its actually more like 5-7 books
this post was submitted on 24 Feb 2024
233 points (100.0% liked)
games
20521 readers
255 users here now
Tabletop, DnD, board games, and minecraft. Also Animal Crossing.
-
3rd International Volunteer Brigade (Hexbear gaming discord)
Rules
- No racism, sexism, ableism, homophobia, or transphobia. Don't care if it's ironic don't post comments or content like that here.
- Mark spoilers
- No bad mouthing sonic games here :no-copyright:
- No gamers allowed :soviet-huff:
- No squabbling or petty arguments here. Remember to disengage and respect others choice to do so when an argument gets too much
founded 4 years ago
MODERATORS
and its still the best video game ever made
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.
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.
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.
load more comments
(2 replies)
Pre-voice-acting (C|J)RPGs were basically visual novels with some fighting between the pages. DE is among a respectable and noble class.
I swear capitalism has brainwashed people into hating reading.
I blame adverising.
Advertising and social media (see advertising)
infocommunism.Ine of the most beautifully narrated audio books ever made
I tell people it's my favorite game, but I do warn them that it is basically an interactive book.
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?!)
This is more than a video game to me, it changed the way I view the world.
Reading never hurts, it has pictures too at least, an upgrade over those text rogue likes I'd play as a broke child.
I appreciate how sad that little guy is at being handed a book
"Do you know how to read, you ignorant fuck?"
That's a higher word count than Homestuck, too.
We won, folks
Jokes on you G*mers! I fucking LOVE books!
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.
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.
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.
any good mods you recommend for DE?
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
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
With most games I'd agree with you, but for some reason the music and atmosphere in DE really worked for me
load more comments
(2 replies)
Damn, if this was on my list before, it's now moved up to must play soon.
Disco Elysium counts as theory. I'm only a quarter joking.
This is the general consensus among my reading group who regularly reads historical doorstops
"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"
load more comments
(2 replies)
Much of the setting is explicitly a reflection of real-life geopolitics so there is the parable factor going for it
load more comments
(1 replies)
IM MOVING SWIFTLY TOWARDS A SOLUTION THAT SATISFIES NOBODY.
- moralist egghead
load more comments
(1 replies)
An audio book, yeah.
I wish it was just a book
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.
Internal monologs and intee character dialogue is the gameplay. Those are the battle equivalents. Without it, it's Kings Quest
I'm sorry but this is horrific necktie erasure
load more comments
(2 replies)
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)
load more comments
(1 replies)
It's a good book too
view more: next ›