Disco Elysium: The Final Cut

 PlayStation 5
User Score
8.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 185 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 142 out of 185
  2. Mixed: 17 out of 185
  3. Negative: 26 out of 185

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  1. wiiroy
    Jul 14, 2021
    7
    This game has a reputation for being ground breaking, but those ground breaking things are basically:

    - You can do drugs. - You can pick (shallow) political dialogue options. - You can be a comically-bad failure. - You can have internal dialogue with different parts of your brain. The only one that is actually interesting is the one about conversing with different parts of your    This game has a reputation for being ground breaking, but those ground breaking things are basically:

    - You can do drugs.
    - You can pick (shallow) political dialogue options.
    - You can be a comically-bad failure.
    - You can have internal dialogue with different parts of your brain.

    The only one that is actually interesting is the one about conversing with different parts of your brain. That's novel, it adds an interesting psychological element to the game, and it's relatable and enjoyable to see that internal conflict. The other points all exist in other games, albeit in different clothes. Taking 'drugs' is just taking items in different clothes. The 'political' dialogue options are just cliches (do you want the communist, centrist or neoliberal cliche?) which are far less interesting than political choices in a game like Fallout. And while this game can be very funny, it's hardly the first game to be funny. And it's not a 'funny' game - 80% of the time the mood is very depressed.

    The gameplay is absolutely uninteresting. You run around (slowly), on a map that's cumbersome to navigate, with way too many loading screens, and you click on things. OK, OK, it's not meant to have compelling gameplay, it's a text game. It's the writing that matters.

    Well here's the thing about the writing: its 50% exceptionally good, 50% meaningless pretentious waffle. And the meaningless waffle is so devoid of value, with such a self-indulgent facade of intellectualism that it's almost insulting; it's there to bedazzle people with flowery language rather than actually intrigue them. My advice: just pick the dialogue options you really want to say, and let the rest go unspoken. It's really not worth going through them. The good 50% is very good though, it must be said, but it's tainted by all the pretentious fluff.

    The story (no spoilers) is OK. It's not as novel as people make it out to be. You have amnesia, which is not exactly a new idea in a game. And while you can solve the central plot's murder, it is literally impossible for you to figure out who the murderer is until it's revealed, so you will not get that satisfaction. You just have to go through it.

    Finally, fast travel doesn't work at all, the game crashed 2 or 3 times in my full playthrough, and the music is very drab. But hey, when the writing is good it's very good, and talking to your brain is cool.    … Expand
  2. bersi84
    Apr 5, 2021
    7
    I feel like game journalism is basically dead. How can this game be a 93 when it has numerous bugs (in a more or less second launch) and takes ages to load on a system where even Spiderman with RT can delivery less then 4 seconds of load time. The controls are not optimized at all for consoles and the text options are really bad considering that you basically read thext 99.9% of the time.I feel like game journalism is basically dead. How can this game be a 93 when it has numerous bugs (in a more or less second launch) and takes ages to load on a system where even Spiderman with RT can delivery less then 4 seconds of load time. The controls are not optimized at all for consoles and the text options are really bad considering that you basically read thext 99.9% of the time.

    Disco Elysium is innovative and the story is compelling although there is also a lot of useless crap inside of it if you look at it objectively. I know this will be an unpopular opinion but the game seems overrated especially for the low effort on the console port. The price is definitely a pro for me but some game mechanics and the very bad talent introduction feels like a let down for me. I need to wait for some hopefully incoming patches but so far I dont see this game being more then an 7 to 8 for me and will go with a 7 at the moment because especially the reading experience is bad (and some parts of the game are not vocalized).    … Expand
  3. Mindurbidniss
    Jan 11, 2022
    6
    Don't believe the hype. This game is clunky and bug ridden. The bugs and awful controls often interfere with your ability to actually play the game. The game has some awesome writing and rpg elements, but these issues overshadow any potential it has. Not sure why the reviews are raving about this when it's such a chore to play
  4. Grald
    Apr 3, 2023
    7
    Disco Elysium is a decent point and click adventure.

    Awesome art and world building. The plot is interesting enough to carry you until the end. The game narrative is basically a "choose your own adventure" story with simple tabletop RPG mechanics, so you will basically read a lot of text and answer questions.

    PS5 controls feel really clunky. Had one freeze along my playthrough.
  5. Pascal1602
    Feb 6, 2022
    7
    Fun detective game. Some of the dialogues are extremely funny. Some interesting characters.
    Overall the lack of gameplay did turn me off too much to give a higher rating.

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#5 Best PlayStation 5 Game of 2021
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#42 Most Discussed PlayStation 5 Game of 2021

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Metascore
89

Generally favorable reviews - based on 30 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 29 out of 30
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 30
  3. Negative: 0 out of 30
  1. GameMAG
    Aug 17, 2021
    90
    Vast as an oceanic soul of late-stage alcoholic, Disco Elysium remains one of the most sincere, deep and meaningful stories about destructive nostalgia, communism, and a true unending love.
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  2. CGMagazine
    May 20, 2021
    80
    Due to a myriad of technical hiccups, finicky controller support and some uneven changes, Disco Elyisum – The Final Cut is disappointingly not the best version of this otherwise sophisticated and ingenious game.
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  3. PLAY
    May 4, 2021
    90
    There’s a shocking amount of depth to the branching choices and skill checks that turn success and failure into your own personal tale of investigation. [Issue#1, p.90]
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