Disco Elysium: The Final Cut

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8.3

Generally favorable reviews- based on 1039 Ratings

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  1. JimERustler
    May 7, 2021
    0
    The developers are more interested in making a tired, safe political statement than an actual fun game.
  2. able_to_think
    Apr 5, 2021
    0
    Communist propaganda garbage. Not worth playing. Glad Steam has a refund policy.
  3. billy12353
    Jun 23, 2021
    4
    Disco Elysium is a beautiful isometric RPG detective game that innovates on the way skills interact with the story and gameplay. HOWEVER, there are many basic issues with the way the skills get your character to progress. Even worse than that minor complaint, the narrative of the game hammers on political ideas, and not in a unique or equal way. The story... Ugh.. takes a big fat flopDisco Elysium is a beautiful isometric RPG detective game that innovates on the way skills interact with the story and gameplay. HOWEVER, there are many basic issues with the way the skills get your character to progress. Even worse than that minor complaint, the narrative of the game hammers on political ideas, and not in a unique or equal way. The story... Ugh.. takes a big fat flop towards the end, inherently ruining the "who done it" plot that gripped me at the start.

    Why should you play the game? Well it is absolutely beautiful throughout the whole experience. It takes art style and cranks it up to 11, being honestly one of the best looking indy isometric RPGs I have ever played. The real pleasure of the game is the character's skills, and how they have their own internal dialogue even with each other. Each skill has its own personality, and even argues with other personality traits, representing your character's internal conflict. Having a high intelligence skill even might even lead you to the wrong conclusion as you might overthink something. However, this is where the joy ends as the rest of the game becomes a disappointment on what is set up.

    Even though they get skills so right, they implement them so wrong. You NEED certain skill levels to progress the game. Instead of having multiple ways to progress, with some skills being useful for some paths, you are just required to have certain amounts to get past a section. You do this by improving them, or.... boosting them with drugs and/or outfits. It never really matters that much if you are deficient in a skill, just throw on a funny hat and down some drugs. Maybe there is something DEEP and EXISTENTIAL I am not understanding about the mechanics, but I just see it as poor level design.

    Every other negative review has said it, and so will I. This game loves to shove politics down your throat, and being an International Relations major, I do not mind the core of it. But.. it is just the way the game goes about it, not fairly analyzing each political idea, and obviously favoring grass-roots communism. Yes, racism and fascism is bad and correctly lampooned. But I would have liked them to go deeper on why fascists are the way they are. I just see it as a mouthpiece for the designers' own political agenda, oh and while they profit off of that agenda despite being avowed socialists. I just find it tired. I wish they would have focused less on politics and more on the primary investigative narrative of the game.

    The narrative is awesome at first, taking a big fat flop towards the end. Essentially, you are a cop whom wakes up with amnesia, and you have to piece together who you were and who committed a murder. It entirely revolves around a "who done it" clue style plot structure, investigating leads and analyzing the motivations of others. However, the game ruins the narrative towards the end, which I will not spoil. To progress to the end part, you basically have to "listen to the wind" which is as ridiculous as it sounds. Honestly, this cannot be overstated, the ending ruined my whole experience and made me think "what was the friggin point?". Well I guess when I become more deep and psychoanalytical, I will get the ending. But it just feels like the writer wanted a twist, but did not know how to go about it.

    In a nutshell, Disco Elysium was exciting with all of its unique improvements on the isometric RPG genre, and its amazing aesthetic. It is however ultimately ruined by poor level design, political preachery (if you bother to do a lot of reading), and a story with a terrible ending. It might not bother some, and if you are into isometric RPGs and want a new take, you might pick this up on sale. But... with the MSRP $40 USD price tag, really wait for that sale.    … Expand
  4. titannet3k
    Nov 6, 2021
    4
    Starts out interesting but becomes more and more underwhelming.
    Disco Elysium is a text heavy adventure rpg. And it works very well in the beginning. You do some exploring, get to know the world and (hopefully) get some interesting payoffs from the skills you picked.
    Unfortunately after after a third or half of the game you realize - The choices just add flavour text (mostly in your    Starts out interesting but becomes more and more underwhelming.
    Disco Elysium is a text heavy adventure rpg. And it works very well in the beginning. You do some exploring, get to know the world and (hopefully) get some interesting payoffs from the skills you picked.
    Unfortunately after after a third or half of the game you realize
    - The choices just add flavour text (mostly in your character's head) and don't matter at all
    - The main story is on rails
    - Skill checks either don't matter or have to be passed by using the right clothes or doing the correct drugs
    - There are no alternate routes to solve quest. Do or don't are your only choice, and sometimes not even that.

