Disco Elysium

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Summary

A CRPG in which, waking up in a hotel room a total amnesiac with highly opinionated voices in his head, a middle-aged detective on a murder case inadvertently ends up playing a part in the political dispute between a local labour union and a larger international body, all while struggling to piece together his past, diagnose the nature of the reality around him and come to terms with said reality.


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Disco Elysium Reviews & Ratings

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Review by mrdavidchandler [user]
August 26, 2021

I was bored...yes, yes.. I've played everything...so, what is this? Looks weird... not my style game...but what the heck...let's try it. Wow!I was bored...yes, yes.. I've played everything...so, what is this? Looks weird... not my style game...but what the heck...let's try it. Wow! It was so haunting and the story captivated me (and my HDAD usually finds me skipping over). The sound track was amazing...ala Blade Runner. The sound track alone had me coming back to play. So isolating, so dark...yet so funny too. I very much recommend this game...even if its not your style game.

70
Review by Eliotsan [user]
April 11, 2021

This game is beyond great in terms of story, but just like Cyberpunk it's filled with outrageous number of bugs, including ones that does notThis game is beyond great in terms of story, but just like Cyberpunk it's filled with outrageous number of bugs, including ones that does not allow You to continue the game. And it's completely random, You may or You might not stumble upon a bug that will force You to start over, because no matter what You do, button does not appear (it does appear in another play through however...). It seems that developers are aware, and does not care. The game is also filled with a lot of inconsistencies, including weird story hooks, bad english translations, and just plain misunderstandings of some political concepts which makes You a fascist where You clearly aren't. Some say that this is greatest RPG game of them all, i say : far from it. From such a technically simple game with aspiration to be "greatest" i would expect less game breaking bugs, less storyline shortcuts, and less old school point and click heritage of searching illogical places for clues.

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Review by Adventure Gamers
April 10, 2020

A murder mystery set in a rich, fictional setting, Disco Elysium is told with sweeping profundity and hilarious absurdity. With no combat to impede story progression, this is a choice-driven role-playing adventure that deftly raises the bar of quality for the medium.

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Review by Sidian [user]
February 25, 2020

What a game. A worthy successor to Planescape: Torment, at last! Anyone who says that video games can't be art or scoffs at the idea of videoWhat a game. A worthy successor to Planescape: Torment, at last! Anyone who says that video games can't be art or scoffs at the idea of video game writing, saying "If I wanted a good story I'd read a book!" should play this and hopefully be honest enough to admit they were wrong. In most games, I talk to what are little more than exposition deliverers and quest givers, full of all the typical clichés - what's this guy's character? Oh, well, he's muscly and shouts a lot, I guess. That's it. Disco Elysium's characters *feel* like people and even though a character like Kim Kitsuragi, your partner in this game, would be hopelessly dull when written by most video game writers, in this game he's impossible not to love. The best of all, though, is not really a character at all but your inner monologues with aspects of your own personality. Incredibly intelligent, beautifully descriptive and outright hilarious writing all the way through.But nothing is without its flaws. The skill system is a bit of a mess and encourages you to save up skill points and just casually invest them the second you need them for a skill check, which sort of robs you of the ability to feel like you really created a specific character and are interacting with the world based on who you are, instead you just feel like a skill point investment banker. Also, the thought catalogue system, whilst interesting, is even worse - you have no idea whatsoever what the effects of the thoughts you commit to will be, and it's usually not something you could guess. You could argue that this encourages you to really role play and just pick what you agree with and disregard the stats, but in reality it just makes you want to not really bother with it and save those skill points for stats instead as at least then you'll know what you're getting. There are some quests in the game you simply cannot complete with certain builds, unless you save scum. This is fine in most games like this which expect you to have a good build and understanding of the game, but in a game like Disco Elysium that's almost never the case and it just comes out of the left field to not be able to advance the main plot if you specialised as a rational thinker like I did and as a result didn't have points in 'shivers' to get into a certain building, for instance. I also found the game to be quite buggy which resulted in me missing out on certain quest options.But these are all minor niggles; the game is all about the story and writing, and in that respect it's unrivaled. This game will be a cult classic and heralded for decades to come. I sincerely hope it becomes influential and encourages other talented writers to make games like this, and I can't wait for follow-up games by ZA/UM.

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Review by Cardelitre [user]
February 8, 2020

This was definitely one of my best gaming experience in a very long time.This game is incredibly well written, the gameplay is innovative,This was definitely one of my best gaming experience in a very long time.This game is incredibly well written, the gameplay is innovative, all characters are well fleshed out and have a distinct and unique personality. This was like a great book you just can't put down.I want to thank the developers for this masterpiece: I really hope you make more of such quality level, I'll be there for it!

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Game Information
Release Date October 15, 2019
Publisher ZA/UM
Total Rating 92%
Game Modes Single player
Player Perspectives Bird view / Isometric
Genres Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Themes Thriller, Drama, Mystery
Platforms PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac