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Disco Elysium standalone expansion reportedly cancelled and quarter of staff facing redundancy at ZA/UM (www.eurogamer.net)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/games

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[–] Nacktmull 110 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (4 children)

I wouldn't want to buy an expansion from the people who stole Disco Elysium anyway.

How Disco Elysium Was Stolen From Its Creators

About the Disco Elysium Investigation (It's bad.)

[–] Glitchington 29 points 9 months ago

Yeah, this seems like the business equivalent of a slap in the face to the original devs.

[–] 100_percent_a_bot 25 points 9 months ago

If anything the employees getting fired and the project being shitcanned adds another layer of social commentary

[–] BustinJiber 19 points 9 months ago

Still do not understand how this wasn't hostile takeover.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 9 months ago (2 children)

The whole thing is such a clusterfuck. I've never played it but I can sympathize with how the fans have been jerked around.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 9 months ago

I sympathise with them, but played it without any insight into any drama. It's one of the best games I've played.

[–] Nacktmull 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I you are into adventure games and/or like the idea of a story heavy rpg without combat I wholeheartedly recommend you trying it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I've tried several games like it. Arcanum being one of the most similar but I just can't get into that style, no matter how many times I've tried lol. Same reason I won't play Planescape: Torment. Just not for me. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[–] Aqarius 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It's not very much like Arcanum, though. Arcanum and Planescape are moer or less straight RPGs, Disco Elysium is practically a variant of a point and click adventure.

[–] yuriy 5 points 9 months ago

It’s a point and click puzzle game with rpg elements, that’s how I’ve been explaining it

[–] dumpsterlid 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I really wanted to get into planescape torment because I have heard amazing things about the writing and I have played decently far into the beginning (escaping from the body morgue complex into city) but the whole damn game is just grey and beige and I couldn’t take it after awhile lol.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

I'm sure its got an incredible story and I'd love it if I actually sat down but im in the same boat. Just not interested.