happens for me when I donate roughly 4000 coins.
As another person commented, it just gives you the ending for messing up the cheat. Presumably Erdnase and the Comte both noticed you only gave yourself three aces, and as a result chose not to give you another.
Why? He's the most evil character in the game. And could easily be one of the driving forces behind the French Revolution, one of the bloodiest massacres of all time.
@@MrTVx99 Hmm. I'm now imagining the peasants finding out that their emperor/king comes back to life every time they guillotine him. Would they all fall to their knees in worship, or would it be somebody's job to continually guillotine him? Haha.
It seams no matter what ending you get you still get to run the tavern. with that i kinda think the last ending is the best just cus his rant is funny XD
It does, I had 2 hours and something minutes, but I played way more than that, my guess is that it only counts the practice runs since he says "I've been teaching you".
@@itsacharcoalice The thing is, in one of the endings he saw that you were choosing to cheat for yourself, and as a result, forced the 5th Ace. Implying he somehow made it happen *after* you started dealing the cards. No idea how.
What the fuck why did giving Erdanase the win being the best one of all and (the bo cheating ending) why did the Comte never visit Eugene when clearly they where perfectly fine I just don’t get it
Reuploaded to include three endings I missed (oops).
I am not missing any of the ending achievements, so this should be all of them (I hope).
What about telling the king you're his son
What ending is it if you give 1 Ace to everyone?
I wonder what happens if you give someone 3 aces?
I've heard there's one for giving everyone a single ace. Don't know if it's true or not.
You forgot 2 Secret endigs:
You get a diffrent ending giving veryone one Ace and also giving youreself 3 Aces and 1 under the stack.
After watching this I think it's mad funny that NL just messed up the cheat and by stroke of unskillfulness got a decently fine ending.
Yeah, I thinking the same thing
6d chess.
Ah. I came here after finishing his series too. 😆
Came here for this, how did you know, pog
i did the same thing in my playthrough 😭
I don't really get why people wanted to become the King in one of these endings. You guys do know what happened to the French monarchy shortly after this, right?
Eugene doesn't. He was advised to get to Pau, but does his living of cheater influenced him to always get the most of the situation? He tricked the death many times after all…
Unless we have a superboss fight where we con the revolutionaries out of all of their money at the same time... then Louis... and then become the de facto ruler of France. Vive la Cardshark!
Sure, but every ending being essentially the same is awful.
"let's go become french kings!"
doesn't matter; the game ends before that part so it's still a win
Le Compte getting mad for messing up was the funniest to me. How could I miss this after more than "20 hours" of training? 🤷♀️ This Meta data killed me 😆
It's funny how Erdnase winning has the best ending of all. Everyone lives, and Comte visits you and the regular. Good ending overall. I liked this game
Comte does die though eventually in that ending
@@danieldavid3766 everyone dies eventually.
I don't count this as a good ending, lol, I wanted revenge on the Comte for selling me out
It's because really, neither you nor the Comte are good people. thus, you need to lose to get a happy 3ending. Makes sense.
I think that the best ending is screwing up the cheat. The meta data, the almost out of nowhere rant, the King's reaction, and the unexpected twist of becoming a hero of the people for some reason makes it feel like the best possible outcome, or at least the most humourous.
Anyone else disappointed by ALL endings? I tried giving myself 3 aces instead of four in order to account for Erdnase's fifth ace, but it just shows the "messed up" ending. They didn't account for 5D chess.
Erdnase saw you with 3 Aces therefore was not interfering. Comte did to, and was frustrated with Eugene not doing anything properly.
@@sashagornostay2188 i assumed Erdnase slipped the ace when cutting, not after. Truly impressive to manipulate the deck without touching it.
@@TwelfthClover I thought Erdnase slipped an ace while playing...
Though you’re probably right, since it’s 5 Aces in our/Comte’s hand
In that case, considering your situation: maybe there is 4 Aces in your hand, but Comte still sees you slip the 5th one and goes off. You can’t really explain it was your plan all along.
This theory does not work if you deal Comte 3 Aces instead of four tho...
Come to think of it do the donations to the magician effect the story or dialogue in any significant way?
@@gamerdudes2642 yeah your donations give you an extra line of dialogue at the end about funding the revolution
I just finished playing this on the Switch, and if you deal each player an Ace then the King lets everyone go and live. Didn’t expect that!
That sounds like the best fair ending for everyone.
No, because it gets everyone but you killed.@@Bubbleb2
Is it actually different from the "no cheating" ending?
@@LasermanSteamno
I believe comte and erdnase were killed afterwards, that’s the reason the won’t visit the protagonist, so that’s not the happiest ending
Erdnase feels the most trustworthy throughout the game, but a lot here in the ending makes him out to be a bad guy, and yet, his ending is the best for all parties... a little muddled if you ask me
I would have to go back and watch some of the story scenes but it seems clear towards the end he was using you just like the Comte, so I wouldn't exactly call him the most trustworthy up to this final game.
