Two things I'd like to say about Disco Elysium. One: gameplay-wise I somehow feel the urge to describe it as sort of like a mix between Planescape: Torment (stripped of any kind of combat) and Kentucky Route Zero. But this barely scratches the surface. Two: this is probably THE best game I have ever played. So poignant, almost unbearably so.
I'm so baffled at how this game does not have any reviews a week after its release! For me this was an instabuy and easily one of my all time top-5 adventures. Being one of the very last Legend's graphic text adventures it is thus pretty accessible to general public, with all the verbs you need to complete each chapter visible at all times, listed separately within the game's vocabulary. The gameplay thus is standard Legend text adventure fare, with appropriate art style and clever enough non-frustrating puzzles, but of course the main selling point of the game is its top-notch humo(u)r. This is where the game really shines, with hilarious dialogues, numerous puns, the obligatory Monty Python references (MP & the Holy Grail being a most likely primary inspiration for the game's world), and - not the least - the compendum of Bjorn the Bererker's famous sayings. I think it's about the only game out there where the verb "moon" is actually used to advance the plot. And this being the text adventure naturally you may be tempted to try to fornicate with every item or piece of scenery on every screen and see if anything comes of it. The developers won't disappoint you here as wll, as the game will respond in most hilarious manner to all sorts of your outlandish inputs. I would urge anyone with a soft spot for 90s adventure games and pythonesque humor, who have somehow never played this game, to go buy it at once! I'm sure you'll thank me later, as it's still every bit as as good as it was when first released (to much acclaim I might add).
