I feel like I’ll need to try it again sometime. I found it annoying that I couldn’t seem to self insert lol. Might have been how my character was set up.
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mistermodal@lemmy.ml 5 months ago
Dsco Elysum
Megaman_EXE@beehaw.org 5 months ago
Coelacanth@feddit.nu 5 months ago
One thing I will say: Disco Elysium is not a self-insert or blank slate RPG. You are playing as a very defined and distinct person, and you discover more and more things about him as you go. You can choose to emphasise certain traits that he already possesses, but you can never completely reshape him. He will always be who he is. A lot of people who want to “pick dialogue options that they would say IRL” end up bouncing off the game. I recommend trying to accept that you’re playing as an insane, depressed failure and commit to it.
Megaman_EXE@beehaw.org 5 months ago
Hmm insane depressed failure you say? Maybe he’s closer to me than I thought lol!
In that case maybe I just need to lean into him being a much more defined stereotype like being dumb and strong or something haha
Coelacanth@feddit.nu 5 months ago
Hah! I also actually related to him a lot actually. As someone who has struggled with mental health, depression, addiction, failure and clinging to the past I ended up resonating a lot with the protagonist as well, and Disco Elysium overall was a very emotional and impactful experience for me.
But even so, I never really felt like I was playing me like I do in self insert RPGs. But that was fine - the main mystery of the game is discovering your protagonist’s backstory and history and everything he is and has been through anyway.
Flamekebab@piefed.social 5 months ago
I can see why it would be good. I wasn’t willing to endure more of its self indulgence to find out.
mistermodal@lemmy.ml 5 months ago
It is a good implementation of RPG mechanics. The worldbuilding setpieces were fun to engage with. The writing is insufferable.
Glide@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
Fantastic response tbh.
It’s a good game, and very unique in what it does, but it’s not the objectively best written masterpiece it gets praise for.
My friend who thinks it is also thinks the same o Shakespeare, which I think explains a lot. I tend to be impressed with works that say more with fewer words rather than say little with very many.
megopie@beehaw.org 5 months ago
Consider, that, the you’re generally listening the the voice of the main character for a lot of the dialog that isn’t explicitly from other characters, and that he does in fact have his head firmly lodged in his own rectum.
Glide@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
While you are absolutely right, that doesn’t make it more engaging to listen to. Perhaps ludonarrative harmony can go too far.