![]() It is not just cultures that are distorted through the lens of Disco Elysium. When you learn his name is Kim Kitsuragi, a mix of common Korean and Japanese surnames, you are no longer sure which culture he is supposed to represent. ![]() ![]() Some allusions to our mortal realm are transparent such as your partner’s ‘Seol’ heritage, but as you peer through they become cloudier than clearer. Everything tumbles down the uncanny valley. A sense of unease, a creeping deja-vu, these perceptions are written through the streets of Revachol. The world is what allows Disco Elysium to embed itself deep within you. A memory of an amnesiac detective and his lucid, empathetic, yet mechanical partner, investigating a murder in a town which both is and is not situated on the French coast. A memory you will carry with you long after the whimsical conclusion. ![]() READ MORE: ‘Metroid Dread’ review: a phenomenal finale to Nintendo’s sci-fi sagaĭisco Elysium takes so many pieces of gaming, of music, film and literature and stuffs itself thickly.Disco Elysium is a visual novel, and also an RPG, a “choices matter” title, a point and click adventure, a film noir thriller, an RNG-based dreamscape and a metaphor for mental illness. The best visual novels seamlessly blend with other gaming genres, weaving gameplay through the fabric of the narrative. ![]()
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