An Analysis of Disco Elysium's Protagonist

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  • @yari4046
    @yari4046 3 ปีที่แล้ว +682

    my quest will not stop until i have found every video about disco elysium on this god forsaken site

    • @nevercurrentgames90
      @nevercurrentgames90  3 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      Same. One more for a pile of Disco content that should be bigger

    • @lurox5183
      @lurox5183 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Haha you have perfectly articulated my own thoughts! Whenever i stumble across a quality disco elysium video. There are some real gems on here, can you recommend any others i may not have seen?

    • @cia4u401
      @cia4u401 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      God bless you you crazy bastard

    • @artemzukh2699
      @artemzukh2699 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Please, share your treasure ,wise man

    • @dante_himself
      @dante_himself 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      One more door, baby, one more door!

  • @TheButterMinecart1
    @TheButterMinecart1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +233

    -I think he calmed down a bit
    -No he didn't - he's about to open fire
    -So which one is it, who's right?
    -He is. I was wrong

    • @nevercurrentgames90
      @nevercurrentgames90  3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      So much incredible prose, and depending on your build, you might never get to see it.

  • @malikcollins9494
    @malikcollins9494 2 ปีที่แล้ว +150

    Bro, I somehow had Logic, Encyclopedia, Visual Calculus, Conceptualization, and Perception conversing with each other (the stats I put points into), and all of a sudden, Electrochemistry says "Did someone say Cocaine?"
    Me:👁👄👁 whut????

    • @nevercurrentgames90
      @nevercurrentgames90  2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Electrochemistry ready to party, whether you like it or not!! Now lick up that spilled drink 🍸
      Me doing what my brain tells me: 🤪

    • @Cosmicshambler
      @Cosmicshambler หลายเดือนก่อน

      Literally my brain

  • @sonyblank1487
    @sonyblank1487 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    I always found it interesting, when you shoot Cunoesse, the paper specifically labels the RCM as a "paramilitary outfit" which really hammers home how little the RCM is respected in Martinase.
    Finding out you're *barely* a cop, only propped up by the foreign influence of the Moralintern, and is cracking at the seams with the RCM itself planning revolution is wild.

    • @boserboser6870
      @boserboser6870 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      It parallels you to the mercs at the tribunal.
      Their just the international branch of YOUR job.
      Only difference is they dont have a pretence of serving the people.
      As a cop you theoretically can do good. But you dont have to. The thin blue line will protect you from the consequences of near all your crimes

    • @sonyblank1487
      @sonyblank1487 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @boserboser6870 yeah, now that I think about it, it does all flow back to the Moralintern trying to exert influence - either through supposed "public supported" police or through outright mercenary enforcement.

  • @conorryan3035
    @conorryan3035 3 ปีที่แล้ว +113

    This is probably the best DE video essay I've found here. Criminally underrated channel - liked and subbed

  • @Kevinofrepublic
    @Kevinofrepublic 2 ปีที่แล้ว +108

    wow. I actually hadn't considered the fact he's a late stage alcoholic and that going sober makes the game harder

    • @nevercurrentgames90
      @nevercurrentgames90  2 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      The realization hit me like an apricot scented hammer! It was such a subtle writing choice conveyed through the mechanics; we got to experience how alcohol helps him cope with his stressful job.

    • @lov_eli
      @lov_eli ปีที่แล้ว +4

      ​@@nevercurrentgames90at least it wasn't totally bad, I took that raise in PSY with pride, I had fixed a little part or myself

    • @lov_eli
      @lov_eli ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ​@@nevercurrentgames90also, awesome video!

  • @matthulme2388
    @matthulme2388 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    When you realise they build a thing of the past (the church) around the encroaching future (the pale) to cancel it out

  • @stateofflorida5082
    @stateofflorida5082 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Imma keep it real, throughout my entire two playthroughs I never noticed the point counter thing on the right for the ideologies and cop types

  • @stuff495
    @stuff495 3 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    Watching Harry's expression and beard changing as you talk is hypnotic, I approve.

  • @lil_neen6424
    @lil_neen6424 2 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    Disco Elysium was the first game to make me cry, seeing all the love you gave it in this video was so touching. Thank you for making this!

    • @nevercurrentgames90
      @nevercurrentgames90  2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That last "dream" sequence at the end was just heartbreaking, and I'm glad I was able to capture some of my own feelings in my video! Thank you for watching!

