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Disco Elysium standalone expansion reportedly cancelled and quarter of staff facing redundancy at ZA/UM (www.eurogamer.net)

submitted 9 months ago by Wxnzxn@lemmy.ml to c/games@lemmy.world

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[-] Nacktmull@lemmy.world 80 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I wouldn't want to buy an expansion from the people who stole Disco Elysium anyway.

How Disco Elysium Was Stolen From Its Creators

About the Disco Elysium Investigation (It's bad.)

[-] Glitchington@lemmy.world 22 points 9 months ago

Yeah, this seems like the business equivalent of a slap in the face to the original devs.

[-] 100_percent_a_bot@lemmy.world 19 points 9 months ago

If anything the employees getting fired and the project being shitcanned adds another layer of social commentary

[-] BustinJiber@lemmy.world 17 points 9 months ago

Still do not understand how this wasn't hostile takeover.

[-] BarrierWithAshes@kbin.social 15 points 9 months ago

The whole thing is such a clusterfuck. I've never played it but I can sympathize with how the fans have been jerked around.

[-] papabobolious@feddit.nu 14 points 9 months ago

I sympathise with them, but played it without any insight into any drama. It's one of the best games I've played.

[-] Nacktmull@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

I you are into adventure games and/or like the idea of a story heavy rpg without combat I wholeheartedly recommend you trying it.

[-] BarrierWithAshes@kbin.social 4 points 9 months ago

I've tried several games like it. Arcanum being one of the most similar but I just can't get into that style, no matter how many times I've tried lol. Same reason I won't play Planescape: Torment. Just not for me. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[-] Aqarius@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago

It's not very much like Arcanum, though. Arcanum and Planescape are moer or less straight RPGs, Disco Elysium is practically a variant of a point and click adventure.

[-] yuriy@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

It’s a point and click puzzle game with rpg elements, that’s how I’ve been explaining it

[-] dumpsterlid@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

I really wanted to get into planescape torment because I have heard amazing things about the writing and I have played decently far into the beginning (escaping from the body morgue complex into city) but the whole damn game is just grey and beige and I couldn’t take it after awhile lol.