#i didnt think that thought would go anywhere i thuoght it was just a silly little sidequest like. wtf.......

[mechawolfie]

i’m sorry this is going to be umm kind of disjointed my brain is like a hive of panicked bees

ok ok so basically my thoughts are “AAAAAAA FUCK FUCK FUCK WOW WOW WOW WOW HELL YEA” but to translate: i didn’t seriously get into videogames until VERY recently when i took an interest in worldbuilding & was curious abt the different ways one could present a fictional world, & i think videogames r just such a cool way to do that, & basically this game is my favorite thing ever. its just so intriguing!!!!

i’m not very politically versed so i can’t talk on that aspect but i will say that it’s a big reason why i love the game so much. like… just getting to talk to these characters and learn about their beliefs, how they see the world & how they’ve chosen to live in it etc etc etc??? brilliant amazing genius i love that shit SO MUCH. and like some ppl will think ‘oh i need to think of Every Single Aspect of my world & i need to show off Every Single Bit of it’ but what i love abt de’s worldbuilding is that you know about as much about everything as it’s residents do - which is very little (depending on who they are)! which is realistic! and just a very interesting way to present your world! i love it!!!!

then theres the ART. GOD. i haven’t seen the art book yet but man i cant wait to look bc this game is freaking Gorgeous. im not sure what the name of this style would be but it reminds me of things like transistor or dishonored. like it feels it takes insp from old art movements. & the fact that the game’s map is also stylized - how everything looks like a painting??? chefs kiss. i mean it made it kindof difficult to navigate at times but its sooo pretty so i dont even care. discovering a new part of the map felt like opening a christmas present like every time i thought i’d seen everything i realized there was a new place i didnt explore and i just. man. the church. THE CHURCH. god. going into that area for the first time was CHILLING, the atmosphere is soooo good its insane!! i kind of felt bad bringing the rave kids in bc that just haunting quiet.. the soft singing.. beautiful truly honestly beautiful

and the soundtrack is so perfect. it just. ok when ur walking out into rue de saint-ghislaine and u hear that horn come in??? there’s this feeling that’s like… it just says “this is home. this is all we have. time to keep living”. it’s nostalgic it’s kindof sad it’s accepting it’s fate. does that make any sense.

basically the art direction is just so good, everything comes together so well to create this very specific atmosphere. and it can change so swiftly but its a smooth change. im thinking abt the climax of the game - its so panicky so on edge (was LITERALLY shaking & crying then lmao 🙃), and then its just. over. but it feels natural. again, that feeling of “time to keep living”. what else can you do but that?

i think one reason everything flows so well is the narration? it kind of.. spreads things out, putting what’s happening into words. helps you process it better. or maybe i just have adhd & having things narrated helps me understand wtf is going on lmao

also ok. the characters. god. i think if i tried talking abt the characters this’ll get too long so abridged version: FUCK cops but harry is my pathetic little meow meow, im disappointed i havent seen more ppl get into who kim is as a person (bc theres SO MUCH to him!! i think he’s the most fleshed out character in this game honestly) but im glad we’ve all decided he is Definitely autistic, & i like that this game while having characters who are shit ppl/have shit takes (& doesn’t try to excuse them for it!!) they’re still human first & foremost. it rly just - again, the atmosphere. the vibes. this is a home. this is a world we’re getting a glimpse into. it just feels.. real. despite yknow. the pale.

oh my god the pale. the fucking pale. the insulindian phasmid. SHIVERS. i have to fucking stop. i haveto stop or this is just going to keep going oh my god im so sorry. but listen the pale is so cool & interesting right??? its so fucking c- oh my god

ok hold on 1 more thing. 1 thing i couldn’t get past: the fatphobia. u go this whole game where the bigoted language is obviously coming from the characters’ own biases, but w the fat characters it’s not just how the other characters talk abt them, it’s how they’re portrayed. does that make sense? anyway that honestly made me like the game less

and… ok thats all. i mean its not, but this is already long enough ahaha

HI OKAY so i know we've literally never spoken before but. PLEASE tell me your thoughts on disco elysium ive been going insane about it since i played it in january and i think my friends are tired of me infodumping about it lol

hi hello hihi. ok hold on I need a moment