Obsidian Entertainment - Josh Sawyer's Game Disco Elysium Like?
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Yeah shared this yesterday I'm inclined to believe it's true. 
As most of the info available on the internet shows he has been working with a small team on a secret pet project of his for a few years already. It sounds good.
Though I'll wait for more concrete information and game-play to make a judgment call.
Seems Disco Elysium Like can now considered a new genre. As another game called Sovereign Syndicate was announced a few mouths back is similar as well.
As most of the info available on the internet shows he has been working with a small team on a secret pet project of his for a few years already. It sounds good.
Though I'll wait for more concrete information and game-play to make a judgment call.
Seems Disco Elysium Like can now considered a new genre. As another game called Sovereign Syndicate was announced a few mouths back is similar as well.
I would prefer to see elements and features of Disco Elysium in normal rpgs instead of this push for a new genre, just fragmenting everything even more.
Not sure his got the right skills set for such a project, hope i'm wrong. Quest narrative of Poe 2 and whole story wasn't my favourite thing to say the least.
Not sure his got the right skills set for such a project, hope i'm wrong. Quest narrative of Poe 2 and whole story wasn't my favourite thing to say the least.
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Yeah, I rolled my eyes when I saw "Disco Elysium Like". I'm not really interested in more text-heavy adventure games labeled as RPGs.
JFarrell71
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We'll see what the game actually entails. I wouldn't derive too much from it being called "Disco Elysium-like". Lazy comparisons to other games (or movies, or books, or whatever) are a timeworn tradition.
SSIGuy
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I simply couldn't bring myself to play Disco Elysium... the absolute lack of combat in an RPG is a deal-breaker for me. I'm not saying Disco Elysium maybe isn't a great game for a lot of people... just not me.
i think one just needs to be in the right mindset to enjoy it. If you do that, it's good! Well, at least it was for me. I kinda got bored on the first try, probably due to my expectations.
Did give it a second chance and it pulled me in, doesn't happen often with games.
But like i said before, i see no reasons not to have combat in narrative heavy games. All those story elements and combat can work together just fine. So yeah bring on the combat: pew pew and slash slam boom!
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I was fairly happy with my playthrough of Disco Elysium. Although, I must admit that the text was sometimes a little "too much ado about nothing".
Still, I did at times enjoy the internal monologues/dialogues that the MC would have (they were sometimes hilarious) and there was a bit of reasonably entertaining detective work in the mix as well. Not enough to make you feel like…"Some Kind of Superstar" but enough.
A bit of inspiration from this game would be very welcome for me in many rpgs…but just a bit …no more than that.
Still, I did at times enjoy the internal monologues/dialogues that the MC would have (they were sometimes hilarious) and there was a bit of reasonably entertaining detective work in the mix as well. Not enough to make you feel like…"Some Kind of Superstar" but enough.
A bit of inspiration from this game would be very welcome for me in many rpgs…but just a bit …no more than that.
Farflame
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Well, Sovereign Syndicate should have combat. At least what they call combat..,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cxl9351li6Q
Regarding that Sawyers project:
So he basically take two of the most original RPGs of the last few years (if not two most original) - Disco Elysium and Greedfall - and put them together.
Storytelling and basic concept from one and world building from the other. But I like the idea. I think there is room for more RPGs more or less inspired by 16-18th century. It could be more historical and fact based (Kingdom Come style) or mixed with some fantasy elements (Greedfall style). I look forward to it. I just hope he wont try to reinvent the wheel and wont come with new kind of "muscle wizards".
That sounds promising! But it sounds very far away too.
I also like the fact they say it's experimental, which means Obsidian has not lost their spirit of trying new ideas.
It looks like it's rather a Sherlock Holmes game with more RPG elements on top, mainly character building, which would be great.
I also like the fact they say it's experimental, which means Obsidian has not lost their spirit of trying new ideas.
I haven't played more than an hour of D.E. but I've read a few reviews and I seriously doubt the distinctive feature of this game is the period in which it's set. What does set this game apart? Lot of psychological and political introspective dialogues?
It looks like it's rather a Sherlock Holmes game with more RPG elements on top, mainly character building, which would be great.
Drithius
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Sawyer's a smart guy, has great grasp on the fundamentals of design in a game, and a good knowledge of human history. But any project he leads ends up being pretty damn boring and by-the-numbers.
FNV: Honest Hearts, Pillars of Eternity - both competent games, but oh so dry and mundane when it comes to the story being told.
FNV: Honest Hearts, Pillars of Eternity - both competent games, but oh so dry and mundane when it comes to the story being told.
Intriguing, if true. The historical setting would be more appealing to me than what Disco Elysium went with, as well. My concern would be that if there is no combat nor a comparable gameplay loop to replace it, the writing has to singlehandedly carry the game, and the overwhelming majority of RPG writing is simply not up to snuff.
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I was just quoting the developer when the game was announced he cited Disco Elysium was one of the inspirations for his game. We'll see what he means and I could be wrong.
Anyway reminder once again as everyone forgets this from June.
Obsidian looks to have four games in development.
Link - https://www.rpgwatch.com/forums/show…postcount=1570
It even mentions Sawyers new project.
You're right, there's a thread about combat on Sovereign Syndicate's Steam page. The developer confirmed recently that they are currently leaning towards "combat as dialogue" similar to Disco Elysium. But the game's still very early in development and won't be released for at least a few more years, so plans could change.
When I have heard medieval setting and murder mystery I would think about The name of the rose and Umberto Eco - that would be intriquing for me, (but I'm not really into strategic games, so it doesn't really matter) but gaming industry seems to be using popular tags for everything, sometimes for the worse - like DarkSouls like for AA RPGs, where the combat was average at the best and could use focus and tag for something else where they actually excelled.
I know I talk about the same over and over, but I don't play many games, so I guess my selection is a bit narrow.
I know I talk about the same over and over, but I don't play many games, so I guess my selection is a bit narrow.
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Some more info on his game.
Seems my link above was correct.