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5 min readTainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon Is Exploding on Steam
Asmongold boots up Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon and within minutes notices something striking: the game has hit 20,000 concurrent players on Steam, beating Avowed in player count. "It beat avowed on Steam," he says, visibly surprised. What follows is not a polished review but a raw, frustrated, and revealing play session that surfaces a deeper question about how modern open-world RPGs communicate their systems to players—and what happens when they don't.
The First Town and the Wall of Systems
The game opens with Asmongold's character shipwrecked on Avalon, a cursed island under King Arthur's rule. He arrives at the Horns of the South, a fortress town that looks like Skyrim—"I can see why people say that," he notes. The town is full of NPCs who immediately dump exposition, quests, and lore on him. A drunk guard lets him in because of a special emblem. The quartermaster, Fergus, is suspicious and refuses to let him see the captain until he proves himself by doing chores: retrieving fallen soldiers' tags, killing bandits, making a pie for a homesick guard.
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What you'll learn
- 1 (01:56) **Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon Beats Avowed on Steam** - Asmongold reacts to the game's player count surpassing a major AAA title and starts playing.
- 2 (02:51) **First Impressions: A Skyrim-Like World** - Asmongold explores the starting area, noting the visual style and comparing it to Skyrim.
- 3 (03:40) **Roleplaying and Dialogue Choices** - Asmongold talks his way past a guard using a special emblem, showcasing the game's dialogue system.
- 4 (05:24) **Exploring the First Town** - Asmongold discovers the town's systems, including a quest board and a bounty system for killing bandits.
- 5 (10:38) **Meeting Fergus the Quartermaster** - Asmongold has a tense conversation with Fergus, who questions his motives and the source of his emblem.
- 6 (18:48) **Helping the Townsfolk and Exploring Lore** - Asmongold begins taking on side quests, including a personal fetch quest with a dark backstory.
- 7 (26:09) **Crafting and Skill Tree Decisions** - Asmongold crafts the requested pie and begins allocating his skill points, focusing on a tanky, armor-based build.
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