I truly failed. I did not get my gun or warn Kim in time I was "smart and strong" not "fast and vocal". Even now I'm not sure if I saved Harry's career HOWEVER I did punch a gremlin Cuno into respect and he helped me find a sniper nest on the island. He defended me at the 11th hour and painted me as a community first - protecter (in his own style) I built a solid main case and helped in side Cases to at least some credit to my name. Not sure if I "won" I was convincing enough to get Cuno a chance to be a cop someday. It wasn't the best end but it was MINE
Watching this 3 years after it was uploaded, am somewhere towards the end at 21 minutes in. Very poetically praise is sung for ZA/UM, with future projects listed off, followed up by the question "what does failure mean in Disco Elysium?" unbeknownst to you at the time that the aforementioned list would be a list of failure - but one that holds uncertain hope. At least one has become hopeful after watching this video, which is a great unintended consequence.
I've started playing Disco Elysium multiple times, but I find it hard to want to play because I know I won't be "good" at it. I hope this video will help encourage me to embrace, or at least understand, failure.
Disco Elysium - The aftermath of Disco Inferno But in Greek it means "A Discussion towards Heaven" Such a clever title. Phoenix like. Rebuilding from the ashes.
Amazing video, man! I wish Disco Elysium have their own Documentary because looking at the interviews there are always interesting, thought-provoking, and deeper meaning in their UI/UX design, art style, and of course, heavy political discussions.
This was really well made dude, you really let the charm of the game flow through your clear love for it and their creators stories, and making me love it too!
Incredible video man! I've been playing this game like 16 hours, however, i'm far from finish the game, but feels really authentic and organic to me. And this video only increased my love for this game. You,ve won a new suscriber. A big hug from Colombia!
Disco Elysium is one of my favorite games of all time; you’ve done such a wonderful job with this video essay! I especially appreciate the focus on the developers and creative minds behind it since they’re usually glossed over. I can’t wait to see what else ZA/UM has in store for us.
Absolutely loved this. Disco Elysium has taken its spot, way more than a top 10 list. It did help. The manifestations and the internal conflict. These are from somebody that's been there and or seen it. You can feel it. there's so much soul in this experience of a game.
This was great! I hope more people discover this channel, I think I have a new favorite. Would love to see something on The Witness/Jonathan Blow at some point!
Excuse me for posting an irrelevant comment, but damn... How is this even possible that this channel has only under 1000 subscribers? I swear, as I was watching this video until about the middle, I thought: "Hm, this guy sure is an interesting TH-camr with a good script. Maybe I should subscribe". And then I saw this number. Underappreciated, that's for sure. Keep up the good work, Outcast Docs, and don't give up early. I'm sure people would find this gem of a channel soon enough.
i've been binging disco elysium videos the whole week and this is definitely my favorite. very cool to know the backstory of it all and how it influenced the actual story of the game. chef's kiss
Tremendous props to the effort here; your personal attachment reverberates with my own connection to this marvel and you illuminated me on the background behind the work and of the personal history of the fantastically close group of friends made my appreciation soar. Where did you get all the footage? Their more "home" videos and such
Hi, can you give a link to the creator of the world-map, looking to check out their work. Cheers, it was an awesome video, great commentary on the eastern-European history.
I literaly went into a mental battle with myself if i should get this game or not. 7 or 8 fuking hours. The reviews are insane, some people reaaaly hate it, some are in love with it. I could not made my mind, and said fuck it.. lets see. I got into it, and insta regreted. Like? What the hell, im a drunk guy who doesent know who he is? I alt f4. Still something was there. Everytime i restarted, something was different, my perspective, my inner dialogue. Maybe i should make a less smarter guy. Explored some buildings.. and when Shivers zoomed out the camera with some cool dialogue about the rain i realized almost shiting myself "oh shit...this game it's something else!"
This man dropped a banger video essay and dropped of the face of the earth. Twitter, Discord, Twitch gone. I hope hes well and that the furries didn't get him. Much Love! I'm facing them as well. We can do it.
DE is my favorite game and i love video essays about games specifically. but you hit on my biggest media crit gripe of all time when you said that tallinn had punk rock in 1994, and therefore, DE was inspired by it, without ever making any direct connection between Kurvitz and punk. it's a huge reach. my city has a small but well known indie scene, if I write a book or make a game, will people say that I was influenced by it? you had plenty here without bringing Tallinn punk into it (twice)
The connection was he was in the local music scene, when he first made the TTRPG setting. Direct influence? Maybe not. But I think it adds to the story and background to bring in where ZA/UM came from, and their roots. More-so meant to use it as a vehicle to show overcoming adversity, but perhaps was a bit heavy handed. Cheers for the feedback!
What accent are you hiding! lol edit: This was a possibly uncomfortable way of asking this question. Sorry if so, I’m a little awkward. What I’m saying is it sounds like sometimes you’ve got an American accent and others like Irish or something
@@roDOCS I am from Wicklow, and it was a pleasant surprise to hear a fellow countryman so engaged with this incredible game. Excellent documentary, I really enjoyed it.
