I played Harry as truly repentant of his past and tried to stay sober. But needed to get drunk to help through a skill check and the guilt I felt when Kim found out I was drunk hurt on a deep level. Never has a game made me feel actual depression from the character I was playing
@henrydelibero6850
3 жыл бұрын
"Upsettingly good" perfectly describes my feelings too- finishing it left me hollow, chasing the feelings it created like a drug. And I don't think any other game will reach Disco Elysium's level.
@clappagemcphee
3 жыл бұрын
Absolutely.
@melancholyman369
2 жыл бұрын
Fallout New Vegas...your welcome
@AllfatherBlack
2 жыл бұрын
had the unique of experience of wanting this to be my favorite game ever and then it was
@AllfatherBlack
2 жыл бұрын
@@melancholyman369 thats a great game that is going to pale in comparison to this, especially without playing it through a number of times to see how great a job they truly did on giving you choices that are almost always reflected in the world in some way
@melancholyman369
2 жыл бұрын
@@AllfatherBlack not to me, rng is gambling without the losing money, and giving me nothing but dialogue is boring. Tho I do hope that games copy some the ideas the set down even tho it's highly unlikely
@jestemlegendom
3 жыл бұрын
This game is called a personality simulator for a reason. I actually learned more about myself, my feelings, thoughts and fantasy... Never thought a game could do that!
@KyokujiFGC
Жыл бұрын
The fact that you're forced into one extreme political view VS another kind of took me out of it, since I didn't feel like any of the responses they offered me with regards to either ideology was something I would've bought into. You're generally shoehorned into being either a militant communist or an amoral capitalist, and then as Grimbeard mentioned, the game kind of makes fun of you for falling into either extreme, despite not really giving you another option besides complete indifference.
@TummyRubz
Жыл бұрын
@@KyokujiFGC Either? There's 3 others you haven't mentioned, including a 'militant centrist'. They do make fun of you for any choice but I saw that as a comment on the character's current mindset and desperation to escape his pain by following ideology down to it's extreme conclusions. Is making fun of us playing a downside? I loved that about it.
@runoxb
11 ай бұрын
I am sorry cop.
@Soul_Tomato
Жыл бұрын
Inland Empire is such an amazing skill in respect to the Cooper analysis. It’s literally named after a Lynch movie.
@Rudipu
25 күн бұрын
This is such a great insight, I had no idea he wrote and directed that.
@saschaberger3212
Жыл бұрын
Died in the first minute from a heart attack while trying to grab the tie from the fan. 10/10
@Djeveldyrker
3 ай бұрын
Iirc I died on several different occasions before even interacting with the guy in the tree. The first time with the ceiling fan is ha ha funny gimmick but I'm not gonna savescum every single interaction over the course of this entire fucking game. Haven't touched it since.
@CatalystOfFire
Ай бұрын
@@DjeveldyrkerI've been playing it for a day straight and haven't died. Maybe try not to die?
@DanMcLeodNeptuneUK
3 жыл бұрын
I think there is something to be applauded in those 'reviewers' who decided to play a narrative-driven CRPG game and publicly complain about having to read too many words. Imagine having the self-confidence to write such things and post them online for everyone else to see. That takes a lot proverbial balls! These people... Just... Wow.
@batmangovno
3 жыл бұрын
They're just intimidated by the possibility they wrote as much words in their professional career as there are in this game but didn't write anything worthwhile
@wildonionchase3934
3 жыл бұрын
To be fair there are definitely a lot of games both eastern and western that are so wordy yet say absolutely nothing of substance. However, Disco Elysium is definitely not one of them, I’m excited for the expanded edition existing owners are getting as a free update.
@TayTayMakesBeats
3 жыл бұрын
"Looks like it was made in 1998. I'm a Gamer, not a reader. Absolute garbage. 10/10 There's a little something for everyone"
@aeroga2383
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, it's a visual medium. Some things need to be conveyed through like animations and shit
@goodanytimej8688
2 жыл бұрын
They are just smart enough to get that they don't get it but just dumb enough that they think they can convince the rest of us that they do😁
@Seoul_Soldier
2 жыл бұрын
I absolutely love that the devs weren't afraid to make this game. It's not for everyone, and that's okay. We need more games that aren't afraid to be niche.
@williampounds5191
9 ай бұрын
You're absolutely right. However the only people this game isn't for is cowards.
