Disco Elysium in the Test
You! Yes, you – you hung-over, little weasel. Pick up your drunken ass from the self-loathing mixed body fluids, which the hotel room like a grotesque caricature of your emotional inner life. Who are you? No Idea! in view in the mirror shows me instead of a face, a map of failure. A smorgasbord of embarrassment, humiliation and self-destruction. But perhaps this Moment, the moment kissed you on the filthy ground of human existence, in the beginning of your salvation. The deeds of your past sink in the mist of the rush. Who do you want to be? A Loser, a brilliant Cop? Or a man who loves nothing more than the healing embrace of the Disco?
A hotel room and a man wearing only his underwear, lying in his own vomit. The center of this delicate portrait of a failed existence is the Protagonist of Disco Elysium. Name he has – for now – no, because after a multi-day Bender, combined with excessive consumption of heavy drugs, he has not only the events of the last hours and days, but a lifetime of memories from his head shot. So it goes for the heroes of this trip to find yourself, to define who he is, and to bathe to the acquired knowledge of pleasure in the drugs, or to leave everything behind and to be, perhaps, but still a good man. But wasn’t there something with a hanged corpse, a strike by the Union and a quiet, but highly competent Partner …?
The question of the nature of his own existence
Disco Elysium is an Ode to self-reflection and gives the name of “Character Driven Plot Writing” in the field of computer games, to completely new levels. For a long time I had the isometric RPG, which is actually under the title of No Truce With The Furies was developed, not on the screen. The praise and ravings of a very good friend had me on Disco Elysium made aware of. After I had looked at a few pictures, and the visual style of the game, more than impressed, I bought it to me, full of anticipation. It took no more than ten minutes, until I realized that I Disco Elysium is a very special title in the Finger get have and it is a Game, about which I necessarily write want.
The peculiarity of Disco Elysium manifests itself already in the character creation at the beginning of the game. We can choose from three different arch types. These have their own advantages and disadvantages. So the thinker is in terms of logic and combination gift of a genius – a fact which is to Find and exploit the information very valuable – but has the empathy of a crumbling brick, which makes it very hard for him, the subtle hints during a conversation falls to detect. It is different with the Sensitive. This analyzed every little Gesture, Facial expression and lie in an interrogation, but crazy like a cocaine addicted squirrel. The Physical uses for his investigations on intimidation by physical presence and the threat of violence, however, is dumb as a piece of bread. We should like none of the pre-made focus, is it to us to create our own Build.
I personally have opted for the Sensitive, because I found the combination of empathy and madness at the interesting. I should indeed keep the law.
The insightful dance with the self-reflection
A neat discussion with a tie led? No? Disco Elysium makes it possible. By our above-average empathy resulting madness is capable of, everyday objects and even corpses to give it a personality. These rare something productive to the case, grant a deep insight into the Psyche of the broken investigator. Disco Elysium is a classic RPG of the old school, but completely on combat and action elements. In the centre of the investigation, the self-reflection of the character and the resulting change in his being. This is a creature that splits into various aspects of consciousness, which exist independently of each other and argue. In dialogs, you throw up, depending on the character, again and again, their own views, observations and concerns in the room. Skillful and Interpret these objections is the key to success is to read often.
Actions in Disco Elysium via Ability Checks completed. You want to shoot a dead body from a tree, is compared to your value in Hand-eye coordination with a base value. Your value to be more than a throw of the dice is the default, the action is considered successful. He is including, you will be confronted with the consequences of your failure. This can be quite annoying, because you in the case of a failure of the Ability Checks all the storylines of Disco Elysium remain hidden can. A defeat is often associated with a Smile. I once had a conversation with an old lady on a critical fail throw on empathy, and as a result, I pull out me, began much to the amazement of my partner, and the old woman, because I suddenly was beastly hot.
In order to increase your chances of success, you can obtain various items of equipment and practical bonuses. When you are Progressing in a space, these objects prove to be useful. So a pair of pliers with the chains, opens locked doors, and a flashlight brings light to places where previously there was none.