Erdharse only seems so good because he's the absolute best cheater around, he NEVER gets caught. And trying to beat him at ANYTHING will ALWAYS lead to your demise.@@OranjeDiscoDancer
For such a wonderful game. The endings are are... lacking... hard. :(
I just played this game nonstop today, absolutely one of the best games I've played recently
This game was great! I only wish some sort of sequel is possible. But I'm not sure how you could go beyond what is in the original. Maybe it could expand the variety of cheats into new territories... like in games other than cards? Different card games that utilize a mix of old and new strategies? Possibly giving the player more freedom in how and when they cheat, and maybe another use for the currency beyond bets in future games? It is hard to imagine, but I wish for a sequel nonetheless.
Something a bit more cat and mouse perhaps, where you are playing against cheats and trying to get around it. Or playing full games where the dealer rotates so you have to do different tricks each round.
Maybe they could implement other games to cheat in, IE dice rolling, roulette, etc. Or more specific versions of a card games like you mentioned, like cheating in poker being different than rummy or something.
@@hactnsa5784 this is exactly what I was thinking! And maybe you could pay for your disguises and lodgings, etc. for bonuses, story progressions, secret missions and outcomes. That would be so much fun and even more engrossing.
Or perhaps an attempt to convert it to a multiplayer formula? After just playing the demo, I am dying for a chance to play it in some multiplayer format.
@@emberthefox4951 I love this idea!!! Could even do 2 on 2 and you have to out cheat the other cheats' Like, have ways to mess up their cheating etc. There's so many avenues you could go down for something like that. Great idea,
id say cheating for erdnase, or no cheating, are the best ones to go to. no one is sent to jail/killed, and you either get to keep in touch with a friend for 20 years or the two of them go on to cheat some more.
In the King wins ending, it says the Comte was forgotten in a cell in the Bastille. But the Bastille was stormed right around the time of that epilogue and all prisoners were freed. So it's likely the Comte escaped (assuming he didn't die in jail beforehand, he would be pretty old by that point).
He might have been thrown into a cell that wasn't meant to be ever left. The sort that weren't found by the rioters. Or maybe the rioters murdered him for being nobility, too.
Why this story is so nice or when it comes to end its so heartwarming for Eugene who eventually came back to old roots.
None of the endings are really that good to be honest...
Thus is the life of a cheat
When you lose against death and choose to give up and your save file stops existing
I'd like to think that citoyen Martin is in fact le Comte, regardless of the ending. He was believed to be immortal after all !
Somehow I feel like the messed up cheat ending and the no cheating ending combined would make up a more cinematic ending.
Eugene has a fate to live, Erdnase has a fate to run away and live, Comete has a fate to die or alive by tricking death and last King has a fate to fall.
Wait, you forgot the plan option!
Plan: say “yes” at Louis XV’s question.
Kinda wish there was more variety in the endings, but I get it. The game was super cool
Why would there be? Erdnase is going to win regardless, the only thing you can change is if you are on his side or not. That's the thing about playing with your superiors in every way. They either win because of you, or in SPITE of you.
A little disappointing that all the endings are basically the same, but still cool to have any different endings at all
I'm watching this right after failing the cheat and pissed that I cant get a redo to see the other endings for myself
I was sort of hoping there'd be an ending where the Comte and Eugene had a heart to heart and finally consummated their father son relationship.
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I was not happy with his 3/10 rating but after seeing this ending, I kind of agree. All these twist and turns and feeling of getting so much freedom of choice only to be stuck with the same 6 endings.
3/10
What happens if you say yes to the king at the beginning?
super late but i did it and the king says "I don't know if i should trust you..." and then it continues the same as the saying no route.
man i enjoyed this game so much but the endings suck. no one gets fabulous riches or land or titles...nothing interesting happens. basically the comte gets screwed in every ending and everyone else gets to walk away. why even have like 6 endings if there is no variance?
I guess to symbolize the false feeling of control a rigged game provides
@@Freekymoho which is lame as hell when it's supposed to be the player rigging the game
its so funny to me how in the failed cheating ending conde litteraly says tou you your playtime in the game
16:05 i would be suspicious as hell if my dealer like this
Just finished the game, I did really enjoy it (bar some of the really complicated cons) but I feel the cheat for yourself ending should be different, since it's kinda samey to cheating for the Comte. Hear me out:
- you cheat for yourself, get 4 aces
- the king gives you a choice of who to send to prison, you can choose Ernasde, the Comte, or both.
- since the king says in one ending he can't do anything for you, you go back to Pau and buy the tavern
- some time later, (depending on who you send to jail) Ernasde/Comte kills you ( you can argue that this would only work for sending both, since only Ernasde can escape, and Comte usually dies in prison, and the other would leave you alone but let's just say cheats don't like to be cheated)
-you write your diary from the underworld. You don't know the date.
