For the most part, Disco Elysium is a compelling character study, both of its protagonist and distraught setting. Having lost his memory, its protagonist has to deal with the society around him and wrestle with why he drank himself into such a state. The game also gives you so much agency and room for self-expression in how you decide to confront Harry’s situation; I find that incredibly compelling. The game allows you to explore Revachol’s people, politics, and mystique, again with a lot of agency, but it is also more than ready to criticize your choices.

And the ending, learning who the real killer is, getting into the absolute pit of human nihilism, only for a shred of hope to shine through with your discovery of the cryptid.

I Loved this.