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Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#101: Apr 14th 2021 at 9:27:26 AM

The best part is how much you can choose the optimism of the outcome. While you can't do squat about the larger geopolitical and metaphysical issues, you can, through intense diligence, make life better (or at least more comfortable) for quite a few people. Those minor victories should be cherished.

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Mullon Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: And here's to you, Mrs. Robinson
#102: Apr 14th 2021 at 9:32:54 AM

I kind if like the idea that the only thing keeping reality from being upended into chaos is disco music, it's just like real life.

Never trust anyone who uses "degenerate" as an insult.
Aszur A nice butterfly from Pagliacci's Since: Apr, 2014 Relationship Status: Don't hug me; I'm scared
A nice butterfly
#103: Apr 14th 2021 at 9:38:15 AM

Or, well. Anodic dance music, if we go with the church. It may as well be a very Egghead interpretation of it. To which I say....

YYYYYYAAAAAAAAGGGGGHHHH!!!!!!!

But yeah. I can tell you that at my personal experience, the world is certainly bleak, but at least for me it did not go into Developing Doomed Characters territory (quite distant from it), So Bleak, It's Boring, Eight Deadly Words territory like other franchises are for my experience (World of Warcraft and basically all of Warhammer, which come to mind right now).

I cordially invite you to see Disco Elysium to the end - where you will find a name, a rhythm, a copotype, a mystery and a lot more.

Edited by Aszur on Apr 14th 2021 at 10:41:59 AM

It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes
Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#104: Apr 14th 2021 at 9:45:51 AM

Worth noting is that it's possible to ignore almost all of the supernatural elements if you play your character completely deadpan and tell all the weirdos to piss off.

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Yumil Mad Archivist Since: Mar, 2016
Mad Archivist
#105: Apr 14th 2021 at 9:46:42 AM

Oh yeah, big agree on the comparison to the heat death of the universe. Like. To live is to die one day, no matter how one slices it, both as an individual and as a species. Doesn't mean we can't enjoy every waking day of the time we have until it happens.

"when you stare too long into the abyss, Xehanort takes advantage of the distraction to break into your house and steal all your shit."
Unsung it's a living from a tenement of clay Since: Jun, 2016
it's a living
#106: Apr 14th 2021 at 12:32:48 PM

Yeah, it's a sequel hook. There's a few dangling hints is that this is a modern setting that's on the verge of turning into something like a weird punked-up D&D setting, like the big troves of swords (and guns, but also swords) that the revolutionaries are digging up in some of the Shivers/Esprit de Corps flashsideways. So I think it's going to get a lot weirder, and in that sense this surprisingly mundane murder mystery is going to serve as a prelude to some kind of save-the-world plot. La Revacholiere pretty much comes right out and says she's going to need your help stopping the city from being destroyed with high Shivers. The Apocalypse Cop's predictions seem to be true, and a lot of Harry's other ideas turn out to have their basis in r e a l i t y as well.

Edited by Unsung on Apr 14th 2021 at 4:13:55 AM

Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#107: Apr 14th 2021 at 12:54:47 PM

One of the best/funniest parts of the game is that when you deliberately play as Apocalypse Cop, you turn out to be dead right.

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
SpookyMask Since: Jan, 2011
#108: Apr 14th 2021 at 1:26:36 PM

@Mullon: if it makes you feel better, you can have conversation about nature of pale in endgame with certain character that is in weird way pretty hopeful about nature of it [lol]

Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#109: Apr 14th 2021 at 1:36:10 PM

But you need a pretty high Conceptualization skill for that conversation to happen, as I recall.

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
SpookyMask Since: Jan, 2011
#110: Apr 14th 2021 at 1:53:37 PM

Eeeh not sure about that. I mean to learn about pale in the church you already need to have learned about pale with the conceptualization check you are talking about. So doing both means you should be able to have that conversation I'm talking about ;P

Aszur A nice butterfly from Pagliacci's Since: Apr, 2014 Relationship Status: Don't hug me; I'm scared
A nice butterfly
#111: Apr 14th 2021 at 1:56:28 PM

CLEARLY THE BEST IS COMMUNISM

It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes
Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#112: Apr 14th 2021 at 2:01:35 PM

The Communist dialog options are hilarious. I just can't say them with a straight face.

