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Kraftwerk posted:That entire subplot pisses me off. "i'm annoyed that the main character doesn't react healthily to the circumstances in which he finds himself and that he employs obviously maladaptive coping mechanisms to deal with issues in his life" - person who purchased and then played through the entirety of Human Trainwreck Simulator 2020, seemingly without ever coming within shouting distance of The Point
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Au Revoir Shosanna posted:men will literally obliterate their conscious selves with apocalypse level substance abuse instead of going to therapy The only therapy we need is a cool necktie who has our back, bratan.
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Kobal2 posted:The only therapy we need is a cool necktie who has our back, bratan. yeah but a game where harry hangs himself in the closet from love-loss-induced despair wouldn't have been long or good
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cock hero flux posted:"i'm annoyed that the main character doesn't react healthily to the circumstances in which he finds himself and that he employs obviously maladaptive coping mechanisms to deal with issues in his life" 2019! 
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Apr 7, 2021 00:38
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Aye Doc posted:yeah but a game where harry hangs himself in the closet from love-loss-induced despair wouldn't have been long or good It was actually a ceiling fan thank you 
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Apr 7, 2021 00:39
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christmas boots posted:It’s also not just the break up. Harry was also putting in an absolutely tremendous and unsustainable amount of effort into the work and closing all those cases. That’s just as responsible for his burnout imo But that's the break up too, isn't it ? I admit I don't really have a timeline all pegged out on a whiteboard filled with Clues and red strings ; but I assumed the reason Raphaël drowned himself in the work was to try and get his mind away from Her and focused on something, anything else. I mean, even at the heart of the soul of The Work, there's a secret apricot-scented compartment. Surely that has "symbolism" written in crayon all over it ?
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Aye Doc posted:yeah but a game where harry hangs himself in the closet from love-loss-induced despair wouldn't have been long or good I wouldn't know, I killed myself turning on the lights in my room.
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Apr 7, 2021 00:47
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Kobal2 posted:But that's the break up too, isn't it ? I admit I don't really have a timeline all pegged out on a whiteboard filled with Clues and red strings ; but I assumed the reason Raphaël drowned himself in the work was to try and get his mind away from Her and focused on something, anything else. maybe he dove deeper into the intense policing after she left, but Harry was a cop for 18 years and she left 6 years prior to the start of the game. the cases made him a miserable depressed wreck all the time and it weighed on Dora heavily, plus being a cop paid poo poo all apparently and they were constantly too poor. if you learn the thought related to that secret apricot compartment, it also sheds some light on their relationship and the effects his detective work had on it.
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Apr 7, 2021 01:02
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cock hero flux posted:"i'm annoyed that the main character doesn't react healthily to the circumstances in which he finds himself and that he employs obviously maladaptive coping mechanisms to deal with issues in his life" Nah I get the point. I guess I just like finding things that are broken and fixing them and I understand the game only gives you maybe a week's worth of time to sort things out. Not enough time to recover from alcoholism or solve the bigger issues, but enough to at least get a good start on it.
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Kobal2 posted:But that's the break up too, isn't it ? I admit I don't really have a timeline all pegged out on a whiteboard filled with Clues and red strings ; but I assumed the reason Raphaël drowned himself in the work was to try and get his mind away from Her and focused on something, anything else. harry had been killing himself with work before the break up happened. in fact, it's one of the reasons why the break up happened. it took its toll on him and he started drowning himself in booze to cope, which strained his relationship even more. remember. harry had been on the force for 18 years, but the break up happened only 6 years ago. Roobanguy fucked around with this message at 01:09 on Apr 7, 2021 |
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Apr 7, 2021 01:05
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where is the patch keanu, i mean cuno
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Apr 7, 2021 01:07
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Oh gently caress I went in the church and saw a stainedglass image. This is the end of me.
