Topic: Disco Elysium

Is it me or since the latest patch does it take longer to regain control of your character after interacting with an object?

I finally finished day 2 though and seem to have got loads done with the big thing of;

I also found the key to the “secret” area of the Whirling..

@Thrillho Man, I got all that stuff done on like Day 5! The game opens up a lot though on Day 3, the water lock is finally open and you can go past. If you need a hint for where the map is then just ask!

@nessisonett Oh, I know where the map is but I was saving money for the Whirling at that point and not needed it really.

I might not need five days at this rate

I passed a 28% rhetoric skill check to open the door of the mysterious container I craned down in the harbour. I went inside but can’t do anything in there. Can’t talk or interact with anything. Can I come back later with higher perception or something or are things not right? It feels like I should be able to do something in there.

@Jimmer-jammer I only got in as part of the ultraliberal political vision quest. There was something in there but I’m not sure how it was activated.

@Thrillho I stole the map 😂

@nessisonett okay cool. It’s such a bizarre game at times, I’m just going with the flow. Considering my terrible luck with rolling, I was pretty stoked to pass it and then...confused. I’ll just keep on bumbling around like the equal parts ultraliberal communist sorrycop that I’ve become...though Kim apparently trusts me so that feels like a win.

@Jimmer-jammer Yeah I ended up about 2 thirds Communist and 1 third ultraliberal. I wanted to eat the rich but I also really liked money and was always hustling 😂

@nessisonett You monster!

@Jimmer-jammer I save scummed to see what was in there and I had a voice call me to enter. It’s quite an odd encounter once you’re in.. (I reloaded to my save before getting in though).

And to you both, I have such an odd collection of thoughts I can research which are all rather contradictory! I am very tempted by Art Cop though..

@Thrillho I was an art cop! Helped a lot with Cindy The Skull to be honest.

@Thrillho yeah I had the voice call me in, even his name come up with text and all that, but inside there is nothing to do except watch my real jump around like the stock market...it’s weird.

I only have 3 thoughts currently equipped, one of which (hobo cop) I’ve done nothing with outside of boosting tare value (I’ve not added any points to shivers). This first play through has been a mess of figuring things out but also feels pretty right haha I can’t wait to do another, more focused run through and really mess around with the mechanics. I’m at the end of day two and judging by some of what you and @nessisonnett have written, I’m gonna need a lot more that 5 days!

@Jimmer-jammer @Thrillho Just checking, but do you both hold down L1 to see what you can interact with? If the guy inside the container has talked to you then you should be able to talk to him by selecting the centre of the light bending effect.

Also I completed the game on Day 8 this time.

@nessisonett yeah I’ve pretty much been playing it like a point and click by holding L1 and only moving around if I have to. I’ll try again tonight but last night I wasn’t having any luck in there, though it was late and I was tired.

@Jimmer-jammer The light should bend and there’ll be a centre of the effect like a little sphere. I could interact with that to talk to the guy.

@nessisonett interesting. Yeah I had the crazy light bending effect and the light bending rich guy call me in but for some reason I couldn’t find anything to interact with. I didn’t mess around much with it or even exit and re enter...hopefully it was just me being an idiot and not the game.

@Jimmer-jammer Yeah, there was a weird spiral of light which you could talk with when I did it.

@nessisonett I have no idea what holding L1 does... I think?

@Thrillho Oh dear. Holding L1 puts a glowy green outline around every interactible on the screen. Which includes things that you can’t interact with without holding down the button, which is quite a few objects.

@nessisonett Ha, I just wander around waggling the analogue stick to see if there’s anything to interact with. It’s worked well so far!

@Thrillho Oh man, you’ve probably missed out on a lot of interactibles hahaha but it’s working out for you! There really should be some sort of tutorial.

@nessisonett Well, at least time spent exploring doesn’t progress the clock so I can have a quick whizz around before crossing the dock.

@nessisonett @Thrillho since the last update I’ve been getting little tutorial updates from a female voiceover. Was that always in the game?