  • @raspymorten
    @raspymorten 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    One of my favorite things about Disco Elysium, is thinking about the impact this game's gonna have *on people who make games.* This is going to inspire the fuck out of a lot of people, and we're gonna end up with some fucking fantastic video games because of it.

  • @GayleenFroese
    @GayleenFroese 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    My theory about why Harry is so persistent in talking to the Working Class Woman about her husband is that some deep part of his brain remembers seeing her husband on the boardwalk the first night he was in town. His subconscious put the pieces together somehow--maybe he searched the body that first night and found a photo of her in his wallet, or maybe he found the library card and saw her reading a book and that tenuous connection was enough. So much in the game is explained if you assume that we was all over that area across the waterlock on his first night. Especially if you assume he went to the church.

    • @boserboser6870
      @boserboser6870 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Thats a cool idea.
      Other thing. Harry has been shown to be able to see thr future and events he wasnt present for.
      The pale (like that within the church) contains echoes of the future. Its implied that him being such a good detective is because he has something akin to flawed omniscient of any event within the history of Revashol

  • @michimatsch5862
    @michimatsch5862 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    The alternative title works really well to also describe how my life and my Harrier du Bois was: No truce with the furies.

  • @NoogieNinja
    @NoogieNinja 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    waste land of reality increases your PSY by 1 (which thus increases all your PSY skills and their learning caps by 1), so besides from the -1 physical instrument and no positive effects from alcohol it's a pretty big buff, not really the debuff you saw it as in the video.

    • @connormcconnell7805
      @connormcconnell7805 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I really like the story this makes with the thinker archetype. He's drank himself into a pit where his empathy is almost gone and he's becoming a case solving machine. But after he loses his memories he takes a good hard look in the mirror and decides "no more."
      He gets clean, shaves his face, looses the idiotic expression and learns to connect with people more.

  • @finnvost9349
    @finnvost9349 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    15:35 I haven't read through all the comments so I don't know if it's been said or not, but Disco Elysium's title goes even deeper than that :
    Not only is it the heavenly disco were Harry/Harrier and Kim can continue solving quests, the chruch gang can dance for all eternity and everyone can live out their purpose
    Elysium is also the name of the world you inhabit, the world that contains Revachol, itself containing Martinaise
    and Disco? Disco is the name of the musical genre, taken as a shortening of the portmanteau Discotheque, a mix of disque and bilbiotheque (disk and library) but Disco also means "To Learn" in latin
    You, the amnesia riddled superstar, racist, inexplicably feminist, libero-communist hobocop who's a master at shit compression, are learning about the world you live in Disco Elysium

  • @Jessie_Helms
    @Jessie_Helms 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Bojack! Yes!
    I knew something felt vaguely familiar.
    Identity, relationships, your inner world, discovery, substance.

  • @BlubRuss
    @BlubRuss ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I never did any drugs or alcohol on my playthrough. I didn't even know there was a thought that made you sober

  • @coldfrost3
    @coldfrost3 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    This is a great video man I was glad TH-cam recommended it to me on a fluke

    • @nevercurrentgames90
      @nevercurrentgames90  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Praise the Fluke! \o/
      Glad you liked the video |

    • @grndmst9
      @grndmst9 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@nevercurrentgames90 Amazing video analysis man. I couldn't help but get choked up when you started explaining substance addiction/dependency and the horrible withdrawal that comes along with it. You are 100% right, late stage opioid addicts (That is what I am, have been for over 10 years.) and late stage alcoholics, you don't take the pills or drink the alcohol to get high anymore, you need it to even feel some semblance of normalcy. Disco Elysium and Harry's character forced me to *really* take a closer look at myself, something I honestly have avoided out of fear. Anyway, sorry for the rant, thanks for the video, I subbed.

    • @nevercurrentgames90
      @nevercurrentgames90  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@grndmst9 Rants are absolutely welcome here! I'm humbled by this message and that my video captured a part of the game you really resonated with. I know recovery is a hard road, but I wish for you to have the compassion and support you need to get there!

    • @grndmst9
      @grndmst9 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@nevercurrentgames90 Thank you Steve, you have no idea how much your reply helped me out today.

