Leftist game be like : games

[+] context@hexbear.net 47 points 7 months ago

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[-] FanonFan@hexbear.net 35 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I used my fingers to mark decision spots so I could backtrack when I died and effectively read the entire book. I'd run out of fingers pretty fast so my goal was usually to die so I could close off timelines and free up fingers.

[-] Ossay@hexbear.net 21 points 6 months ago

people will really try to min-max every game

[-] blakeus12@hexbear.net 18 points 7 months ago

lol same

[-] cryptymythy@hexbear.net 12 points 7 months ago

I had one where you had inventory and rolled a d6 sometimes

[-] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 7 points 6 months ago

That sounds cool as hell.

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[-] WaterBowlSlime@lemmygrad.ml 11 points 7 months ago

If you're interested in a choose your own adventure video game, then try 9 Hours 9 Persons 9 Doors and its sequel Virtue's Last Reward. Not to spoil too much, but switching between timelines is a game mechanic and important to the plot.

Also play the DS version of 999 because the ports suck (the dual screens matter)

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[-] bazingabrain@hexbear.net 38 points 7 months ago

and its still the best video game ever made

[-] NephewAlphaBravo@hexbear.net 18 points 7 months ago

This is Outer Wilds erasure

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[-] sir_this_is_a_wendys@hexbear.net 11 points 7 months ago

100-com

[-] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 7 months ago

So does it have a solid ending? I've never played it, hearing that they were working on a sequel for so long, and now that's been canceled.

[-] bazingabrain@hexbear.net 14 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

hm, I was kind of disappointed at first, but over time I realised the ending I got, which was the main one (there are many endings I think), made perfect sense for harry as a character and for the story as a whole. Its a very sweet story with some very bitter moments, I dont think any media made me cry before I played this game. Its genuinely life changing, youre not the same person when the credits roll, I place it up there with Dune.

[-] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 6 points 6 months ago

Depends on what you're looking for in an ending. It's not a cliffhanger or anything that makes a sequel necessary. Your mileage may vary on how satisfying you find the ending, but a lack of traditional narrative satisfaction is for sure an intentional artistic choice. It's thematically appropriate to leave you feeling a bit shitty at the end.

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[-] ChaosMaterialist@hexbear.net 25 points 7 months ago

Pre-voice-acting (C|J)RPGs were basically visual novels with some fighting between the pages. DE is among a respectable and noble class.

[-] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 22 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I swear capitalism has brainwashed people into hating reading.

I blame adverising.

[-] SkingradGuard@hexbear.net 9 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Advertising and social media (see advertising)

[-] M68040@hexbear.net 20 points 7 months ago

kelly infocommunism.

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[-] Yurt_Owl@hexbear.net 19 points 7 months ago

Ine of the most beautifully narrated audio books ever made

[-] sir_this_is_a_wendys@hexbear.net 19 points 7 months ago

I tell people it's my favorite game, but I do warn them that it is basically an interactive book.

[-] bazingabrain@hexbear.net 19 points 7 months ago

Gamers WILL play the communist game, they WILL read the fancy words, they WILL do introspection :dig-the-fucking-coal: (why is this not an emoji yet?!)

[-] sir_this_is_a_wendys@hexbear.net 16 points 7 months ago

This is more than a video game to me, it changed the way I view the world.

[-] tamagotchicowboy@hexbear.net 16 points 7 months ago

Reading never hurts, it has pictures too at least, an upgrade over those text rogue likes I'd play as a broke child.

[-] Maoo@hexbear.net 15 points 7 months ago

I appreciate how sad that little guy is at being handed a book

[-] TheLastHero@hexbear.net 15 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

"Do you know how to read, you ignorant fuck?"

[-] AutomatedPossum@hexbear.net 15 points 7 months ago

That's a higher word count than Homestuck, too.

[-] WIIHAPPYFEW@hexbear.net 15 points 7 months ago

We won, folks

[-] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 14 points 6 months ago

Jokes on you G*mers! I fucking LOVE books!

[-] UmbraVivi@hexbear.net 13 points 7 months ago

It would've been better as a full-on visual novel imo, it's probably the best written game I've ever played but the gameplay is kinda tedious. Walking around the map is sluggish, the interactions with objects feel janky and I really dislike the RNG skill checks. I could never get through a whole playthrough because of that. But despite all that, it's still undeniably a masterpiece.

