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No thread for this, which is a criminal offence in and of itself, however, what a game! Just finished this beauty after 90+ hours of waltzing around Martinaise with my boy, Kim!

Actually devastated I've finished the game. What a game world. Everyone's so fleshed out. Even warmed up to that little cnut Cuno eventually.

The future of RPG's.

Also, this music from the Whirling-In-Rags.

 

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90 hours? Huh? I did every single quest and I don't think it even took me 20!

Incredible game, and Kim is one of the best video game characters ever.
 

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90 hours? Huh? I did every single quest and I don't think it even took me 20!

Incredible game, and Kim is one of the best video game characters ever.
Took me 20, and I spent quite a lot of time walking around looking for more to do.

Very, very good game. Think my second favourite of the year, after Outer Wilds (which honestly might be my favourite game of the decade). Two games with great sound design and music, incidentally.

One of my favourite moments was this whole segment.
 
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Yeah really cool game. Different from anything I’d played before.
 

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90 hours? Huh? I did every single quest and I don't think it even took me 20!

Incredible game, and Kim is one of the best video game characters ever.
Well, it's purportedly 40-60 hours depending on thoroughness of investigation and lore exploration. I spent a little more than 60 hours on it because I had maximum encyclopedia, rhetoric and logic, so, conversations go a little longer and information is a bunch more comprehensive. It helps that I'm the kind of person who reads absolutely everything with painstaking interest. Probably why the game works so well for me. Immersive beyond belief.

And yes, Kim is life.

Also, kind of fitting that Cuno is a gobby little Scouse kid.
 

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Finally got round to playing this, and it's really great. I'm totally hooked on the case, but there's so many other mysteries to solve as well, and my thought cabinet is always bursting with random stuff, it's fantastically absurd :D
It's also just aesthetically so damn well rounded. Artstyle, themes, mood, sound and music, it all comes together and meshes really well.
 

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One of my favourite moments was this whole segment.
Link is down, but I am going to assume I linked this song (except maybe that was the "full" version)


A lot of great music in this game, honestly.



The aesthetic was something else, though. I loved it so much I got these two for my wall:

https://displate.com/displate/4204046

https://displate.com/displate/4194374


I've revised my opinion, though. Outer Wilds wasn't my favourite game of the decade, it's my favourite game ever. Disco Elysium easily cracks the top 5.
 

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Link is down, but I am going to assume I linked this song (except maybe that was the "full" version)


A lot of great music in this game, honestly.



The aesthetic was something else, though. I loved it so much I got these two for my wall:

https://displate.com/displate/4204046

https://displate.com/displate/4194374


I've revised my opinion, though. Outer Wilds wasn't my favourite game of the decade, it's my favourite game ever. Disco Elysium easily cracks the top 5.
My man! Outer Wilds has elevated itself to my top 3 now. Could go even higher in time. One of the best ever without a doubt.

Disco is excellent as well. The writing, dialogue, voice acting and world building / atmosphere are top notch.
 

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Incredible game, definitely one of my favourites of the modern era.

Haven't actually gone back to it since they fully voiced each line but it almost feels like it'd be too much? I think I'd still read and skip.
 

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Feck does Cuno care?
He's actually pretty sad, the more you learn about him.
Incredible game, definitely one of my favourites of the modern era.

Haven't actually gone back to it since they fully voiced each line but it almost feels like it'd be too much? I think I'd still read and skip.
I mean, I do read and skip, but the voice acting is very nifty.
 

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Just saw this thread for the first time and realised there are other people out there that appreciate the absolute masterpiece that is the Outer Wilds, wow. @nimic @amolbhatia50k I've not touched the DLC yet but it's a game I still think about to this day (but sadly of course for a lot of reasons there's not much replay value!!). Disco Elysium has the same sort of vibe does it?
 

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Just saw this thread for the first time and realised there are other people out there that appreciate the absolute masterpiece that is the Outer Wilds, wow. @nimic @amolbhatia50k I've not touched the DLC yet but it's a game I still think about to this day (but sadly of course for a lot of reasons there's not much replay value!!). Disco Elysium has the same sort of vibe does it?
Disco Elysium is great too, yeah. The atmosphere is unbelievably good, just like Outer Wilds. You should definitely check out the DLC for Outer Wilds, though. It basically proved to me that they didn't just get lucky the first time around. As you say, the game doesn't have a lot of replay value (at least not as far as the story goes, though in a few years I'll for sure just go through everything again, go everywhere, etc), but the DLC is just more Outer Wilds. It's a self-contained thing.
 

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I just helped birth the most hardcore anodic music, and it was awesome.
 

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Genuinely the best written game of all time and I don't think it's particularly close. Such a brilliant and unique form of story-telling.

@Massive Spanner I think you should go back and play it with the voice acting - I rarely skipped because it's so astonishingly good. The Narrator's voice is almost indescribably amazing.

Appreciate the thread bump though - reminds me that I need to go back and play it again.
 

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I have a terrible feeling that I'm nearing the end of the game, but i still want more of the world and the interactions! Also the music. And the mysteriousness. And the impending doom.
 

