It’s really worth playing. The voice acting is stellar, and it really is the best “role-playing” game, in the sense that you are fully immersed in role-playing a character. The mental gameplay mechanics are GOAT, and one-of-a-kind.
Comment on The curse of ‘Disco Elysium’, the greatest RPG ever made
5765313496@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoAs someone who has never played the game before, I really can’t tell if you’re making all of this up. It sounds fascinating.
p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
xiwi@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
For me it is how real every character in the game feels, they’re all weird and ridiculous but feel like real people 100%
Kolanaki@pawb.social 3 weeks ago
It’s real. You can even die at the beginning of the game attempting to grab your tie.
p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
I mean, only because you picked some build that gave you 1 HP.
moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
one of the preset builds do!
CarnivorousCouch@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Sure, but your first time through it’s easy to not understand the mechanics.
leftzero@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
You can die due to having too low morale, too.
Or killing yourself as an intimidation tactic during an interrogation, regardless of your stats.
Practically all versions of the detective are susceptible to self-inflicted demise in one shape or another.