@jothain
5 ай бұрын
I didn't enjoy DE at all. I actually felt forced to play it through (I wanted to see it fully, cause of the hype around it). But I 100% agree with your statement. Not everything should be cast to the same mould.
@heyguiz
3 жыл бұрын
There is a specter haunting the Goth Gamer Nation...
@TheOneHoddToward
3 жыл бұрын
The specter of Gaymerism
@owneyw4374
3 жыл бұрын
As per usual
@TayTayMakesBeats
3 жыл бұрын
Supranatural...
@Gazosetta
3 жыл бұрын
This game is so beautifully written that before watching this video I absolutely didn't realize that all I did in it was reading. This time the bitter ricompense was really bitter, made me sad. Wonderful video as always, I really love your style!
@SinisterMailbox
3 жыл бұрын
An hour long Grimbeard vid about Disco Elysium holy fuck yes
@WeekendWarrior1
3 жыл бұрын
I remember starting up the game and not understanding the game yet. MC died when he over exerted himself since he only got that One Point in that Body stat and he had a heart attack when he tried to get his tie from the ceiling fan. I knew it was something special right then.
@Rando_Nobody
3 жыл бұрын
YOUR VIDEOS GOT ME THROUGH A 10 HOUR SHIFT AT WORK! IM GLAD I FOUND YOUR CHANNEL. DO NOT STOP.
@MelonMan666
3 жыл бұрын
Oh my... Fuck yes, the almost feature film length video about this fucking cool game from a fucking cool guy! Hell yeah, dood!
@Obsiqax
3 жыл бұрын
Let's face it, with a game as deep as this it was bound to have a runtime this great :)
@SunsetSullivan
3 жыл бұрын
I actually really liked how you had such a differing opinion of Evrart from me. Where you see a guy getting shit done, I see senseless power grabbing. Where you see a guy guaranteeing benefits for his people, I see a guy strangeholding an entire neighborhood for the wealth of his personal clique. Where you see a guy who is open-handed and kind, I see a sneering manipulator who gives favors with the expectation of big returns. I don't think you're wrong in your assumption of Evrart, I think he's very noble in some areas, but the fact that you came to such a different conclusion from me about him while still going through the critical thinking to prove your statements about his character as logically strong speaks to the depth of the games writing and why its so much better than pretty much every game story on the market.
@adel885
3 жыл бұрын
the game literally says that and implies it but his commie brain is rotten now unfortunately
@QuestionmarkTimes2
3 жыл бұрын
@@adel885 edgy
@jamesscott4574
2 жыл бұрын
It's something you rarely see, in a sense it made me dislike Fallout New Vegas story a bit. FONV started to come off as overrated after this game, with the NCR and Legion feeling quite shallow upon an in-depth examination. Although I think this game just raised the bar for me more than anything.
@JohnJohnson-fl2fr
2 жыл бұрын
This game isn’t “open ended” it assumes the truth that communism is the way, but it’s also a test for whether or not you should be in a gulag
@misteryA555
2 жыл бұрын
@@JohnJohnson-fl2fr The game prefers communism, but criticizes it just as much as any of the other ideologies. To me it feels like the creators saw it as the best working of all the broken machines keeping us going
@captainstarlight3780
3 жыл бұрын
"Sometimes games are good, here is the video!" I'm dying.
@adamwest8711
3 жыл бұрын
You’re doing it wrong. gAmE iS gOoD!
@JankbaronDom
3 жыл бұрын
I see my boy Raphaël Ambrosius Costeau shaved and I immediately doubt you judgement altogether. Jokes aside this game deserves all the love it gets and more. Game is good one might say. Video not bad either ;)
@KeithBallardA
3 жыл бұрын
BRB leaving obtuse game reviews to get into a Grim Beard video.
@BarackLesnar
Ай бұрын
The Bitter Recompense industry has been going downhill lately
@azuranewman5308
2 жыл бұрын
I am not a gamer but I am a lover of game reviews in a long term relationship with a gamer who is still working his way through Disco Elysium. I am anxiously awaiting him finishing the game so that we can go over this review together.
@6thsavage
3 жыл бұрын
Wow! If my friend was like, I need money to develop my video game passion project. Not only would I NOT sell my Ferrari, but I would remind him that I ate a bowl of plain rice for dinner.
@xanaxodgrindcorelover9191
3 жыл бұрын
you should get cooler friends
@Largentina.
3 жыл бұрын
What a bad friend you are.
@lovebunny2652
3 жыл бұрын
I tought you were saying that you woudn't help him at all but then i understood that what you mean is that you don't have much money and a ferrari to begin with.
