I was planning on writing my Fate/Stay Night review first but given that hyperlinks are broken at the time of writing this, I figured I'd instead talk about this masterpiece.
Minor Spoilers for Disco Elysium btw
Disco Elysium is such an impressive work of writing and player immersion. With every part of the dilapidated district of Martinaise filled with either a deep centuries long spanning bit of lore, or a very bizarre and wacky character who will, somewhere along the line, tie into the main narrative in one way or another.
The gameplay is very much akin to something like the Classic Fallout games, with the isometric perspective and actions being determined by skill checks and dice rolls. Disco Elysium however far improves on this by streamlining its design.
Easily the worst aspect of Classic Fallout was it's incredibly slow and thoroughly unpleasant turn-based combat. Even as someone who enjoys turn-based RPGs, Fallout 1 and 2's combat was just way too monotonous and luck-based to points of absurdity where trying to stab something at point blank range with a knife would have a 70% chance of missing in the early game. Disco Elysium nixes this problem by removing combat in its entirety, and instead makes the skill checks both have more of a focus in terms of engagement and narrative importance.
The Skills themselves take the forms of voices inside your character's head. They all have their own unique characteristics that make them stand out despite having the same voice, and they all contribute in advising what actions they think you should take.
Honestly the general characterization of the game in general is just so good. Everyone feels like someone you could find on the street, from the jerkass third-person speaking brat Cuno to the delusional and tired drunk Idiot Doom Spiral or the weirdly trippy party boy Egg Head. All of them feel real in a way that few game characters often do, and they all have their roles to play in the investigation.
That's honestly my favorite part of the whole game, the fact that all of the most innocuous, seemingly unrelated things will, in some way, shape or form contribute to the main plot in ways that awed me to no end.
That's part of what makes it so special, the fact that this world, this district of Martinaise is so full of narrative threads that tie together in the most insane of ways is just something so delightful that to spoil more would do a disservice to you reading this review.
Play Disco Elysium, explore the streets of Martinaise and uncover the mysteries of both the investigation, and yourself.
P.S.
Kim is the fucking GOAT.
Minor Spoilers for Disco Elysium btw
Disco Elysium is such an impressive work of writing and player immersion. With every part of the dilapidated district of Martinaise filled with either a deep centuries long spanning bit of lore, or a very bizarre and wacky character who will, somewhere along the line, tie into the main narrative in one way or another.
The gameplay is very much akin to something like the Classic Fallout games, with the isometric perspective and actions being determined by skill checks and dice rolls. Disco Elysium however far improves on this by streamlining its design.
Easily the worst aspect of Classic Fallout was it's incredibly slow and thoroughly unpleasant turn-based combat. Even as someone who enjoys turn-based RPGs, Fallout 1 and 2's combat was just way too monotonous and luck-based to points of absurdity where trying to stab something at point blank range with a knife would have a 70% chance of missing in the early game. Disco Elysium nixes this problem by removing combat in its entirety, and instead makes the skill checks both have more of a focus in terms of engagement and narrative importance.
The Skills themselves take the forms of voices inside your character's head. They all have their own unique characteristics that make them stand out despite having the same voice, and they all contribute in advising what actions they think you should take.
Honestly the general characterization of the game in general is just so good. Everyone feels like someone you could find on the street, from the jerkass third-person speaking brat Cuno to the delusional and tired drunk Idiot Doom Spiral or the weirdly trippy party boy Egg Head. All of them feel real in a way that few game characters often do, and they all have their roles to play in the investigation.
That's honestly my favorite part of the whole game, the fact that all of the most innocuous, seemingly unrelated things will, in some way, shape or form contribute to the main plot in ways that awed me to no end.
That's part of what makes it so special, the fact that this world, this district of Martinaise is so full of narrative threads that tie together in the most insane of ways is just something so delightful that to spoil more would do a disservice to you reading this review.
Play Disco Elysium, explore the streets of Martinaise and uncover the mysteries of both the investigation, and yourself.
P.S.
Kim is the fucking GOAT.
karlsefni776
1 year ago