Disco Elysium is a strange psychological thriller game where you wake up in a drunken stupor in the fake island nation of Martinique and cant remember who you are. Even stranger, there is a dead body hanging from the back of the hostel you are staying at. After playing for over 30 hours, I discovered I could be many things, a detective, a union supporter, and interestingly enough, a communist police officer. I know these things dont seem like they would jive very well, but thats the uniqueness of the game. You can engineer your psychology to match how you want to solve the mysteries inside as you travel through the rough streets of the urban decay of a post revolutionary nation.
You have to stake out positions like whether you should scab or even be a racist or fascist. Solving issues of whether a mercenary death squad member was a rapist or just an assassin, and throw your lot in with one faction or another to survive as well as to discover who you are. Meanwhile you are fed some of the most hilarious and dark dialogue of any game I have ever played. Facing off with snot nosed Scouse (Liverpool) hooligans, racists, tech enthusiasts, insect lovers, and karaoke fiends, there was definitely an eclectic bunch of characters. I would definetly recommend if you are looking for something very different from the action oriented games out there.
