Recent reviews by PeriodicallySecond

What an absolute scam. Here I was expecting a fun cop murder-mystery with a zany cop that's going bonkers, and what do I get? An intricately built, intensely modular experience that reacts so well to even the slightest even or change in clothing or demeanor, creating and developing some of the most unique and and impactful characters that I've ever had the pleasure of experiencing.
In all seriousness, Disco Elysium is a truly impressive title. The storytelling is wholly unique, and the way that ZA/UM weaves the mystery of both the main character's past, the main case to be solved, and side stories and capers, gels very, very well. In addition, the way that the main character is shaped by your own decision slowly takes control of your own personality away from you, pushing your choices into the archetype (copotype, it's canon now) that you've built for yourself, is also very well done. You can't just backpedal, you have to commit to your path at some point or another.
The art style is great. Simply done moving models on intricately drawn and painted backdrops works very well, even the character portraits are each individually works of art. The lack of movement with story mechanics can sometime be a little disappointing, but that's more than overshadowed by the written action itself.

In summary, Disco Elysium is quickly one of my all-time favorites in this genre. However, I will say that if you want to get the most out of this title, do not - I repeat, do not save scum. It's very difficult not to at some points, I took the easy load-road sometimes myself, but DE plays its best when you don't know everything, and you fail some things and have to come back later, or figure out an alternative path or, sometimes, don't reach that part of the game in its entirety. In my first run, I turned over every stone and found what I expect to be most of the options available to me, but there are still doors that are left unopened, and they'll keep me coming back for more.

First, let me start off by saying that I have 750+ hours on this game. I started on my Xbox 360 long ago, bought it on steam once I joined the glorious PC master race, and migrated my saves with a flash drive. And then I said, "Screw that", and started all over again. Anyway, let's get into this incredible game I wasted so many hours of my life on.

GRAPHICS:
It all depends on your specs, and if you mod it.
-Low Resolution, no mods: It's essentially a large N64 game, polygons EVERYWHERE.
-Med Resolution, no mods: Looks very good, water and shadows are rought, and large models may repeat patterns, but still looks great.
-High Resolution, no mods: Probably the most beautiful game you'll ever see, if you have the capabilities to run it. Everything looks great, the water, shadows, trees, even that angry Nord hitting you in the face with a battleaxe.
-High Resolution, with mods: Naked people, dildo arrows, and bondage slaves everywhere. Be careful with skyrim mods, with resolution packs, the game looks incredibly lifelike, but theres some... strange ones out there (MLP: Friendship is Murder Mod Pack)
-Graphics: 10/10 (It all depends on your specs)

Story:
The great thing about Skyrim is that, while the main quest is short, and fairly easy to complete, theres an INSANE amount of quests and alternate storylines! It goes from delivering a sword literally 100 feet away from where you're standing, to stopping a midget symbolic representation from getting beaten up by a normal sized symbolic representation, to waking up after getting black-out drunk with a god and fondling a religious statue, to SO MUCH MORE. And with all the radiant quests and random encounters, you'll never finish it all.
Storyline/Quests: 9/10 (A lot of them repeat)

AI/NPCs:
Whoo, boy. This is where Skyrim (And really almost all Bethesda/Zenimax games) meet some kind of downfall. Updates have fixed them a lot since the release, but many, MANY times has a follower died because they walked straight into my own spell/sword swing, or repeated the same line over and over, or got stuck. Recently, it's been much better, but its still not very good. The characters themselves, however, are all very good. They all have backstories, and motives, and are all unique.
AI/NPCS: 7.5/10

Lore:
Theres hundreds of books, and character dialogue, and quests all to tell you the story of Tamriel and individual characters. The tiniest things have their own mention. Even if you've never played a single Elder Scrolls game before this, you'll pick it up easily. But, that being said, it can be overwhelming when you first start, and everything revolves around past lore.

Lore: 9/10

Overview:

Pros:
-Great graphics
-Good combat system
-Skill trees let you become whatever you want
-Story is incredible
-Nearly no end to the amount of quests
-Easy to mod, and a massive modding community
-Hail Sithis

Cons:
-♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ AI
-High specs needed to run at full potential
-Mods and DLC can be wonky with existing saves
-No lollygaggin'

Overview: 9/10











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