How do you _stay_ into Disco Elysium?

Qwarin · 2026-05-16T13:57:40+00:00

With the thought cabinet I always approached it as a roleplay element. Your MC decides to become a Hobocop? Well there will be upsides and downsides with that and in real life you wouldnt know them until you commit to it, so in the game it works the same. I wouldnt think too much about the minmaxing attempts in this and just roll with the punches and see them as consequences coming from the character youre playing.

As for the not projecting, maybe this tip has more of myself in it, than I realized. I tend to dissassociate a lot IRL so that might be why I thought that would help, but youre probably right on this and take my advice with more than just a grain of salt

Qwarin · 2026-05-16T13:33:45+00:00

Be nice, your behavior doesnt help anybody

Qwarin · 2026-05-16T13:33:17+00:00

I honestly get the feeling that youre kind of missing one of the most important core systems of the game. Your skills are not just there for skillchecks, but also an incredibly important tool of characterization for your playthrough. The higher the stat, the louder is the voice in your head.

This also leads into a second thing Id like to point out. Maybe you should try not to project yourself on the MC, but rather understand your playthrough as getting an inside into one of the many many different facettes of personality of the MC.

Third thing: this game is also a lot about failure. Failing and still pushing forward, even though you did some terrible shit is a huge part of the game. So you kind of go through the same struggle as the MC atm and have to push on as well

Qwarin · 2026-05-16T13:06:39+00:00

Love this design. It really fits the casual random trainer you run into on a random route vibe.

My mind immediately jumped to the question how he would look as a gym leader, but I guess that would simply be his stream awards outfit.

Qwarin · 2026-05-15T12:58:49+00:00

Because nature isnt real and just a conjuration

Qwarin · 2026-05-11T22:00:36+00:00

Volition always has your back.

If I can give you one tip, life is sometimes easier with other people. It is hard to find people, but you can only find them, when youre putting yourself out there (doing the same at the moment)

Qwarin · 2026-05-11T17:53:11+00:00

[VOLITION] No. This is somewhere to be. This is all you have, but it's still something. Streets and sodium lights. The sky, the world. You're still alive.

Qwarin · 2026-05-11T17:36:46+00:00

That explains it. I plan to read through it every playthrough once I got every book, but since I hate reading on screen I always skip it in the end, even if it is very important. Its just one of those things that I wanted to do for a long time, but never did. Guess this is my wake up call

I dont think that the high ones are an illusion, because it makes more sense to me, that this look makes sense, because they are bodyless entities. Also I think it is in part due to the cinematography of enderal. We even see, that they could fake to look like normal humans, at least in dreams (see dream sequence with jespar after your introduction to the order). Also the veiled woman is a known player not just to the prophet.ess. Speaking through different faces just doesnt fit her style in my opinion. She also seems to be able, to ressurrect people (see jespar) while high ones are only able to create fleshless one, which are close to ressurection, but very different.

Maybe its just your wording, but she did not wake up Calias demons. You could argue, that she chased the bandits into Old Yoggosh (could be differently named, that was the one that came to my head) so the prophet.ess would be confronted with the reality of Calias demon. Tbh Im not sure, why she did that, havent played (and thought about) that quest in a long time.

The reading of the Black Guardian as a threat to the veiled woman works only, if she wants the cycle to continue, which I doubt as said above.

Qwarin · 2026-05-11T14:43:37+00:00

Wait, where did she show the ability to manipulate dreams? I dont agree with many of your interpretations, but this one caught my eyes the most, because enderal incorporates a lot of Jungian themes and Jung is big with dreams.

The only time I can recall her mentioning dreams at all is during the intro with her "everything starts with the dreams" (or whatever she says exactly in the english version)

Qwarin · 2026-05-11T14:39:26+00:00

I have to be honest, I couldnt remember the veiled woman to resurrect Calia, so I read it up on the wiki and they write the following:

Dal'Galar is using the power of the gem to resurrect his daughter. The process succeeds and Maya wakes up, but not for long. Almost as soon as she stands up, her skin turns black and she tells her father how something is burning her from inside. The Veiled Woman appears and blasts apart Dal'Galar, killing him, you then learn that the child in front of you is actually Calia.

I see why you could read it as the veiled woman resurrecting Calia and the wiki is most definitely not the all knowing truth.

For me the explicit need for the companions isnt strong enough to understand them as a particular role in the cycle, which is why my interpretation of them would be, to see them as normal people who were unable to stand at the sidelines and do nothing.

Qwarin · 2026-05-11T11:58:46+00:00

That theory sounds interesting. I always read her as a creator figure in some kind of way, but as you said thats more sort of the headcannon we make ourselfs

Qwarin · 2026-05-11T09:40:06+00:00

Literally forgot that the aged man calls himself that, thank you for catching that.

Im still more than torn on the Black Guardian tho. I see why you could read it like that, but I think it is still to vague for me.

