![]() Each of these traits then splinter off into additional secondary abilities which you can level up as you go through the game with so many to juggle, it might feel a bit daunting at first, but it’s actually not as complex as you might think.Īs you work through the copious amounts of dialogue when talking to NPCs, you’ll also hear the disembodied voices of your various traits, who can both guide you with rational thoughts and mislead you down an incorrect path. At the start of the game, you can choose a predetermined character build to focus on one specific trait over the others, or you can customise your character from scratch. Your character is endowed with four specific traits: Intellect, Psyche, Physique, and Motorics. Captured on Nintendo Switch (Handheld/Undocked) To be clear, there’s no actual combat in Disco Elysium all of your stats and progress is tied to branching dialogue options and the choices you make as you interrogate and chat with the game’s inhabitants. The real meat of the gameplay, however, lies within the conversational dialogue with characters. You can move your character directly and wander around the isometric world of Elysium, interacting with objects and characters along your way. This release on Switch carries the subtitle ‘The Final Cut’, delivering what appears to be the definitive version of the game but we’ll get into what’s been added a bit later.ĭisco Elysium is, at its heart, a role-playing game. This is a game that certainly features familiar individual mechanics, but when taken as a whole, there’s really nothing else like it in gaming right now.ĭisco Elysium has been around for a while on other platforms and chances are by now if you’ve seen any gameplay or commentary around the game, then you already know whether or not it’s going to be up your alley (which would also save us the unenviable job of actually explaining what the heck it’s all about). Now, we know what you’re thinking: you’ve seen the same thing said about countless titles over the years - what makes this one so different? We get it more often than not, when a game is described as ‘unique’, you can probably identify at least a few well-worn tropes, and the same can be said with Disco Elysium: The Final Cut. Captured on Nintendo Switch (Handheld/Undocked)Įvery now and then, a game comes along that feels completely unique. ![]()
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