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I picked this up on a whim because it's on sale, I'm at the end of the first day and not sure if I should restart or finish this playthrough. I went heavy intelligence and have been enjoying the game so far once I realized how the internalized conversations worked. I do think I messed up and just equipped the first 3 thoughts I unlocked without much thought to how I've been building Harry. Two questions - is it worth restarting to focus my build tighter, and how much gameplay should I expect to get out of a single playthrough if I'm at the end of day 1?
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Gyshall posted:I picked this up on a whim because it's on sale, I'm at the end of the first day and not sure if I should restart or finish this playthrough. I went heavy intelligence and have been enjoying the game so far once I realized how the internalized conversations worked. I do think I messed up and just equipped the first 3 thoughts I unlocked without much thought to how I've been building Harry. Nah, you get tons of skill points, you don't need to be super careful about your build. Just roll with it. The length of the game varies a lot depending on how fast you read, but I finished my first run in about 20 hours. That was missing a bunch of stuff, though, you could easily hit 30 if you're more thorough.
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Gyshall posted:I picked this up on a whim because it's on sale, I'm at the end of the first day and not sure if I should restart or finish this playthrough. I went heavy intelligence and have been enjoying the game so far once I realized how the internalized conversations worked. I do think I messed up and just equipped the first 3 thoughts I unlocked without much thought to how I've been building Harry. I learned every single thought cabinet I ever gotten with the exception of Advanced Race Theory, replacing old ones when my slots got full, purely because I was always curious about what they did, and I managed to get a good ending no problems. You can do the same.
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Jan 25, 2020 19:28
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You really don't need to optimize your skills or thoughts at all, not least because your failures will still move you forward for the most part.
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Jan 25, 2020 19:30
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Great, thanks goons. Game owns, I hope the devs made tons of money on this game.
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Jan 25, 2020 19:31
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Can someone tell me if the karaoke dice roll is rigged or not? I had a 96% or something chance to do it and I rolled snake eyes. I mean, the result was amazing and all, so I'm not complaining, but I suspect that it's totally rigged.
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Jan 25, 2020 19:33
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The fact that you never 'have' to minmax and there are no 'trap builds' is one of the big triumphs of this game mechanically. You play the PC you want to play and it'll probably work out. Somehow.
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Jan 25, 2020 19:34
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Jack Trades posted:Can someone tell me if the karaoke dice roll is rigged or not? I had a 96% or something chance to do it and I rolled snake eyes. No, you can succeed at it.
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Jan 25, 2020 19:37
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Hwurmp posted:No, you can succeed at it. I'm not sure if that makes it better or worse but I'm glad to know that I'm extremely (un)lucky at least.
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Jan 25, 2020 19:38
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Jack Trades posted:I'm not sure if that makes it better or worse but I'm glad to know that I'm extremely (un)lucky at least. There's a Thought that makes you automatically fail every Red Check while you're working on Internalizing it. I got screwed by this a few times when I got careless. Maybe that's what happened to you?
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Jan 25, 2020 19:45
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Failure is a lot better than success imo
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Jan 25, 2020 19:45
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Well Kim approved of it regardless and that's what's important.
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Jan 25, 2020 19:57
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So, Dolores Dei did genocide? So much for humanism.
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Jan 25, 2020 20:02
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That is why the new religion should revolve around Contact Mike
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Jan 25, 2020 20:10
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Hwurmp posted:Harry X Getting His poo poo Together OTP you mean harry X volumetric poo poo compressor OTP
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Jan 25, 2020 20:17
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About to start this game since so many friends recommended it to me. Going in completely spoiler free - any must know before i get in?
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:I'd like to borrow $200M
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RattiRatto posted:About to start this game since so many friends recommended it to me. Probably don't start your first playthrough with a 1 in Phys or Psy. Sensitive Cop is a nice first start. It may seem like there's a time limit, but there isn't. Eventually all your investigation leads will point to a certain person. Confronting that person is a point of no return--take care of all your business before then.
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RattiRatto posted:About to start this game since so many friends recommended it to me. You have a hotel bill you need to pay. There's ways to get help with the bill on day 1, but you must pay your day 2 hotel bill out of your own pocket, and there is no way to avoid paying that bill.
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JamMasterJim posted:That is why the new religion should revolve around Contact Mike Contact Mike rose from the slums of Saint-Batise to the top of the boxing world, overcoming adversity and serious brain trauma. Nothing is coming -- nothing he wouldn't knock out in three rounds. The real fight is for the right attitude. 
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RattiRatto posted:About to start this game since so many friends recommended it to me. Have 20 reál by the evening of Day 2.
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Jan 25, 2020 23:32
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Jan 25, 2020 23:35
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If Harry (jock) and Acele (nerd) start a band, it will be Ween. That is the true litany of Contact Mike.
