Disco Elysium is an experience that other developers will be hurrying to unpack so they can try to steal some of its magic. It's been a long time since a video game story has gotten its hooks into me quite as this one has. Despite some shortcomings, I'll...
Impressive effort with a few noticeable problems holding it back. Won't astound everyone, but is worth your time and cash.How we score: The Destructoid reviews guide...
Abstract: The most important thing about Disco Elysium, an oddly titled role-playing game that came out last month for PC, is that it's funny. Set in a beautifully ugly world of smudged watercolors and throbbing noir music, Disco Elysium appears at first to be the...
Published: 2019-11-04, Author: David , review by: gamespot.com
The quality of the writing is peerless--powerful, poetic, haunting, and hilarious, Novel skill system integrates seamlessly into conversations and incidental interactions, The "nameless cop" is a magnificent creation, furious, fragile and unfailingly real
Gorgeous, tonal interesting writing, Beautiful art style makes even its grotesque elements look great, Deep, rewarding, utterly unique skill system
Unrelentingly cynical tone can be a turn-off, Pacing can drag at some points
Disco Elysium is a difficult game to describe, but it's easy to recommend. One of the most inventive games in recent memory, it's an often cynical, mean-spirited RPG that's nonetheless full of beauty and humanity. While its obsession with the nastier part...
I also wish Disco Elysium were shorter, if only because I'd love to play through it as a completely different character on a completely different trajectory. Pick up a smoking habit! Tell everyone I lost my memory! Beat people up! I rarely get to replay g...
Disco Elysium is a unique blend of noir-detective fiction, traditional pen-and-paper RPGs, and a large helping of existentialist theory. Its twisting plot, cast of memorable characters, and sheer depth of choice combine to create an experience that begs t...
Interactive storytelling at its finest and most literal, A fantastic world to explore, A game that makes you enjoy failure as much as success, Incredible graphics and audio to complement it too
Some recordings aren't the best quality, Timers might stress some people out
It's impossible not to fall for Disco Elysium, from its intriguing murder detective work to the world it depicts, not to mention the voices inside your own head. It's an experience that could easily make the top of some Game of Year lists and for good rea...
I've never laughed this much while playing a game. Well-read, nihilistic, dark, and intellectual, Disco Elysium is like your favorite poli-sci professor huffed paint and ran naked through the quad...
