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submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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its actually more like 5-7 books

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 9 months ago (5 children)

It would've been better as a full-on visual novel imo, it's probably the best written game I've ever played but the gameplay is kinda tedious. Walking around the map is sluggish, the interactions with objects feel janky and I really dislike the RNG skill checks. I could never get through a whole playthrough because of that. But despite all that, it's still undeniably a masterpiece.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 9 months ago

and I really dislike the RNG skill checks.

I disagree, I think the skill check enhances the character building, failing them often produces more interesting outcomes than passing, and passing them can create brief moments of victory for Harry. On my first play-through I was failing shit constantly except my build was pretty good for things directly related to the investigation, so it kind of worked for an RP were Harry was a washed up mess but he had been a good detective, so his past skills were shining through his amnesia and failure.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Issues like this is why I like mods or built in cheat available. Any tedious part (Palworld breeding time....) can be shortened with mods/cheats, have to control yourself to not abuse it though.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

any good mods you recommend for DE?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago

https://www.nexusmods.com/discoelysium/mods/16

Features

Fast Travel                          Adds four discoverable fast travel points.
Set Run Speed                    Up to 3x run speed
Set Money             0-999 
Set Skill Points                   0-100
Set Attributes                     (Intellect, Psyche, Physique, Motorics)
Force Checks                      Always pass or always fail
Lock Appearance                Changing clothes updates stats but not appearance
Toggle HUD                         Turn on/off the in-game HUD for screenshots
Add all clothes                    Adds every clothing item to your inventory
Unlock all thoughts     Makes every thought available for research

Install note (GOG version doesn't work):

so for those that dont get it still , what you do is unzip the file open the file folder there should be 5 items in total. You copy those items into game folder where it has the .exe which is the game itself . I ran the game from the folder itself like someone in the comments suggested and it opened up for me.

Alternative: https://www.wemod.com/cheats/disco-elysium-trainers

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

With most games I'd agree with you, but for some reason the music and atmosphere in DE really worked for me

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

I really dislike the RNG skill checks

Same. That's pretty much my one complaint about the game.

I just want all the dialogue man

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It helps that very, very few of the skill checks (two or three, I think) actually need to be "passed" in order to progress. Failing actually helps build the narrative, and almost never locks you out of progressing. You can play it so that you savescum in order to pass every check, but you're missing a significant amount of content that way, and the experience is arguably better if you just roll with it. The failed rolls almost always lead to something fun.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Ruining your relationship with Kim because you yelled a racial slur at him vs a fun time dance party is the only one where the RNG thing can fuck right off