    There are some cool questlines, but ultimately the game falls flat on it's nose with an ending that is the same whatever you did.
    Buy the game if you have time to spare, like interactive novels and don't mind playing mostly in your head. Avoid if you prefer gameplay and meaningful choices.    … Expand
  5. TunaCom
    Aug 4, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Just very bad.
    I think game developers give money to game review sites to give full I refund it thanks lord GabeN    … Expand
  6. odubik
    Sep 23, 2021
    3
    I find the genre of 'you need to read and study the game to be able to play it' to be really annoying. You should not need to go to the internet for 'secrets' -- they should be sortable in-game with effort.

    I played for a few hours, made it a few days in-game, and while it seemed interesting I found it not worth the effort and never went back to it. So, in my opinion, it fails the    I find the genre of 'you need to read and study the game to be able to play it' to be really annoying. You should not need to go to the internet for 'secrets' -- they should be sortable in-game with effort.

    I played for a few hours, made it a few days in-game, and while it seemed interesting I found it not worth the effort and never went back to it.

    So, in my opinion, it fails the basic test of 'do you enjoy the game?'    … Expand
  7. BDEnergy
    May 7, 2021
    3
    For better or worse, ZA/UM is completely unshy about their political leanings, which, aside from the "males are inherently evil, masculinity is toxic" dreck, doesn't really bother me at all. To say this game isn't political, far-left, anti-right (or 'communist') is ignorance, as the developers clearly stated they *wanted* it to be. And that's perfectly fine, except...

    That's a good    For better or worse, ZA/UM is completely unshy about their political leanings, which, aside from the "males are inherently evil, masculinity is toxic" dreck, doesn't really bother me at all. To say this game isn't political, far-left, anti-right (or 'communist') is ignorance, as the developers clearly stated they *wanted* it to be. And that's perfectly fine, except...

    That's a good 60-70% of the game. Just listening to political opinions, most of which you already agree with and nodding along "Oh, that's SO TRUE! I also hate Nazis!", while making the player feel as though this opinion, shared by 99% of the Earth's adult population, is somehow rare or profound.

    When the game isn't doing this, there's some pretty cool RPG aspects in play, at least at first glance. You're given a lot of options and stats that, on paper, should influence the way your character behaves and interacts with everything during the story. Unfortunately, most of it is just an illusion of choice, and I was rather disappointed to find that, for example, having no intellect didn't seem to amount to much in way of even fun flavor text (compared to say Fallout, where your dialogue options were replaced with moronic gibberish and characters would make one-liners at your expense). Instead, it's used for DnD type skill checks where even the biggest fool can in fact have strokes of genius, and the world's weakest man can muster the strength of an ox with the right RNG.

    When the game isn't being overly pedantic and trying to convince me that in fact, killing people is bad, the story has a few somewhat interesting points depending on the choices you make, and regardless of that, the art is pretty unique and refreshing. I just wish there was more detective work and more pronounced effects for character stats. Some politics are fine, especially in a game of this nature, but over half the story is just spent hammering them in. And that's coming from someone "anti right wing".    … Expand
  8. hamik17594
    Nov 9, 2021
    0
    Disco Elysium isn't focused on gameplay. It's focused on the story, the dialogue, the writing. These elements are all spectacularly bad. If you measure the quality of writing by the volume of words that are thrown at you, maybe this qualifies as decent writing. By any other metric, it's garbage.
  9. MarcioCavalcant
    May 22, 2021
    1
    This version is a clear downgrade from the past one. The new voice acting is atrocious and some of the bugs weren't even fixed (look at you, corrupting save bug).
    Unfortunately the political bias of the writer of the game is still present and very alive (kinda funny that some fans like to pretend like it's not blatantly present).
    DISCO ELYSIUM is easily the most ULTRAoverrated game of    This version is a clear downgrade from the past one. The new voice acting is atrocious and some of the bugs weren't even fixed (look at you, corrupting save bug).
    Unfortunately the political bias of the writer of the game is still present and very alive (kinda funny that some fans like to pretend like it's not blatantly present).