  • @lurox5183
    @lurox5183 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I am so glad i stumbled across your video. Great writing and great take on what is without a doubt ny favourite game of all time. I am at almost 200hours on disco elysium and still discovering new dialogue and thoughts. I genuinely feel sorry for people who haven't experienced this game, in almost 30 years of PC gsming this is a true stand out.
    Thank you for your excellent contribution sir 👍

  • @VioletsOnMars
    @VioletsOnMars 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Playing Disco Elysium, The Final Cut right now.
    A journey of the human complexities that envelope mankind. ❌️
    Making sure Kim Kitsuragi is proud of me. ✅️

  • @GayleenFroese
    @GayleenFroese 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I'm not sure most of the people in Martinese would think badly of you for punching Cuno. (It's incredible what the game does with that, btw. Most games simply wouldn't let you hit a kid. Disco says, go ahead. Hit him. You get maybe two seconds of satisfaction from shutting his mouth, followed by him saying you remind him of his dad, which makes you feel sick for the rest of the game. THAT'S how you teach people something and make it stick.)

  • @Hazel-cv5cj
    @Hazel-cv5cj 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    TH-cam just bonked me with this, great work mate.

    • @nevercurrentgames90
      @nevercurrentgames90  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Appreciate it, glad bonks are good for more than just horny-jail.

  • @billyalarie929
    @billyalarie929 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    17:17 I need another cut that has Harry hardcore dancing, NY style ca. ‘94.

  • @bojolab
    @bojolab 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Superb video. You write very well, and have the cadence to match. Can't wait to check out your other stuff now.
    I'm ruined for other games after this one lmao, everything else just seems lacking after Disco Elysium.

    • @nevercurrentgames90
      @nevercurrentgames90  3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I started playing Planescape: Torment around July. Incredibly well written game, but I couldn't help but ask myself, "why can't I have a conversation with my Shivers. I want my hangover senses back!"

  • @marxmeesterlijk
    @marxmeesterlijk หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    the figurines - they do nothing.

  • @wildcate
    @wildcate 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    К этой игре я возвращаюсь время от времени когда всё плохо и отхожу от собственного сознания..

  • @Polaris_Videos
    @Polaris_Videos 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Post this on the disco elysium subreddit!

  • @jackson12ten85
    @jackson12ten85 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fantastic analysis, subscribed!

  • @AnthropogenicInversion
    @AnthropogenicInversion 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    great video, liked it.

  • @dead_stargameing226
    @dead_stargameing226 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I loved disco elysium it was a beautiful experience and I always recommend it to any of my friends

  • @athomassen3980
    @athomassen3980 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video, love your analysis!

    • @nevercurrentgames90
      @nevercurrentgames90  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks! I liked making this video. So I'm glad you enjoyed it too!

  • @BradyMayCry
    @BradyMayCry 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fantastic video

  • @SnakePlisskin.
    @SnakePlisskin. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Omg this game is Quality, Loving every minute...

  • @deffientllynotjalenbutler1736
    @deffientllynotjalenbutler1736 ปีที่แล้ว

    In a world without good games

  • @kyzill
    @kyzill 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Don't give up on your channel, sooner or later one of your videos will blow up and you will be recognized. Keep going, I love you

  • @tingledinkle
    @tingledinkle 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice content, love it.

  • @johnboi7496
    @johnboi7496 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I notice that he has the glitch here where you can raise your stats to ungodly levels. I've already played through a number of times and im looking for one final experience that ties together all the dialogue. Is it still possible to do the glitch where you have these stats? I have tried and I get an error message from the game when I try to boot from my altered save game. Any insight would be helpful. Great video btw

    • @kuman0110
      @kuman0110 หลายเดือนก่อน

      i thouhgt they were raised by copious amount of drugs?

  • @jonsson666
    @jonsson666 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Fantastic game! Fantastic video!

  • @DecafMuffin
    @DecafMuffin 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sounds like every Monday morning… edit: talking about the beginning of the game

    • @nevercurrentgames90
      @nevercurrentgames90  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Let he who hasn't annihilated their memory on an booze, drug, and apricot fueled bender cast the first stone... right through the hostel window!

  • @remainprofane7732
    @remainprofane7732 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome video!

