Disco Elysium
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Disco Elysium
2019
Role-Playing
Disco Elysium is a role-playing video game developed and published by London-based Estonian studio ZA/UM. (wikipedia.org)
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Disco Elysium
2019
Role-Playing
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Avg Percentile 78.31% from 258 total ratings
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Rated 27 Nov 2019
9
98th
this game really spoke to me. because i talk to myself.
Rated 27 Nov 2019
Rated 04 Jan 2020
82
50th
Pros: Fascinating usage of skills and experience points. Interesting lead character. Solid atmosphere. Good length. ---------- Cons: Lack of obvious alternative solutions in some cases promotes "save scumming", overwhelming amount of dialogue, abrupt and mediocre ending.
Rated 04 Jan 2020
Rated 19 Sep 2020
80
86th
Possibly the best-written game I've ever played, surpassing even the Lucasfilm franchises of yore; its hand-drawn modernist visuals also excel. The marketing is a bit misleading, as this isn't a full-fledged RPG by any stretch - it's a point-and-click adventure with skill checks, and a bit of leeway in how you represent the protagonist in dialogue (for example, you can roleplay his political ideology and the game takes note of that). If you're an avid reader you'll finish this in a few days.
Rated 19 Sep 2020
Rated 22 Feb 2021
9
99th
Quite honestly: the greatest step game development has taken during my lifetime thus far. Leverages equal parts incredible writing and ingenious awareness of the medium to create something truly special. Recommend to anybody, especially those with a serious interest in games or contemporary literature as a whole.
Rated 22 Feb 2021
Rated 28 Apr 2020
100
0th
this is like playing a tabletop rpg game with best dm possible. it never stops being creative and astonishing. its already a cult classic.
Rated 28 Apr 2020
Rated 19 Aug 2021
78
100th
#2 Best by Average Percentile on Criticker
Rated 19 Aug 2021
Rated 21 Dec 2019
90
94th
Thoroughly enjoyable. Great writing, artwork and background world. Intellectual without crossing into pretentious. The way character builds effect how situations can be resolved allows for genuine role playing with differing experiences on different playthroughs.
Rated 21 Dec 2019
Rated 06 Dec 2019
100
98th
I loved this game so much. It's such an interesting role-playing experience, with so many options, loved the character traits and the thought catalog and the world is phenomenal. And it makes you live some extremely potent moments that have to deal with violence that nearly broke me. Which I loved. It's the kind of game where you shouldn't load and try again... Because the story you create is the story you have, why change it? Maybe my new favorite ever.
Rated 06 Dec 2019
Rated 08 Nov 2020
4
67th
Best written game. Clever writing like this doesn't exist anywhere else in the medium. What dragged the score down for me is that I'm just not into point and click adventures at all, so it's amazing how patient I managed to remain throughout the experience. I don't dig the style of the universe much, I didn't know how to get the most out of the thought cabinet, and by the end I just really wanted the game to end. It also didn't make me laugh out loud as much as I was lead to believe it would.
Rated 08 Nov 2020
Rated 10 Jun 2024
100
99th
Simply one of the finest written works of art in any medium
Rated 10 Jun 2024
Rated 27 May 2020
65
22nd
çok yürütüyor, çok okutuyor. iyi bir senaryosu var gibi görünmesine rağmen bıkkınlık getirdi.
Rated 27 May 2020
Rated 02 Apr 2024
75
53rd
Kurvitz is an avid fan of roleplaying books and it shows. Kurvitz also has a pretty basic grasp on concepts like libertarianism and it shows, too. He sorta tries not to favor one over the other, but falls into the usual traps (capitalism is about money, communism is about people etc.). If you don't give a fuck either way, it's a nice enough visual novel with somewhat complex choices, but i'm not sure how this college level existentialist-noir-fiction is a masterpiece.
Rated 02 Apr 2024
Rated 16 Jan 2020
40
10th
Text, text, text. Slow walking, slow walking, slow walking. Where the fuck do I go? - This game summarised
Rated 16 Jan 2020
Rated 04 Jan 2021
87
97th
The most novelistic game that I have ever played by a mile. A common criticism is that the narrative is pretty linear, with one path for events to take with minor variations; I agree. DE is not that kind of RPG and isn't trying to be. I call it "novelistic" because the game systems are all meant to represent the subjective experiences of the protagonist, his thoughts and feelings. It is as stream of consciousness narrative that it excels.
Rated 04 Jan 2021
Rated 01 Dec 2019
95
97th
This was ana amazingly complex experience for such a simple genre. The dialogue is 100/100. Never seen anything quite like it.
Rated 01 Dec 2019
Rated 06 Feb 2020
100
100th
An absolutely brilliant game boasting genuinely hilarious dialog while at the same time offering phenomenal world building and prose. The use of politics is genuinely clever, lampshading the ridiculousness of fervent ideologies while at the same time acknowledging why people value these ways of thinking. Even the RPG mechanics blend wonderfully with the game's writing - it's actually enjoyable to fail speech checks as those failures evolve the experience in its own unique way.
Rated 06 Feb 2020
Rated 08 Jun 2021
95
94th
I’ve only played two days so far and I already know this is going to be extremely high up in my list of all-time faves
Rated 08 Jun 2021
Rated 17 May 2022
99
99th
Maybe the best game I have ever played.
Rated 17 May 2022
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