    DISCO ELYSIUM is easily the most ULTRAoverrated game of the past 30 years that I've been playing video games. The pressure and demand for the players to "love it or love it" goes as far as to the point of fanboy bullies being a common vision on foruns of the game on Steam, Reddit and even discord.    … Expand
  10. JP78
    Feb 26, 2022
    4
    This game thought me:

    - That Revachol is ronounced RE-va-shol
    - Nowadays people tend to call "Open World RPG" to any "Point & Click Adventure" that gives you some sense of freedom. I play games to have fun. Had almost none with this game.
  11. InfernalD
    Dec 18, 2021
    3
    All I can say is even as a Isometric in 2021 Wasteland 2/3 is la better isometric RPG experience
  12. FatihZirek
    Aug 27, 2021
    0
    If pseudo intellectualism was a game it would be called :
    DISCO ELYSIUM: THE FINAL CUT PC .
    Don't get me wrong if you think Neil deGrasse Tyson is great scientist and Elon Musk is genius engineer then this game could be perfect for you . But my advice instead playing this and wasting your time for talking and walking simulator with BAD and boring story . Just buy some decent novel    If pseudo intellectualism was a game it would be called :
    DISCO ELYSIUM: THE FINAL CUT PC .

    Don't get me wrong if you think Neil deGrasse Tyson is great scientist and Elon Musk is genius engineer then this game could be perfect for you .

