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Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie, Thriller
OpenCritic92IGDB89
Disco Elysium is a role-playing game developed and published by ZA/UM. It is set in the fictional city of Revachol, where players assume the role of an amnesic detective investigating a murder.
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Contemplative, richly built, inward and meticulous.
13 profiled raters. Loved most by The Provocateurs.
We read them all: the case for is yuki.reads's, funniest is quinn.ironist's. Marked below.
The only game I have finished, because it is a novel that happens to have a map. Kim Kitsuragi is the best character in any medium this decade.
A game that lets you be a disgrace and then feels sorry for you. The internal monologue is the best writing in the medium and it is mostly insults.
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(ZA/UM; PC)You inhabit the mind of a hungover detective trying to solve a mysterious murder in this game of secret dice rolls
GameSpotDavid WildgooseNov 201910/10Disco Elysium is a detective RPG that sets a new standard for storytelling.
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Attack of the FanboyBrandon AdamsDec 20195/5 starsDisco Elysium is perhaps one of the best role-playing games of all time, and I don't say that lightly. I haven't played a game that has been able to so masterfully flex to my actions as well as ZA/UM's freshman outing. The writing is sharp, the characters genuine, and the choices possess true stakes.
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Daily MirrorJames IdeOct 20195/5 starsIf you love RPGs, reading or fancy something different - and I mean really damn different - then track down Disco Elysium.
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IGDB rating 9.1/10 from 1201 ratings.
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Metro GameCentralA fiercely original take on traditional computer role-playing games that often seems unrefined and self-indulgent but is still a welcome shake-up of genre norms.
Thumb CultureCallum BowenNov 20196/10I fairly enjoyed Disco Elysium. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a very impressive game in its deep approach to role-playing but I found it extremely text-heavy and with no combat, was for me at times quite mundane. Disco Elysium is a very well written RPG, with deep conversations and an intriguing city that will make you want to make sure you are constantly on top of all things regarding your investigation. Whether that be talking and then re-talking to characters to see if you’ve unlocked some new dialogue to extend the investigation, or whether you’re constantly roaming around Revachol making sure you haven’t missed out on any new areas to look into, I just felt it was a lot of slow grinding and to bridge that with a bit of an un-motivating story, it didn’t keep me wanting to play all the time. Politics play a huge part in the story and I kind of got the feeling that as we have enough politics in the world right now what with BREXIT, that having it within Disco Elysium it’s got on my nerves a little. I am making Disco Elysium sound like a chore of a game, but I was, for the most part, enjoying it. Disco Elysium is currently £34.99 on Steam. I am awarding Disco Elysium a Thumb Culture Silver Award!
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