ZERO PARADES: For Dead Spies

Very good. Not as funny as disco, but same high quality.

I was a big fan of Disco Elysium, so of course I wanted to try out the studios next project. There are a lot of things to like but with an equal amount of things to dislike. The general gameplay, art style, and music were all reminiscent of DE, and all of this was good. While the gameplay wasn't much different, there were a few innovations I liked, like the action scene system. I didn't like the day/night system. Towards the end of the game, you run out of things to do that progress time so you end up having to take punishing side jobs to fill out your schedule. The story was a mixed bag for me. I found some of it incredibly compelling. The issue is that most of these storylines do not have a satisfying payoff, they just end. The ending of the game itself is the same. While I enjoyed the playable part of the ending, the actual resolution of the game is very abrupt. We get no feedback on how our choices impacted the narrative, our character's fates, etc. It just ends. I suspect the studio ran out of money and just needed to ship. It's the curse of all CRPGS. On the latter point, there are quite a few bugs. Most involved there not being flags on certain dialogue trees, so I would see dialogue that was no longer relevant on my playthrough. For example, my main character would have a 'revelation' about something that I have known about for a long time or progressed past because I missed the clickable earlier. There were a few bugs that caused me to be unable to complete minor quests (I assume these are scripting issues). I don't think they had any major effects on the playthrough, though, due to the lack of any real payoff in the ending. I don't regret my time with this game, but I definitely didn't connect to the character as much as I did Harry Du Bois. I think it's because of the spy theme of the game. It made it harder to relate to the characters, though I did grow fond of some of them towards the end. It looks like the remaining devs are hard at work fixing bugs and adding QOL features, but I don't think I would play the game again unless they expand and flesh out some of the story.

It´s so boooooooooooooring *Intuition* In fact, it is > "What bored you more, main story line or characters?" > "Didn't you enjoy all the RPG stuff with +1 -1 items and +2 -3 consumables, or XX% test, try again after the rest" > "In communism you would love this game, because you would not have other one" > Lick your monitor to check if this comment real > Grey Matter check(67%). "But you didn't even finish the game!" (+1 checked his played hours) > Personalism check(2%). "This type of games is not for you". (-4 he is a fan of Disco Elysium) > Let it be.[leave]

superbloc，baby！

Мне очень понравилась игра. это было захватывающее приключение которое не опишешь одним словом. Сложно выделить что-то одно. Даже Диско Элизиум не вызывал у меня желание несколько раз перепрозодить, ради разных развилок в игре, а Зеро Парадайс - с удовольствием. Да, местами забагованная, но это не помешало ею наслаждаться.

Лучше, чем Диско Элизиум. Интереснее проработана метафизика, гораздо большая вариативность

A few steps back and a few steps forward. It probably isn't as *good* as Disco, but I enjoyed it at *least* as much, but then I also am an easy sell for a good spy drama, and it is exactly that, and quite a few things more than that. Go in clean. Judge it on its own merit, not as a spokesperson for your own personal politics (though I do think it has plenty of insights and imaginations in its own rights, just probably not the ones a lot of people are more interested in) or as a rival/successor to Disco, and I think it largely does speak for itself. It has its own voice and can compare and contrast interestingly to its predecessor. Whatever is going on with management, the people who really made it really cared and have their own voices. It's worth hearing out. Welcome to the end of history. Whatever happens has already happened.