Incline Disco Elysium - The Final Cut - a hardboiled cop show isometric RPG

[fantadomat]

Kim is the star because the protagonist wasn't an actual character but more of a reflection to the player.

 

[Viata]

Removes Kim from the game and the game stop being good for me, tbh. The best part is the dialogue between Kim and protagonist as they discuss every thing. If you didn't go to the fort singing as Kim pilots the boat, you missed the best moment in the game, imo.

 

[Haba]

DE without Kim:

The more dangerous path you can thread on is the one where you think about...
a.) why you can relate with Harry
and
b.) why Kim's empathy towards Harry makes him so endearing for you

Is your character receiving the kind of acceptance and rapport that you long for?

 

[vota DC]

But Kim with a separate character sheet and his own checks would be even more interesting!

 

[Black Angel]

Inb4, Codexers who identifies as Kimsexual coming out in droves.

 

[FranticDistortion]

I think having an option to introduce yourself with the fake name your character made up, after failing skillcheck, to any NPC is way more impactful than an ability to pick color pallet in the ending sequence. To each their own thou.

JRpgs alternative endings are usually joke endings or game overs, and most JRpgs stories and characters are lame as fuck, due their love for protagonists with the depth of a dried up puddle.

 

[JarlFrank]

JRpgs alternative endings are usually joke endings or game overs, and most JRpgs stories and characters are lame as fuck, due their love for protagonists with the depth of a dried up puddle.

Also JRPG endings aren't a natural consequence of your choices and actions throughout the game, but some hidden ending you have to reveal by doing some obscure barely hinted at shit at a very specific point of the game.

 

[IHaveHugeNick]

JRpgs alternative endings are usually joke endings or game overs, and most JRpgs stories and characters are lame as fuck, due their love for protagonists with the depth of a dried up puddle.

Also JRPG endings aren't a natural consequence of your choices and actions throughout the game, but some hidden ending you have to reveal by doing some obscure barely hinted at shit at a very specific point of the game.

See also - Witcher 3.

 

[Zombra]

But Kim with a separate character sheet and his own checks would be even more interesting!

Because as we all know, the harsh lights of a dissection table are the perfect way to increase a sense of mystery and intrigue.

 

[Infinitron]

Moar Disco Elysium GOTY awards to vote for: https://www.sxsw.com/awards/gaming-awards/cast-your-vote-for-the-2020-sxsw-gaming-awards/

Excellence in Art
Excellence in Design
Excellence in Musical Score
Excellence in Narrative
Matthew Crump Cultural Innovation Award
Video Game of the Year

 

[Verylittlefishes]

Moar Disco Elysium GOTY awards to vote for: https://www.sxsw.com/awards/gaming-awards/cast-your-vote-for-the-2020-sxsw-gaming-awards/

Excellence in Art
Excellence in Design
Excellence in Musical Score
Excellence in Narrative
Matthew Crump Cultural Innovation Award
Video Game of the Year

Oh, so it will be GOTY 2020 too.

 

[Heroic Liberator]

Moar Disco Elysium GOTY awards to vote for: https://www.sxsw.com/awards/gaming-awards/cast-your-vote-for-the-2020-sxsw-gaming-awards/

Excellence in Art
Excellence in Design
Excellence in Musical Score
Excellence in Narrative
Matthew Crump Cultural Innovation Award
Video Game of the Year

Oh, so it will be GOTY 2020 too.

Game of the Century, comrade))

 

[Goral]

Fun fact: the devs put a fridge in a nearby basement so you can dump the body in there to preserve it as a way of explicitly avoiding having to examine it on the first day.

That's what I've done to get the boots. As I've said, play it once and you will see practically everything. It's just amazing how overrated this game is, especially when you look at the Codex reaction to TToN :D.

 

[Harthwain]

I have a feeling of déjà vu.

 

[Heroic Liberator]

I have a feeling of déjà vu.

The bitterness of those without enough disco in their lives is a thing to behold.

 

[vota DC]

Fun fact: the devs put a fridge in a nearby basement so you can dump the body in there to preserve it as a way of explicitly avoiding having to examine it on the first day.

That's what I've done to get the boots. As I've said, play it once and you will see practically everything. It's just amazing how overrated this game is, especially when you look at the Codex reaction to TToN :D.

But mod could fix this.

 

[agris]

Fun fact: the devs put a fridge in a nearby basement so you can dump the body in there to preserve it as a way of explicitly avoiding having to examine it on the first day.

That's what I've done to get the boots. As I've said, play it once and you will see practically everything. It's just amazing how overrated this game is, especially when you look at the Codex reaction to TToN :D.

I don't think comparing DE to TTON is very apt, other than at the most superficial "they both play through a lot of text" angle.

 

[Jenkem]

wtf is hardcore mode?

 

[fantadomat]

wtf is hardcore mode?

 

[Verylittlefishes]

so did anybody tried the Hardcore mode?

 

[Junmarko]

 

[Heroic Liberator]

It's a matter of dialectics that some 'dexers will dislike this feat of socialist realism that would make even Mayakovsky shed a tear in approval))

 

[Harthwain]

Spoiler

Spoiler

You do realize that by the end of that scene Saruman loses?

 

[Infinitron]

Hell yeah

 

[Alpan]

For a game ostensibly about being a total failure, Disco Elysium sure makes it difficult to actually fail. The Baldur's Gate 3 gameplay reveal -- ironically a game involving an adventure as heroic as it gets -- showcases far more numerous and interesting failure states in an hour than Disco Elysium does throughout its roughly 30-hour game length.

This is because Disco Elysium barely contains any gameplay of significance.