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RattiRatto posted:About to start this game since so many friends recommended it to me. The BeforeIPlay on it is solid http://www.beforeiplay.com/index.php?title=Disco_Elysium but your value of spoiler free may vary. Otherwise just because I cannot remember how much of the controls the game ever tells you.: Autosaves are kind of far apart. F1 is a Help screen. F5, and F9 are quicksave/load. Don't savescum, but losing progress sucks too. Double-click to run. Time only passes by talking/doing things. Tab to highlight interactables. If you are about to hit 0 health or morale you can use a healing item still by clicking on the stat before the bar hits 0. Right click can equip/unequip if dragging is a drag.
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I'll admit to having save scummed some moments. Like dancing. But my advice stands at the level of 'broad starting advice'. Apologies if the tone was off. Most notably some of the coolest/most glorious/funniest moments lie behind failures. White and Red. I should really let myself hit 0 health or morale sometime and see how those go.
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Nosfereefer posted:So, Dolores Dei did genocide? So much for humanism. She reads like a critique of liberalism, really. She's the welfare state, she's an alleged historical inevitability, a humanist, yet also a genocidal colonialist. She knows what's good for you and you're going to get it, alive for dead, because she is BETTER than you and she's going to show you how to be like her. In the end she was murdered because she, like the bourgeoisie, was not human. Ragnar34 fucked around with this message at 04:48 on Jan 26, 2020 |
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Although she could not directly address the problem of the expanding pale, one of the churches dedicated to her would eventually become the planet's only successful institute for dance and entroponetics.
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Every time I had the choice to accuse someone of owning the mug I did and it was worth it. I didn’t make the connection to Gary and the house Evrart gives you the key to, because I didn’t talk to him in the Whirling until like 4 days later. I like how the racist Lorry driver thinks it’s hilarious and doesn’t seem to realize that you’re accusing him of being racist. the only bug I ran into in the game was Kim having dialogue when he wasn’t with me, and it was strange because it suggested I come back with Kim for at least one or two dialogue options. It might’ve just been because I went to the fishing village for the first time right after he takes the body, which was the first time I went out without him. Xanderkish posted:Planescape is compared continually to Disco Elysium for very good reasons. That being said, it is bogged down a bit by some outdated RPG mechanics, primarily with combat. For me, it's not a deal breaker, and I've played it several times already. Entorwellian posted:Planescape Torment is closest to Disco Elysium. Icewind Dale does have a good story but it's less about choice and all about combat, and you probably wouldn't like it as much. Ok cool, I’ll definitely get them if they go on sale, cause both bundles are like 50 bucks. Seems like they’d be dirt cheap on PC tho, given how old they are.
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When I play Torment I play on pic and use a save editor to boost str|con up to Max, which trivializes the combat.
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FunkyFjord posted:Hope you haven't gone through any terrible relationship drama recently Disagree, this game is great if you had terrible relationship drama recently, speaking from experience.
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Khizan posted:When I play Torment I play on pic and use a save editor to boost str|con up to Max, which trivializes the combat. A very smart and valid way to play Torment. As is minimum difficulty so it goes faster.
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Sat down on a bench and enjoyed the cold, misty weather today. It was quite enjoyable! Strong recommend, become the Shivers.
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Imhotep posted:Ok cool, I’ll definitely get them if they go on sale, cause both bundles are like 50 bucks. Seems like they’d be dirt cheap on PC tho, given how old they are. Note : Planescape Torment is the one that is weird and cool and expressive with lots of talking and stuff. (And cool Planescape flavour and factions.) I seem to recall Max Wisdom was the meta for some reason? Like, it boosted XP gain and was the big talking stat check? Icewind Dale and Baldur's Gate series are straight up D&D RPGs. Icewind being more fighty but both will have you chopping up baddies as a big part of your time. I've fond memories, but they aren't like Disco Elysium.
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Ragnar34 posted:She reads like a critique of liberalism, really. She's the welfare state, she's an alleged historical inevitability, a humanist, yet also a genocidal colonialist. She knows what's good for you and you're going to get it, alive for dead, because she is BETTER than you and she's going to show you how to be like her. This is basically the reading intended, I think, since Moralism is basically the equivalent to third-way neoliberalism/neoconservatism that touts its supposed pragmatism and mercy while ignoring its atrocities. Ultraliberalism is just full on free market capitalism/libertarianism that isn't exactly in conflict with Moralism if only because it's ridiculously easy to just manipulate them with a token facade of moralism instead.
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Mr. Dick seems to recall there also being a perk related to wisdom being the psyche equivalent of fortitude.
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see what happens when you run your mouth
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Did you consider not: Shooting the child in the face?
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Snowman Crossing posted:see what happens when you run your mouth You're the worst loving cop, but also gently caress you Garte.
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Snowman Crossing posted:see what happens when you run your mouth To stop a child-murderer, Dick Mullen must become a child-murderer... 
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Khizan posted:When I play Torment I play on pic and use a save editor to boost str|con up to Max, which trivializes the combat. Apparently, there is actually a lot of dialogue locked away behind physical attribute requirements, which hardly anyone has ever seen since everyone knows you have to put all your points in Wis/Int/Cha. I think cheating all your attributes to max is the best of way playing.
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