As a big fan of Disco Elysium, I am trying to like this game and it just does not work for me.
Look, I tried to get into this game, but it completely misses the mark on what made DE a masterpiece. I have 15 hours spent on it now, so I was patient, but it does not get better at all.
The yapping is unreal. The game is massively bloated. Half the dialogue is completely irrelevant lore-dumping that doesn't affect the player at all, pushing abstract concepts that straight-up lack basic human common sense.
The entire premise is that you play a spy, but literally every single NPC knows you're a spy. What is even the point of the setup? Also, having to constantly swap outfits and look like a total clown just to pass stat checks completely nukes the immersion.
UI is garbage. There’s zero filtering for clothes. I spend 30% of my playtime just scrolling through a massive, unorganized junk pile of clothing items to find the specific gear I need for a check.
The thought system is honestly pretty shit. Instead of organic roleplaying, it’s a min-maxing nightmare where you're constantly stressing over which stat bonuses you're going to violate.
I don't understand what y'all see in this game, honest to god.