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Disco Elysium is marvelous so far. Have you ever stood on the edge of something really high up (a cliff or bridge for example) and the thought passes by something like "what if I were to jump right now?" not in a suicide way but in a curiosity way, and you shake it off because it's antithetical to every other sense and feeling you have? Disco Elysium is a game about arguing with and against those kinds of thoughts, manifested as micro-personalities within you, while trying to solve a murder and piece your memory back together.

It's my favorite parts of tabletop rpgs (the conversations and social antics) minus the parts I don't care as much about (the restrictive combat that comes with playing a single character) but in video game form.

The writing is phenomenal. I can't remember another game where I've chosen to not click on unselected dialog options because it's not something the character I'm playing would say, especially since there's a chance clicking on them could alter how other characters perceive you if you can't talk your way out of wherever it leads.

I'm still fairly early on, a few hours into the second in-game day, but I'm enthralled.

I really enjoyed Ace Combat 7, and even in a weaker year it would probably get the 'Resident Evil 7 award for best game to come out in January that everyone forgot' award, but I'm not even sure if it would make my top 10 this year. I agree about the soundtrack but also it's best music has a slow buildup to an epic climax that doesn't play well in their format(Daredevil/Archange) so I wouldn't hold my breath.

As for Void Bastards, within the last few weeks there were folks raving about it on the beastcast so I think it'll be a hotly debated game.

@StrainedEyes said:

Livestream today at 4pm pacific.

Shit I have a class then. I'm going to have to find a reason to leave early.

I read in another thread that they are going to the GS offices and will discuss the events of 2007. Is that going to be filmed or what?

@Matthew said:

and one of the topics they are going to talk about is full disclosure on what explicitly happened in 2007.

Is this going to be filmed and aired?

After Dragon Age 2 and SWTOR, then the addition of Multiplayer, uninteresting new characters, and other new additions/retained elements from ME2 that suck, I'm flat out not looking forward to this game. Also that gaudy purple stripe advertising Kinect on the box makes me not want to buy the game even more. There really is a no-win situation when it comes to buying the third game. The 360 version has all that Kinect crap. The PS3 version means you can't have a save from ME1, and the PC version means origin.

Anyone who ever sees this topic. Did you ever try Killer8?

How was it? What differences are there?

Even though I played with Con and Mask more, I voted Coyote. I still hear myself saying "You're Fucked" sometimes.

I'm honestly surprised its not performed as well as I expected. Hopefully this will serve as an example to other devs hoping to enter the MMO market. I don't hold a grudge against the game or anything(though my current avatar would say otherwise), but I never liked the idea of KOTOR being turned into an MMO and I'm kinda glad it hasn't been this big monster success.

I still want this game even with the apparent frustrations. I love when games try something new. Even if the games overall aren't that great I always have fun trying out new concepts. One of the reviews I saw(I think it was IGN's) said that this game was this year's Fracture/Timeshift/Dark Void which isn't a bad thing in my book.