Bethesda’s latest can’t help but feel shallow by comparison.

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    1 year ago

    Evidently no one warned you how this game plays and what it’s about, and you walked in expecting Mass Effect or something.

    That is not the experience Disco Elysium delivers, or attempts to deliver. If you want a game about being the savior of the Eight Kingdoms and immediately bringing your combat might and razor-sharp wit to bear on the scene a moment after you arrive, you can play approximately every other RPG ever.

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      1 year ago

      I was expecting a Blade Runner-esque detective story, instead I got a main character who may be mentally defective. Not a fun experience.

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        Don’t worry, you are not alone.

        I went into DE with no preconceptions. And by the three hour mark I was just sick of how stupid ‘I’ was. The game looks lovely, and I’m sure the story is great from all the great reviews. But it felt like a slog to get anything done.

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          Woof, you had more fortitude than I did. I lasted 30-45 minutes before going online asking “So should I start over with different stats?” and the response was “You just don’t get it, man…”

          And I was like “Oh, I get it, I just don’t want shitty dialog choices…” and bounced.