    But my advice instead playing this and wasting your time for talking and walking simulator with BAD and boring story . Just buy some decent novel and read it .    … Expand
  13. notchedbandit
    Apr 17, 2021
    1
    Disco Elysium should be listed in the dictionary under the words Overrated and Pretentious. If I had to choice to go back to playing Disco Elysium, I'd rather read a BAD book.
  14. Yaav13
    Apr 7, 2022
    4
    My truthful honorable incorruptible conclusive rating of this considered game: 4.
  15. Krasoff1337
    Oct 1, 2021
    0
    Died at the very beginning, so upsetting experience. Never buy this crappy game .
  16. kramer
    Jul 17, 2021
    0
    Just plain boring. Nothing really happens, just a bunch of boring text describing a boring city full of boring people. Waiting on a refund from Steam.
  17. Sauron3
    Apr 4, 2021
    2
    The game is terrible! While reading good reviews I was sure that this a masterpiece, especially for those who like the dialogue system in RPG, but there are hundreds of talking about nothing and just them, them and them. And their are stupid, primitive and nothing more to do in this game. The characters are disgusting like a storyline in general! After 3 hours of playing I had a headacheThe game is terrible! While reading good reviews I was sure that this a masterpiece, especially for those who like the dialogue system in RPG, but there are hundreds of talking about nothing and just them, them and them. And their are stupid, primitive and nothing more to do in this game. The characters are disgusting like a storyline in general! After 3 hours of playing I had a headache because of this game and decided to delete it.… Expand
  18. rahan
    Sep 27, 2021
    0
    Jogo lixo, ode ao comunismo, só retardo para se apegar na revolução do proletariado.
  19. Plishin
    Jun 21, 2021
    0
    Бредовая игра да 2021 года графон слабый сюжет слабый ну и то что ее так превозносят что в топ входит это перебор для сосредственной игры
  20. DarkosDaKing
    Jun 13, 2021
    0
    La mejor narrativa de la historia del videojuego, simplemente imprescindible.
  21. Stefanobed
    Apr 2, 2021
    2
    Fps ridiculous , high prize and no subtitles for so many languages . Great idea but bad support for console
  22. sex69
    Apr 1, 2021
    0
    I gave up in the middle because the story was boring.
    Apart from other things, there are so many unfamiliar words and the whole thing is too loose and falling asleep.
  23. laughingal
    Oct 7, 2022
    0
    This is a $5 iOS game sold for big $$$ on consoles. Good payday, nicely done!
  24. Jardanes
    Aug 8, 2023
    0
    Communist propaganda garbage. Not worth playing. Glad Steam has a refund policy.
  25. nasty_hotdog
    Sep 9, 2022
    1
    This game is boring but the voice acting was good. I hope they don't make games like this again.
  26. Slatpiar
    Nov 10, 2022
    0
    Logorrhea throughout the entire game, how could you so spoil the gameplay? But in general, tolerable passage...
  27. bronn_43
    Sep 11, 2023
    0
    Beware: there are 2 items called DE: original DE and DE "final cut".
    1st was created with love and is one of the best games ever. it became popular from scratch, by word of mouth, because it was good.
    "final cut" however, was created by people who stole rights and profit from the creators of Disco Elysium, and the whole "final cut" was hugely PR-ed for money grab, (typical capitalist    Beware: there are 2 items called DE: original DE and DE "final cut".
    1st was created with love and is one of the best games ever. it became popular from scratch, by word of mouth, because it was good.
    "final cut" however, was created by people who stole rights and profit from the creators of Disco Elysium, and the whole "final cut" was hugely PR-ed for money grab, (typical capitalist scum behavior) while:
    *The writing was downgraded and changed for worse, petty "polit-correctness"
    *The voice acting got destroyed and WAY worse than the original
    *Game that went smoothly before on PC now got bugged until it became unplayable - sometimes even texture would not load properly
    DO NOT BUY FINAL CUT - just get a copy of pre-bugged original DE and enjoy original game, that one was 10/10    … Expand
  28. DonyDoNya
    Jan 18, 2023
    0
    Эта игра нудна как дед. Сценарист говорит, что никто не любит читать длинные тексты, но награфоманил в игре сполна. Все персонажи разговаривают не так, как должны разговаривать - ребёнок как ребёнок, работяга как работяга, расист как тупой расист - нет, здесь каждый как один - болтлив, либо начитан и интеллектуален, либо просто начитан и блещет знаниями, что непременно демонстрируетЭта игра нудна как дед. Сценарист говорит, что никто не любит читать длинные тексты, но награфоманил в игре сполна. Все персонажи разговаривают не так, как должны разговаривать - ребёнок как ребёнок, работяга как работяга, расист как тупой расист - нет, здесь каждый как один - болтлив, либо начитан и интеллектуален, либо просто начитан и блещет знаниями, что непременно демонстрирует первому встречному. У автора один архетип на каждого.
    Диско Элизиум игрой то назвать сложно. Скорее интерактивная скучная нудная подробная книга с иллюстрациями и музыкой на фоне. От вас немного тут зависит - на старте игры выбираете куда вкинуть очки из 4 веток, что дальше будет по большей части всё решать. Остаётся лишь откинуться и ролить косточки, читать тучу текста, о местах, которых не знаешь, о мире, который сильно проработали, но его даже не существует в реальности.
    Парень с DTF, написавший положительный обзор на игру, наиграл в первый раз в запой 6 часов. И я тоже, однако счастлив не остался, просто мне показалось, что каждая фраза в игре важна и что нельзя её пропускать, но на деле - 80 процентов фраз - чёртова графомания, от которой зевать не перестаёшь. И игра просто сосёт из тебя время, как "хорошая книга". Настолько реалистичное погружение испортило веселье.
    Похвалить можно лишь необычные иллюстрации, речь не о стилистике "картина маслом", это как раз уродливо, а о необычных похожих на психологические портреты и сюрреалистичные картины иллюстрации отражающие черты характера героя. Второй плюс, ролевая составляющие в виде выбора фраз в своём стиле и одежда изменяющая статы. Жаль, первое сделано неидеально и я не имел выбора в одном из случаев в игре, где герой вместо меня сказал, что девушка катается на карусели х$ёв
    В общем игра была многообещающей в начале, я просто не знал, что на самом деле это была книга.    … Expand
  29. PenetratorGod
    Sep 1, 2023
    4
    I played the game and it was definitely one of the worst and boring games I've ever seen and I deleted it. It's not a game, it's more like an e-book.

