What Was Disco Elysium Actually About?

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  @ArchitectofGames · 4 years ago (edited) · pinned

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  @iamastrangeloop96 · 4 years ago

  Disco Elysium is a game about putting cool hats and jackets on a very handsome and well-put together protagonist

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  @DuctTapeJake · 4 years ago

  Kim is one of my favourite game companions of all time. Watching the dissapointed professional facade melt as he learns more about you, and watches you get results, until he&apos;s eventually cracking sly, quiet jokes is just the best.

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  @ileutur6863 · 4 years ago (edited)

  I love how they chose to make the game&apos;s world something completely fictional and a bit magical, yet everything in it is realistic. The coalition government, the failed revolution, the pale... Revachol itself is this weird blend of France, England and parts of eastern Europe. I feel like the tone of the game just wouldn&apos;t have been the same if it was set in our reality. The political themes would have felt like on the nose comments on recent events, the fantasy elements would feel awkward and out of place. This way it&apos;s just perfect

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  @shardic8899 · 4 years ago

  One thing I think you might have missed:<br><br>Why is Evart in the crate? Why do they move the crate around with that crane instead of him leaving? It&apos;s not because he&apos;s too fat to move, or too lazy. It&apos;s because he knows about the sniper. The sniper who he&apos;s upset by betraying his goals after they made a deal to assasinate a political rival.

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  @rossbarone298 · 4 years ago

  uh, disco elysium is about being a funny little guy with your friend kim. duh

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  @dendra1999 · 3 years ago

  Pulling the bullet out during the autopsy is probably the single biggest achievement in the game that actually changes the story. Knowing that the union is trying to give you the runaround is huge

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  @herman1francis · 4 years ago

  One of the most touching moments in the game were those 2 modifiers to try to save kim<br><br>If kim kinda likes you, you get a +1 modifier stating Lieutenant katsuragi trusts you.<br><br>If you sided with him in the moments were he was the target of racism you get an additional +2 : Kim &quot;truly&quot; trusts you. <br><br>Brought a tear to my eye

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  @davixx1995 · 3 years ago (edited)

  The only gripes i have are minor (pronounciation of oranje and spelling of insulindian), except for a small bit of wrong information: Harry was actually a good detective. If you inspect his badge it tracks the number of cases he ever solved, and Kim notices his crimes solved by year is above average. Plus, he&apos;s a double yefreitor. That means he had a chance to get promoted and refused it. Twice. His glory days are long past him, but they were not as mediocre as they might seem.

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  @thetimerer · 4 years ago (edited)

  Not many games made me cry, but when the cryptid showed up I shed some honest to God tears of joy. I honestly didn&apos;t expect it to be there, I accepted that sometimes you just lose. AND THEN IT WAS THERE, GLORIOUS AND ALIEN AND TOXIC AND WONDERFUL, AND KIM TOOK THE BEST PICTURE IN THE HISTORY OF CRYPTID HUNTS OF US TOGETHER. I CRIED SO HARD.

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  @bellewether4534 · 4 years ago

  I remember the first time i played this and my GF was aksing what the game was like. I responded with &quot;Well I just danced so hard I was granted audience with the anthropomorphic personification of a city, and that&apos;s about the third weirdest story beat so far.&quot; This game is such a gem &lt;3

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  @underdog353777 · 4 years ago

  One of the things I love in that showdown scene - when saving Kim Kitsuragi (it shows up briefly in your video) are the modifiers. +1 The lieutenant trusts you. +2 Kim <b>truly</b> trusts you. The latter far more personal, far more revealing, and far more important. It&apos;s about the human connections that tie everyone together in this game - bottom line.

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