  • @TheHorreK2
    @TheHorreK2 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I just finished the game and aside of a missing epilouge maybe (kinda felt a last wrap up was missing) i thought it a master piece

    • @nevercurrentgames90
      @nevercurrentgames90  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I can see that, the Final Cut did give a lot of players more closure re: politics. But yeah, a phenomenal game on the whole!

  • @simiccombinefanatic331
    @simiccombinefanatic331 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Why the hell does this guy only have 27 subs?

    • @nevercurrentgames90
      @nevercurrentgames90  3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I know, right?! Haha, it could be a bunch of things. Irregular video output, the games I chose to talk about, the lack of a "Steve Bahn brand." Still, I'm glad you think I should be more famous!

  • @Thisーcannotーcontinue
    @Thisーcannotーcontinue ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for making a video about me

  • @michimatsch5862
    @michimatsch5862 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great essay.

  • @Retog
    @Retog 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Please make more disco elysium videos

    • @nevercurrentgames90
      @nevercurrentgames90  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I have at least one more video about this game on the docket! It'll probably be a while in the future though. My output is slow.

  • @moregan101
    @moregan101 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This rules! Underrated as fuck channel!

    • @nevercurrentgames90
      @nevercurrentgames90  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      The Great Boy has great opinions too! Haha, thanks, I appreciate it :)

  • @celarvaa5109
    @celarvaa5109 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    nice vid, very fresh

  • @n0t_kgb253
    @n0t_kgb253 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Fingerpistol-banging video

  • @talon5985
    @talon5985 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Aeneid is pronounced "eye"+"knee"+"id". Loved the video! I'm now subscribed; the bell's set for all notifications. Sorry for the pedantry.

  • @LordMichaelRahl
    @LordMichaelRahl 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Impressive, very nice.

  • @Ghostdawg176
    @Ghostdawg176 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Best. Video Game. EVAAAAAR! I've never felt so empty and hopeful after playing a game.

    • @nevercurrentgames90
      @nevercurrentgames90  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      It really is, and I'm kind of mad at myself for creating a hole in my soul that most games can't fill

  • @silenthound8116
    @silenthound8116 ปีที่แล้ว

    6:00 this joke aged well

  • @MrGemHunter
    @MrGemHunter 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    YOU CANT NERF CUNO

    • @nevercurrentgames90
      @nevercurrentgames90  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Because, and Cuno can't stress this enough, Cuno doesn't give a fuck!!

  • @ENGRAINING
    @ENGRAINING 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    good video 👍

  • @gabrielsb3419
    @gabrielsb3419 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Reminds me slightly of Noah's essays. Nice video, man

  • @Diszzzon75
    @Diszzzon75 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    i'm sorry but CUNO HAS BEEN NERFED

    • @nevercurrentgames90
      @nevercurrentgames90  3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      His rotten little soul was just too immense, so they cut him down... through the microphone.

    • @SnakePlisskin.
      @SnakePlisskin. 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      How ?

  • @sneedmando186
    @sneedmando186 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Algorithm

  • @TheFoureigner
    @TheFoureigner 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    got alot of this youtuber's police rhetoric in this video...

    • @nevercurrentgames90
      @nevercurrentgames90  2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      If you think my opinions are intense, just wait until you hear ZA/UM's. They made a game about a cop who gets black out drunk and harasses a town for quests while they die of starvation and systemic neglect.

  • @lanceelopezz223
    @lanceelopezz223 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    L

    • @nevercurrentgames90
      @nevercurrentgames90  3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      An L on my most viewed, most well liked video. I don't know. If any video of mine deserved an L, it's probably the one where I say Ghost of Tsushima is kinda medicore.

  • @aloneinthedark99
    @aloneinthedark99 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I don't even disagree with your political messaging but the way you hamfistedly stuffed it into this video makes me not want to finish or ever watch your work again.

    • @nevercurrentgames90
      @nevercurrentgames90  2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I don't know, I think it makes sense to be ham-fisted when talking about the pigs.

    • @aloneinthedark99
      @aloneinthedark99 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@nevercurrentgames90 ...alright you son of a bitch you got yourself a sub

    • @Gnome-kc7pr
      @Gnome-kc7pr ปีที่แล้ว

      @@nevercurrentgames90nice

    • @Gnome-kc7pr
      @Gnome-kc7pr ปีที่แล้ว

      Bullshit, you totally disagree.