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How we all feeling about it? Played a little bit of it. It has the bones of Disco Elysium, but the writing isn't hitting for me just yet. Need to play a bit more to really have a strong opinion one way or the other.

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[–] avoid_the_noid@hexbear.net 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah, I was wondering how much of the original staff was left. I know a lot of them splintered into 3 or 4 different companies. It looks like the "true" successor will be SUMMER ETERNAL but there are a few others that look promising.

[–] Keld@hexbear.net 16 points 1 day ago (2 children)

What is the "True successor"? Kurvitz, Rostov and Hindpere are in Red Info and no one knows what they're making and it's a traditional company with investors and junk.
Summer Eternal is a cooperative and big into the communism thing, but none of the people who started Summer Eternal held senior roles during the development of Disco Elysium iirc. Also some of the original Disco Elysium staff already left.

[–] BelieveRevolt@hexbear.net 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

We need the ”we're building a classless, moneyless and stateless society” comic except with ”we're making a spiritual successor to Disco Elysium”.

[–] Keld@hexbear.net 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I don't know what comic you're referring to, but yeah "We're former ZA/UM and we're making a spiritual successor to Disco Elysium" is a wide category with a lot of caveats for every participant.

[–] Philosoraptor@hexbear.net 15 points 1 day ago

Mr. Elysium is helping me build my game

[–] 9to5@hexbear.net 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I posted a thread for Esoteric Ebb which is probably the (one of the?) first of the upcoming wave of directly by Disc Elysium inspired games. (The devs have nothing to do with ZA/UM if im not mistaken)

[–] Keld@hexbear.net 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

There are some pretty cool disco elysium inspired games.
Lovely ladies rpg has some positive buzz around it. But I haven't played it.
Rue Valley also looks very clearly inspired by disco elysium and the premise of time loop therapy sounds interesting.
Both of those are already out.

Coming up is Travelling At Night which is gonna be so ass. Gonna add Esoteric Ebb to the list