Disco Elysium - What kind of cop are you? - OFFICIAL SA Game of the Year

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Velius: Feb 27, 2001

I think the line that gets me the most in the game is talking to Little Lily in the fishing village. It's such a simple thing, but god.

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Velius: Feb 27, 2001

DropsySufferer posted:

I found a site that has the full text of Joyce's explanation.

Joyce: The world of Elysium is unique in that it is not a single contiguous landmass, but consists of vast continents of matter - isolas - surrounded by a separative issue. This tissue is called the pale and is the most dominant geological feature of the world, the inter-isolary mass, at a ratio of 2:1 to matter.

In fact, it covers 72% of the known surface of Elysium, interfering with any attempts at orbital flight. The Occident-Revachol-Graad nations have been conducting experiments with weather balloons in the lower ionosphere since the thirties, and managed to put together a rather startling image: A dark grey corona, rarefied envelope of matter surrounding the darkened disc of the planet. That is, if Elysium can still be considered a planet: Imagine vast swathes of land disrupted by nothingness. There are grey flares and prominences, even arcs above entire isolas... The images are blurry, but if there was a sphere in there it certainly looks like it fractured a long time ago.[1] .

Someone needs to draw this.

This phrasing is a little odd in that they shouldn�t have any reason to assume it was or should be spherical. I guess if they have non-sun celestial bodies they could see their shapes. Nitpicky but I did notice that oddness while playing.

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Velius: Feb 27, 2001

Ragnar34 posted:

That part is nuts. I still can't believe you get the ability to recontextualize the entire game up to that point, and it's OPTIONAL. New game plus is a dialogue option in the last quarter of the game, yet the way you play NG+ from the beginning by already knowing the option is coming.

I�m assuming you�re talking about the ability to tell Kim that you were lying about losing your memory and faking it the whole time? I just loaded and it�s there, but it doesn�t seem to do anything beyond that. I didn�t play to the end after checking it out to see if there�s anything beyond making that statement.

# ¿ Jun 17, 2020 19:20

Velius: Feb 27, 2001

Twobirds posted:

Just started playing. Only a couple hours in and I'm already a sorry cop. Is that bad? I don't remember Planescape: Torment giving me so many opportunities to apologize for past lovely behavior.

I do have one question, and I think I'm mostly unspoiled. Early on, taking with (I think) Reptilian Brain, he calls me Harry. I don't recall getting to ask about it, and I still act like I can't remember my name. Did I miss something? Was it just an aside for future playthroughs to enjoy?

I chose one of the premade stat blocks and struggle a lot when the low ones come up. Worth it to restart?

I think we�re all conditioned from prior RPGs (especially Planescape) toward Sorry Cop. After all, Regret is what can change the nature of a man. The game pokes fun at you for it but it isn�t a problem.

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Velius: Feb 27, 2001

Just started for me on Gog.

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