@xanaxodgrindcorelover9191
3 жыл бұрын
@@lovebunny2652 this is possible yeah
@6thsavage
3 жыл бұрын
@@lovebunny2652 In defense of your initial assumption, Zuckerberg could easily own many Ferrari's, likely eats plain rice for dinner, and definitely doesn't understand the concepts of "helping" nor "friends".
@TheDocperian
Жыл бұрын
Here from current day The Final Cut is a fantastic experience and all the voices add so much to the game. There's something to be said for experiencing some of it in silence but IMO that gets vastly outweighed by the wonderful performance pretty much every VA gives, and being able to rely on your ears over pure reading I'd imagine makes it more accessible by people who are less a fan of books. The one thing I'd add is don't be afraid to save-scum one or twice. DO NOT do it constantly, failure is 100% part of the experience, but if you've exhausted every other avenue and feel you're actually stuck don't feel bad. The game will just be happy it keeps being played.
@Legiro
3 жыл бұрын
One point I like about the "ex-wife" part of the story in the game - there is a certain inclination that it might not be all self-indulgent phantasy of the main character. There are certain tidbits dropped about the Goddess character is viewing his ex as actually having an equally omnipotent husband. Husband that we learn much less about, yet that shares certain characteristics with our quite unfortunate protagonist. So there is definitely that implication that this whole dream sequence at the end is merely a figment of imagination, version protagonist wants to believe. After all, we can call the ex through quite real landline and have a proper nothing-out-of-ordinary awkward dialogue about past relations. But there still lingers that small possibility that there is a lot more to this. Especially if you put together some of the more provocative scenes, like having the dialogue with the embodiment of the City itself due to dancing too hard in the Church. City pointing out that protagonist's role is quite a lot bigger in the whole story, past and future, than he would like it to be.
@mikebrown9773
3 жыл бұрын
This game was the most moving piece of media i have experienced since my heart went cold at age 4, seeing this review of it was the second most
@who2785
21 күн бұрын
Every word said about Kim is true. Like, I don't remember the last time I was this mesmerised by a character. If he frowns at me once I'd immediately consider jumping off the cliff
@persianheir5218
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Grim, you covering Disco Elysium is something I've dreamed of.
@persianheir5218
3 жыл бұрын
Man bitter recompense made me sad
@TrueKivan
2 жыл бұрын
Strange you only mentioned the entire arc about proto techno once with one sentence, personally I was fixated on it for days. And the entire church with the sphere, coolest thing I experienced at the time.
@misterkefir
3 жыл бұрын
This is a perfect timing, was just about to open my 40! Praise be the Grimbeard. Cheers.
@Maggerama
3 жыл бұрын
It might sound pretentious, but I felt like this game spoke to me on an intimate level.
@elidasilva5558
3 жыл бұрын
That's what a well written work of art can do to you
@blindeyedblightmain3565
3 жыл бұрын
It spoke to me so well, that I legit almost experienced panic attack at one point of the story and still have to beat it. No game ever did that to me.
@elidasilva5558
3 жыл бұрын
I only felt that with Zero Escape Virtues Last Reward..with one of the "endings"...Not even Jupiter can hide..
@Jawny00
3 жыл бұрын
@@elidasilva5558 shut up old geezer
@Franzsyztem
3 жыл бұрын
Not at all. From the very start, Having that debate in your head whether you should wake up or go back into the void is something I have to wrestle with every morning,
@n543576
3 жыл бұрын
When Klaasje's influence on you literally starts influencing almost every single one of your skills except volition (I think) was one of the greatest things I ever experienced. I only experienced this in my 2nd playthrough with different stats sense I pretty much ignored that skill in my first playthrough I didn't even know I was getting played the whole time!! This is currently my favorite storybased game, I can't wait for the final cut, and also one day we will teach "hardcore gamers" to read so they will no longer dislike games because reading=bad but bang bang stab stab=good.
@DanielSantosAnalysis
2 жыл бұрын
I loved that moment, where Volition starts shit talking about all the other skills, forcing you to realize that you had been played like a fiddle the entire time. A great moment for me playing the game, where the very mechanics I had been relying on had secretly been leading me astray.
@CrookedSkew
10 ай бұрын
Terrific game review. Bonus points for the casual use of the word "sartorial" which I've had to look up twice recently.
