Disco Elysium PS4/5 version Out Now

jawa_ wrote:I *think* I'm gonna get this. It looks really involving and detailed. It's currently on sale on both the PlayStation Store (around £21) and the Switch eShop (around £23). Both versions have been patched since launch and I think I'll probably go for the portability of the Switch version.

Gonna give myself a few hours to "cool down" but will then decide .

Go for it, Jawa! It's my favourite game of all time and has the best writing of any CRPG. I'm still baffled to think this is a debut indie title as there are plenty of big devs who would completely fail to create a game this nuanced and intricate. Such an achievement!

I look forward to hearing your thoughts on it and the antics you get up to.

Is anyone playing switch version? What is it like?

According to Reddit, longer load times and more frequent crashing.

It might be worth waiting for future patches.

Zilnad wrote:...I look forward to hearing your thoughts on it and the antics you get up to.

Thanks, man - I'm currently in the "cool-down" phase but I'm still excited for it and might grab it this evening .

Dual wrote:Is anyone playing switch version? What is it like?

Apparently it was rough at first (sound glitches and momentary pauses) but, according to SwitchUp, the patches have improved the situation. The Switch version also has a text size option (YES! More Switch games could do with this!).

Drumstick wrote:According to Reddit, longer load times and more frequent crashing...

Oh! This sounds disappointing, Drum! I've just looked at Reddit to find this but, for the Switch version, I could only see this chat from November and then this chat at launch in October.

Also Jawa, as the angel on your shoulder, it's a 40 hour RPG, and you've just bought the Mass Effect Trilogy. Do you need this game right now? Will you be able to put the hours in to get both of those games done?

If you wait, Disco Elysium will likely go cheaper in the future, and may benefit from some more patches.

I was also tempted by the sale price and the universal acclaim, but you should come sit it out with me over at Camp Sensible.

Yeah I'd personally complete ME first.

Both games are very dense, best experienced one at a time.

Parksey wrote:Also Jawa, as the angel on your shoulder, it's a 40 hour RPG, and you've just bought the Mass Effect Trilogy. Do you need this game right now? Will you be able to put the hours in to get both of those games done?...

Fade wrote:...Both games are very dense, best experienced one at a time.

Guys, you're right. I haven't even loaded up Mass Effect yet! Realistically, I'm not gonna play two huge games alongside the time I'm spending on F76.

I think I'll hold off for now. I appreciate the feedback. It also helped that I took that "cool-down" period. Ta!

It's telling that you haven't even loaded up ME yet. It's likely that you're just having "sales fever" - seeing a game you're interested in, seeing that it's been discounted and the FOMO kicks in and you feel you have to snap it up.

I know, as I get that feeling too. Searching Hot UK Deals, Deku Deals or even the Bargain thread here can kick it off. Often, it's an addiction/reaction to the feeling of purchasing a title that stirs the brain juices. It's not a longing to actually play something, just to have it bought and sitting in the collection. If we were looking for something to play, then cold logic would kick in and you'd play Mass Effect (or I'd be playing something on my backlog).

Our stupid ape brains don't get the same chemical kick from "the joy of the new" from playing something off our shelf rather than going and buying something. It doesn't help that everything's basically designed to get us to buy stuff as well.

Parksey wrote:...Searching Hot UK Deals, Deku Deals or even the Bargain thread here can kick it off. Often, it's an addiction/reaction to the feeling of purchasing a title that stirs the brain juices. It's not a longing to actually play something, just to have it bought and sitting in the collection...

Absolutely spot-on, dude. I think I get a buzz from making the purchase and knowing that I have the game in my collection. It's crazy as I often don't then play the purchased game for years; or literally not at all.

So far through the "gaming commitment" thread, I've learnt that having "cool-down" periods can help. Just holding off from a potential purchase for a few hours can make me then think "hang on, when am I gonna play that? And I have (say) fifteen other games already that I'd rather play first".

jawa_ wrote:

Parksey wrote:...Searching Hot UK Deals, Deku Deals or even the Bargain thread here can kick it off. Often, it's an addiction/reaction to the feeling of purchasing a title that stirs the brain juices. It's not a longing to actually play something, just to have it bought and sitting in the collection...

Absolutely spot-on, dude. I think I get a buzz from making the purchase and knowing that I have the game in my collection. It's crazy as I often don't then play the purchased game for years; or literally not at all.

So far through the "gaming commitment" thread, I've learnt that having "cool-down" periods can help. Just holding off from a potential purchase for a few hours can make me then think "hang on, when am I gonna play that? And I have (say) fifteen other games already that I'd rather play first".