-like the tavern you pour wine for death and play a game. No matter what you do death automatically wins and says something like "nice try, but you can lie and send people to death, or swindle and live like a king, but you can't cheat Death."
Roll credits. I can understand that it doesn't give the player agency and has to let someone else win, but I like the idea that Eugene, after all that he's done doesn't want to cheat for himself, especially if you're honest with the king and say you're not his son. Those are my thoughts anyway.
While it's a bit of a downer I'd say this one is more interesting of being unable to cheat death
Totally unrealistic. Erdnase is better than you in EVERY possible way by MAGNITUDES. And you, for all your training, are an amateur at best. There is NO way you could EVER hope to beat a professional conman, especially using the trick THEY told you to use.
"The Comte of Saint Germain was executed in secret the following morning"
Music: *Joyful violin*
What would happen if you cheated without aces? Like, giving yourself 4 kings? would that just be seen as the no cheating or the messed up cheating end?
Does anyone know what happens if you don't donate to the Cascarot? Or donate the minimum amount possible? Wondering if that modifies the ending at all
The Comte still donates a certain amount of money each time, so I assume it's the same.
If you donate a lot, after the line "13th August 1789" there's a line say "you're hailed as a hero". It happens for me when I donate roughly 4000 coins.
thanks for the video
did you also try 3 aces in the hope that the 4th one will be given
As another person commented, it just gives you the ending for messing up the cheat. Presumably Erdnase and the Comte both noticed you only gave yourself three aces, and as a result chose not to give you another.
What happens if you keep track of an additional card to ensure you have 4 aces and a junk card and not 5 aces?
Erdnase is too good, and you are frankly an amateur. He outplays you and swaps the junk card for an ace at light speed.
I'm disappointed that the Compt didn't get a good ending
Why? He's the most evil character in the game. And could easily be one of the driving forces behind the French Revolution, one of the bloodiest massacres of all time.
what happens if you say yes when the king asks if your his son?
Came in from Aliensrock (to see the other endings)
He strongly suspects you of lying but entertains the idea anyway.
Dang. I was really hoping to end up being king of Feance
Poor soul, played over by Developers, cheats and liars
I don't know if you'd really wanna succeed Louis XV. It did not go well for the real life Louis XVI.
@@JB-xl2jc Except Eugene can literally resurrect himself at will.
@@MrTVx99 Hmm. I'm now imagining the peasants finding out that their emperor/king comes back to life every time they guillotine him. Would they all fall to their knees in worship, or would it be somebody's job to continually guillotine him? Haha.
They'd just burn him to ashes, see him regenerate from that.@@JB-xl2jc
What happens if when you cheat you only give 3 aces, that way Erdnase extra ace doesn’t give you 5 aces?
Or does that result in the last ending?
Yea the game counts that as messing up the cheat
@@devroyyy I was thinking that, Ty for reply.
the truth is, the game was rigged from the start
What if you say to the king that your his son you probably missed that
He just says he doesn't believe you and it continues
What happens if you or the king run out of money?
Can't happen.
What happens if you tell the king you ARE his son
im interested as well
did this on my playthrough, nothing really. probably just one different line of dialouge
You cant cheat in chess but you definitely can cheat in cards
Very nice game.
Are there some games similar to this one you can recommend me?
Comte is based
dueling was underutilized imo
what happens if you instead go to the dog at 7:30
You just pet it and leave, without doing the 4 ace trick.
Well those were a lot less different than I was expecting.
Wait so you help the baroness to win
It seams no matter what ending you get you still get to run the tavern. with that i kinda think the last ending is the best just cus his rant is funny XD
i'm honestly not a fan of any of the endings.
20:47 I wonder if this changes with your playtime
It does, I had 2 hours and something minutes, but I played way more than that, my guess is that it only counts the practice runs since he says "I've been teaching you".
Can you give each one an Ace?
I tried that, it's just a messed up ending again
I got the no cheat ending by doing that
Does the same happen (Comte gets mad) if you bungle the cheat while favouring the king (give the king three Aces & give yourself the last ace)?
Yep. If you don't give all four aces to someone, then you bungled it.
I don't get it... Where DOES the fifth ace come from?
Erdnase slips it in there at some point, I see in one ending she halves the deck for you, which would be the perfect time to insert an extra ace
@@itsacharcoalice The thing is, in one of the endings he saw that you were choosing to cheat for yourself, and as a result, forced the 5th Ace. Implying he somehow made it happen *after* you started dealing the cards. No idea how.
Erdnace's sleeves. If you were stupid enough to go against someone better than you in EVERY conceivable way, you deserve to get a slap!
What happens if you give everyone an ace?
was wondering this too. probably the last one?
What the fuck why did giving Erdanase the win being the best one of all and (the bo cheating ending) why did the Comte never visit Eugene when clearly they where perfectly fine I just don’t get it
Erdnace is the best cheater of them all. You're merely causing the intended ending, if everyone played fair.
Wait how th fuc he get five aces