@Trymr
3 жыл бұрын
Never thought I’d watch a review of any game & end up hearing the reviewer talk about SikTh, play Mermaid Slur & Part of the Friction, & discuss Mikee Goodman’s poetry/voice. Beautiful stuff & immensely fun music to play. Keep being you.
@SanjuroSan
3 жыл бұрын
Dude, your shit is really really good.
@Crylar44
3 жыл бұрын
I sometimes wish I could play games like this. But I need my tight controls, jumping, slashing and pew pew to get it on. That is one of the reasons I love channels like this though. Good vid.
@Largentina.
3 жыл бұрын
You sound really boring.
@Crylar44
3 жыл бұрын
@@Largentina. That's ok, I have other things going for me ^^
@Douglasfirsandnoiselessdrapes
Жыл бұрын
Darkwood and this. Two insanely well done games I played thanks to you. Also your videos are weirdly effective in treating hangover. Happy New Year Grim!
@CaidicusProductions
Жыл бұрын
Man, your content is just SO entertaining and enjoyable. Thank you for all the effort and quality you put into your presentations, the humor, the classy sarcasm, and the deep analysis of the characters and events in the games you choose to review. I appreciate every bit of it.
@incvd
4 ай бұрын
Thank you for reviewing my favourite game. I only played the re-voiced edition and found no faults. Also Felix from Chapo is a... um, somewhat grating voice presence, as he himself admits, so definitely an improvement. Bravo!
@incvd
4 ай бұрын
VOCAL presence fuck! I fucked it up! I meant vocal. GOD DAMn IT
@DarkRaptor86
3 жыл бұрын
"Reading Simulator 2020" Strong words from someone who never faced Planescape Torment
@tabernaclejones6115
3 жыл бұрын
@Wojciech Pordzik I agree with you. Some sort of combat would have been nice in disco elysium, or even the option to use ur weapon on who u want or something, true total control of your Character
@tabernaclejones6115
3 жыл бұрын
@Wojciech Pordzik yeah. Something like baldurs Gate or fallout 2 even.
@lovebunny2652
3 жыл бұрын
Nothing about Disco is supposed to focus on combat, that's why there is none. I bet putting it in the game was never in their plans. There are physical checks, sure, and one 'fight' i'm aware of, but as you know the "builds" are actually the character's psyche, their entire psychological atributes and some of them are kinda characters themselves, talking to you and arguing with each other over what course of action you want to do next. It's totally a case of apples vs bananas but to me that concept alone is a thousand times more interesting than any kind of rpg builds. I hope this team makes more games like this, building up from that same idea.
@leftovernoise
3 жыл бұрын
@@tabernaclejones6115 I feel like combat would have ruined this game. The story has nothing to do with combat. I feel like them caving to people wanting combat would have made the game they set out to make, less effective at achieving their artistic goals for the project. There are thousands of games you can go play if you want combat. But there are very, very few games like disco elysium.
@TayTayMakesBeats
3 жыл бұрын
If there was a combat system it would most likely be pretty basic and not particularly satisfying. It'd also necessitate an already small team to take a bunch of resources away from the main focus of their game. One of the only complaints I hear about Planescape is the combat. I've haven't played it yet but I assume from what I've heard that it might have been better off ditching the it entirely. Even if it turns a lot of people off of the game some experiences are best without certain systems. It"s like putting long ass dialogue trees in a Call of Duty campaign.
@danquinn5812
3 жыл бұрын
Grimbeard I binged most of your game reviews in the last few weeks and finally subscribed. I'm doing a playthrough of vampire the masquerade bloodlines and can't wait to watch that review when I finish playing :)
@hvidponi
3 жыл бұрын
This game is one of the best written games I have ever played. Planescape torment had a stronger plot, but the writing here is much more powerful for me - so human, so fun, so sobering, so creative - I almost never gets touched by writing, but man, this game stabbed me right in the feels, so many times. Must be on my top 5 of all time at least...
@DYNB
3 жыл бұрын
'There is a thing called nuance.' Gives the game a 1. Nice job buddy
@hansmatheson5976
3 жыл бұрын
It’s Friday, I just finished working outside for the last 10 hours in -15 weather and Grim just dropped a new video... Hell yeah.
@ozpunk
2 жыл бұрын
Best game ever! The opening sequence stumbling downstairs and the conversations with the manager had me in tears with laughter. Enjoyed the dark parts as well, overall the whole experience was revelatory.
