How Disco Elysium Makes You Feel Hopeless

Spoiler warning for Disco Elysium (Obviously). There are a lot of game design "rules" that are common knowledge, but there are also many that work under the surface. They are fundamental to how we interact with games, and Disco Elysium breaks them to make you feel inadequate. MY PATREON: patreon.com/EphemeraEssays ENDING THEME: Paul Looney - God, Please (The Lieutenant' Theme)    • God, Please (The Lieutenant's Theme) - A D...   GAMES (Chronologically): Disco Elysium: The Final Cut Super Mario Odyssey Battlefield 1 The Walking Dead Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Fallout: New Vegas Dark Souls: Remastered OTHER MUSIC (Chronologically): Far Cry 3 - I'm Sorry The Return of the Obra Dinn - Main Theme Disco Elysium - The Whirling-in-Rags Cafeteria Mafia 3 - Only One Thing We're Good At Red Dead Redemption - Main Theme Deus Ex - UNATCO Conversation Theme Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs - Mandus Hades - No Escape CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Introduction 00:38 - Game Design 02:12 - "Metaphysical" Rules 03:05 - The Debt 05:35 - The Body 07:38 - Sorry Cop 09:20 - Joyce 10:33 - Conclusion 12:49 - God, Please (The Lieutenant's Theme) #discoelysium #discoelysiumfinalcut