I've done this several times with games on my eShop watchlist - games like Nino Kuni has repeatedly been down to £10 which is my biting point, but as my fingers hover over the purchase button I always find myself hesitating. I know deep down that I'm just not going to play it as much as I would and it'll soon slide down my playlist as I return to the usual suspects, and I'll likely never return to it.

I've done it countless times already with great games that just dont get played and it's a shame for them and me. They don't get played and I don't get to enjoy them because I'm always chasing the next shiny shiny.

Stupid poorly evolved brain

jawa_ wrote:

Parksey wrote:...Searching Hot UK Deals, Deku Deals or even the Bargain thread here can kick it off. Often, it's an addiction/reaction to the feeling of purchasing a title that stirs the brain juices. It's not a longing to actually play something, just to have it bought and sitting in the collection...

Absolutely spot-on, dude. I think I get a buzz from making the purchase and knowing that I have the game in my collection. It's crazy as I often don't then play the purchased game for years; or literally not at all.

So far through the "gaming commitment" thread, I've learnt that having "cool-down" periods can help. Just holding off from a potential purchase for a few hours can make me then think "hang on, when am I gonna play that? And I have (say) fifteen other games already that I'd rather play first".

You know what really helps me? When there's loads of hype or discussion around a game I just play something similar I already own.

For example when the demon souls remake came out I played Bloodborne

Or when Far Cry 5 came out I went back and finished far cry 4

When Resi 8 came out I went and played an hour or so of Resi 4

This maybe worthy of its own thread but I am always surprised when people here saying they get side-tracked by other games. I just stick to one game at a time, play until completion and move onto the next one. I don't find this difficult to stick to at all.

There are lots of possible reasons for moving between games though right? Maybe you want to play some multiplayer with friends, maybe you don't have much time and need something playable in short bursts, maybe you need something easily interruptible so switch to a turn based game - those are all practical reasons, but also maybe you just fancy playing a racing game or a puzzle game or whatever other genre rather than the open world action-adventure you're in the middle of. Seems more than likely that sometimes you'll then find your interest waning on one game and you being drawn in to another. Sometimes I get really into one release and just play it exclusively until it's finished, other times I have several games on the go at once and sometimes one will drop off in interest.

I get though that's different to not playing games to your satisfaction because you are getting caught up in new release hype. I just mean there are plenty of other reasons you might switch focus and they aren't necessarily bad!

Fade wrote:You know what really helps me? When there's loads of hype or discussion around a game I just play something similar I already own.

This is a good system - I basically did the same with Metroid Dread/Super Metroid

twitter.com/nintendolife/status/1490728324791947265

Not just Switch.

twitter.com/discoelysium/status/1490702008147492868

I’ve been playing through this on PS5 and just lost about 8 hours of progress because my game state corrupted and every save I’ve been making since has been unloadable. Haven’t noticed because I keep my PS5 in sleep mode so I’ve never had to load one, but the last 10 are strawberry floated. I’m lucky that I was making a fresh save file each time so I can go back but if I wasn’t I’d have lost the whole playthrough.

Soul destroying to have to try recreate the same decisions I just did and hoping I get the same skill check results. I don’t really want to “do it different” right in the middle of a story I was committed to and invested in.

Gutted.

That’s really rough. I had a similar issue way back. A subsequent patch sorted it out, so don’t lose all hope. I ended up checking Twitter and learning lots of people were complaining of the same issue.
Good luck.

According to a Reddit user, load times on Switch have been vastly reduced, going from 30 seconds to 3-4 seconds.

The physical edition just went back on my to buy list.

jiggles wrote:I’ve been playing through this on PS5 and just lost about 8 hours of progress because my game state corrupted and every save I’ve been making since has been unloadable. Haven’t noticed because I keep my PS5 in sleep mode so I’ve never had to load one, but the last 10 are strawberry floated. I’m lucky that I was making a fresh save file each time so I can go back but if I wasn’t I’d have lost the whole playthrough.

Soul destroying to have to try recreate the same decisions I just did and hoping I get the same skill check results. I don’t really want to “do it different” right in the middle of a story I was committed to and invested in.

Gutted.

Thats rough buddy.

Particularly with this game where the charm is in the odd little tangents of conversation you go down so feeling forced to try and recreate the same path must suck. I've played through twice now and the thing that really struck me is how far down the line some of these tangents come back for a punchline like the obsession with Contact Mike that keeps coming up time and time again right up until the finale.

I need to evolve that line of thinking in my next playthrough. I only touched upon it last time.

Saw some YT footage of the PS5 version now - load times seem to basically be eliminated.