Disco Elysium News

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It already seemed pretty clear that indie studio ZA/UM's new RPG game adventure Disco Elysium wouldn't shy away from politics. Now the game's lead designer has said the game's devs have worked to ensure that any politics in the game are already there in a "self-sufficient" format - and that he doesn't want to add politics to it retrospectively "like JK Rowling."

In an interview with Edge magazine (issue 339), Robert Kurvitz is asked about any advice he could provide to other devs about handling certain topics, such as those represented in Disco Elysium, like hate-speech and bigotry, sensitively. In response, Kurvitz says, "I think to give advice, I would have to add my personal opinions to the artwork we've made. We worked incredibly hard to make it self-sufficient [as a representation]."

He continued, saying if he were to use his "author's position to add to that or explain" he would "take away that balance," and added, "I don't want to be like JK Rowling - I don't want to add politics later to my work."

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Disco Elysium owes plenty of debt to the likes of Planescape: Torment and other RPG classics, but its world debuted in a novel - a much more traditional writing format. Lead writer and designer Robert Kurvitz says that the narrative possibilities now are way more exciting, in large part because it's still possible to corrupt the youth with games.

"I think what you're limited by in games is that there's so much to gain from making a hit nowadays," Kurvits tells Edge in issue #339, "there's so much territory you can conquer - you can truly set out in your own very small way to alter history a bit. It's not all divided up between giants yet, which means it's a tough fight for that territory. A lot of people are there, a lot of people care, and there's not a lot of elbow room and it's a pretty dirty fight."

Kurvits says the risk with games is "more than with a novel, which nobody really cares about at all any more! Novels are almost inconsequential - it's hard to piss anyone off with them, because they spread very slowly from one language to another. You can't lead the youth astray with a novel nowadays."

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Disco Elysium puts you in the shoes of a troubled detective on a path to crack a murder case, so naturally there's a whole lot of mystery to grapple with - and now developer ZA/UM has added even more to the beloved RPG. The studio has just launched a new patch called the Jamais Vu ('never seen') update to coincide with the holiday season and a big Steam-y discount on the Final Cut of the game which adds a batch of new mysteries to solve.

The announcement aptly comes heaped with plenty of mystery. "The static hisses in your ears as you slowly spin the dial," it teases. "Nothing but warbling data from a planar anomaly. Is there anything at all? A small sadness creeps in. '...' Wait! Go back. Between your finger and thumb the hiss becomes a hum and your hairs stand to their end. You hear the sounds of waves roaring; a formidable chorus of water.

"A small splash, and then... '... or weaker... now ... dying is an art,' it continues. "The static returns. But there is no doubt. A man's voice, one you've never heard before, telling secrets from a place that could be anywhere and nowhere at all." Hmm. Mysterious indeed.

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Text size is still a common theme among player concerns about many of the biggest and best PC games around, with subtitles and other in-game text often appearing on the smaller side in newer releases. The good news, though, is that one of the best RPGs of our time has just got easier to read with the addition of some font-enlarging gameplay updates.

Disco Elysium's Version e6fdd6fa patch - catchy, I know - is only billed as a small update by developer ZA/UM, but the positive changes it makes could be pretty significant for a lot of players who struggle to make out in-game text. The patch notes list just a handful of tweaks, but two important ones - the first of which is announced in grand capitals - is "BIGGER FONT SIZES". Additionally, other adjustments fold in "bigger and cleaner" UI elements and "lots of visual fixes for smoother, more coherent visual experience".

While Disco Elysium is now fully voiced through its Final Cut edition, its gameplay and story still hinge on a significant amount of text, so this is a really key and positive change for those who'd love to see it offer options for bigger fonts.

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