Disco Elysium spoilery thread

[tripedal]

PCGamer GOTY: https://www.pcgamer.com/game-of-the-year-2019-disco-elysium/

 

[Gord]

Is there a different way to find Ruby's hideout other than the Shivers check at the Feld building? The game really wants you to pass this check. At the end I had 8 bonus points from other quests. But even with the highest possible chance, 1 in 36 players are still going to fail this without any fault of their own.

Apparently not. And I think you could actually end up stuck, if you don't make the check, don't have any points left to spend but have exhausted all side-quests. Unlikely, but possible.

Related to that, what would happen if you just sat around for 5 days doing nothing?

Probably not that much, I guess? But then, who knows, maybe Kim gets too annoyed eventually.
The biggest issue might be advancing time - I guess one would have to re-read some book several times since you can't skip ahead with Kim around (esp. annoying when you want to meet The Pigs).

Is it possible to end the tribunal peacefully? Would Kim have died if I had failed this check?

No, best thing you can do seems to be to limit casualties (not that much, however). If you fail the check, Cuno turns up instead and tells you Kim is in hospital. You get to finish the game with Cuno at your side.

And who is this Ruud Hoenkloewen at the tribunal? He came out of nowhere and was acting very strange.

Not sure. I'm wondering whether you can find some hints about him before the tribunal.
Joyce said they are working in teams of three, so only two should remain. OTOH, they had more than one week to fly in some backup, so maybe that's what they did?
Pretty sure he's not the deserter, since Ruud is shot through his visor and killed by Kim, while the deserter definitely doesn't seem to have any facial injuries.

 

[HansDampf]

Is it possible to end the tribunal peacefully? Would Kim have died if I had failed this check?

No, best thing you can do seems to be to limit casualties (not that much, however). If you fail the check, Cuno turns up instead and tells you Kim is in hospital. You get to finish the game with Cuno at your side.

Fuck does Cuno care!?

 

[JustMyOnion]

So are you actually unable to solve the murder case before the tribunal? And the culprit is physically gated from the rest of the map until the (what I'd call) epilogue?

 

[overly excitable young man]

Yeah and that is pretty gay.

 

[JustMyOnion]

Yeah, feeling pretty bummed out about the game now after a week. The thought that I was fucking up deliberately and the game was responding accordingly had a huge draw for me. And then it turns out it's a murderhobo on an inaccessible island.

 

[overly excitable young man]

With stuff like that you can clearly see the development process.
They had no vision.
They didn't know what this game was about.
They didn't know how to solve that murder.
So they shoehorned that island and the murderhobo in.

 

[Zariusz]

Yes i can see it clear now...
Disco Elysium is adaptation of Mad Bull 34.

Both main characters have badass moustaches and are cops who can break police rules.
They both have younger cop partners who have asian ancestry and are proper cops.
Both characters are working in big city of former colonies.
Both characters can be womanisers.
Disco Elysium and Mad Bull 34 both have themes of rape.

Either this is truth or my fever is bigger than i thinked.

 

[Rafidur]

but there were several little comments that made me think "huh, I guess he might be gay".

Ah yes, subtle hints such as him knowing how anal beads sound.

 

[Gromoer]

Done the whole thread, nice read thanks dawgs. Just finished the game for the first time (laughably centrist sorry cop), apparently my inner combatfag was still strong in 2019, but I am glad I’ve waited enough for the director’s cut to become a thing (apparently it’s become a thing in 2019 kek).

was kinda a bit disappointed this whole story hasn’t turned out to be a delirium visions of our poor Harry passing away in al gul coma somewhere in our world. I really anticipated some miserable Lynchian finale to this.

As for the quests, surprised nobody mentioned taking la responsibilite, such a huge and crazy quest with the most hilarious possible game over. That said, I am still trying to do some stuff that I’ve missed pre-Ruby, like e.g. any thoughts that will start a quest. I’ve heard that Col Do Mama Daqua (can’t recall how it’s spelled) though will start one, but somehow completing this thought didn’t do it for me. Any other thoughts that you would recommend?

 

[Roguey]

As for the quests, surprised nobody mentioned taking la responsibilite, such a huge and crazy quest with the most hilarious possible game over.

Never saw this and I imagine most people haven't either since it looks like it involves a very specific set of requirements to meet.

 

[Gromoer]

As for the quests, surprised nobody mentioned taking la responsibilite, such a huge and crazy quest with the most hilarious possible game over.

Never saw this and I imagine most people haven't either since it looks like it involves a very specific set of requirements to meet.

Ha-ha, that’s curious. I don’t even remember what was the trigger for this thought. Maybe that I’ve played the most boring build ever (but which mirrors myself almost precisely) 3-3–3-3

 

[Roguey]

Ha-ha, that’s curious. I don’t even remember what was the trigger for this thought. Maybe that I’ve played the most boring build ever (but which mirrors myself almost precisely) 3-3–3-3

https://discoelysium.fandom.com/wiki/Take_on_la_Responsibilité mentions all the prerequisites, it's quite a number.

 

[Gromoer]

Ha-ha, that’s curious. I don’t even remember what was the trigger for this thought. Maybe that I’ve played the most boring build ever (but which mirrors myself almost precisely) 3-3–3-3

https://discoelysium.fandom.com/wiki/Take_on_la_Responsibilité mentions all the prerequisites, it's quite a number.

Man, the amount of underlying shit going on in this game is absolutely mind blowing. Especially knowing that getting this whole quest popping up was purely a coincidence, or, better said, the sum of my choices throughout the game (wink)?

That said, I don’t believe there is much replayability… other than to uncover all the secrets Martinaise has, complete all thoughts? But for some reason carrying on with this completionist mindset left from the pre-DE RPGs feels unbearably lame here.

The only thing I think the game was lacking is an option to have one save mode or something that would prevent you from save scumming (like completely). That would have added the whole another layer to the gameplay.