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Aszur A nice butterfly from Pagliacci's Since: Apr, 2014 Relationship Status: Don't hug me; I'm scared
A nice butterfly
#113: Apr 14th 2021 at 2:05:34 PM

Well SOMEONE is getting ground into pigsfeed.

It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes
kkhohoho (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#114: Apr 14th 2021 at 2:53:30 PM

[up]I don't know about you, but I'm here to dismantle the free market and end child labour.

Unsung it's a living from a tenement of clay Since: Jun, 2016
it's a living
#115: Apr 14th 2021 at 3:13:21 PM

A spiritual corpse responsive only to the call of Commodore Red, prostitutes, and Kras Mazov.

Mullon Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: And here's to you, Mrs. Robinson
#116: Apr 17th 2021 at 9:32:05 AM

I finished the game, and I do feel better now. That was a nice ending for the most part.

Never trust anyone who uses "degenerate" as an insult.
KarkatTheDalek Not as angry as the name would suggest. from Somwhere in Time/Space Since: Mar, 2012 Relationship Status: You're a beautiful woman, probably
Not as angry as the name would suggest.
#117: Apr 17th 2021 at 11:51:17 AM

Disco Elysium can be pretty bleak at times, but on occasion it will allow you to see something truly breathtaking.

Oh God! Natural light!
Mullon Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: And here's to you, Mrs. Robinson
#118: Apr 17th 2021 at 4:13:27 PM

I'm a little disappointed reading about what I missed of Evrart, because it sounds like he's secretly the kind of non-existent political paragon the game otherwise mocks.

Never trust anyone who uses "degenerate" as an insult.
VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#119: Apr 17th 2021 at 4:40:35 PM

2 hours in and I game overed twice. What I'm getting from this game is that just picking every option like in other rpgs isn't going to work out in the long run. And I have no issue with that.

Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#120: Apr 17th 2021 at 5:19:18 PM

The game overs are just so entertaining though.

Don’t forget that if you have a healing item you have a couple of seconds to activate it to save yourself from death.

Best is if you have taken damage and equip an item that lowers the relevant skill. Instant death. “Cop has heart attack while changing jackets.”

Edited by Fighteer on Apr 17th 2021 at 8:20:23 AM

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Unsung it's a living from a tenement of clay Since: Jun, 2016
it's a living
#121: Apr 17th 2021 at 6:22:59 PM

Wait, really? That's awesome. I've never seen that.

Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#122: Apr 17th 2021 at 7:09:48 PM

The game doesn’t actually say that, more’s the pity. But it is a thing you can do.

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Cris_Meyers reluctant author, willing misanthrope from Chicagoland (Fifth Year at Tropey's) Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
reluctant author, willing misanthrope
#123: Apr 17th 2021 at 7:27:34 PM

. “Cop has heart attack while changing jackets.”

...or trying to get tie down from ceiling fan. Or trying to punch child.

The ignoble ways to die in this game are as myriad as they are entertaining.

Edited by Cris_Meyers on Apr 17th 2021 at 9:28:12 AM

Unsung it's a living from a tenement of clay Since: Jun, 2016
it's a living
#124: Apr 17th 2021 at 7:31:53 PM

[up][up]Ahh, shame. Should totally get its own text.

So I failed the Shivers check at the mural and got a new quest to seek out the Children of the Big Sea. I've gotten as far as finding out Lilienne's twins are apparently hearing Speedfreaks FM broadcast directly into their brains. This seems new for Final Cut, anyone else had this?

kkhohoho (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#125: Apr 17th 2021 at 7:50:20 PM

[up][up]Or sitting down in chair.

Edited by kkhohoho on Apr 17th 2021 at 9:50:37 AM


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