Again and again confronts you Disco Elysium with a variety of problems, which from your thoughts, or your interaction with the environment. You can these problems in the character menu to create, as a result, the Detective begins with self-reflection. The resulting conclusion will bring you more bonuses and opportunities, whereby the essence of your investigator individualized a bit.
Welcome to Revachol!
Action scene of Disco Elysium is the fictional port city of Revachol, which is of serious unrest home is sought. In the context of a strike of the port workers, there was a lynching of an Unknown. Whose decaying body depends on two weeks ago, strung up on a tree, in the backyard of the hotel, in the we billeted. The task of the scrapped Snooper-and his partner is to determine the identity of the corpse and the circumstances of the offence and the offender. Sounds easier than it is and is only the start of a story in which rarely anything is as it seems. It is certainly a culprit in sight, turns out to be this occasionally, as a victim and some of the supposed innocence of the lamb turns out to be a Wolf in sheep’s clothing. The Story is riddled with complex characters, often with very own viewpoints on the world and its inhabitants. The story is consistently written exciting and not afraid of heavy topics such as racism, debt, drug addiction, and political question in society is worthy of addressing systems – are these things, but often it’s own Twist, with a satirical approach. Generally uses Disco Elysium a wide range of emotions. The basic mood of the Games is usually very melancholic. I’ve caught quite, as I find it difficult to swallow had to be involved because of the tragedy of the main character or the Events in which you. Just to laugh in the next Moment, roaring because I could not believe how bizarre my Detective responded to the horrors of his world. This is to tell stories in a very high level!
The texts and dialogues are all written great. As I said dispensed Disco Elysium on a combat system, the focus is on the Identify. The battle takes place in conversation and the right word at the right time is a sword with a fine blade. So prepare for Text, plenty of it, if not Legion. Now follows the fly in the ointment: Disco Eylsium is completely in English. Who, then, is the language powerful, is unfortunately no longer have access to this great title. A German Translation is not planned at this time.
What are the graphics as is Disco Elysium is a beautiful piece of work. It acts like a moving Comic strip or a painting and, for me, is the prettiest Game that flickered for a long time on my screen. Therefore, it gets to me the full points in this area. You can it might not be a graphic bomb like Death Stranding compare, but I can see the Look of Disco Elysium as an art and as such it works great. We will be traveling in our experience, typical for the Genre with a mouse controlled by a soothing Soundtrack with a catchy tune potential.
CONCLUSION
Disco Elysium came to me out of nowhere and go with ease not only one of the best role-playing games of the year, but one of the best Games ever. The masterful Writing and the complete freedom concerning the character development of one’s own Snooper-find your same. The exciting story with its many twists and turns, dark echoes knew, but also delightfully whimsical moments to captivate at any time and to motivate. You want to solve the case of his hero and watch as he rides the path of redemption, abuse, or chooses self-destruction. If you ask me would like the Flair of Disco, Elysium could describe, so I would answer that it is, perhaps, as a mixture of the Brennernovels by Wolf Haas, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and a touch of Sci-Fi imagine. The game world is beautifully designed, full of secrets and possibilities. Only the monstrous Wall of Text, and the English language could possibly act as a deterrent, but who can not stop is not more rewarded with an exquisite adventure, which there was in this complexity a long time ago. You can be a Hero, an asshole, a genius or a highly empathic beings with a strong tendency to insanity. Every choice you make opens one door and closes another. You will see, therefore, never in a start-up to anything that increases the replay value tremendously. Disco Elysium is for me now the game of the year, and not less than a masterpiece.
What Disco Elysium is? A role-playing game, which eliminates the need to struggle and its focus on investigative work sets.Platforms: PC
Tested: PC Intel Core i5-6500, 8GB RAM, Radeon RX Vega
Developer / Publisher: ZA/ORDER
Release: 15. October 2019
Link: Official Website