    First of all, this is not an open world game. I have no idea how it can be marketed like this, have the makers ever seen an open world game? The NPCs do nothing but sleep at night and the world is a small and frankly empty map. It's static    I played the game and it was definitely one of the worst and boring games I've ever seen and I deleted it. It's not a game, it's more like an e-book.

    First of all, this is not an open world game. I have no idea how it can be marketed like this, have the makers ever seen an open world game? The NPCs do nothing but sleep at night and the world is a small and frankly empty map. It's static and dead and never changes. It's not even a world, let alone an open world.

    It's not a real RPG either. Yes, you have stats and inventory and dice rolls, but that's it. Also, these are just game mechanics, there's a skill tree and inventory like in a lot of games, but they don't make a game an RPG game, and there's no real choice, because the whole difference is tied to dialog options, which you'll click on anyway, further destroying the role-playing part, and for a lot of things, choosing to do something will actually be a dice roll, and the mechanics of retrying the roll are overly complicated and too overwhelming to take the time.

    No matter what you do, you'll be dragged towards a single ending, which makes sense since it's a murder mystery, but as a player you have no choice, the only real choice is at the character creation screen, and from that point on it's pretty much set how you're going to play the next 30-40 hours of the game, which is filled with dialog just to drag it out.

    Yes, you can click on options in dialog windows, but the game will decide for you whether that happens or not, and it will mostly depend on your character's stats and some modifiers. Yes, again, it's an RPG mechanic, but as a player, you don't really get to choose anything or do anything.

    An example of a game where your choices really matter would be Detroit Become Human. Or even Witcher 3. Disco Elysium is nowhere near that level, Detroit is already not an RPG game, Witcher 3 is not a pure RPG, but supposedly Disco Elysium was marketed as open world and a pure RPG, but it's not even half as successful as those games.

    In short, Disco Elysium is not a game to be played even if it's free. I never understood what they liked about this game. It is one of the most overrated games of recent years.    … Expand
  30. flavszx
    Jan 5, 2023
    0
    it has everything you could ask from a rpg, it includes a little of every genre
  31. Yllelder7
    Aug 29, 2023
    2
    Es una aventura gráfica point&click de toda la vida, pero con MUCHO texto. Yo diría que demasiado, en serio. Que no tiene por qué ser algo malo, pero en un videojuego espero una interactividad más constante, para leer tanto texto en una pantalla mejor un libro.

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Metascore
97

Universal acclaim - based on 11 Critic Reviews

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  1. GameGrin
    Oct 15, 2021
    100
    Traversing the mind of your character is as much a plot as the case you’re trying to solve, and once you’re immersed into the world of Revachol, you’ll be struggling to leave.
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  2. Shindig
    Jun 18, 2021
    100
    Disco Elysium – The Final Cut is something rare. It’s a re-issued version of an already-beloved game, that manages to eclipse the source material through clever and thoughtful additions that maximise one of the game’s most beautiful assets: its prose. But more than that, it’s the only CRPG that can truly claim to emulate the tabletop experience—not through adherence to statistics or rules or character sheets, but through the simple act of asking questions, and thoughtfully incorporating the answers.
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  3. TrueGaming
    Apr 28, 2021
    95
    Disco Elysium has a distinctive quality to its narrative, whether it's the interesting history of its world, or the mysteries surrounding the investigation, not to mention the depth and uniqueness of the many characters. It's one of the greatest story-driven experiences we've ever seen.
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