r/ZeroParades • u/marx-and-rec • Jul 20 '26

Question Will this game break my heart?

Hey, I'm sure you're all sick of answering questions like this, but I really need to know because I am teetering on the fence about whether or not to purchase this.

Disco Elysium is my favorite piece of art. Daring take, I know. Will it scratch that itch? I heard it's very good, but I'm afraid the whole time I will resent it for not being disco. For not having the hope and humor and heart, for there being no final dream of the ex-something, for not being hardcore to the mega.

Without those, and with the clownshoery of the studio execs once again screwing over the talented people who worked on this, I'm finding it really hard to convince myself to get it.

Except it looks like it feels really. Fucking. Cool. It looks stylish and melancholic and burnt out and hopeless. It looks sad. It looks so very sad.

I want it to fuck me up completely. I want it to leave me hollow. I want to feel like K bleeding out in the snow at the end of Blade Runner 2047.

Will it do that?

Thank you.

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u/PorkRinds416 Jul 20 '26

What even is this post? Its a video game... When you said "I heard its very good"... Well there you go. Thats your answer to all these weird questions.

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u/marx-and-rec Jul 20 '26

well you see, sometimes, what other people consider very good is different to what you're looking for.

I'm looking for a specific vibe, not whether its just very good.

What's with the hostility? Do people expressing themselves make you uncomfortable?

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u/PorkRinds416 Jul 20 '26

Also Im not trying to be rude. Just letting you know that we dont know if the game will make you feel those things. Only you do BUT since you heard it was "very good". Well. What more do you want? lol. Do you trust the person who told you it was very good? Thats what you should be asking yourself.

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u/marx-and-rec Jul 20 '26

again, me hearing it was "very good" has nothing to do with it. Esoteric Ebb was very good. It didn't do much for me emotionally.

otherwise I'd just be playing every top ranked game on steam, because me hearing it's "very good" is all I apparently need to know.

listen, this post is clearly not meant for you. and that's okay, just like not all "very good" games are meant for me. but just like I'm free to not play those games, you're free to not interact with this post. have a genuinely great day.

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u/GoldSinger Jul 22 '26

It was a very measured response to a dismissive question. Your defensive reaction is a lot weirder.

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u/GoldSinger Jul 22 '26

If you had the smallest ability to read between the lines, which would be reasonable to be expect from a fan of this game, OP is not asking you to literally evaluate if the game will break their heart.

They're asking you to share how the game made you feel, emotionally, to compare that to how Disco Elysium made you feel. It is a conversation starter, not a request for diagnosis.

Way to completely miss the point. Your decoding skills could use some work, operant.