Disco Elysium - Insane Drunken Cop Simulator RPG GotY 2019

Orange Rhymer said:
I pirated the game and couldn't delete it fast enough.
Children writing about topics they have zero understanding, while trying to summon the aesthetics of the 1970s.

Free was too much. Go be an artfag on someone else's time. Make better games.
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What did you not like about it?
I thought it portrayed bad people and good people on both sides of the ideologies present.

I'd strongly suggest giving it another go.

One of my favorite parts was:
this big black nationalist mother fucker tries to say you're a tard because you are white and that his race will outbreed you & can roll to knock him out. You can disagree with him than roll to take a wild kick and beat his ass. It's priceless

True communism is a major Theme but for me it shows lots of nuance in between sure a few characters are die hard tankies, but there are also plenty of others ideologies present.

For example the lady on the boat has some of the most expansive dialogue in the entire game and she is the exact OPPOSITE of a tankie. Not to mention the main person you are trying to solve the murder for is a militant solider that was there to break up the communists

If you got it for free I'd recommend playing it longer my fren
 
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Gravityqueen4life said:
playing it for the first time. playing as a sad cop battling his addiction and seeking redemption. putting all my points on empathy, suggestion and drama.
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While it has its flaws, it's definitely a cut above the usual soy-stained 'durr my game is art' garbage that tries to pass itself off as a game.

I suspect what bugs people (I know it bugged me at first) is how gray the situation is -- very few (if any at all) shades of black or white.

Also, I hated Cuno initially, until I finally managed to hit some of the speech checks to get him to open up, and then it was like '... holy shit, kid, I thought you were just a lunatic asshole like me.'

It's not perfect, but I'll give it credit for trying something weird and different. The whole 'various internal voices arguing' is a great gag.
If you pass a Volition check while speaking to Klassje (the dancer you meet initially after waking up), you realize you are sexually attracted to her and all your skills are compromised regarding her. Especially Electrochemistry:

Electrochemistry: Bullshit, man, I ain't compromised!
Volition: Especially that guy. That guy is the most compromised in here.
Electrochemistry: No fucking way, man, I just want a drag of that sweet Menthol ziggie.
Volition: Really? Quick, tell me what is under her jumpsuit?
Electrochemistry: GLORY. TRUTH. PROTECT HER. SHE WANTS YOU.
Volition: I take it back. He's got it pretty bad, but this next guy's on another level entirely...
Suggestion: She likes you. The Crownhead is a boring condom. He's jealous. This is human nature.

Good times :biggrin:
 
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finished the game a few days ago. you guys were right. the ending was very anti-climatic but than again, you solved the case so, your job is done. i missed the dream sequence near the end beacuse i didint want to fuck around and only found out about it after watching a review of the game. harry had a hard life.
 
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I don’t think I’ve ever flipped opinion on a game as hard as I have on this one.

The opening bit I thought was one of the most incredible things I’ve ever seen in a game. Then I noticed that the only word the game censors is “faggot” and was annoyed but like, fine.

But by the time I opened the trash can and found the “Yellow Man“ mug and got the “oh, so you’re THAT kind of person” when I chose the ‘why can’t people take a joke these days’, and then called Sylvie and got to the “can I just have this conversation without all the internalized misogyny” and the “interactions with women are all just transactional”... I am so sick of games dropping this shit in there that I’m actually considering a Steam refund.
 
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Screw Danlon said:
I don’t think I’ve ever flipped opinion on a game as hard as I have on this one.

The opening bit I thought was one of the most incredible things I’ve ever seen in a game. Then I noticed that the only word the game censors is “faggot” and was annoyed but like, fine.

