We all know out of these games only Disco Elysium will be remembered in 20 years, just how we still remember Planescape Torment, Baldur's Gate, Fallout, Arcanum, Wizardry etc.
I'm saying DE has had the same impact on release as those classics
That's why DE makes so many people seethe, despite coming out 5 years ago its still regularly talked about and hailed as a pinnacle of the genre, meanwhile whatever indieslop "retro throwback" people are playing now will be forgotten in a month.
The only reason Disco Elysium will be mentioned in the future is because (like Mass Effect) it hits the spot for shallow intellectuals.
As a game, DE is a complete mess (dress up mechanics, retarded detective story, shallow handling of most topics, fake consequences, hidden timers and so on) however it's the perfect artsy pointless no-game of the moment. Nobody knows what is the main theme of the game is (probably neither the game devs because they went beserk) but fanbois can pretend that they get it while the regular hoi polloi is unable to see the game's brilliance.
Yeah, DE will be mentioned in the future because most game journalists are shallow intellectuals which need external validation and the game is the perfect tool for that. However, the game's impact on the genre is close to null (if it exists at all). Moving the dialogue window to the right side of the screen has as much impact as my dog's farts. I agree that it's hard to hit the right level of retardness to make the chaotic dialogues work but dress-up/CYOA games existed long before DE.
Basically
Terenty is delusional as fuck. Or maybe both of you are.