u/no_platonov

For me in my first walkthrough of DE active checks feel like walls. If you fail a check in mostly cases it means that you lose time, pace of the story, you should do something else (if you have any other active task in a given timeframe), get skill point, upgrade the skill, return to the check location and try again. That's why saves cumming reveals.

It's obvious result of mechanic with random elements. Why DE developers use this mechanic then? And many others developers in their disco-like games? My first though was that it should be momentum of tabletop game: you have momentum in tabletop game, you want to have it in computer game that should give similar experience. But now I think that something more fundamental should be here. People play dice games starting from the begging of civilization and dices are definitely related to our feeling of reality in general.

What dices and random elements means for your game experience? Could be DE better without dices? How active checks could be improved in new disco-like games?

I've completed almost all the quests: I assembled the crew, acquired a gun, rescued Ultra Violetta, and found out the arrival time of The Grand Lich. The only thing I don't know is location of The Grand Lich. As far as I understand from reading walkthroughs, alternative way to find out the arrival location is the Pump and Dump quest. But how do I get this quest? Walkthrough guides say to ask Duchess about "The Gap," after which player can pressure Frederick, who will tell player how to find his controller. The controller will reveal where The Grand Lich is going.

I passed the entire dialogue tree with Duchess, as well as with Frederick. There are no options related to The Gap. No Gap, no the Pump and Pump quest, no The Grand Lich location. Is this a bug? Or are there any other requirements? Is there another way to find out The Grand Lich location?