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I bought Disco Elysium in 2019, immediately loved it, thought it was the funniest game I've ever played with fantastic writing. After about eight hours, the second area opened up, and I hit a wall. I was very fatigued by all the tangents and inner monologuing and not super interesting politicking, and so I got bored and stopped.

Two weeks ago, I gave DE another shot, and the exact same thing happened. I played slightly longer, but yet again hit a point where it was all too much and felt like a chore.

Is it worth me pushing through? Or should I just read a summary online?

Push through. Finishing the game is worth it. Take breaks when needed.

Same happened to me, is all that I can say.

Push through!!! I had fatigue in some similar areas, but god damn I stuck with it and it was worth it. Some of the scenes in the end that you won't get through any summary brought me to tears. I still think about them often.

It's one of those games that is an absolute work of art. Sometimes true works of art take effort.

It's worth pushing through; but only if you are having a good time. You gotta go to the writing where it is, it has jokes and funny shit in it but designed to be an easily consumed disposable piece of entertainment.

Just put it down and pick it up when you feel like it; there is no hurry.

Is it worth me pushing through? Or should I just read a summary online?

If the tangents aren't fun for you, I'd go for the summary. I ended up finishing it, but the story was so all have over the place, I couldn't summarize it if you put a gun to my head. Also, the ending was a disappointment.

I can't imagine a human being who was disappointed with the ending; did you talk to the bug?

I just finished Disco Elysium. The ending came sooner than I was expecting. Solving the murder by interviewing a lone gunman feels a little anticlimactic. I was expecting another epic showdown after the mercenary tribunal. That's not to say a second showdown would have improved the story. It's just what I was expecting. I believe the storywriters made solving the murder anticlimactic on purpose, because by that point the player has learned there are other things transpiring in the world more important than the murder.

All I think the game needs is an epilogue in the form of video clips that play while the credits are rolling. It would be nice to see a short video epilogue for each character. What I would want to see most is a series of clips with the harbor gate opening, the strike coming to a resolution, and the vehicles parked in the roundabout driving away. Come to think of it, much of this could be done by fans using the Collage Mode included with the game, though unfortunately, there is no way to open the harbor gate or remove the parked vehicles in Collage Mode.

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I did, that was pretty cool. I was expecting something more from the union showdown, and I definitely thought there'd be a better reason for the main character drinking himself to amnesia.

The biggest disappointment with the ending was not having a scene where you give the photograph of the Insulindian Phasmid the cryptozoologists, proving that it is real.

I actually don't remember if I did... maybe I need to look up a video or two. Or just play it again.

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