Pretty sure my guy turned racist cuz i hit a negative on a 73% perception roll... and died after listening to bird noises. I'm built like silk fr... I don't remember ordering a yappaccino but it's all good tho I managed. These characters are written so masterfully I'm actin like a schoolgirl just thinking about it, makes me wanna throat a glizzy out of happiness. Bitches will have a bumper sticker with a picture of Harry Du Bois and it says "NOT MY PRESIDENT" no he's clearly not?? On the other end, people will have Kim Kitsuragi plastred on their main bathroom mirror like "men... remember what you're striving for. Can we get an amen?" love this man. Absolute delight writing of a cop duo, the best in fiction bitches say.

There's no higher praise I can give to the setting than it feels like we're truly living in a simulation, one pumped up with a syringe with the full spectrum of human complexity. But do not forget: the fog is coming. Yeah, there is a fog. While more of a metaphor than a literary device, it is very scary. To sum up the game's world in a few wise words, I'll quote this tweet I came across "Great time to be a hater, many things suck and many people are stupid". That's kind of how it works in La Revacholière! Nobody minces any words. It truly feels like a complete map, with a lot of interior places to explore, too. I don't think I have forgotten a single area. Then again, a lot of dialogue! Makes you go "honk mimimimii" in other games but in this game no such thoughts of "a mimir".

"My child will not drink himself into a stupor and have me clean up his mess for over 30 hours of gameplay" type story. Kinda cool. Hope they do that again! It seems ill-fated, as it stands... Quite thankfully, other RPGs like Baldur's Gate 3 seem to be boasting the same amount of care, but I can't be too sure. Anyways, what happens in Disco Elysium in the gameplay department? Fetch quests. Stat tree. Exposition. It's peak. You have many, O so many voices in your head, everything that makes you you. You'll end up rolling and either end up in a Florida Man news headline or summoning the pot of greed. It's so very disco. But it is quintessential for a CRPG, is it not? The entire genre has been a public speech and Disco Elysium is its closing statement. Very brilliant.

I don't remember any of the problems I had with the game, except one, that hinges on a massive choice. Put on your best clickbait material (THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING) (YOU MIGHT WANT TO SEE THESE) (FREE TWENTY DOLLAR FORTNITE CARD IN DESCRIPTION) but no more mr. unserious guy. Really, this might make the rest of the game have a completely different feel. And in either case, the epilogue could have used a bit more... matter to it. Bone to its meat on bone the meat fuck. This is a Danganronpa 2 reference. Seeing a cinematic trailer of this game definitely does not do justice to what you're actually gonna experience. There is barely any action scenes in it, regardless. Communist copaganda at its finest. Ahah. No seriously, you'll get it. Trust the process.

Reviewed on May 30, 2023


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