[Disco Elysium] takes a lot of energy and a specific mood to play

Totally! In my experience you need to be depressed, in no small part because of People, and waiting on the final thing that will push you over the edge and make you give up on them entirely, for the game to best resonate with you. You need to love Humanity and yet be weary of her, to have hope and yet be terminally cynical about anything good ever happening.

It’s almost like the game was designed as therapeutic deprogramming for bitter activists. Then again, I might just be projecting my own experience and perspective.