Failure is the Hegelian failure, the gap that seperates all our particulars from their universality. Is not the failure in Disco Elysium the failure of our own world? To be haunted by the past, to be unable to grasp the present, and to fail the future? Is this not what Freud was trying to articulate with his concept of the superego? Dolores Dei is the most evident form of this, totally abandoning Harry, deserting him, leaving him to die alone and not even offering the dignity of solace. I don't mean to bring your essay down, but I'm still restless at your conclusion. Perhaps the symptom is the phasmid, which you failed to talk about all together. Fair enough, you're interested in entertaining, not analyzing. Though, I will say, I think this game is about subjectivity, more than failure, though failure is a necessary part of it.
this is almost painful to watch after the recent news with za/um... especially the part of disco elysium's development centering the friendship of those who created it. the way this intricate, beautiful, and deeply personal world was stolen from them for the sake of profit. i suppose it might be fitting to see this as an inevitable failure, but one that might lead this team to somewhere good? somewhere that they again wouldn't be asked to, as you put it, back down from their vision. Rostov didn't seem that fond of success in the first place.
Really great video but your side skits don't land. The cut away to you being success impaired video essayist or you maniacally laughing at a mildly interesting book title just come across as cringe. Cut that stuff out and your analysis and storytelling are great.
I have to admit, I nearly reloaded my game when a character was shot in the final showdown after a literal snake eyes critical failure. However, I stuck it out. Not only was I able to solve a good chunk of the remaining mysteries, but a *replacement* character showed up which radically changed the ending, and was still able to solve the case. I had to deal with the failure, and it was a stronger story because of it. I'm excited to try additional runs, but that first time through was something special.
Cuno is amazing, I hope he will become a really great disco style cop in the future and work at least couple of years of the collapse of civilisation. Btw, in this universe, when did Apocalypse happen?
Amazing video, seriously. Disco Elysium became my favourite game of all time and probably the best experiece I've had with an RPG in my whole life. The first time I played it, I didn't saw the game as an RPG, which made me play like another generic RPG, trying to do all correctly, trying not to fail. It took me some time to realize that Harry was a human being and, just like other human beings, he has his flaws. I am in love with Disco Elysium and I can't thank ZA/UM enough for making such a masterpiece. Keep up the good work. Greetings from Brazil.
The game is so good (I only started playing a couple weeks ago) IMO because it is ruthlessly authentic. If they have to choose between “RPG set in the world of Disco Elysium” and “a game delivered in the format that can best deliver the story the artists want to tell” I hope they choose the latter.
This is so well made man. I really enjoyed it. If you are gonna continue making similar docs please dont give up if you dont get results or viewership quickly you definetly have something great in you.
this game was amazing...so glad i picked it up after the voice-overs. i can't imagine trying to read and absorb everything buried in the text of this game.
Amazing video. Thank you for creating this top-quality content. Honestly, one of the best video game docs I've ever seen - and I follow noclip religiously! Subscribed - hoping to see more features of this quality from you in the future.
Fantastic video, watched it from start to finish. Well paced and edited, I enjoyed watching all of it. Still only half way through the game but I already want to restart with an all drugs superstar run. It’s interesting to see the background behind the development team. So when is your next video coming out?
That video is awesome! I know I'm coming a bit late but could you tell what your sources were especially regarding the art style and workflow, or the interview where Kurvitz seems to be explaining the dialogue system?
Amazing Video! Thank you for this well made, entertaining, deep and interesting game document. I subscribed right away. You made up my mind - and oh boy I am looking forward to play this game! And again - amazing Video for an amazing game!
ZA/UM was called Fortress Occident at one point?? I LOVE THAT THEY WROTE THEMSELVES INTO THE GAME of course they did, those brilliant people
I truly failed. I did not get my gun or warn Kim in time I was "smart and strong" not "fast and vocal". Even now I'm not sure if I saved Harry's career HOWEVER I did punch a gremlin Cuno into respect and he helped me find a sniper nest on the island. He defended me at the 11th hour and painted me as a community first - protecter (in his own style) I built a solid main case and helped in side Cases to at least some credit to my name. Not sure if I "won" I was convincing enough to get Cuno a chance to be a cop someday. It wasn't the best end but it was MINE
I’d love a follow up essay on za/um post them letting a lot of these head developers go.
It's gut wrenching to watch this video in early 2023, with even more failiure.
I already love this game beyond measure but hearing all of this about the dev team just warms my heart so much more. Thank you for this. Well done!
Watching this 3 years after it was uploaded, am somewhere towards the end at 21 minutes in. Very poetically praise is sung for ZA/UM, with future projects listed off, followed up by the question "what does failure mean in Disco Elysium?" unbeknownst to you at the time that the aforementioned list would be a list of failure - but one that holds uncertain hope.
At least one has become hopeful after watching this video, which is a great unintended consequence.
I've started playing Disco Elysium multiple times, but I find it hard to want to play because I know I won't be "good" at it. I hope this video will help encourage me to embrace, or at least understand, failure.
