Disco Elysium - The Final Cut

Why might you NOT like it? 1. This game is a TEXT BASED ADVENTURE. 95% of this game is reading dialog text. 2. You won't succeed at all choice points. There is no "best min/max character design". No matter how you develop your character, you will fail at least 30% or more of all skill check challenges. 3. There is no CRAFTING SYSTEM. You are not going to find the awesome "Laminar Half Seeing Cloak of the Rabid Armadillo". Though items play a significant role in giving you an edge, and for best gameplay you will absolutely want to pay attention to (equipped items), (drinking/smoking/sex/performance and mood enhancing drugs (if you are inclined to take your character this route)), and your character's (base/modified stats), there is no grinding through millions of variations of stuff for those Legendary and Epic finds, and you aren't going to make one for yourself either. 4. There is no COMBAT in this game. Aside from one special encounter I know of, and possibly a few decision choices here or there for some fisticuffs, there is no fighting in this game and no combat system. You act through your conversations and suffer health/moral hits via dialog choices. Even the few fighting moments are this way. So... If you get bored real quick from reading sometimes page high dialog boxes; if the idea of a missed opportunity drives you to scum save/load because failing a skill check goes up your arse sideways; if grinding and crafting your way to great armor and weapon super abilities gives you a boner; if you excel at discovering how to min/max your way to a DPS killing machine; then this game may be everything you hate and nothing you like. Why then will you like this game? Besides being an AGING, OVERWEIGHT, BALDING, ALCOHOLIC, DISCO LOVING, DETECTIVE; what else are you? And how will you progress your virtues and vices in order to solve the mystery that is your job to solve. Great art work. Voice acting everywhere. Lots of chioce. We game for this.

Just finished this. Quite the mindbender - and a nice chance in pace for an RPG. Should appeal to a lot of point n click fans that normally wouldnt bother. I got a "good" ending, but there are so many more paths untravelled / options left to explore. Replayability 100%.

Disco Elysium has the finest writing of any game I have ever played. I have never been too keen on point-and-click adventure games, but Disco Elysium made me want to stay up until 3 AM playing and making rolls. The world building is fantastic, the characters are multi-faceted and quick-witted, and the voice acting is excellent. Simply put, a masterpiece. I would recommend it to anyone.

Pros. - Convincing noir atmosphere. - A measure of insanity. Cons. - Linear. - Somewhat simplistic, do not expect to get stuck. - Content's quality degrades towards an end. And this is not an RPG. No formal system, no fighting, minimum of character development. It's a quest (aka adventure), not quite as good as the best examples from the heyday of the genre by Sierra and Lucasfilm, but nonetheless ok.

This was a very enjoyable game with rich dialogue choices that made me, the player, really think about their choices. There are no 'bad' choices in this game either which makes it stand out from other titles. The player is encouraged make uncomfortable decisions and to be the loser who cannot do their job correctly. The world building is top notch and feels like a surreal version of reality; things are familiar yet alien since there are aspects of real world lore sprinkled in and shaken up to create a unique setting. This game makes you think critically about the world you inhabit. Overall it is a fantastic game but still has occassional stuttering issues with fps and audio. There is a sequel being planned.