Still, the differences seemed relatively trivial until I got downstairs and really started interacting with people. There were tasks I had previously managed which I couldn’t do this time, like getting my necktie down from the fan on the ceiling. Instead, my character was much more aware of his body, the ways in which it was weak and failing as a result of what had led to this moment. This time, no such information came to me. I was doing visual calculus right away and my encyclopedic knowledge was filling in trivial facts about sounds I heard or objects in the environment. In my original playthrough, the time spent getting myself together after waking up in my trashed bedroom was investigative. Your skills with the highest ratings get involved in conversations the most frequently and they color your perception of the world. I was impressed with just how early on I started to see differences. I might have also, uh, pet the head of a dead man’s body while whispering “there there, baby, it’s okay,” much to the horror of my partner and the two children watching me. I’m also being less politically-motivated this run and leaning harder into making chaotic decisions that make me come across as a fucking weirdo, particularly if it involves ranting about the supernatural and the apocalypse. In this playthrough, my Psyche is my highest stat, with Physique right behind it meanwhile, Motorics is my second worst stat while my Intellect is a disaster. My original build was strongest is Intellect and then Motorics, with weak Physique and weaker Psyche. The game features four main stats with six skills each: Physique, Psyche, Intellect, and Motorics. As far as my build, I’m doing the complete opposite of my original setup.
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I got almost the full extent of the reality lowdown from Joyce Messier, learning about the world in which Disco Elysium takes place, and resolved some of the shorter, simpler side stories available right from the beginning.
I walked around a decent portion of the town including exploring the apartment complex just north of the murder scene and visiting the pawnshop to the south. During that time I got through most of what I would consider to be the “first phase” of the murder investigation, getting a good look at the victim and getting his body down from the tree where he was hanged. I wanted to see just how different my experience with the game would be if I decided to take a different approach, emphasizing different skills and choosing different dialogue options during my conversations.Īt the time of writing, I’ve made it through one in-game day and some change. And while the main story of Disco Elysium is a nihilistic investigation into a seemingly political murder in the middle of a ticking time bomb of a community, there are so many side stories to explore and neat characters to interact with that this game seemed perfect for a revisit. The voices chime in at different times based on how high or low your skills are and make certain checks easier or harder as a result. But it’s more than just the dice – in Disco Elysium, each of your character’s 24 skills is a voice in your head. I was deeply impressed with the tabletop RPG -esque mechanics in which dice are rolled and added to a modifier in order to overcome skill checks while solving a murder mystery. I played Disco Elysium a few months ago in February. As part of that process, one title I decided to revisit was Disco Elysium. But recently in out of an abundance of boredom as I save up for two big titles hitting in late June, I’ve been bouncing around between games I’ve played before and seeing which one sticks. Many of the games I enjoyed best in the last few years I haven’t gotten around to replaying yet. As I’ve gotten older it has become less important to me for a number of reasons – a stronger desire for new experiences as more and more things start to feel familiar as well as a larger selection of games and the financial resources to get new-to-me games more often than I did when I was a kid being chief among them. The games you can return to over and over again and feel like you’re truly having a fresh experience have a value proposition that’s hard to beat. Replayability, while not an essential aspect of a good video game, is certainly an appealing one.
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