No.30843
>>30842I think it's ambiguous whether that actually existed or not
No.30844
>>30841>The cryptid was propably the least supernatural thing in the gameI mean, it did even take the time to explain it's and evolutionary biology/niche.
No.30845
>>30844Its a giant sapient mythological telepathic insect. Fairy sure would be considered supernatural even by standards of Disco Elysium world.
No.30846
>>30845I thought the 'telepathy' was just Harry imagining it?
No.31440
>>30839No, it's that Harry is dead broke, but Kim manages to save some of his salary, so the ratio of Light Bending Guy's net worth to Harry's is like 1000000:1, whereas compared to Kim it's merely 1000:1 which is nowhere near enough to bend light
No.31441
>>30838Inland Empire for one is less magical than it appears, it seems like it can tell the future or access information you couldn't know, but it mainly tells you things
you already knew before the memory destroying benderShivers is indeed para-natural, it is a direct line of communication with
the genius loci of Revachol No.31599
Finally beat this game after putting it off, I was so touched by Kim trusting Harry enough to completely heed the warning about one of the mercs preparing to gun him down.
No.32010
>>32009I mean that picture is Ryan Gosling, I think it's a joke.
No.33719
Disco Elysium studio has reportedly canceled a standalone expansion to the beloved RPG as potential layoffs loom
A new report suggests that the threat of dozens of layoffs looms at ZA/UM, as the studio has canceled the development of a standalone expansion to its beloved RPG Disco Elysium.
GLHF at Sports Illustrated reports that ZA/UM has canceled a project known internally as X7, which would've been a standalone expansion to Disco Elysium. According to the report, studio president Ed Tomaszewski told staff the project was "one to two years away from completion" and might have taken "more time and effort than Disco Elysium did."
The report suggests that ZA/UM also canceled a full Disco Elysium sequel in 2022 and put development of a "new sci-fi IP" on hold in 2023. Two new projects, one of which is still connected to the Disco Elysium IP, are said to remain in development.
"With the cancellation of X7 we are proposing to reshape our team to support our two remaining games," CEO Ilmar Kompus told employees in a message published by GLHF. "This adjustment will almost certainly lead to redundancies, mostly affecting the X7 team but also our non-development teams and non-X7 projects." The report estimates that around 24 employees are at risk of being laid off.
While Disco Elysium was heralded as an instant classic upon its release in 2019, the story at ZA/UM has been fraught with controversy thanks to a messy split between the studio and some of its creative leads in 2022. Allegations of fraud and toxic management flew back and forth between the two parties, and the story only seemed more complicated in the wake of an extensive documentary in 2023 from the folks at People Make Games. Whatever the truth of the situation, reports like this don't paint an inspiring picture for the studio's fortunes.
Spits
No.33720
>>33719>be Estonian>publish communist propaganda>it gets popular>thank Marx and Engels>shitstorm ensuesI'm actually surprised it's not dead yet.
Baltics. Not even once.
No.33723
>>33719Argo Truliik has some interesting stuff to say in this article
https://videogames.si.com/news/disco-elysium-dev-zaum-layoffs-last-writer-speaks-out<The mask has slipped from the face of capital. What remains at ZA/UM is a cold, careless company where managers wage war against their own creatives, where artistry is second to property, and where corporate strategy is formed by an arrogant disdain for their own audience No.33732
>>33723Thanks.
The biggest joke to me that they didn't see how this would inevitably end to begin.
Some marxists. Lol.
No.33735
>>33732The fault lies not within their red stars, but within themselves.
No.33736
>>33735I imagine when you get that investor turn up and he once in a lifetime opportunity to work on a passion project you start ro tell yourself all sorts of things how you'll do it different and who can ve trusted and so on.
No.33742
>>32009also harry is in his 50s
No.33743
>>30742lol the voice acting
No.33748
>>32009He’s technically in great shape for his age because he’s an ex-gym teacher
No.33749
>>33748None of my gym teachers were in good shape.
No.33752
>>33751This whole fuckup could easily be a chapter in the Disco Elysium universe funnily enough.
No.33800
>>30831 The Deserter's words hit me like a train. Him saying "It was real. I'd seen it. I'd seen it "in reality"" and the rest of that quote got me teary eyed as a newer lefty.
No.33826
>>33800Yea I cry at that last (penultimate? Or is the last scene with the cops more of an epilogue? It feels there for game reasons more than story reasons) scene every time.
Not that uncommon for other arts but something for me very rare that video games have been able to achieve.
No.33828
I vaguely remember a character talking about the songs that sprang up during the World Revolution, was it the Deserter?
No.33907
>>33752For a moment, there was hope.
No.33908
>>33753Kim is a reason-oriented individual who incorrectly believes himself to live in a mundane and explainable world, so he does tend to come up with these kind of rationalizations. Harry clearly possesses abilities beyond that of ordinary humans; he is, after all, a miracle.
No.33911
>>33908He's more than a miracle.
He's Hobocop.
No.34140
for some reason I never thought about the paris commune when thinking about Disco Elysium
No.34156
>>26672I really wanted to like it. But it reminded me how much I hate reading novels.
I really had my heart set on screwing with the NPCs and wreaking havoc. But I gave up after getting lost in the bosses office.
I think I lost the game to an uncomfortable chair.
No.34157
>>34156>I think I lost the game to an uncomfortable chair.rofl,lmao
No.34174
>>34156thats how i died the first time too. but then i became obsessed with it after that happened lel
No.34211
>>34174>thats how i died the first time too. but then i became obsessed with it after that happened lelLmao exactly the same.
Tbh I thought it was gonna be low quality meme shit just from seeing memes on this site, never thought I'd get so in to it.
No.34243
>>34242Wow, it's just like real life.
No.34244
>>34242I did this aktually.
No.34260
>>34242You: I'm sorry you have to sit here on the ice, feeling miserable. At your age –or at any age –in this weather… waiting for it to get dark.
She looks you in the eye, her pupils wide, surrounded by a ridiculous amount of make-up
You: The people who build this world intended it to be better for you, but they failed. It is easier to live in their failure with this by your side." (Tap on the tape recorder).
The wind howls. She remains silent.
Empathy: It's real. Tell her.
You: It is not a childish fantasy. It can be a real weapon against what's coming for you now
Acele: "What is…? "Her shoulders shake a little.
You: Nothing, if you got this. Don't be scared.
Acele: Okay.
Her teeth rattle. She takes the device from you and places it in her lap
Acele: "I'll stick to it"
No.34350
>helped me get over an ex
>got me to finally finish Planescape:Torment
Good game, glad I avoided spoilers on 8ch and went in thinking it was genuinely copaganda… which I mean it might win her back right? I need more games like this.
No.34370
>>34350Yea playing this only a year ago I was like damn, so could have has this spoilered by the Internet, glad I never did.
Ioved planescape as a kid, think it contributed to my love of this game.
The game now has a microtranshumanist store in its menu..
No.34770
>>30736the game actually flat out tells you this will happen if you pass a certain secret rhetoric check. I think the game is supposed to show that this is only a possible path the world can lead down and not set in stone.
No.34771
Just played it. So many hate worthy characters in this game and I'll be damned if I let them get a one up over me. So I save scummed like mad, fun though.
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