Disco Elysium is a unique RPG in that it relies entirely on skill-checks, exploration, and dialogue, without any combat. The few situations that would consist of combat in a regular RPG, have been replaced by skill checks. To balance this, Disco Elysium does skill checks better than any other game I've played. Your skills not only help you pass challenges, they also give you advice, argue with each other, and influence your dialogue. If you fail skill checks, this may result in you saying and doing hilarious and horrifying things that you would never do normally. The game feels like looking into an alternate universe where modern RPGs were influenced primarily by adventure games instead of action games. It's a pleasure to experience. It is also very well-written. The dialogue is clever, fascinating, and often hilarious. Unfortunately, the game kind of dies in the last act, with a weak railroaded conclusion. But the journey up to that poin more than makes up for it.
