One of the Disco Elysium successor studios has the opportunity to do the funniest thing of all time (make a game about a young witch trying to solve the disappearance of her neighbor’s cat in a small village in the Alps.)
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There was a tweet about how someone liked Disco Elysium, but would rather the game be about being a Witch in the Alps looking for her cat, while admonishing that we had to play as Harry, as well as the entire setting of Disco Elysium.
They basically wanted a completely different game ^^
Look…the thing about that tweet is that while it’s incredibly dumb, I would play this game! So what I’m saying is that this should happen for both reasons
There are 4: Dark Math, Longdue, Red Info, Summer Eternal. They're all made up of either former ZA/UM employees or people who had a hand in Disco Elysium's early development and all claim to be developing the true spiritual successor.
Yes, however as a communist who was raised in a Lutheran church, I'd say it's just more proof that they are really dedicated to their identity as Communists: each declaring they they are the ONE party that most perfectly reflects Marx's ideology or the TRUE will of the working class.
There is *a lot* to talk about with this, too much for Bluesky. Main thing to know is, creators were fired, they claimed the shareholders commited fraud acquiring the studio, the studio then "investigated" and found the creators were "creating a toxic environment"
If you want to follow the original creators, Red Info is the way to go, that will likely have the same feel of Disco as it has the guys who made the world. But all these studios, I'm certain, will make amazing spiritual successors and should be propped up.
Holy eff, that's some terrible news. I haven't played Disco yet, but plan to, maybe before the year ends. Considering how popular it was, never even considered it'd be involved in some corpo scum nonsense. Thanks.
that sounds AMAZING!!! I'd play that game in a heartbeat! The premise is just so quirky and charming. I can already imagine the adorable graphics and the humorous interactions with the villagers
I haven't played DE yet so I don't know what that means. But yes I would actually love to play a game about a young witch trying to solve the disappearance of her neighbor's cat in a small village in the Alps, thank you very much.
The witch comes-to halfway through falling off the side of a cliff. The first hour is spent finding various "traditional herbal remedies", to get back into the higher state of consciousness that led to her walking off a cliff, to figure out why she did it.
Well, after all the cat games of the last year we know a Ciri - Geralt style interlude switch off could certainly work between a witch and a cat. Cat puzzles are a hoot. Or are they sticking with DE’s style?
Can I ask what you were expecting? I think the marketing does a good job of communicating what sort of game it is. A lot of people, myself included really liked the absurdity and dark comedy of dying from insults or sitting in an uncomfortable chair for too long.
Like, what specifically did you not enjoy? I think there's a ton of enjoyment in the humor, unraveling the mystery, exploring the world, shaping Harry's identity, digging through all the dialogue trees, etc. Did you just not like how much reading there was?
Did you loathe it because it makes fun of your political ideology? The openness about being a liberal in your bio makes me believe you're a politically charged person, which is what leads me to that conclusion. If it helps, it makes fun of every political ideology. I think centrists get it worst.
Sorry if this comes off as insulting, it's not my intention. I'm mostly just curious how somebody could see the impeccable writing of this game and loathe it.
I wouldn't say I loathed it, but since the murder mystery was what's on the tin, I judged it as one and felt let down. Coming from Ghost Trick, I'm not bothered by the supernatural elements (a sin in traditional detective fiction), but the Pale didn't even factor into the main story
and the Plasmid just kind of popped in at the end and left. The more annoying part was how the murderer was just dropped in at the end with barely any setup, so the player has no opportunity to make any educated guesses.
Again, I don't recall political themes in the game at all. Unless you consider a labor strike to be political instead of just something normal. But that's a stretch at best.
How about the conversation with Rene about the war and how the Communards deserved to be killed? Or the wall where you can see where the Communards were shit after the war? Or all the thought cabinets about different political ideologies? The debate you can have with the racist lorry driver?
How about the whole moralist approach to the world (arguably) being worse than fascism because, at least with fascism, they're honest about their views? Dolores Dei being seen as a God-like figure despite being a Moralintern fascist? All of that and more?
basically, on Twitter someone said they wanted a game that had similar gameplay to Disco E. but it was about a witch solving the disappearance of her neighbor's cat
and people made fun of them because "cozy game = bad"
same, I would play it if it was real
some people just don't like grungey aesthetics/themes, they deserve to have a game in that sort of style in an aesthetic they enjoy without being laughed out of the room
As evil as capitalism splitting ZAUM into like 4 different studios, if they all just quietly release games instead of bickering as KRAZ MAZOV would insist, we will get 4 VERY different sequels and THAT is awesome
We just need more broken, COMPLETELY broken people to play as. And id welcome a female lead to see what the story behind a female Harrier would look like, if its any different at all from the universal language of broken
a tweet from someone who felt that the systems and writing of disco elysium were wasted on the setting and main character and wished that it was about what is described in op
I remember stumbling into disco Elysium accidentally during COVID.... And then proceeding to wreck my sleep schedule with that existential crisis of a game.
wait what do you mean people actually project themselves onto Harry instead of intentionally making him the most failguy ever to --walk-- crawl the land
Bro the worst is when you think you're being reasonable and then the game calls you a centrist fuck for not being communist (the game is right tho communist playthough is best playthrough)
I was working at Amazon as an ops manager at the time, secretly teaching my hourly employees how to form a union. Lol I needed very little pushing to be a commie at the time.
I think the more worrying time is that I as a straight man have not spent that much time trying to impress a gay man in a video game(Kim) since Dorian Pavis in inquisition. I'm unsure I want to know what that says about me
If they use the accurate folklore to depict the magical world of demons and beasts that inhabit "the alps" that could be a hit. We got motherfucking dragons here. Not to mention The Devil.
And whatever these guys are.
It starts innocent, but then the priest sees her do witch magic and the inquisition shows up. Then it transitions into a thriller game where the witch must use her wits and magic to avoid being captured and burned at the stake.
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They basically wanted a completely different game ^^
(speaking as a leftist)
https://youtu.be/LCcKBcZzGdA?si=3H-0vgYkBuPHH65c
"A witch, young, the cat isn't found, where are the alps; a bundle of joy that braved the cold in a waft of hot chocolate forever lost"
The politics mostly slid off me because I decided to just say whatever sounded the most bombastic.
No political themes?
and people made fun of them because "cozy game = bad"
some people just don't like grungey aesthetics/themes, they deserve to have a game in that sort of style in an aesthetic they enjoy without being laughed out of the room
And whatever these guys are.
I'm German and have been to the alps and I have a young witch character who I can write effortlessly.