Is this game worth it?

[♠ FallenSoul [O.S.S]]

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[TeacherGalante]

I enjoyed it.

[jack_of_tears]

I would not pay more than $25 for this game, as the ending is so rushed that the game feels unfinished, but it is absolutely worth buying on a deep sale.

[Du-Vu]

The main plot ends up feeling -- not rushed, but kind of incidental? Doesn't have the personal stakes of the original Torment. But she sidequests and lore are pretty cool, even if they don't feel quite as inventive or interwoven as Planescape.

There's very little combat to speak of, so I wouldn't necessarily play this for that. There are a lot of ways to "solve" the Crises, which are the intricate skill-driven encounters this game has. They're short but quite dense.

I think Pillars of Eternity and especially Disco Elysium do a better job of being successors to Torment, but I'm still glad I played this.

[jack_of_tears]

Originally posted by Du-Vu:

Disco Elysium does a better job of being a successor to Torment, but I'm still glad I played this.

'Disco Elysium' is the spiritual successor that this game could only pretend to be. This is a good game for the setting material but the story is weak and main character practically nonexistent.

[Du-Vu]

True, true. No game is Disco Elysium, not even the original Torment.

But if someone's already played the original, or is one of the people who didn't like it (whatever the reason, not out to pick that fight again), then there are Torment-ish aspects here. Mostly in the little NPC stories peppered throughout the game. The main character, the villain, your companions, none of them really came together in that very personal, resonsant story that PST had.

[♠ FallenSoul [O.S.S]]

Originally posted by jack_of_tears:

Originally posted by Du-Vu:

Disco Elysium does a better job of being a successor to Torment, but I'm still glad I played this.

'Disco Elysium' is the spiritual successor that this game could only pretend to be. This is a good game for the setting material but the story is weak and main character practically nonexistent.

So what is supposed to be Disco Elysium and what makes it so good?

[Du-Vu]

Originally posted by ♠ FallenSoul O.S.S:

So what is supposed to be Disco Elysium and what makes it so good?

Really strong narrative RPG, clever writing, evocative setting (despite being a lot more like the real world than most RPGs), lots of different paths through dialogue. No combat, though None. So it's not for everyone.

[jack_of_tears]

Originally posted by FallenSoul:

So what is supposed to be Disco Elysium and what makes it so good?

https://store.steampowered.com/app/632470/Disco_Elysium__The_Final_Cut/

[EolSunder]

its good if you get it on sale. It's more the exploration/dialogue/choice driven rpg ish game than a combat one, but i liked it. Not a whole lot of replay value but id say a definite buy when its on sale.

[Kurio]

This game is not about combat. There is ALOT of reading. I mean its like a book. I personally did not like it at all.

For so much reading you would hope the story was amazing. It isnt.

[Dinamittin]

There are still bugs on the main quest that prevent progression fyi

[jack_of_tears]

Originally posted by Dinamittin:

There are still bugs on the main quest that prevent progression fyi

I had no such problems and haven't heard anyone else complain about this so it must be a rare problem.

[1stplayerz]

Originally posted by jack_of_tears:

Originally posted by FallenSoul:

So what is supposed to be Disco Elysium and what makes it so good?

https://store.steampowered.com/app/632470/Disco_Elysium__The_Final_Cut/

Disco Elysium is the most pretentious self absorbed game ever I couldn't wait to finish it. I know different strokes for different folks and people of this generation where looking for their classic to hang their hat from going forward but for me it was not Elysium no way

[jack_of_tears]

Originally posted by 1stplayerz:

Disco Elysium is the most pretentious self absorbed game ever
... people of this generation where looking for their classic to hang their hat from

I don't think it's the game that has a problem with being pretentious and self-absorbed.

[Coffee Break Hero]

I have a love hate relationship with this game. sometimes, like when talking to Inifere and doing his mere, I'm incredibly absorbed and immersed. I loved that character.

other times, I'm incredibly bored and disappointed at how easy the combat encounters are and how I'm missing the little combat there is by choosing the more interesting outcomes.
and how the game has so little cohesion.

so the game is worth it, but don't be like me and don't go to all the tombs in necropolis. it's ok to miss some stuff and move to more interesting plot points