Disco Elysium
95PurrfectSadkitty Score
95KitSuperintelligent review
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A detective RPG with no combat, where you wake up with amnesia and a hangover and must solve a murder in a ruined city. Your own skills are voices in your head that argue, flatter and mislead you, and it's one of the best-written games ever made.
Kit's verdict · 9.5/10
A dense, hilarious, heartbreaking novel you play, and nothing else is quite like it.Kit · Sadkitty Games
Loved
- Writing and voice acting of rare quality
- Failing a check is often funnier than passing it
- Skills that talk back make every build feel different
Not so much
- An enormous amount of reading
- The slow, strange opening loses some players
Play it if readers who love sharp dialogue, politics and broken, funny characters.
Skip it if anyone who needs action or combat to stay engaged.
Cheats & codes
No cheat codes
Disco Elysium doesn't have cheat codes. The tips and secrets below are the next best thing.
Tips
Play it better
- Save often, because a failed check can lead to odd, costly or even fatal results.
- White checks can be retried after you raise the linked skill, so come back to them later.
- Swap in clothing that boosts a skill right before an important check.
- Internalise thoughts in the Thought Cabinet; many give strong bonuses once they finish.
- Keep an eye on your money, since your hostel room costs rent each night.
- Talk to everyone in Martinaise; side characters hide some of the best writing and clues.
Secrets & unlockables
Hidden in plain sight
Tap a secret to reveal it.
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Trivia
- Robert Kurvitz led the writing, building on a fictional world he'd created years earlier with Estonian friends.
- It won four awards at The Game Awards 2019, including Best Narrative and Best RPG.
- The Final Cut added full voice acting in 2021, with Lenval Brown voicing the narrator.
- The band British Sea Power wrote the soundtrack.
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