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Cool game.

Only quibble:

As a rule I dislike detective mysteries where the killer isn't someone you could have identified in advance but rather a new character who appears at the end. I know it's not really the point in this game but still.
 
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Finished the game yesterday.
The final section of the game was actually my least favorite. Not the final location per se, but the sudden switch to a much narrower scope of interaction and location felt a bit jarring. Also, for the first time i felt that the interactions were too verbose at the end and began to drag. To be fair, it was late and i didn't want to put it down before seeing the credits roll, so that definitely played a role in my perception.
Some of the last scenes were nevertheless fantastic, intense and memorable.
I think i missed a few things, and i only managed ~25% of achievements (although i guess i just won't get those for being a fascist drug fiend), but there's enough motivation to start another run.

Spoilery discussion of story points and stuff:

Best scenes:
The dance-off with Kim in the church-turned-club. I was totally living that scene in my head, twitching in my seat like an idiot :D

The shootout with the rest of the merc squad. I replayed it around three times, searching for a non-violent solution.. is there one? It didn't seem like it in the end.

The investigation of the hanged man including getting him down from the tree. Gathering clues and solving the first mysteries just felt so engaging and rewarding.

So many conversations with the voices in 'my' head. Just a brilliant method for the whole role-playing genre.

Less-than-favorite things:
The actual solution of the murder case being gated off and unaccessible until the game lets you.

The supernatural elements, like the pale and the phasmid. I eould have preferred for them to stay mysterious and mostly unexplained.
My head canon for the phasmid is that it was the deserter being seen while sneaking around in camouflage or something, he was around long enough that Lena could have seen him as a child.
 
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Finished the game yesterday.
The final section of the game was actually my least favorite. Not the final location per se, but the sudden switch to a much narrower scope of interaction and location felt a bit jarring. Also, for the first time i felt that the interactions were too verbose at the end and began to drag. To be fair, it was late and i didn't want to put it down before seeing the credits roll, so that definitely played a role in my perception.
Some of the last scenes were nevertheless fantastic, intense and memorable.
I think i missed a few things, and i only managed ~25% of achievements (although i guess i just won't get those for being a fascist drug fiend), but there's enough motivation to start another run.
I'd agree. Still, a fantastic experience.
 

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I was playing this recently. Such a unique experience with so many different options. The ending is a bit underwhelming but everything that comes before is so good.

Kim’s commentary on your actions and dialogue choices adds a lot to the experience as well.
 

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Spoilery discussion of story points and stuff:

Best scenes:
The dance-off with Kim in the church-turned-club. I was totally living that scene in my head, twitching in my seat like an idiot :D
Whaaat? How did I miss that? :(

I beat the game last week, it was really excellent.
There hasn't been any news about the studios next project, has it?

I'm curious to see what they can do with a probably way bigger budget.
 

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I was looking forward to playing this for a few years but never got round to it.
I didn't really know what to expect, but all the great reviews had me wanting to play it.

Now I've played around 6 hours of the game so far, and I'm sort of debating whether I should carry on with it.
I feel that about 80% of the dialogue has absolutely nothing to do with the game itself,
 

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I was looking forward to playing this for a few years but never got round to it.
I didn't really know what to expect, but all the great reviews had me wanting to play it.

Now I've played around 6 hours of the game so far, and I'm sort of debating whether I should carry on with it.
I feel that about 80% of the dialogue has absolutely nothing to do with the game itself,
In the end you'll find many of the most miniscule things that you have stumbled upon have very much to do with the game itself, it's pretty brilliant-slash-mad.
 

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I was looking forward to playing this for a few years but never got round to it.
I didn't really know what to expect, but all the great reviews had me wanting to play it.

Now I've played around 6 hours of the game so far, and I'm sort of debating whether I should carry on with it.
I feel that about 80% of the dialogue has absolutely nothing to do with the game itself,
I feel the same way, finding it hard to get into
 

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If you don't like it after 6 hours, it's not for you.
Maybe, maybe not. The first hours are pretty weird and confusing (and intentionally so, given the main character's state of mind) and you might still hit the flow a bit later. Buut of course the game might just not be for you. I mean the game is mostly like a classic isometric RPG of the Fallout-Baldur's Gate-Planescape Torment family, but minus the fighting, if that makes sense.
 

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In the end you'll find many of the most miniscule things that you have stumbled upon have very much to do with the game itself, it's pretty brilliant-slash-mad.
Thats the thing. I think I need to persist with it, it's just difficult at points.
It's so dialogue heavy, I sometimes zone out of what is actually being talked about, as it just goes on....and on.......... and on :lol:
 

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Thats the thing. I think I need to persist with it, it's just difficult at points.
It's so dialogue heavy, I sometimes zone out of what is actually being talked about, as it just goes on....and on.......... and on :lol:
I read and skip the dialogue instead of listening to it all, even though I absolutely love the voice acting. I don't have the kind of time on my hands to have it completely read to me ^^
 

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Yes, I definitely did not listen to all of the dialogue. Actually, all of the dialogue wasn't voiced when I played the game, and I skipped parts even then.