Disco Elysium Pre-Release Thread [GO TO NEW THREAD]

[toro]

No combat at all according to that review, what a fucking bummer. This isometric engine begs for a Fallout style combat engine to stand up next to the deep C&C the guy describes in the review. Oh well, off to play Skyrim...

who or what would you kill?

insert gary oldman everyone meme

 

[GewuerzKahn]

So what's the "I wanna see/feel weird shit and solve problems through Malkavian craziness" build? Inland Empire and Shivers?

Shivers isn't really craziness, it just gives you information about the geography around you, half light is more the psychotic

Shivers sounds kinda like the Madness Network (I only played the video games, so idk).

Inland Empire, Shiver and Encyclopedia would perhaps make a nice "Malkavian" run.

 

[asterix]

Mindlessly clicking through trash mobs until I win like in multiple other RPGs = gameplay.

Navigating a complex conversation by strategically choosing how to approach it, trying to figure out if I have sufficient info to press on, do I need to bail and come back after additional investigating, and how much time I have to mess around with questioning lines that may lead nowhere before I die from the uncomfortable chair digging into my ass or have a panic attack and lose the will to live triggering game over in Disco Elysium = not gameplay.

 

[Jinn]

I'll also be staying away from this thread from now on until I'm either done with my first playthrough or very far into it.

Hope everyone has as much fun as I feel I'm going to! Excited to read about what kind of detective you all decided to become. See you in a week or two.

 

[Kyl Von Kull]

No combat at all according to that review, what a fucking bummer. This isometric engine begs for a Fallout style combat engine to stand up next to the deep C&C the guy describes in the review. Oh well, off to play Skyrim...

There’s some combat, but it’s avoidable. Infinitron posted a very spoilery video with some fighting a few pages back.

I just knocked out a big guy with a foot to the face in my high fysique run. I’m about to try to shoot a young child, but I may not have the hand/eye coordination to pull it off and it will probably upset my partner. C’est la vie.

 

[Kev Inkline]

I hope this game is half as amazing and ambitious as KENSHI (I've never played a RPG this good before and it just does everything different and takes risk) so I am hoping a few things from KENSHI kind of sneak their way in

Fluent, please stop, you had your own free copy already.

 

[tripedal]

Kasparov here's a bug for you guys to hotfix before release.

 

[Deleted Member 16721]

Fluent, please stop, you had your own free copy already.

You couldn't get more of a polar opposite of a game comparison than Kenshi and Disco Elysium. Although in terms of doing everything different and taking risks, they are certainly similar.

 

[Darkwind]

No combat at all according to that review, what a fucking bummer. This isometric engine begs for a Fallout style combat engine to stand up next to the deep C&C the guy describes in the review. Oh well, off to play Skyrim...

who or what would you kill?

Well, having never played the game that is a bit of a loaded question but it seems there are some pretty nasty factions in the game that would fit the bill pretty well. I will likely still play it as I was taking the piss about Skyrim but that engine just looks like a nice Fallout / XCom type affair that would be well suited to a combat tree to go with all the other skill trees. *shrug*

 

[Deleted Member 16721]

Well, having never played the game that is a bit of a loaded question but it seems there are some pretty nasty factions in the game that would fit the bill pretty well. I will likely still play it as I was taking the piss about Skyrim but that engine just looks like a nice Fallout / XCom type affair that would be well suited to a combat tree to go with all the other skill trees. *shrug*

You're a disheveled alcoholic police officer who can't even find his gun, what business would you have fighting or trying to kill people in the game? Sure, you could get jumped by random thugs but that would be dumb. The combat scenarios that are in the game are meticulously hand-crafted so they have weight to them, not like in PS:T where you're killing trash mobs for no good reason. Trash mobs in a realistic detective game given the premise of the game would be totally out of place.

 

[Prime Junta]

Well, having never played the game that is a bit of a loaded question but it seems there are some pretty nasty factions in the game that would fit the bill pretty well. I will likely still play it as I was taking the piss about Skyrim but that engine just looks like a nice Fallout / XCom type affair that would be well suited to a combat tree to go with all the other skill trees. *shrug*

Hey, they could do that in a sequel or spin-off. Make it a beat-em-up where you play as an enforcer for the Débardeurs Union, showing strikebreakers what’s what. Call it No Truce With The Scabs. It has a certain ring to it, no?

 

[Deleted Member 16721]

Hey, they could do that in a sequel or spin-off. Make it a beat-em-up where you play as an enforcer for the Débardeurs Union, showing strikebreakers what’s what. Call it No Truce With The Scabs. It has a certain ring to it, no?

That actually sounds like a promising premise.

 

[Richard Leaks]

Only thing you're killing here is the protagonist's liver.

 

[Fenix]

40 Доллар США равно 2 570,49 Российский рубль said Google to me.

Nope, there is regional discount - from 40 to 70% of full price.

 

[tripedal]

"Utterly brilliant".

 

[Zombra]

Hope everyone has as much fun as I feel I'm going to! Excited to read about what kind of detective you all decided to become. See you in a week or two.

No spoilers! You may read this post!

I'm also delighted we'll be playing this soon. Planning to see what I can do with a straight laced, genius asshole type guy ... 6-4-1-1 or maybe 5-3-1-3 to boost Composure & Perception ... I keep reading that you die in the first 10 seconds with a 1 Physique so we'll see how that goes ... maybe I'll change my mind when I actually play. I definitely want my first playthrough to be super serious about solving the main case but allow for plenty of quirks and failures along the way.

 

[Hellion]

My spoiler-free review is up and available here: https://ragequit.gr/reviews/item/disco-elysium-pc-review-english-version/

(btw due to our overzealous host there's a known issue affecting Canadian IPs that prevents Canadian users from accessing our site, it should be resolved in a couple of days once Cloudflare clears its cache)

 

[Strange Fellow]

Please someone tell me exactly when this will be out in GMT+2 so I don't have to waste a single braincell figuring it out.

 

[Whisper]

Wow, it will be fun to replay it with different characters.

What skill gives most passive and active checks?

What skill gives least amount?

 

[Terenty]

Can you confirm there are no white checks in order to progress the story/they can be circumventet by means other than spending skill points?

You can "reset" white checks in multiple ways - saving up skill points is one, sure, but there are in-game ways in place for that. You can do that by interacting with the environment, talking/interacting with other characters (sometimes in a different area entirely), items, drugs. And you can keep track of white and red checks on the world map. You know, in case you forget what's where.

I see. But what if i fail after every reset, what then?

Then... you suck. But there are ways to improve your chances, some easier, some more tedious.

Spoiler

Yes, even besides savescumming. Also a reminder: red checks you can fail just once

I see. But what if i fail after every reset, what then?

They are open indefinitely, you can keep trying under the right circumstances, they will never lock out.

I see, thanks for answering

 

[Kyl Von Kull]

Fuck you, crab man. You don’t tell us what to do.

 

[frajaq]

when is this shit coming out

can I trust steam or what

 

[Adidas-Clichèd Cringe]

This game is going to be good. A classic even.

 

[Strange Fellow]

when is this shit coming out

can I trust steam or what

Trust nothing.

 

[Kyl Von Kull]

when is this shit coming out

can I trust steam or what

1PM eastern. I think that’s 7PM GMT.