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Do you have any recommendations for someone new to Disco Elysium? (leminal.space)
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I finished ATOM RPG not too long ago was looking for a new RPG to play. So far I've read the Disco Elysium : Beginner's Guide on Steam but I was wondering if there was anything else I should be aware of.

I will be playing on the Steam Deck. I don't think that matters much because according to ProtonDB the game works fine.

Also I was curious if it has any of the issues like I had playing LA Noire where you are occasionally stuck looking for a needle in a haystack or running into ambiguous dialogue that where you can fail and it prevents you from progressing with a character or situation. I am less worried about the latter because it seems to have a system where you can save anywhere and dialogue options are written out instead of LA Noire's prompt system.

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[–] flux 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is good advice. Do not be afraid to fail there is sometimes better storytelling from fails. But make sure you think about doing a red checks before proceeding. Sometimes you'll need to talk to characters multiple times or come back to them later and there are a few things that might not be obvious at all. Once you get a few hours in the progression will make more sense. Recommend playing went you have the patience to read. It is a lot of reading but great dialogue a novel disguised as a video game.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the tip.

Do not be afraid to fail there is sometimes better storytelling from fails.

I wish more games took that approach. Most of the time it just feels outright punishing