Disco Elysium spoilery thread

[Heroic Liberator]

I'm having some doubts about the game's random number generator. Try purposely savescumming. It took me between 4 to 6 attempts on average to beat a 40% or 50% skill check. Just to be clear, the savescummed checks are rerolled each time (some games like Eschalon saved the random seed to try and prevent that).

I've managed to savescum even impossible checks by retrying for that sweet 6-6.

 

[Twiglard]

I've managed to savescum even impossible checks by retrying for that sweet 6-6.

True. But how many attempts did it take and were the rolls consistent with the percentage value shown in the dialog interface?

 

[Heroic Liberator]

I've managed to savescum even impossible checks by retrying for that sweet 6-6.

True. But how many attempts did it take and were the rolls consistent with the percentage value shown in the dialog interface?

Quite a few, over a dozen anyhow. And I wouldn't say they were consistent, but we're dealing with the probability of rolling two 6s for an automatic success here, not that of the percentages based on skills.

 

[CappenVarra]

The liberal vision quest would have led you to that dungeon, in search of the skull of a famous interior designer, rumoured to have an immensely valuable amount of cocaine encrusted in its nasal cavities.

ah, the Cocaine Skull described by Idiot Doom Spiral and immediately recognized by Electrochemistry - when you want to accept the quest he tells you it's impossible while the road next to the dog Harrier ran over is closed and you can't assemble a Indiana Jones-like expedition etc.

 

[StaticSpine]

Just finished it. Man, what a game.

Can you romance the fisherman village woman? I missed the chance

 

[Haba]

Can you romance the fisherman village woman? I missed the chance

If you pass your rolls, they will tell you that you need to come back after being sober for a year at least.

 

[Jenkem]

yeah, seems like a second playthrough doesn't have enough changes to warrant going through again so soon after. maybe in a few years like re-reading a book.

 

[Alpan]

I wonder if it's possible to dodge the second shot (the impossible Reaction Speed check) during the tribunal?

I have succeeded Impossible checks before (during the coast phone call there's a Volition 20 check, and I actually succeeded with a 3% chance -- still went on to call though), so unless the game goes out of its way to screw the player over, it should be possible and the results could be interesting. I have never emphasized Motorics or Reaction Speed so it's unlikely I'll ever get to that situation myself.

 

[Silentstorm]

Maybe, but some impossible checks really are impossible, the military bunker near Land's End got me curious and i save scummed a lot to enter it and nothing, even if you suceed the door is closed and Kim talks about how you don't always get answers or what you want in life, sometimes winning results in nothing happening.

 

[Saduj]

Finished the game last night. Overall I give it high marks. Loved the overall quality of the writing, game world and character system. The end did bother me a bit, but not the extent that I felt it significantly ruined the experience.

The railroading at the end didn't bother me at all because the game tells you it is coming. When I found Ruby's hideout, I had an appointment to get my gun but didn't have the gun yet so I turned around. IMO, the false signature option for Everett's quest should more explicitly state that you are just going to have some bums sign their own names and that you're not forging the names and screwing the fishing village over. What confused me is that i saw no difference between getting the wrong signatures or sending the envelope with no signatures after having been seen in the fishing village.

The part I didn't like is not really being able to solve the crime on my own. I knew I still had to check on the island to see if the shot came from there, I just couldn't. And I didn't expect or need the "help" the game gives you in figuring out that you need to go there after the Tribunal. I guess whether or not you can get the shooter to confess is the test on how well the investigation went but it feels anti-climatic after being given a huge red arrow pointing to the killer. The ending conversation makes it clear that what the game is really about Harry's conduct during the investigation and "what kind of cop are you". Fair enough. Turns out the "along the way" meme being posted in DE threads is actually 100% accurate. I understand why they don't want you solving the case before the tribunal because it is a very cool sequence that you don't want to miss. But, at the very least, the player should have the option of mentioning the island during the tribunal and if that happens, the red arrow shouldn't occur.

