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

[Kasparov]

There have been heavy discussions here at the studio on whether the protagonist should be this super stylized creep or maybe closer to a more relatable everyman that could maybeee even be viewed as sort of attractive. We´re rolling dice with our fingers firmly crossed and lips bitten and bleeding.

The "relatable, attractive everyman" always alienates me. Please give the protagonist glaring faults, darkness, and things that make me not necessarily relate to him but want to learn more.

"Super stylized" may be too far, of course; ultra cartoony will make me not take him seriously, and I want to take him seriously. The best characters have strong tendencies but aren't always predictable. E.g.: a story about a guy who always fucks up his job can be OK, but what about a guy who is great at his job every day but then one day he fucks up bad? Maybe a guy can't deal with his aggressive boss but deals with his aggressive wife just fine. And so forth. All-or-nothing characters are weak writing next to those with variation and texture. Don't "stylize" him so much he becomes 2D.

But definitely don't make him so bland and "relatable" that I don't fucking care any more.

All good points, but I meant the stylization art-wise.

Think of a graph where the cartoony Warcraft is on one end, some quasi-realistic WWII story-shooter on the other and Dishonored somewhere in the middle. There are certain expressive shapes that help tell a story, but it can go overboard. Finding that balance is tough and involves personal tastes and what is common in other similar medias. We’ve gone though a bunch of iterations and ended up with *drumroll* with this:

(If that image doesn’t work for you,I’ll try fixing laterzzz FIXED IT!)

 

[Zombra]

We’ve gone though a bunch of iterations and ended up with this

Looks great, he is definitely a "character" and not "bland faceless nobody INSERT YOURSELF HERE".

 

[Background Character]

Talk for youself, pal

I see myself 100% in that pic

 

[passerby]

I wonder whether majority of people misreading furries in the title, will help or damage sales ?

I don't think anyone has really done it outside the Codex.

Average person wouldn't, but I think average gamer does.

 

[thesheeep]

Every time I visit this thread, I get a slight smell of alcohol.
Weird.

 

[Iznaliu]

Every time I visit this thread, I get a slight smell of alcohol.
Weird.

That is a new advertising feature.

 

[Fenix]

Yeah, it is called native advertising. But maybe it is completely different thing.

 

[Shin]

new screenshot released:

 

[buffalo bill]

Just read Bukowski's Pulp--is there any influence there? The book seems pretty similar to the premise of this game (so far as I understand it).

 

[Iznaliu]

But maybe it is completely different thing

All advertising is really the same.

 

[Neanderthal]

Reminds me o Jerry Cornelius for some reason, not character but aesthetic, I like it.

 

[luinthoron]

Since the devs have been quiet in this thread but linked this on the Facebook page, let's post it over here as well:

 

[Darth Roxor]

Nice teeth.

 

[HoboForEternity]

umm so humble bundle is bought by ign. does that gonna affect anything?

 

[Haba]

lul wat?

 

[Kasparov]

umm so humble bundle is bought by ign. does that gonna affect anything?

It probably affects something.

 

[HoboForEternity]

Well it at least will receive 9.8/10 from mainstream ign with the 0.2 "too much slav" comment subtracted the score.

It will be also have cinematic voice acting, dialogue wheel, and premium lootboxes, season pass, and no truce themed snicker bars, and dorito bags, and nonster energy drink or mountain dew "be the corrupt cop you always want to be"

 

[Kasparov]

I don't know about that wheel thing or dew, but a bigger budget for - insert here something we've dreamed of as artists - would be welcome, sure. Anyone reading this - paypal that directly to me, thanks!

 

[Falksi]

This is just THE fucking coolest title for a game ever.

 

[Infinitron]

Hey Kasparov, have you guys changed your "police procedural" tagline? I don't think I see it anywhere anymore. It's "isometric RPG meets cop-show" now? Should I rename the thread?

 

[Prime Junta]

This is just THE fucking coolest title for a game ever.

It's furies, not furries.

Spoiler

 

[Falksi]

This is just THE fucking coolest title for a game ever.

It's furies, not furries.

Spoiler

Haha . nicely

 

[Kasparov]

Hey Kasparov, have you guys changed your "police procedural" tagline? I don't think I see it anywhere anymore. It's "isometric RPG meets cop-show" now? Should I rename the thread?

That is true, kudos for noticing, but I propose we keep it as "police procedural" for Codex forums. You know, all that erudition in the air :D

 

[Jedi Master Radek]

Hey Kasparov, have you guys changed your "police procedural" tagline? I don't think I see it anywhere anymore. It's "isometric RPG meets cop-show" now? Should I rename the thread?

That is true, kudos for noticing, but I propose we keep it as "police procedural" for Codex forums. You know, all that erudition in the air :D

RPG about being a total failure was the best tagline. Why ever change it?

 

[Kasparov]

Failing triggers people the wrong way. While the game´s content remains the same, we decided to rephrase the tagline to give a better impression of what the game´s about - hence "police procedural" (or "cop show", if you will)