@jonalen4217
3 жыл бұрын
"they become really reactionary and defensive, like the entire conceit of this segment." ... bro your humor is so understated. I can't get enough :)
@colestauffer2095
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you grimble, I saw this game for sale on steam and had been hearing good things about it and wasn't quite sure if I should get it. Very excited to see the whole video, thanks for your great work!
@freddytackos
2 ай бұрын
No truce with the furies was the perfect working title because it encapsulates the feeling of never being able to turn off all the voices in your head
@Phumia
3 жыл бұрын
This has got to be the newest game you've reviewed
@RoboBoddicker
3 жыл бұрын
and it's the newest video he's posted.....coincidence??
@Largentina.
3 жыл бұрын
@@RoboBoddicker It's actually the oldest video he's posted.
@DirtPerson
2 ай бұрын
This game called me a centrist, and I have yet to recover.
@zedwords
3 жыл бұрын
Finally bought this on the strength of your review, and boy, what a treat. This is the first thing that's come close to scratching the narrative roleplaying itch I got from the original Sunless Sea. Just a beautifully bold vision that makes you realize other worlds are possible.
@dannyinthemiddle969
3 жыл бұрын
This video was so good it didn't even feel like an hour long.
@Laurencioist
Жыл бұрын
I finally played this game, it's true that it's a long game and requires you to engage with its characters and ideas, so is not something you can pickup on a whim and play through it in a couple of days. But that's to be celebrated, and I understand that some people won't like the ideas or simply the amount of reading to be done, but the fact that they're not willing to engage with the ideas or the amount of reading already tells me a lot about who they are. I've personally never felt so many emotions while playing a game, it has been a journey and a much more memorable experience than 99 % of what I've played. Great review.
@stephenferro6536
3 жыл бұрын
My read on the parodic political lines (27:20) is that they critique ideologies in general. You can't build an entire personality for yourself by blindly adhering to one political outlook or another. And if you try, you become a parody of what you intended to be. In any case, thrilled to see you cover this game! Best writing to come along in a video game in a long time.
@faezrblazr
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for always diving behind the music! I'm a videogame music freak! Thanks for all your brilliant work! 🤘🌚🖖
3 жыл бұрын
I find your tone and cadence very soothing. I replay these while I animate to keep me sane. Go figure :D
@emmysan93
4 ай бұрын
I spent about two weeks playing through this. I would wake up early before work, smoke some weed, lie down in bed and play with my controller on PC and just get lost in the world and story. Truly one of the best world settings and writings I’ve ever experienced in a game.
@joshuadavid1804
3 жыл бұрын
Getting Kim to dance with you and the ravers is my favorite thing!
@zenoooooo
Жыл бұрын
Just played the game, almost definitely the best game I've ever played. I'm in love it with it and might go read the translation of the book.
@kidvideo14
2 жыл бұрын
Hi, just wanted to chime in and say as someone who actually doesn't enjoy reading books (if I say I've read something it means I listened to it via audiobook) I really enjoyed the final cut of disco elysium. I can't think of any instance where someone didn't sound like a perfect fit for the person they were playing.
@ianpatrickclarksr4074
Жыл бұрын
first game i ever found myself raising my index finger to my temple whilst my fingers rested accross my lips as I absorbed the dialog.
@TheWayfarerFamily
3 жыл бұрын
One of the best videos I have had the privilege of gobbling down in a good little while. Just about to play the game first time and you have given me confidence to ease into these freaky ass psychedelic waters. Chur mate.
@ellmister
3 жыл бұрын
Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. My two favourite things. Together.
@kirklandsignaturebarbarian3814
10 ай бұрын
Man, in retrospect I was anxious about every line getting voiced. Not only did they keep the option of partially voiced but I love everything being voiced now.
@Riprie
3 жыл бұрын
Aaaaa! A game from my country!
@ashirogielric2489
3 жыл бұрын
I have never been more hyped than I am to watch this video
@TheDandyLionsUK
3 жыл бұрын
Mad respect for your opinions on the Sikth catelogue: not a fan of the 2017 album but the first two albums (and the Kickstarted EP!) hold up :) Fun fact: Justin Hill, their ex-vocalist produced our first album, and our new single, which we should be releasing soon :) cheers for the video reviews dude!
@UrashimaStar
2 жыл бұрын
Comments. I'll be passing your channel along for friends to see. It's just precious.
@sanguinius6815
3 жыл бұрын
Divinity Original Sin's use of a narrator makes me tentatively hopeful for how a fully voices Disco Elysium could be
@leftovernoise
3 жыл бұрын
I come, from the future, they did a really fuckin good job with the narratior voice acting. It sounds and feels amazing.