[-] Great_Leader_Is_Dead@hexbear.net 26 points 7 months ago

and I really dislike the RNG skill checks.

I disagree, I think the skill check enhances the character building, failing them often produces more interesting outcomes than passing, and passing them can create brief moments of victory for Harry. On my first play-through I was failing shit constantly except my build was pretty good for things directly related to the investigation, so it kind of worked for an RP were Harry was a washed up mess but he had been a good detective, so his past skills were shining through his amnesia and failure.

[-] zkrzsz@hexbear.net 7 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Issues like this is why I like mods or built in cheat available. Any tedious part (Palworld breeding time....) can be shortened with mods/cheats, have to control yourself to not abuse it though.

[-] What_Religion_R_They@hexbear.net 6 points 7 months ago

any good mods you recommend for DE?

[-] zkrzsz@hexbear.net 7 points 7 months ago

https://www.nexusmods.com/discoelysium/mods/16

Features

Fast Travel                          Adds four discoverable fast travel points.
Set Run Speed                    Up to 3x run speed
Set Money             0-999 
Set Skill Points                   0-100
Set Attributes                     (Intellect, Psyche, Physique, Motorics)
Force Checks                      Always pass or always fail
Lock Appearance                Changing clothes updates stats but not appearance
Toggle HUD                         Turn on/off the in-game HUD for screenshots
Add all clothes                    Adds every clothing item to your inventory
Unlock all thoughts     Makes every thought available for research

Install note (GOG version doesn't work):

so for those that dont get it still , what you do is unzip the file open the file folder there should be 5 items in total. You copy those items into game folder where it has the .exe which is the game itself . I ran the game from the folder itself like someone in the comments suggested and it opened up for me.

Alternative: https://www.wemod.com/cheats/disco-elysium-trainers

[-] Alsephina@lemmy.ml 6 points 7 months ago

I really dislike the RNG skill checks

Same. That's pretty much my one complaint about the game.

I just want all the dialogue man

[-] FanonFan@hexbear.net 6 points 7 months ago

With most games I'd agree with you, but for some reason the music and atmosphere in DE really worked for me

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[-] redtea@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 6 months ago

Damn, if this was on my list before, it's now moved up to must play soon.

[-] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 21 points 6 months ago

Disco Elysium counts as theory. I'm only a quarter joking.

[-] Juice@hexbear.net 10 points 6 months ago

This is the general consensus among my reading group who regularly reads historical doorstops

[-] theposterformerlyknownasgood@hexbear.net 12 points 6 months ago

"Ask yourself: is there something sinister in moralism? And then answer: no. God is in his heaven. Everything is normal on Earth" goes hard as a criticism of "moderates"

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[-] M68040@hexbear.net 7 points 6 months ago

Much of the setting is explicitly a reflection of real-life geopolitics so there is the parable factor going for it

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[-] theposterformerlyknownasgood@hexbear.net 10 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

IM MOVING SWIFTLY TOWARDS A SOLUTION THAT SATISFIES NOBODY.

moralist egghead

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[-] Aquilae@hexbear.net 11 points 7 months ago

stalin-approval

[-] FumpyAer@hexbear.net 10 points 7 months ago

An audio book, yeah.

[-] Parsani@hexbear.net 8 points 6 months ago

I wish it was just a book

[-] Evilsandwichman@hexbear.net 8 points 7 months ago

I tried playing this; the point where decided to put it down was after the MC had a novella's worth of thoughts before he'd even had the chance to exit the building you wake up in.

When they release a 'finished therapy' edition, or bat-to-the-back-of-the-head edition, then maybe I'll think about picking it up again; then again the lord of the rings trilogy had less text than DE did just by the time you were done getting something from the bathroom a minute into the game. If someone stuck Harry's head under water he'd still rattle off a full ten volume encyclopedia's worth of text before he blacked out.

[-] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 18 points 6 months ago

Internal monologs and intee character dialogue is the gameplay. Those are the battle equivalents. Without it, it's Kings Quest

[-] theposterformerlyknownasgood@hexbear.net 7 points 6 months ago

I'm sorry but this is horrific necktie erasure

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[-] Omegamint@hexbear.net 16 points 6 months ago

It wouldn’t be the same game at all if Harry wasn’t so absolutely neurotic, lol. I get why it not easy to get through, though. I tried starting it like 5 times before burning through the whole game in a week (thanks adhd)

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[-] peppersky@hexbear.net 6 points 7 months ago

It's a good book too