I don't know much about disco elysium outside people thristposting for harry but she looks pretty so I'd go with no.
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I am no Disco Elysium expert. I only enjoyed one playthrough. I finally let her go and somehow it felt like the game made me regret it. I can't say why I don't remember. However reading the comments here and realizing the alternative, my regrets are now gone.
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Ooh A Disco Elysium comm! I'll have to avoid until I'm finished. (͡•_ ͡• ) I've had the game on pause for the longest time; it's so good but I started having trouble handling the crudeness of some of the content, It got a little too real.
My SO and I finished the game a few months ago and I've been obsessed with it ever since. Played through it another time on my own and enjoyed it even more, watched way too many video essays etc.
Yea, I get that. The game is quite graphic in its very existential-level subject matter - it doesn't sugarcoat the realities of life and all its fucked up facettes.
Up until where did you get in your playthrough? And yea, better stay clear from here before finishing the game lol
I'm in day 3, sent Kim away... so still early-ish on I suppose.
But yeah despite me being so pulled in by the story and the beauty of the game; the darkness of Harrys character is so very palpable... Which is actually a testament of the greatness of the script, no matter how you choose to handle stuff the ride promises to be... Eventful, ha.
I believe the story is actually based arround a novel? Not entirely sure to which extent but the writing is top notch for sure. Difinitely will go back to it because it's a piece of art.
Day 3 is relatively early on, yea. And it's definitely hard to stomach at times.
Yea the novel came before the game came out but didn't make all too well, sadly. It's set in Elysium, but I don't know what it's about.
The writing absolutely is really good. Kurvitz is a talented writer, and he and his former writing team did a stellar job. It really shows that they poured their heart and soul into it.
You've piqued my interest. From screenshots on steam, it didn't look like my kind of game, but that sounds like my cup of tea writing wise.
What is the gameplay like?
Well, the gameplay is basically non-existent. The gameplay is just dialogue with all the numerous characters strewn in the world. There is, basically, no combat and even that resolved via dialogue and skill checks only. It's essentially a point-and-click adventure that's heavily reliant on dialogue, choices, what influence these choices have on the story and characters involved in it. That sorta game.
It's somewhere between RPG and narrative/graphic adventure game. The highlights are the writing, and how the game includes reactivity to and options for player choice. Another huge strength is emulating a good DM for a TTRPG session - often failure for check rolls are rewarded in their own, sometimes very humorous way. They included hundreds of small things most players will never see, maybe one of the greatest games for multiple playthroughs ever.
When I get some spare cash, I'll have to check it out. Thanks!
Well the developers famously got screwed on the game so don't let your lack of cash stop you from playing the game if you feel me
It's a very interesting choice imo. A lot of people worship Volition for the Klaasje intervention, but fail to notice he gets so mad by her manipulating the other skills he overcompensates in the other direction and basically becomes compromised himself. No skill is perfect (except maybe Shivers?). Few people get to see it, but if you actually try to back out of the Final Dream Volition confesses:
Volition: I can't help you. I am totally useless. Everything I've said is lies. I want the exact same bad things you want.
One interesting thing is that we don't really kow much about her. The few things we can be pretty certain of, are (Spoilers ahead):
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We know her hedonistic escapes from a guilt complex are real, and that some forces in the MI truly want her dead - confirmed by our ESP if we do take her in. (Much to the shock of some players who had hoped to arrest her and keep her safe somehow, from the blind playthroughs I watched people play)
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We know she really has some skillset that indicates some sort of spy work, but where does it really stem from? It could be from what she tells us, but it could also be something different, maybe something worse, maybe something more mundane.
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We do know she has seemingly always had the problem of being fetishised by men around her, as we witness with at least Ti~~d~~tus and the Deserter (EDIT: And of course Harry), and that she both inadvertantly and consciously used that to her advantage (mostly: trying to survive) if possible, while also not having a choice about it. EDIT: Her relationship with the mercenary is really interesting in that regard, she probably witnessed unwillingly bringing out the worst in men around her over and over, turning them into monsters. Then there is a monster, and in her mind, she turned him into a better version of himself, reducing hist monster-ness. Not that that is healthy, but it is a great characterisation by the writers for sure.
But no matter what, I, personally don't think prison (which results in her death) is something she deserves. There is a part within me, that would love to somehow keep her "safe" while also putting her into a situation where she has to reveal what is really in her past - but that part of me, I realise, is exactly the fetishising effect she has on het men in action, even as a fictional character (combined with my often aggressive curiosity).
So, my vote is: Let her go. She might not be a great person overall, and has definitely some shit in her past, whatever it really is, but she deserves to live. If she really does deserve prison, then only, as she herself put it, in a new world, after La Retour, which would stop hunting her as prey, both literally and in the way people who are attracted to her force their fantasies on her.
I'd hope most Disco Elysium fans are prison abolitionists.
Why would such an apolitical gem attract such a crowd?
You dropped the /s
It's a common phrase and joke (on the Internet) so it's not necessary.
I spend a lot of time on the internet and I've genuinely never once heard that phrase/joke but I'll take your word for it
She's literally a corpo caught in bed with a fascist
Truly the most socialist thing to do is hand her to the corpos and fascists to murder, comrade.
You're not solving anything by killing her. She caused some shit but no more than any other character. The deserter is really at fault for starting the powder keg.
Klassje is disliked because she won't have fuck with you
She's a terrible person, I don't think she should go to prison
No (she's cool)