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Roobanguy posted:harry had been killing himself with work before the break up happened. in fact, it's one of the reasons why the break up happened. it took its toll on him and he started drowning himself in booze to cope, which strained his relationship even more. Nonsense. The break up happened because he didn't have the right figurines. And because Dolores would rather be riding the cock carousel, OBVIOUSLY.
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Apr 7, 2021 01:43
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Kraftwerk posted:That entire subplot pisses me off. Man all the stuff about game mechanics and ending scenes aside, Harry getting into a new relationship with anyone sounds like a disastrous idea right now. Let him learn how to be healthy single for more than a few days first!
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Apr 7, 2021 01:45
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Kraftwerk posted:That entire subplot pisses me off. It is no coincidence that when Harry dreams of his wife, he dreams of Dolores Dei. In essence, they are the same thing. Dolores is the embodiment of Moralism, the worship of the status quo. To the moralist, everything anomalous seems...insignificant. Communist uprising? No biggy. Orphans playing with corpses in the street? That's just the way it is. The gods are in their heavens. Everything is as it should be. But this faith in the status quo is vanishing fast. The old church is empty. Where there was once worship of moralism, now there is nothing; a tear the fabric of the reality. And that's kind of the point. Just like Harry can't fix his relationship with his ex-wife, nobody can repair the damage that moralism has suffered. Nobody believes that the status quo is tenable. The world is teetering on the edge of war, and nothing will ever be the same. Maybe the revolution will succeed. Maybe you can fill the church with music. Maybe you can convince the moralists to dance hardcore. Maybe not. But moralism is as dead as disco.
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Is the dialogue for your skills unable to be turned off? I set voice acting to classic but did it while in a convo so I think it might have glitched or something.
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Apr 7, 2021 02:00
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Kobal2 posted:But that's the break up too, isn't it ? I admit I don't really have a timeline all pegged out on a whiteboard filled with Clues and red strings ; but I assumed the reason Raphaël drowned himself in the work was to try and get his mind away from Her and focused on something, anything else. in addition to what others have said we also know it can’t all have been in the past six years because Harry solved over 200 cases in those 18 years and according to Kim anything over 10/yr is considered absolutely phenomenal
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Cpt_Obvious posted:It is no coincidence that when Harry dreams of his wife, he dreams of Dolores Dei. In essence, they are the same thing. Dolores is the embodiment of Moralism, the worship of the status quo. To the moralist, everything anomalous seems...insignificant. Communist uprising? No biggy. Orphans playing with corpses in the street? That's just the way it is. The gods are in their heavens. Everything is as it should be.
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Apr 7, 2021 02:49
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Klaasje wont answer her drat door and Im on day 4 now. I can see her on the roof smoking though. Got the body down etc already.
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Bifauxnen posted:Man all the stuff about game mechanics and ending scenes aside, Harry getting into a new relationship with anyone sounds like a disastrous idea right now. Let him learn how to be healthy single for more than a few days first! Oh totally. I don't think I implied that strongly enough but he would have to go through that step before the others. The game even makes that clear with the lady at the fishing village. Cpt_Obvious posted:It is no coincidence that when Harry dreams of his wife, he dreams of Dolores Dei. In essence, they are the same thing. Dolores is the embodiment of Moralism, the worship of the status quo. To the moralist, everything anomalous seems...insignificant. Communist uprising? No biggy. Orphans playing with corpses in the street? That's just the way it is. The gods are in their heavens. Everything is as it should be. This is meta as gently caress and easily describes the last 40 or so years of Earth history up to the present moment.
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OK, this Contact Mike running joke might possibly be my favorite thing in the game so far. It's right up there with lovingly describing a sandwich just to tell the person "No one will ever be able to make that sandwich" and stare longingly out to sea.
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Dandywalken posted:Klaasje wont answer her drat door and Im on day 4 now. I can see her on the roof smoking though. Got the body down etc already. yeah I had this problem too. did you talk to titus?
