The church questline was the greatest most HARD CORE thing I have ever seen in a video g*me.
Also communism, lots of communism. Unfortunately also fascism, moralism, humanism and liberalism :ooooooooooooooh:
It’s definitely a 10/10 masterpiece, though I wouldn’t include it in my personal GOAT like New Vegas or Dragon Age Origins because it got too realistically depressing at times.
NO NATION BUT TRANCE NATION - NO WAR BUT CLASS WAR
The satire of ideologies in DE is genuinely some of the most biting satire in that regard anywhere. The satire of communism hits particularly hard because it comes from a place of real experience and affection.
communist quest spoilers
I love how clear it is Harry has no place calling himself a communist and how goofy he comes across during the quest. He’s some dumbass cop who lost all his memories and decided he’s a revolutionary, the one true communist actually. I love how he’ll bring up communism in nearly every conversation regardless of the context. He’ll loudly and openly mention he hates the bourgeoisie, just so everyone remembers. It’s such an accurate portrayal of some baby leftists I always smile in those parts.
I love how he gets a little thrill whispering that he’s a fellow traveler to some of the union guys. I love how he meets with those two students thinking it’s an org, when it’s just a glorified book club. It’s just so good.
Then the final part, meeting the veteran revolutionary who calls Harry out. Harry keeps saying “yeah I’m a communist like you.” and veteran replying that Harry is a dumbass cop who doesn’t know what he’s talking about.
It’s so good. It’s coming from experience and a place of understanding. The devs are just so good. A few lines should just be accepted theory, like how communism is like getting a degree in truth, or that that one line about zero percent of communism has been built.