Disco Elysium

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.

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! >:(

Let's start by saying when writing a review , it's easier to start with what it's like but this game defies categorisation, I guess something had to be first , when doom came along there was nothing to compare it to and now everything is doom like, this is going to create the expression Disco Elysium like.

Your a cop investigating a murder but your an addict and your brain doesn't like you, if that seems odd , well I guess it is but it works.

It's clever and full of choices , drugs and alcohol make your brain work more efficiently but it takes it out of your body , so it's a choice based game , sobriety or brilliant but burn out fast addict , the choice is yours , it's not grim , it's done brilliantly.

The best way of describing this game is to think of its as a thought exercise mixed with point and click for the 21st century.

Unique , clever and brilliant in one amazing package, everyone needs to get play this at least once.

I am hugely excited about Disco Elysium 2 , it's set up for a sequel and it will be glorious.

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 ;)

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!