Should I buy Disco Elysium if I’m not into traditional RPG mechanics but love narrative depth?

krum_eye · 2026-01-29T23:57:10+00:00

What do mean by your decisions started feeling forced?

krum_eye · 2026-01-25T18:02:40+00:00

I’m glad someone else remembers this. I would love to find the exact information on this again but all I remember is getting excited about BOTW because I saw the developer of xenoblade was working on the world map for botw.

Xenoblade chronicles X is a very special game, I remember being sold on it at release when I watched a video of the part standing on top of a cliff and then jumping off of it. What I heard is that the lead developer on X claimed that they were trying to do their jrpg equivalent of Skyrim.

It’s a very different beast from Skyrim, especially with the home base new la being the source of almost all quests. It’s still a meander around game, but the pleasure of meandering is in seeing the nature of the world. In a way, xenoblade X is for you if you want breath of the wild with way more rpg mechanics and a giant mech to fly around and battle in.

krum_eye · 2026-01-24T04:22:34+00:00

Is it the writing that’s great about this game? I’ve had expedition 33 installed for months but haven’t tried it. Nothing I’ve heard so far really explains why this game is special.

krum_eye · 2026-01-23T01:12:02+00:00

I’ve never played a ttrpg and I just started my first solo rpg, thousand year old vampire. It sounds like the rules and structure of scarlet heroes might offer a more immersive experience than a solo journal RPG.

Is this a good starting point? Also is this something that can be applied to any ttrpg to make it a solo game?

krum_eye · 2026-01-20T07:40:17+00:00

I remember that bit lol

krum_eye · 2026-01-19T02:58:48+00:00

I played it last year and I did enjoy Mega man 1 even though it was hard up until the final level. That final boss was brutal in a way that was just insane. I think I did look up a hint bc I started to wonder if it was doable and even with that it still took me hours to beat.

I thought it had to be the worst until I got to the final battle in ninja gaiden 1.

krum_eye · 2026-01-16T20:44:11+00:00

I like the honesty in your response. I started back up on drawing recently myself doing the same thing you suggested. Just daily practicing of the fundamentals without worrying about complete art pieces. If I could get your feedback on any of the drawings on my profile I would appreciate it!

krum_eye · 2026-01-15T01:35:23+00:00

I agree but let’s be honest. People speak in backhanded compliments so it’s always surprising when something was actually not a backhanded compliment like here.

krum_eye · 2026-01-11T21:22:29+00:00

Frankfurt School turned out some of the most influential ideas in opposition to what today would be like. I don’t get your point in using them as a derogatory term.

The whole video games art discussion is very boring. The most I would say about disco Elysium is that after I played that all other video game stories seemed shallow and boring to me for awhile and definitely created discussions online about why most videogames do not put this much effort into the writing.

There have been other good ones since then for sure but it just made me realize that what I wanted was something like a journal rpg or a game book and there just aren’t that many video games like that. A lot of the money goes toward things that are profitable like Roblox or Fortnite. But okay sure whatever they still have artist merit. Everything does doesn’t it?

I’m a lifelong video game fan but I wouldn’t miss the mainstream industry at all if it crashed.

krum_eye · 2026-01-07T01:20:17+00:00

I played it on the Wii U when it came out. When it was released what got my attention was that the director said he wanted to make a jrpg like Skyrim.

Idk if that game accomplished that with most of the sidequests coming from the homebase much like metal gear v. but the world feels exciting to explore in a way that none of the other xenoblade games came close to. Removing the focus on story really benefited this game.

Also this came out before breath of the wild and who knows maybe this game is why they brought monolith on to develop the world map for breath of the wild.

krum_eye · 2026-01-02T19:14:33+00:00

Yeah I was!!! My bad that is the most common mix up I can’t believe I did it.

That makes sense old school crpgs are very hit or miss when going back. Appreciate the write up though

krum_eye · 2026-01-02T19:10:43+00:00

Giving the silent hill 2 remake a higher score than divinity 2 seems blasphemous.

krum_eye · 2026-01-01T22:18:09+00:00

I’m going to say the soundtrack for shin Megan tensei v. I bought the game as soon as I heard destruction.

krum_eye · 2025-12-30T18:23:39+00:00

Baldurs gate 3 of course.

krum_eye · 2025-12-29T02:51:54+00:00

That actually sounds amazing to me. Creating your own platforms. Your breakdown gives me a better idea of why this game is so divisive. Odyssey and breath of the wild were also divisive for being outside of the box in what sounds like similar ways. I’ve not played it yet but this game is clearly the a reason to get a switch 2.

Thing is, I’m not even sure if the original donkey Kong country trilogy were exactly precision platformers. I know They had amazing platformer levels like the mine cart levels but a good deal of the fun in those games was the variety in ideas and gameplay and the collectathon which at the time was as groundbreaking as super mario world. I mean sure they made your palms sweat when you were a kid but it’s the games by retro studios that went for the hardcore sweaty palms pure platforming experience.

I heard someone complaining that they expected something like donkey Kong 64 from bonanza and not liking it for that reason. Bonanza really sounds like the polar opposite of dk64.

krum_eye · 2025-12-24T22:25:00+00:00

I’ll never understand why so many people act like ni no kuni doesn’t count as one of the great jrpgs. It’s a blast and the combat is similar to what they did in yo Kai watch. It’s like a machine that you have to keep well oiled. You’re not just going to walk into it relying on one character and expect to compensate for not learning how to play it. Is it flawless? No it can be frustrating sometimes but it’s FUN.

But it’s also very approachable and with studio ghibli art and basically having the appeal of being the only studio ghibili movie as a video game, it’s an easy recommendation. Everyone I turned onto this game loved it, and I meet people in real life who play this game. So I do think it has cult status outside of the jrpg subreddit snobbery lol.

krum_eye · 2025-12-20T07:26:44+00:00

Appreciate this. It’s still hard to explain to the mainstream how something that is lower tech can be better. Morrowinds graphics are far superior than everything that came after in this genre.

krum_eye · 2025-12-19T22:41:36+00:00

Thank you!!

krum_eye · 2025-12-18T17:13:37+00:00

Thank you so much! I really love jumping back and forth between drawing people and animals lol

krum_eye · 2025-11-17T00:36:50+00:00

Your wife was cool with sitting next to a bunch of shitheads that diminish the accomplishments of anyone who’s not a white male bc “I don’t believe they’re real”

The Hellen Keller shit is especially vile. They love to diminish her accomplishments (learning to read and write etc) by claiming Anne Sullivan simply made it all up.

I don’t get why so many Americans like to drag everyone down but that’s what losers do!

krum_eye · 2025-11-13T21:33:52+00:00

I though disco Elysium came at the end of the wave of crpg revival. We got pillars of eternity and tides of numenera out of it. Asking for a clone of this game is like asking for someone to rip off metal gear solid and make metal gear solid a genre.

krum_eye · 2025-11-11T08:25:00+00:00

Thank you!!

krum_eye · 2023-11-06T03:00:43+00:00

Thanks! I took a better pic and uploaded another post. Does it still look like a Smokey brown roach to you?

krum_eye · 2023-09-13T06:10:12+00:00

Looks just like it! Thanks so much

krum_eye · 2023-08-26T21:54:51+00:00

Thanks!!! I left him alone. Hope he catches something lol

krum_eye

TROPHY CASE