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Anybody play Disco Elysium? It’s a point and click adventure about an amnesiac detective solving a murder in a highly socially politicized town wherein your actions and statements influence the characters around you. You can play as a radical communist to a sociopathic fascist to a lazy socialist (note that these adjectives aren’t tied to any political philosophy) or just a cowardly dipshit. Every interaction can lead to what seems like endless text trees where pertinent decisions are made. The story becomes more complex as it advances but never loses its sense of humor. Also the voice acting is brilliant.
I think it released in 2021 and has been relatively popular with the indy crowd and has been featured in video game podcasts. I’d like to be able to talk to people about it but I don’t know anyone who has played the game.
oh man, i fired it up like four times now, but i make such slow progress that i kind of get distracted by other stuff. i like it, but i usually get sleepy after an hour of playing, and i'm very slow in these types of games, so i haven't made it far. something happens and i don't get to play it for a few days and my senile brain has forgotten most of the plot so far.
have you finished it? i really want to start it back up again. i might try and run it on my notebook so i can play it in bed. that sounds like a good idea.
I wanted to talk about this game because I want to like it so bad, but yes, it's slow and hard to concentrate on. It seems like such an indy darling that it must be me that is fucking up the experience, but now I'm looking at 2 for 2 people thinking it's boring. It seems endless text trees about the intricacies of racism and politics can only get one so far.
I made it to the part where the rotten kids claim rape or whatever and maybe I pushed on a bit further but also just got bored and stopped playing. It's one of those games you're "supposed" to like but for some reason never clicked for me. I guess since skaters thrive on indie culture-type stuff this shit is easily marketed to us then fails on delivery? I don't know.
I have so many games I mean to finish or even try at the very least but I lack motivation and time. I'm very weak to any of the indie darling type games though that have a certain style or unique game play element.
this is how i feel about this game. i like a lot about it, i think it's well written, has great art and music, but it just doesn't hold my interest overall. i'm literally dozing off after an hour of play. and haven't even got shit done in the game. so to make progress i would probably have to invest 2-3 hours again. but i wouldn't even make it that far.
maybe i'll restart the game on my laptop and try to finish it on trainrides or something. it might lend itself well to that.
Completed it while on quarantine in 2021 - starts off great, got slow in the middle but the ending was great in the path I chose. The dialog and voice acting is excellent but I found myself skipping through most of the it just to get to the skill check, and I was save scumming on specific questions just to force an outcome which is the opposite of how you're supposed to play.
Fun 1-off experience that I won't play again, I don't have the patience to deal with that much dialog and watch all the endings. You have to be in the mood for 100% organic game, if not the lack of direction and dicking around dialog trees is a slog.
Just got my home PC rebuilt and it's a tiny toasty beast. Got a catalog of games saved on Steam, but knowing me I'll probably go back to playing Cemu / Yuzu emulators.