@mtftpigeon
Жыл бұрын
this is like, the disco elysium of disco elysium reviews
@Blue_Lunacy
2 жыл бұрын
When I saw the collection of negative reviews, I thought "Huh, so this game also put up a mirror even for people who didn't like it. It compelled them enough to have them show their thoughts on the reviews page. Amazing!"
@Hydros92
3 жыл бұрын
Mostly doing this to bump the engagement but I honestly love your content and spent last weekend watching your entire library. Keep up the good work man.
@john_clevername
2 жыл бұрын
Im kinda mad at myself for not finding this channel sooner but at least im here now
@littlebaron5573
3 жыл бұрын
I have never been so happy to see you review this game. I love it! Great video Grim!
@Malefication
3 жыл бұрын
ONE minute ago?! One of few videos I'll have to skip spoilers on, however much I like hearing about the stories.
@sboy1024
3 жыл бұрын
I had to do the same for this game, totally worth it
@yreva5454
Жыл бұрын
I just finished it for the first time, I gotta say this is a gem and I'm glad I found your video and played this, I weirdly felt like I could relate to Harry a lot
@smrenshaw
3 жыл бұрын
An incredible video on an incredible game. Shared this with a ton of people. Keep up the great work man!
@grumpyoldwizard
3 жыл бұрын
I think the game is beautiful, funny, poignant, intelligent...I could go on and on. I am glad it won awards. Thanks for the amazing review.
@GrimBeard
3 жыл бұрын
hell yea dood!
@thesummerofmark
3 жыл бұрын
The goth king has delivered
@crizmeow8394
8 ай бұрын
Rewatching this just made me heartbroken after finding out the top heads of the studio have cancelled every single of the upcoming projects announced and have effectively destroyed the team behind this game, and now we will never see anything like this ever again. I guess I shouldn’t be surprised after seeing Baldurs gate 3 win every award and make all the money and immediately the company behind dnd laid off a bunch of its staff, art is dying and we all just frozen watching it happen
@TheWoozly
3 жыл бұрын
I'm honestly so excited to watch this that I don't know when I will be able to actually watch it. This is a dream come true.
@ImrazorZodd
2 ай бұрын
Disco Elysium was so good. Especially since I played the final cut, the voice acting is just... phenomenal. I hate that I now HAVE to compare every other game to it and that I can never play it for the first time again.
@TheFatMob
3 жыл бұрын
The quest about the Worker Class Woman is an emotional rollercoaster. The dialogue options at the start made me literally burst into laughter for half a minute (and, of course, I chose the silliest lines possible!), while the conclusion makes it one of the saddest quests in the videogame history...
@jacksonvega7751
3 жыл бұрын
I would watch Grim play through this game I’d happily watch fir hrs on end and like and comment on each episode. I’m not even ashamed to say it. You should do this the grimportence of being idle. Do it. Disco Grimlysium
@visassess8607
2 жыл бұрын
One thing I didn't like is if you internalize (AKA, "save" an idea) then the game treats it like everyone knows. I internalized things because I wanted to learn more about it or have that idea for a later interaction. And yes, I know what internalize means. I just wish they had another decision whether to go with it or not and that no one actually knows what you picked unless you tell them
@sgtcortez19
3 жыл бұрын
"On, off and FFUUCCKKIINNGG PPAANNIICC" Why yes my man
@NBLCKK
3 жыл бұрын
Circumlocutory is a word only used by the circumlocutory
@Exigentable
3 жыл бұрын
Grimby is king of my heart. Which is black, and made of ice.
@MegaCygnusX1
3 жыл бұрын
I've just recently discovered your channel and your style is so unique I'm watching your reviews of game I haven't played and have no interest in. I have played this, and for my money this is up there with Noah Caldwell Gervais' review of Disco Elysium for excellence. I hope the algorithm starts rewarding you as you deserve. Well done.
@xanaxodgrindcorelover9191
3 жыл бұрын
"maybe that's just me self-inserting and being Red by the game" nice
@GrimBeard
3 жыл бұрын
:O
@emulation2369
3 жыл бұрын
@@GrimBeard ФwФ
@leftovernoise
3 жыл бұрын
@@GrimBeard I have never felt more called out by a game. The socialism ideals, the synths and electronics music, trying to make something new. The nihilism and falling into the void. The whole thing. Read me like a fuckin book.