But by the time I opened the trash can and found the “Yellow Man“ mug and got the “oh, so you’re THAT kind of person” when I chose the ‘why can’t people take a joke these days’, and then called Sylvie and got to the “can I just have this conversation without all the internalized misogyny” and the “interactions with women are all just transactional”... I am so sick of games dropping this shit in there that I’m actually considering a Steam refund.
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its annoying that you cant be a fascist or nationalist without the game attacking you and calling you a retard while, they do poke fun at socialism and communism, it still has a soft spot for these ideology. maybe beacuse it was not "real" socialism.

anyway, the game is getting a re-release this spring and will now be fully voiced. meaning all the traits will now be voiced which sounds cool but also horrifying at the same time. atleast i have an excuse replaying it when it comes out.
 
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My original post/review stands. More text can't improve this steaming turd. Also - isometric sucks balls. I will make an exception for UO.

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I pirated the game and couldn't delete it fast enough.
Children writing about topics they have zero understanding, while trying to summon the aesthetics of the 1970s.

Free was too much. Go be an artfag on someone else's time. Make better games.
 
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For anyone poking in late at this point in time, here's the quickie of Disco Elysium & You:

If you're thin-skinned as fuck, don't play this game.
It'll make fun of you, and that's just the worst.

If you try to metagame everything like a fucking autist, don't play this game.
It is genuinely stupid to behave this way in a game that establishes so many different means by which to screw in a lightbulb, and the whole point is that you don't get to see or succeed at everything on a single approach.

There's very little 'game,' as the health system and the equipment giving you stat boosts is tedious and annoying at best.
It's a flashy visual novel / adventure game with a million different pathways.

The very ending of the game is pretty underwhelming and almost feels like saccharine satire of this kind of conclusion.
The ending right before this feels underwhelming only if you are completely incapable of reading metanarrative whatsoever.

To that end, if you don't like trying to get the bigger picture or when stories don't spoon-feed you everything, you won't like this game.
For example, there's a union boss character in the game. He is depicted by many characters as a generally good force, and although he's antagonistic, it seems like most of the workers like him and he actually has a stake in the dock's community and success -- his corruption and charisma are readily apparent, yet at a surface read, it seems like he's the "good guy." This is presumably where you would stomp and complain about this being commie propaganda if you're a retard.

In the broader picture, the guy is intentionally betting the lives and livelihoods of almost everyone in the port that he can play chicken for longer than the company. If he fails, he basically consigns them to certain suffering - and his entire gambit hinges on your character blabbing to the company rep. If you don't blab, the company rep doesn't get worried about potential casualties and blink. The union guy eschews the law, covers up for thugs and murderers, and directly interferes with a murder investigation in a way that actively endangers everyone in the port town. The game doesn't tell you this or make you realize it; it depends on you putting it together for yourself.

And that racist mug that Kim gives you shit for? Turns out that you can meet the guy who threw it away. Know how the game presents him? As a kind person who, while eccentric, is regarded warmly by some of the only characters that are wholesome in the story. Even if he is a closet racist/ultranationalist, he isn't some comically irredeemable stereotype. Given that you can see people being direct shitheads to Kim several times over, it's pretty fucking clear why he wouldn't just chuckle off the mug. He's a character, not some affirming yes-man to pat you on the ass for chuckling at NIGGER.

Ultimately, this game isn't really a power fantasy or escapist. The setting is drenched in references to the postwar order and moral qualms of the day, and it has a whole little sequence dedicated to discussing the EU and its economic/cultural policies by proxy. If you just want to shoot the bad guy and crack the case, this is absolutely the worst game to go to for that.

I am hopeful that the third act gets a bit of a revamp, though. It's not insufferable, but it is a little barebones. The game's single mandatory check is also handled a little awkwardly; you will always be able to eventually get a 100% success roll on it, but it can be a real pain to figure out what hoops you yet need to jump through to get the boosts / another shot at it. It and the idiotic clothing stat boosts are probably the biggest complaints with the game that have merit.
 
