Disco Elysium

I’ve got a copy in the cellophane next to me. Is it worth opening?

I put it down because of work/family commitments and was so lost when I picked it back up I need to start over. I was loving it though.

Dying because I lost a roll to deter how hard I was looking at a wall was maybe the low point when I’d not saved for awhile. It was like a playing a Vertigo Comics story or something.

It's a Top 5/Top 10 best ever game you heathens. Everyone should play it.

Isn't the most recent edition of the game fully voiced? I'd read it was a pretty good cast doing a pretty good job, too.

It's literally top of my Steam Wishlist, and I nearly bought it in the January sales, but I still have Pillars of Eternity 2 and the Planescape reboot thing sitting at five hours each so thought I'd be a good citizen and finish them first. Some year. Not this year. Nor next. But eventually. Fuck.

yes it's fully voiced but if you listened to it all it would make a 20-30 hour game about 90. The voice acting is well done though

I was sure we already had a thread on this but can't seem to find it. Absolutely loved the game after picking it up fairly late; the definitive edition update dropped like a week after I first started, so I then restarted my playthrough and was really pleased to see how the different stats/builds subtly altered the (early game) experience.

I'll be honest, though: I pretty much approached it like an old school point and click adventure game. Was really just there to enjoy the world, narrative and art style.

I got it for Xbox in the Xmas sale and am loving it. Genuinely funny at times and some great characters. It is very wordy though but I don't mind that. When I first started it I was actually thinking about it and what I'm going to do next when I was away from it and a game hasn't grabbed me like that in a long time.

My friend also picked it up and it's interesting to hear how different it has been for him in the early stages. Definitely one I'll go back to replay after a break to try a different build.

Yeah, I found that too. No save scumming for once lol

I am a save scumming mf and I actually made the game worse for myself because of this. Not only are the failures more interesting than the successes, often they may lead to a better outcome! (For a certain value of better.) And because the protagonist is such a total trainwreck, the game (narratively) encourages you to accept the failures. What, did failing that skill check ruin your fantasy of being a rockstar supercop? That ship sailed before you even started playing. Better get used to it.

The voice acting I found hit-and-miss. Having the same narrator voice for all your inner aspects got really grating. Some characters' reading of the script was clearly off, and pronunciation of non-English words tends to be all over the place. But Cuno, Kim, Klaasje, and Joyce were all pretty much perfect. I'm glad they gave me the option to turn off the narrator voice, who speaks oh so very slowly, and keep all the character voices.

It's £5.99 on the Epic Games Store at the moment with the £8 coupon you get for being on their mailing list.

Loved the chunk of game I played, but the load times on PS4* are fucking atrocious. I nearly died switching a light on and trying to get a tie down from a ceiling fan.



*Other platforms are available. Your home may be at risk.

Really tempted to try this out. But the game being so text heavy, I'll probably enjoy this more as a midnight read in bed and not on a TV screen (if that makes any sense). So ideally I would want to try it on a Switch. The performance issues leave me in doubt though.

I played it last year on release on PS5 and thought it was incredible, certainly my game of the year. Had a few annoying glitches and bugs but those seem to have been ironed out.