Just thought I’d share. It’s a really fun game. I’ve done two play throughs already. It’s very text heavy though but unique and worth trying out if you wanna be a drunken disco communist cop going through a massive identity crisis.
edit: the only advice i want to give people who are going to play is don’t savescum IMO. Sometimes failed rolls can lead to some really funny moments. You really aren’t supposed to “win” at every dice roll, but play the game how you enjoy it. I just found myself early on trying to win those dice rolls when in the grand scheme of things, it isn’t necessary at all like it can be in similar RPG games. Also don’t put only 1 point into physique (it’s like health) on your first playthrough, you will end up dying in the most absurdly bad ways and after the charm wears off you will end up getting frustrated most likely.
edit 2: it’s also on gog (same price) https://www.gog.com/game/disco_elysium?pp=a93c168323147d1135503939396cac628dc194c5 and the Epic store
It’s so worth it. So so so good. Plus they are updating it soon with full voice for all lines and a shit ton of other add ons. I should do a replay soon actually.
If you think you’re a communist, play this and message me once you get to the ending. I cried.
i had no idea they were adding full voice lines!! that is so awesome holy shit
also: i also cried. twice. idk why but the scene
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where he gets on the phone with Dora and is trying to figure out how he fucked up and can’t even recall the events properly but knowing he fucked up and can’t figure out exactly why hit me so hard. It felt like a perfect way to explain how bad heartbreak can feel when you just want to fix things but you’re so fucked up you just can’t figure it out and know that love isn’t ever coming back to you. It was deep
Look up the trailer when you have a minute for the redux I think. here ya be
For me it was:
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Finally getting to the island was so tense for me. The whole game I tried to make myself commie (this was a year and a half ago so less radical than I was but I was eager) and I just got totally shit on by the deserter. Made me feel like I wasn’t doing anything and just being an opportunist stealing the rhetoric of revolutionaries.
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Consider this, though: while the critical theory guy did prescribe to a specific branch of critical theory and fought in the revolution, he is now divorced from any collective communist movement that is able to challenge the status quo. with other words he became separated from the material conditions and the mass.
This means that his actions do not benefit the working class per se, as they are not integrated into a unified struggle according to Lenin (ehm I mean, you know in universe Lenin, who isn’t Kras Mazov) this would be the necessity that it actually is part of the class struggle of the working class as unified actor. Now this means that even though he started as a communist who was ingrained with revolution he isn’t anymore.
This explains why his individualistic take and taking out the sexual opponent to his voyeuristic self is done and also why he kind of creeped up on her having sex more often. Not just to gather intel, but arguably to sublime his emotions (Zizek and Lacan would be proud).
My take on it is that even your hardest most theoretical concept - even if totally true - becomes irrelevant if not connected to real struggle. An example of this could be the RAF (red army faction), which in prison developed highly sophisticated advanced theory that couldn’t be understood by others, they reached levels of critical theory rivaled by few - though it was completely useless as their assumptions e.g. doing a bit terrorism to unleash the spontaneous revolt of the German masses was wrong. They also were not able to influence the movement much form prison (which makes sense) and the movement continued to phase out.
Another example is Abdullah Öcalan, who is in prison, but the collective and communities of the Kurdish people in no small part do continue collectively to support him and the works that are at all transmitted. We have here an example that actually includes the women’s struggle as fundament, unlike the theory of the lone soldiers.
However one thing is true, a cop can’t be a communist (unlike he is an agent for the movement and then has to trust the movement with having the right political line and class understanding). One final point: When the revolution happened he was but a boy and he never was a military soldier.
As such he shouldn’t be understood as real human being but as symbol to compare to our times and ourselves.
it’s a big step up in the polish department, but I kind of liked that only Reptilian Brain and Limbic System had voices
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especially when it pays off at the karaoke scene
I wonder how Harry will sound outside of that?
*edit: not that those were the ONLY two voices in the whole game, just when it comes to the player character
Just probably straight up the best game ever.
I’d wait for march to play it though, it’s getting free update with full VA (including narration and your skills), a new area with new stuff and political vision quests.
Just probably straight up the best game ever.
In terms of story / writing, Planescape: Torment is still above for me but yeah, it’s a close second.
It really grabbed me emotionally after Pharod’s Court, in the “hidden tomb” (not describing more for fear of spoilers). You may not even have reached the former after 2 or 3 hours though. Yet the game is incredible - touches you as deep as a great book does. Bear in mind some of my opinion may be partly nostalgia. Though I would still recommend trying it out longer.
edit: the only advice i want to give people who are going to play is don’t savescum IMO
I’d broadly agree but with the caveat that you should keep saves every in game hours because it’s possible to fuck up and just be completely stuck.
Communist cop
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When I get more free time I’ll have to try this game since I hear it’s really good
yeah it’s much better than it sounds. Basically you are a cop but it’s a bit more complicated than just being a cop. It also is not in anyway pro cop at all. They did a fantastic job with it.
also i’d like to mention you don’t HAVE to be communist but that was part of the fun for me at least. You could be a fascist if you want lmfao or an ultra liberal. The dialogue options are much better as a communist, it touches on theory quite a bit.
I was trying to humor some big fucking nazi to try to manipulate him into going away, and now my character screen says basically “oh and you’re just a little bit of a fascist” FUCK
yeah I answered in a couple of ultraliberal ways and it annoyed me too lol. kill the liberal inside your head!
