Disco Elysium 2 just got cancelled and ZA/UM self-destroyed
Disco Elysium 2 just got cancelled and ZA/UM self-destroyed
I dunno I love Disco Elysium but that company can fuck right off. They wrestled away the IP from the original creators and the sequel was certain to be a confused hack job with no sense of what made the original so special. The game is definitely worth playing but it's hard to advocate giving them any money when none of it goes to the artists who made it :\
Sail the high seas for this one
Yeah to be honest my friend told me the other day "DE2 got cancelled" and I was surprised because I thought the company was already basically defunct after what happened. I mean there is no way a DE2 could be anything other than a soulless cash grab after everything anyway so there's not really much to do other than to shrug your shoulders at this news.
Also this is one of the few instances I'd advocate pirating an indie game
Terrible for the employees, but I have no pity for ZA/UM or its top-level parasites.
Sad. The first game was perfect to play together with the wife.
Arguably though, Disco Elysium is such a unique art piece, any successor would likely fall very short on any expectations.
TIL it was in the works to begin with. Still haven't played the first one, though
Well worth checking out the first game. Just, like, maybe get it from a source that isn't going to give the money to ZA/UM.
It's pretty close to a perfect storytelling experience. Extraordinarily unique.
Not the ending I wanted for Elysium, but it's hard to argue it's not the most thematically appropriate
I hope Larian Stusios will buy this IP, rehire the original writers and so great things with it.
We really need to stop shoving every story related property into Larian's lap.
Ehhh I don't think Larians quite up to the task. Yeah BG3 has an engaging story and some good characters, but politically it doesn't really have anything to say outside of some queer representation. It's the Sunday Friend's favorite new RPG!
Well that’s why they need to hire the original writers. I don’t think anybody would consider Baldurs Gate especially political, maybe expect for a few fringe right wingers. But Larian have the resources, technical expertise and know how to build a big RPG and if they bought the IP, I’m sure they would respect the source material. You wouldn’t want to make a Disco Elysium game if you where to afraid to get political.
No, because that still gives these assholes money. I hope someone hires the original team to make something new.
I wouldn't mind someone else just making a game like Disco Elysium with all the myriad of possibilities and angles and such. Disco being extremely well-written was mere icing on the cake compared to the agency it has for an RPG. It goes above and beyond what even great RPGs like Baldur's Gate (any of the 3) do.
Though I suppose you would need a great writer to actually think of all the different possibilities of any particular dialogue or scene... 🤔
On the subject of writers... Didn't one of the writers for Disco have actual books published? Anyone know what they are or if they are as good as the game?
The book is Sacred and Terrible Air, it was written in Estonian but there are a couple of English fan translations. I enjoyed it. https://www.reddit.com/r/DiscoElysium/s/iVcX04yIRV
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