 

[Verylittlefishes]

Stop whining about rail-roading, DE's 3rd act (3rd, not the second you peasants) is no more railroaded than Torment after the Ravel's maze.

 

[GentlemanCthulhu]

Unless Paranoia somehow manages to be a masterpiece, Disco seems primed for that RPG of the Year title.

 

[Prime Junta]

Unless Paranoia somehow manages to be a masterpiece, Disco seems primed for that RPG of the Year title.

What's the competition at this point anyway? TOW turned out to be a squib, Stygian faceplanted, PF:KM was last year... what else is there in the running?

 

[GentlemanCthulhu]

What's the competition at this point anyway? TOW turned out to be a squib, Stygian faceplanted, PF:KM was last year... what else is there in the running?

There's Greedfall too but... yeah. Disappointment after disappointment this year.

 

[Tommy Wiseau]

Was good. I'm replaying some parts to see some different outcomes. Wish it would've been a little longer, though.

 

[Verylittlefishes]

Unless Paranoia somehow manages to be a masterpiece, Disco seems primed for that RPG of the Year title.

What's the competition at this point anyway? TOW turned out to be a squib, Stygian faceplanted, PF:KM was last year... what else is there in the running?

Rene, I trust you, tell me if I gonna hate myself when purchasing Stygian after DE?

 

[GentlemanCthulhu]

Rene, I trust you, tell me if I gonna hate myself when purchasing Stygian after DE?

You should trust me instead. Yes you will hate yourself.

 

[Verylittlefishes]

Rene, I trust you, tell me if I gonna hate myself when purchasing Stygian after DE?

You should trust me instead. Yes you will hate yourself.

Well, maybe it is time to do a AoD Praetor run.

 

[Prime Junta]

Rene, I trust you, tell me if I gonna hate myself when purchasing Stygian after DE?

I got a bit carried away with the Kickstarter and gave them way more monies than I should have.

It's an honest effort at a passion project, but sadly their skills were not up to their ambition. I haven't finished it. I'll come back to it after a few patches. You'll hate yourself if you think of it as buying a product. You might not hate yourself if you think of it as supporting a worthy, if somewhat hopeless cause.

 

[HanoverF]

Unless Paranoia somehow manages to be a masterpiece, Disco seems primed for that RPG of the Year title.

What's the competition at this point anyway? TOW turned out to be a squib, Stygian faceplanted, PF:KM was last year... what else is there in the running?

It not being an RPG

 

[StaticSpine]

Can you pin the murder on Ervarts? I believe I failed the check about this in the killer's dialog.

 

[Verylittlefishes]

Rene, I trust you, tell me if I gonna hate myself when purchasing Stygian after DE?

I got a bit carried away with the Kickstarter and gave them way more monies than I should have.

It's an honest effort at a passion project, but sadly their skills were not up to their ambition. I haven't finished it. I'll come back to it after a few patches. You'll hate yourself if you think of it as buying a product. You might not hate yourself if you think of it as supporting a worthy, if somewhat hopeless cause.

Does it have good writing? Or just parasiting on HPL's lore?

 

[Verylittlefishes]

Can you pin the murder on Ervarts? I believe I failed the check about this in the killer's dialog.

If you arrest Evrart you should arrest his container as well.

 

[Zed Duke of Banville]

What's the competition at this point anyway? TOW turned out to be a squib, Stygian faceplanted, PF:KM was last year... what else is there in the running?

Outward might well be the best actual RPG released in 2019, which merely demonstrates how this has been a disappointing year.

 

[Mortmal]

Unless Paranoia somehow manages to be a masterpiece, Disco seems primed for that RPG of the Year title.

What's the competition at this point anyway? TOW turned out to be a squib, Stygian faceplanted, PF:KM was last year... what else is there in the running?

Disco as first, TOW as second and queen wish as third. Eventually Thea 2 if it gets out of early access. Not such a bad year for rpgs , one instant classic and the other games are underated .