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Apr 7, 2021 04:55
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Yeah, but Ive 0 authority and dont want to savescum a 8% pass 
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Dandywalken posted:Yeah, but Ive 0 authority and dont want to savescum a 8% pass you should be able to fail forward
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Dandywalken posted:Yeah, but Ive 0 authority and dont want to savescum a 8% pass Just prove to Titus that you're serious, by borrowing Kim's gun and shooting yourself in the face  EDIT: ^^^ or what he said, if you wanna be boring 
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Apr 7, 2021 05:12
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drat it Keanu where's the dang patch
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Dandywalken posted:Yeah, but Ive 0 authority and dont want to savescum a 8% pass There are no hard stops in the whole game. It might look like there is, but either you can go do something else for a bonus (especially on a certain Shivers check) or Kim will step in.
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been trying to see if i can get past day one doing anything else except investigating the body but its starting to look like i can't progress into day 2 until i do? am i correct on this? i just wanna collect cans and talk to the locals, police work is for nerds.
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Too Many Birds posted:been trying to see if i can get past day one doing anything else except investigating the body but its starting to look like i can't progress into day 2 until i do? am i correct on this? Not only can you progress without ever doing that, but there is in fact an achievement for it
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Apr 7, 2021 06:34
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Too Many Birds posted:well i'm at 21:00 and i can't find a way to trigger the sequence to pay for damages and my room? what should i be doing?? You pay for the room by talking to Garte. There are a couple of ways to get the money. You can ask Joyce (I think you need to pass a check), or if that fails you can get Kim to pawn these fancy hubcaps he's got in his car.
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Epic High Five posted:Not only can you progress without ever doing that, but there is in fact an achievement for it Speaking of which, is it possible to get both the achievement for this, but also pull the boots off the body? I'd assume not, but I'd love a way of getting the achievement relevant to my spoiler, in the same playthrough!
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Major Isoor posted:Speaking of which, is it possible to get both the achievement for this, but also pull the boots off the body? I'd assume not, but I'd love a way of getting the achievement relevant to my spoiler, in the same playthrough! I'd assume not, that comes after getting your poo poo together and doing the external examination and I dont even think you have the chance until it's down and about to go into the bag That said, its frankly heretical to think you need anything but a single shoe, no pants, a frog hat, a silk robe, and a mesh t shirt
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Cpt_Obvious posted:It is no coincidence that when Harry dreams of his wife, he dreams of Dolores Dei. In essence, they are the same thing. Dolores is the embodiment of Moralism, the worship of the status quo. To the moralist, everything anomalous seems...insignificant. Communist uprising? No biggy. Orphans playing with corpses in the street? That's just the way it is. The gods are in their heavens. Everything is as it should be.
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Finished my third plaxthrough, I was pleasantly surprised how many things I forgot about and could experience again. Now I'm finally doing a full Stat "ALL of the content" plaxthrough, slowly. It's great fun but take a long time. The writing is just so good, I wanna see all of it. Only downside so far, can't be officer Cousteau if you don't fail the name check at the beginning.
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Solice Kirsk posted:OK, this Contact Mike running joke might possibly be my favorite thing in the game so far. It's right up there with lovingly describing a sandwich just to tell the person "No one will ever be able to make that sandwich" and stare longingly out to sea. i made the 3% red check to steal the sandwich, then couldn't go through with it
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Gorn Myson posted:Read every page of the Disco Elysium threads from way back when they started, and this deserves to be in the HoF of their posts. agreed, it's really really good.
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sebmojo posted:i made the 3% red check to steal the sandwich, then couldn't go through with it Coward, that sandwich has been my white whale across 3 playthroughs. When it comes out on Switch I'm literally building my detective around getting it
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Epic High Five posted:Coward, that sandwich has been my white whale across 3 playthroughs. When it comes out on Switch I'm literally building my detective around getting it i confess i cheated and watched the scene you get out of it and it's great
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