If I wanted to read that much I’d reread the Stephen king dark tower series. I just couldn’t get past all the dialogue and reading, that’s not why I play video games
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Because people trying to sell it as a traditional video game are doing it a disservice, you don't play Disco Elysium for the same gaming experience as something where you click buttons to splat baddies, it is literally an interactive novel and if you love reading you will love it, if not, you won't. It's ridiculous to compare it to other games because it's a niche genre.
I get really sick of the anti-intellectualism around non-traditional experiences though, part of the seven-second attention-span generation leaking everywhere. The "I ain't reading all that" banner that everyone under 20 seems to carry nowadays. It's damn near impossible to find slower-paced, more thoughtful entertainment experiences without really digging into niches and even then you're going to see people complaining constantly.
edit: if it makes you irritated that other people enjoyed a thing you didn't, that should be a cue to explore deeper why you aren't able to enjoy something so different from the norm and what it makes you feel. It's far more productive to explore your own reactions and conscious thought-stream than try to convince other people who DID like a thing that they're wrong.
It has nothing to do with attention span. If I wanna read a novel I’ll sit down and do so, if I sit down to play a game i want to play a game. Your argument would be like Christopher Nolan releasing a film with no pictures, just words on screen you read, I’d be mad and others would say it’s a masterpiece. But it has nothing to do with me liking to read or not. If you think about it DE is a video game equivalent to a Nolan movie, some will say it’s a masterpiece, others like me will say it’s pretentious, boring crap
I have the same issue with those telltale games where you just click a choice and watch a giant cutscene.
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"Disco Elysium is perfect but also a complete shit show" is becoming its own genre of journalism.