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Small-Scale Question Sunday for August 27, 2023

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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.