Disco Elysium - The Final Cut

had some technical issues, but overall the game has beautiful art style and music.

nice concept but not for me. Too much text, too many threads. no action.

I spoke with my heart. I made some mistakes. There were some incredibly tense moments. I didn't survive all of them. Yes you read a lot. Yes the replay value is lower ... but that's because the story is so strong and memorable. This is a rare game I'll happily play again as soon as I forget enough of it, which means we will meet again only when parts of me have died. A tip: don't play a character that's average at everything. You will get more replay value out of playing each of the extreme archetypes that they suggest.

I think there may be some legitimate problems that can be found when playing DE, preferential differences, pacing issues, what have you. I just want to point out, for anyone considering getting this title, that any critique of this game is basically scraping the bottom of an empty barrel. Basically, what I'm trying to say is, any problems with this game tend to be preferential for different people, and usually a drop in the bucket compared to the absolutely insane amount of well-written, witty, and punctual dialogue -- an absolute metric ass ton. I cannot stress this enough, the presentation and writing for this game (which is in large parts a conversation-based RPG) set it apart brilliantly from many other games, the only one coming close being Planescape: Torment. In fact, I often hear DE referred to as something of a spiritual successor for that one. It does something very similar and similarly unique, which is taking an established rpg presentation used for many games to tell an unconventionally wordy story with little to no combat. And the quality of the writing? Stellar. I think it's easy to forget how genuinely well-written the entire experience is when, as a result, you're just pulled along for the ride like when reading a good book. What at first seems like a contained, limited psuedo-rpg experience at first becomes one of the best, an example for the industry, even, through its masterful writing, story, and character composition. Please buy it.

really the best RPG I've played in a long time. Once I even inadvertently played through the night. Thinking it was a bit late, I realised it was actually morning already. It's captivating like a really good book. Can't put it away. And yes it is Hard Core :)