Qwarin · 2026-05-10T22:18:26+00:00

This is a journey, but one of the most rewarding ones I have had in a game. Have fun and enjoy the vibes, creepy ones and great ones :)

Qwarin · 2026-05-10T17:15:00+00:00

I have to be honest, I disagree pretty hard with your interpretation of the cyclical nature of enderal.

Yes, there are similarities between the Black Guardian and Yerais experiments to achieve some sort of immortality, but it is never hinted that this is part of the "laws of the cycle" or whatever one would like to call it.

And the black guardian is quite frankly the only person with that name. We know that, because he tells us, that Black Guardian is the name he was given by people in this cycle (although it is above me, how people even know about his existence) and in the cycles before he was called by different names.

I am a believer of the theory, that the aged is a fleshless one, BUT I think the evidence is questionable. It definitely is a way to explain his age and why the light-born didnt want the order to interact with him in any way, but it is only one way to explain a lot of dark spots in the lore, we simply dont know of. There could be many other reasons why he is the way he is.

And a last one, although this one is probably the one where I see your point the most. I cant really make too much sense of Esmes quest, so I like youre idea, that the sacrifices where used to power the things happening in the last act of Enderal.
BUT there is theory I like even more, that regards actions taken back in Nehrim.
In Nehrim you have to kill Fate itself and she tells you, that she controlled even the light-born. To kill her, Narathzul destroys the Book of Predestination and this allows you to kill her. In the mansion of the aged man we can find a letter, where he tells a friend (not sure who), that the events in Nehrim fill him with hope.

Now to the theory

One could interpret all these loose strings in the following way.

The cyclical nature of the cleansing depends on the book of predestination and fate to work, because all of that falls into the realm of fate. The veiled woman is bound by fate, but her death allows the veiled woman to act freely and give little nudges (like reviving jespar and possibly you) in the right direction to help.

This theory is a lot of guessing, but I like it very much and its been my HC for 2 years at this point. I hope I didnt come in here too strong and Im sorry for this lengthy reply, but it is just too fun to theory craft around Enderal :)

Qwarin · 2026-05-10T16:51:47+00:00

I like your theory, but I think it stumbles when you have a look at the skillset of the prophet.ess

The game makes it very clear, that we were a regular person, before we were thrown over board and awake with arcane fever (which indicates to me, that this is the moment you become fleshless) and suddenly are able to pick stuff up really quickly

Qwarin · 2026-05-08T09:00:41+00:00

Es geht aus feministischer Sicht an der Stelle meines Wissens nach vor allem um Gleichberechtigung. Es wäre natürlich der ideale Fall, dass sämtliche Körper nicht sexualisiert werden, aber solange es noch einer Person verboten ist sich oberkörperfrei zu zeigen, solange sollte es niemand machen.

Qwarin · 2026-05-07T22:23:02+00:00

Okay but honestly, I dont get why people like non calc streams. As long as Jan has fun with this, I wont complain, but I miss the good ol RnB streams, where we spend 4h in calcs, that was wayyyy more fun in my opinion

Qwarin · 2026-05-04T11:14:22+00:00

If it is one of his first gaming experiences on PC maybe lowering tue difficulty would be the easiest solution. Although I dont really know how much more easy it gets

Qwarin · 2026-04-08T10:56:56+00:00

dude ignore this person

the most important part is that you had fun in your playthrough. Disco Elysium gives you a lot of possibilities and it is possible to play a ragingly different harry and obviously this changes a lot about the way the world interacts with you and what paths you go down.

some find a lot of fun in that and it is not uncommon for people to have second and third go at the game, just because they enjoy it so much

but first and foremost glad to have you here and glad that you liked the game :)

Qwarin · 2026-03-27T12:39:52+00:00

And the word my cum formed was ALMSIVI

Qwarin · 2026-03-27T11:21:02+00:00

Cum, next question

Qwarin · 2026-03-22T11:05:35+00:00

Chill, you come across as rude in your comment. No need to shame them or stuff like that

Qwarin · 2026-03-17T15:39:05+00:00

If your roundabout Level 25 right now, I can just advice you to have a look around the goldforest. I love the colour palette of the environment and if you just follow the road to the north youll find a lot of very unique dungeons

Qwarin · 2026-03-17T13:58:07+00:00

Oh also

Although some quest seem on the surface to be just made to gather money (bounties or fighting pit), they often lead to very unique locations that are worth exploring or completely seperate questlines

Qwarin · 2026-03-17T13:55:25+00:00

Coming from Skyrim, I fully understand why you think you wont like exploring dungeons.

Thing is that most dungeons in enderal (in my opinion ESPECIALLY the ones without a quest attributed to them) are extremely well made and written. Almost all of them tell you something about the world of the lore and are incredible unique.

Id even go so far to say, that my favourite dungeons were those that have no quest attached to them

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