@Reggae-Gandalf
3 жыл бұрын
I see a strong correlatiin between eastern european and my favorite games. This is like the 4th time this month alone I retrospectively realized that a game I enjoyed quite heavily is from eastern europe. I wonder why that is. Have to dig deeper into that maybe
@mayafantana5310
3 жыл бұрын
This is my comfort media 😂 I love it
@JollyGiantProdutions
3 жыл бұрын
Imma have to get my longest YE BOI ever out before I watch this, gimme a sec Grim Daddy
@rexrip1080
3 жыл бұрын
I was a play tester for the post released version of this game. Interestingly, there were not much issues with it, it is a solid piece of engineering. Honestly i found it hard to do my job properly. Once you get into the story, you get really lost and stuck in the world so i was more playing it in full details in order to check the "localisation and audio" then anything else XD It gave me real emotions, that sucked and is not a normal occurrence for me, but i figured that is what the devs wanted... ;) Reptilian brain guy has one of the most awesome voices i have ever seen. Anyways, i stalked around and hid the body in the fridge. Then i played the game and kicked a racist in his stupid head... I can understand why some people find it boring, i personally don't like games without active combat and probably would not have given it a chance if it was not my job at a time. It is a good thing i was kind of obligated into it and i think it is one of the warmest and most private and sad stories ever told. On the other hand, i am a Slav and we love our comedic depression simulators! XD
@carlpotter1926
Жыл бұрын
For too long games have tried to emulate films as if the movies are the pinnacle of artistic expression. Games, gamers and gaming have always had this inferiority complex regarding the medium. But, as it turned out, games-as-movies wound up ploughing the same shitty field as cinema...money above all else, lowest common denominator, throw-away content. Games-as-literature seem to work out better. Sure, they don't make millions, they get shit on by gamers who think gaming is a dexterous activity which starts and ends at the fingers. But for some of us, games like this mean more than a good K/D ever will, because the things we feel and learn are applicable outside of gaming, in the real world, inside ourselves. I discussed my experience of this game with other people online and none of them called me a faggot, or attempted to apply a gross misreading of darwinism to my existence. It was refreshing. I realised that I'm done with paying a hundred dollars just for the experience of killing imaginary people, while a maladjusted twelve year old threatens to rape my family via chat. The little fucker didn't even elaborate when I questioned his proposed method. He just said he had a roadmap. All that hype, and nothing happened. I've been gaming for 30 years, been literate for slightly longer. This game affected me as if it were a woman. I still think about it, two years after I last played. And when I reflect on it, I cant help but reflect on myself. It's really rather good
@rexrip1080
Жыл бұрын
@@carlpotter1926 That last part of your reply got me, not gonna lie! I am generally chill so things don't really get to me but this one hurt. It is weird how the game translates well to match the players personality, I felt shame when fucking up and sadness at the end. I generally cared for some characters, even to the point of save scuming, just to keep them safe. Honestly, I love single player games (and rarely play mp) but if it was not mu job, I would probably never have tried Disco. After playtesting it for a month I started looking for more games like it (that is more open RPGs...). I still like survival games more but I played a bunch or RPGs as well. Also, a road map to fucking your family is comedy gold XD
@carlpotter1926
Жыл бұрын
@@rexrip1080 I am jealous that you were so closely involved with the game. Play testers generally get treated badly, especially by AAA producers, but I hope your experience was different. As for the joke I made...I was doing my usual thing of trying to be funny because I felt I'd made myself vulnerable with the rest of my comment. Weird how making people laugh is a gentle form of coercion. The fact that you, and the devs are slavic is way more pertinent than it first seems, I think. People criticize the game for being nihilistic or depressing, or too 'socialist'. But I think it's easy in America and Western Europe to forget that the slavs have lived through and survived the ideologies which were thrust upon them. You've watched your ideologies die, ours just got better at lying to us and we cling to it because we have literally no alternative ideas. Nihilism isn't the disappearance of ideology, it is the reappearance of humanity. Honestly, the last time I felt so affected by artistic creation was when I first read Dostoevsky. And it took me two attempts to play the game before I could do it honestly, without doing what I thought the game wanted. I'd stop playing, go to work, and then have an argument in my head with something a character had said to me three hours earlier. Then I'd rush home after work to 'get closure', as the Americans say. The fact that a game can do this, and the fact that so many people have similar experiences is beautiful to me, even as it exposes so much of my reality as a fraud...I am not a unique and special individual, who deserves everything and who's pain, love and reality is much more painful, lovely and real than anyone else's. What I'm saying in my usual self- indulgent way, is that I felt different after playing and engaging with other people who played. No longer certain of myself, but also no longer alone in my certainty. You apparently played a part in helping me feel that, so I thank you. Genuinely.
