Disco Elysium

One of the greatest video game experiences I've ever had.

Truly lives up to the word of truly letting you make your character: From being a communist to an ultraliberal or even a fascist and being a rockstar-cop or a very nihilistic person.

Mixed with some of the best and most creative writing I've seen to date. That explores new ways of building characters. Where the world around you truly reacts to your choices and how they affect the overall narrative.

Really looking forward to seeing more from this studio ;)

Where do I even begin? I know! The characters! First of all, you aren't even told the main character's name, so I called him in my head "The Detective." Additionally, the blatant anti police opinions shown in this piece of media enrage me, and I often found myself biting my arms and hands in anger. Every single character was either mentally handicapped or a foreigner. The voices in my head was so stupid! The only good character was Garte, because he shares my haircut, voice, and cynical attitude towards life. The woman on the boat aroused me, though. Also! When I get my gun, it doesn't turn into a shooter, as expected. Also also! It is some strange foreign nation, so my years of studying geography were useless to me, as I was not able to know the landscape! >:(

When I came across this title, the keyword for me in the summary on IMDB, was "detective". I checked the game trailer and the right murky setting, you would expect from a story about a detective, was there, so I did not think twice and one week later I entered the world of Elysium. Oh, boy. Should I say I was not disappointed!

The game starts in a hotel room. You wake up and can't remember even your name. This is how your journey begins. I don't want to spoil anything further. But I think it's safe to say that you remember something about your wife. And something tells you it's a sad story.

The game has its syle. The overall dark mood and all those intellectual conversations you are going to have, help you do dive deep into the Elysium mystery. Plus there are many layers to the story. I think investigating every corner inside the game not only will take time but it also requires several playthroughs. Some information can't be unlocked until you start the game over from day one.

Overall, it feels, especially approaching the finale, that the developers set the bar too high and it was hard for them to keep up. Nonetheless, I think to appreciate the effort at least do few key things before making your opinion about the game: don't miss the night call, the "wake up" moment in the investigation, and the beautiful song (yeah you are not wrong when thinking this game is somehow connected to music).

The case you are to solve is interesting by itself, but for me, that side story, the memories about the wife in the detective's life became the reason I did not give up until the final credits. I strongly encourage you to play this game. The sadness has its name now, and for me, it's Disco Elysium. How simple!

How is this a "game"? What even is with people highly rating this? You just endlessly talk to random people, roll dice for some stupid outcomes, and click around to painfully walk or run to just keep talking to people and read walls of text. The graphics and animations are utterly pointless when all the game is about is reading walls of text.

There is nothing incredible about the text walls wherein you're supposed to deduce something out of them, it's all mostly just pretentious rambling of the main character's thoughts with equally pretentious voices.

I'd be better off reading a novel if I wanted to read plain text.

This is a beautiful game exploring the difficulties after a political revolution turned civil war. The connections made and the rediscovery of yourself makes for a unique and memorable experience that will stay with me for a long time. I have to reccomend this game to any history/politics/law/sociology buffs, as this similar-to-modern day history has deep roots within the characters and the environment. O also recommend this to anyone with strong/set political opinions, as your choices and statements will be challenged in many ways by a variety of ideologies from the characters.

Overall, 9/10 stars and is a fantastic game that is a must play. The art style is beautiful and highlights the need for connection.

Have fun playing, bratan!