
Each ability has six distinct secondary skills for a total of 24. There are four primary abilities in the game: Intellect, Psyche, Physique, and Motorics. The gameplay features no combat in the traditional sense instead, it is handled through skill checks and dialogue trees. Other NPCs may be influenced to become temporary companions that join the group and provide similar support. Early in the game they gain a partner, Kim Kitsuragi, another detective who acts as the protagonist's voice of professionalism and who may be able to offer advice or support in certain dialogue options. The player can move the detective about the current screen to interact with non-player characters (NPC) and highlighted objects or move onto other screens. The player takes the role of a detective, who suffers from alcohol and drug-induced amnesia, on a murder case. The game is presented in an isometric perspective in which the player character is controlled. Gameplay screenshot showing conversations in white and choices in orange, atop the current scene the character is inĭisco Elysium is a role-playing video game that features an open world and dialogue-heavy gameplay mechanics.
Disco elysium switch series#
A television series adaptation was announced to be in development in 2020. Disco Elysium received universal acclaim for its narrative and art, and won a number of awards, including Game of the Year, by several publications. The game is based on a tabletop role-playing game setting that Kurvitz had previously created, later forming ZA/UM in 2016 to adapt it into a video game. In addition, a system called the Thought Cabinet represents his other ideologies and personality traits, with players having the ability to freely support or suppress them. Instead, events are resolved through skill checks and dialogue trees via a system of 24 skills that represents different aspects of the protagonist, such as his perception and pain threshold.

Disco elysium switch update#
An expanded version of the game featuring full voice acting and new content, subtitled The Final Cut, was released for consoles in 2021, alongside a free update for the PC and macOS versions.ĭisco Elysium is a non-traditional role-playing game featuring very little combat.

Disco elysium switch windows#
Disco Elysium was released for Windows in October 2019 and macOS in April 2020. During the investigation, he comes to recall events about his own past as well as current forces trying to affect the city. Players take the role of an amnesiac detective who has been tasked with solving a murder mystery. Inspired by Infinity Engine-era games, particularly Planescape: Torment, the game was written and designed by Estonian novelist Robert Kurvitz and features a distinctive oil painting art style with music by the English band British Sea Power.ĭisco Elysium takes place in the seaside district of a fictional city still recovering from a siege which occurred decades prior to the game's start. Disco Elysium is a 2019 role-playing video game developed and published by ZA/UM.