@rexrip1080
Жыл бұрын
@@carlpotter1926 We worked with some AAA companies but there were a lot of indie companies as well, it was a balanced diet. The pay was shit but the office and interactions with devs were generally stellar so I can't say I had any of the typical problems that you see reported on. Most of the devs were good people and treated us well. Ubi people were dicks... I am a level designer and I just skip them when I am looking for work... I think being Slavic only helped because most of our media is a combo of comedy and tragedy so the theme of the game got me good. If you look at a few of our movies (both Balkans, Ukraine and Russia), you will see the same pattern: Someone is doing something funny and then they die of tuberculosis or something like that. Then its happy and then someone dies again XD Also, if you have not tried, play the game with high Shivers. Take Visual calculator as secondary. Then walk the streets and see the past, present and future! Also save spam to kick a racist in the face, I once got lucky and got a crit on a first try on really small physical instrument skill, guess my actual will to kick him translated to the game XD The game changes everyone I think, it makes you feel warm and then hits you over the head with a club like a baby seal. It made me not trust people! Also to take mushrooms so I can do a shivers build irl XD All kidding aside, this talk kind of hyped me up, it's time to replay the game again. It is nice to remember some of the fan parts of working that job as well. Thanks man!
@carlpotter1926
Жыл бұрын
I've seen a few, but they were either modern 'shock ' films ie. Nightwatch/ Daywatch, Serbian film etc or old artistic films like Solaris or Battleship Potemkin. To be candid, my interest in Slavic art stems from a relationship with a Ukrainian girl and my inability to connect with her on a soulful level. She once told me that smiling made me look like I was 'mentally deficient'. Since then, I've wondered how the slavic mind works. In the 'West', we easily judge reality through ideology.for you guys, ex Soviet, post-glasnost etc, ideology must seem absurd. I dont wish to suck at your brain, so I will leave you in peace. But I feel good about connecting and talking to you, whoever you are. And I will think about your words and treat them with reverence. Just know that, in our small communication, I felt a feeling of value, of talking to a person. I wish you well, I hope you keep doing things that send a wave around the world. When all this money grabbing industry shit eats itself, it is the likes of you who will be remembered. Take it easy, stranger
@jbBehemoth
Жыл бұрын
47:37 Kuno made me laugh out loud. He had the funniest lines IMO
@FanDidlyTastic
Жыл бұрын
I gotta do this for all the dyslexic people: sorry Grim Beard, but your opinion on whether or not it should have voice acting is factually incorrect. I haven't and will likely never play Disco E. because my dyslexia type makes reading legitimately physically painful, and time consuming. What might take you 10 seconds to read takes me 17+, which means that since time only progresses in dialogue, I'm permanently, in every playthrough, disadvantaged. Not to mention the anxiety that comes with that. While I may agree it shouldn't be required to be on, it should be an option, because having to use OCRs(on screen readers) for every moment of the game is honestly unplayable? Dyslexia exists and voice acting is literally its accessible option. Without audible, I would not read books. It's as simple as that. It's not an artistic thing, it's access. Love your stuff tho! Also while mods may exist that connect ocr into games, not every game has a modding scene, or have these mods.
@AssasinZorro
3 жыл бұрын
I really wonder what you would think of music in "else Heart.Break()". That game has a visual style that looks like covers of El Huervo's albums. A lot of it is "party music", so I'm not sure that the entirety of the OST will be to your liking, but it is good.
@Xenocristo
Жыл бұрын
Great review of an absolute masterpiece
@caseymckenna7111
3 жыл бұрын
“Something’s different now,” indeed.
@kamikazemelon787
5 күн бұрын
God, what I would give to have seen Grim's playthrough of this in its entirety.
@Purplestufff
3 жыл бұрын
Just hearing this music again after not playing for a year brings up so many feelings in me.
@Lonit-be
2 жыл бұрын
I laughed so many times at the possible replies. Grim, did you play the final cut? If not please do! I tremendously enjoyed Lenval Brown's narration of our thoughts.
@video_ouija7114
2 жыл бұрын
This was one if the most enjoyable playthroughs I've ever had
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