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The collector's edition is $250, lol
  • artbook
  • statue
  • map printed on fabric
  • boxes
  • hard copy of the game

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No album, that will cost you another $130 for the big special boy limited edition or $60 for the poorfag basic bitch edition that's the same but with different artwork

Friendly reminder that Undertale's special edition was $60 and came with a fairly heavy 14k gold plated music box medallion
 
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Pissmaster said:
The collector's edition is $250, lol
  • artbook
  • statue
  • map printed on fabric
  • boxes
  • hard copy of the game

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No album, that will cost you another $130 for the big special boy limited edition or $60 for the poorfag basic bitch edition that's the same but with different artwork

Friendly reminder that Undertale's special edition was $60 and came with a fairly heavy 14k gold plated music box medallion
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Which of those is the "not real socialism" edition?
 
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Pissmaster said:
The collector's edition is $250, lol
  • artbook
  • statue
  • map printed on fabric
  • boxes
  • hard copy of the game

View attachment 1817058

No album, that will cost you another $130 for the big special boy limited edition or $60 for the poorfag basic bitch edition that's the same but with different artwork

Friendly reminder that Undertale's special edition was $60 and came with a fairly heavy 14k gold plated music box medallion
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Wrong, asshole.
Under socialism we all get this free.

shit, did you even UNDERSTAND the game at all?
 
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wtfNeedSignUp said:
Which of those is the "not real socialism" edition?
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I mean, all of them have this thought project, which completely takes the piss out of the idea that this game somehow sucks off communism. Also tends to play on that whole 'cognitive dissonance' thing.

Collector's editions are for retard paypigs to begin with, so I don't really take it as a strike against them. Everyone that owns the game already gets its essentially GOTY edition for free, which is good by me.
 
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Honestly I'm just happy they continued to update the game.

Not sure how meaningful all VA lines would be, but I guess I'll find out when I replay it.
 
Voicing the inner monologues is a duuuuuuumb idea. Voicing them all with the exact same guy is even stupider.

to expand on this a day later: voice acting is good when you want to emphasize conversational natures. It takes physical time to hear a voice, right? But a thought you have almost instantly; it doesn't have a vocal quality to it. It's instantaneous. By throwing in voices for the inner monologues outside of dream sequences, it breaks the pacing and flow by introducing this weird timed element. Harry isn't standing there blank and unthinking for the full duration of the vocal line; he clearly has these thoughts instantaneously, which is part of why the dialogue system has that scroll-wheel functionality and a lot punchier of dialogue than something long and ambling, like Torment.

Pillars of Eternity 2 also decided to have a narrator voice absolutely everything - every description of a mountain or a town or what-have-you had someone reading it out to you. And it was stupid and kitschy.
 
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I didn't like the voice acting at first, but now I'm kind of getting into it. Usually voice acting in games annoys the piss out of me because I can read faster than listening (Pillars of Eternity was so bad i couldn't finish it), but I don't mind it as much in Disco Elysium because the voice acting is pretty good.

I started another playthrough to experience parts of the game I missed during my first time, but I just cannot bring myself to be anything but racist, apocalyptical, fascist law cop.

Anyone who hasn't played it yet, definitely pick it up. I've been bored of video games for years but this one actually hooked me.

EDIT: However, instead of all the voice acting and polish, I would've preferred a new DLC or new missions. LET ME EXPLORE THE PALE GODDAMNIT.
 
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world of shit said:
I didn't like the voice acting at first, but now I'm kind of getting into it. Usually voice acting in games annoys the piss out of me because I can read faster than listening (Pillars of Eternity was so bad i couldn't finish it), but I don't mind it as much in Disco Elysium because the voice acting is pretty good.

I started another playthrough to experience parts of the game I missed during my first time, but I just cannot bring myself to be anything but racist, apocalyptical, fascist law cop.

Anyone who hasn't played it yet, definitely pick it up. I've been bored of video games for years but this one actually hooked me.

EDIT: However, instead of all the voice acting and polish, I would've preferred a new DLC or new missions. LET ME EXPLORE THE PALE GODDAMNIT.
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What I read about the final cut is that there are new mission, characters and apparently new area.
 
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