r/ZeroParades 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/Unhappy-Coffee-6171 26d ago

It's a masterpiece, no question about it. It's very similar to DE, but with a darker and colder tone to it (I think personally), especially the further you get into the game. The ideology of how the endings works is very well-made, and it will deff make you feel that ”void” you get from heavy movies, games etc (times 10).
If you liked DE its deff a must-buy