Disco Elysium - The aftermath of Disco Inferno
But in Greek it means "A Discussion towards Heaven"
Such a clever title. Phoenix like. Rebuilding from the ashes.
Amazing video, man! I wish Disco Elysium have their own Documentary because looking at the interviews there are always interesting, thought-provoking, and deeper meaning in their UI/UX design, art style, and of course, heavy political discussions.
This was really well made dude, you really let the charm of the game flow through your clear love for it and their creators stories, and making me love it too!
Incredible video man! I've been playing this game like 16 hours, however, i'm far from finish the game, but feels really authentic and organic to me. And this video only increased my love for this game.
You,ve won a new suscriber. A big hug from Colombia!
I'm always so fucking happy to find someone like you on youtube) this is some great content, and you bet Im going to share it with everyone I know
If you would make a video on Pathologic 2 that would be awesome)
Thanks so much man!
Disco Elysium is one of my favorite games of all time; you’ve done such a wonderful job with this video essay! I especially appreciate the focus on the developers and creative minds behind it since they’re usually glossed over. I can’t wait to see what else ZA/UM has in store for us.
This is beautiful
Thanks man!!
Great job. One of the best video games I've played in a while and a wonderful video essay by you. Thank you.
Thanks man!
Absolutely loved this.
Disco Elysium has taken its spot, way more than a top 10 list. It did help. The manifestations and the internal conflict. These are from somebody that's been there and or seen it. You can feel it. there's so much soul in this experience of a game.
My god, this is a hidden gem of a video essay. This was fantastic. Found you through the DE subreddit.
This is so good! Special thanks for your music choice - Reznor goes great with DE atmosphere.
This was great! I hope more people discover this channel, I think I have a new favorite. Would love to see something on The Witness/Jonathan Blow at some point!
Any reason for completely ignoring the politics, including the devs' views?
Kind of is one of the best things about this game for me.
I come back to this vid quite a lot, it’s really good. Thanks for this
Thanks
Excuse me for posting an irrelevant comment, but damn...
How is this even possible that this channel has only under 1000 subscribers?
I swear, as I was watching this video until about the middle, I thought: "Hm, this guy sure is an interesting TH-camr with a good script. Maybe I should subscribe". And then I saw this number. Underappreciated, that's for sure.
Keep up the good work, Outcast Docs, and don't give up early.
I'm sure people would find this gem of a channel soon enough.
Thanks for the essay about the creation. I was expecting the dissection of failed ingame checks, but this was incredibly better
Let's hope this channel will explode someday. The quality of editing and writing is really impressive
The final cut's metacritic score is now 97. Well deserved.
i've been binging disco elysium videos the whole week and this is definitely my favorite. very cool to know the backstory of it all and how it influenced the actual story of the game. chef's kiss
beautiful video essay :) looking forward to more of your work!
Tremendous props to the effort here; your personal attachment reverberates with my own connection to this marvel and you illuminated me on the background behind the work and of the personal history of the fantastically close group of friends made my appreciation soar. Where did you get all the footage? Their more "home" videos and such
Maaannnnn you really love Trent Reznor, NIN and Atticus Ross, maybe Fincher. And love videomaking, that's awesome
Hi, can you give a link to the creator of the world-map, looking to check out their work. Cheers, it was an awesome video, great commentary on the eastern-European history.
Hey there! It’s /u/cajolions on Reddit. Also, thank you!
I literaly went into a mental battle with myself if i should get this game or not. 7 or 8 fuking hours. The reviews are insane, some people reaaaly hate it, some are in love with it. I could not made my mind, and said fuck it.. lets see.
I got into it, and insta regreted. Like? What the hell, im a drunk guy who doesent know who he is? I alt f4.
Still something was there. Everytime i restarted, something was different, my perspective, my inner dialogue. Maybe i should make a less smarter guy. Explored some buildings.. and when Shivers zoomed out the camera with some cool dialogue about the rain i realized almost shiting myself "oh shit...this game it's something else!"
You are your own failiure.
Ass: Half-Light.
wow how don't this have more views? the quality is amazing, congratulations
This man dropped a banger video essay and dropped of the face of the earth. Twitter, Discord, Twitch gone. I hope hes well and that the furries didn't get him. Much Love!
I'm facing them as well. We can do it.
This deserves so many more views. Fantastic work, thank you for making it.
This was a very interesting video! You've earned yourself a sub.
the quality in this video is tangible, wish you nothing but growth!
DE is my favorite game and i love video essays about games specifically. but you hit on my biggest media crit gripe of all time when you said that tallinn had punk rock in 1994, and therefore, DE was inspired by it, without ever making any direct connection between Kurvitz and punk. it's a huge reach. my city has a small but well known indie scene, if I write a book or make a game, will people say that I was influenced by it? you had plenty here without bringing Tallinn punk into it (twice)
The connection was he was in the local music scene, when he first made the TTRPG setting. Direct influence? Maybe not. But I think it adds to the story and background to bring in where ZA/UM came from, and their roots.
More-so meant to use it as a vehicle to show overcoming adversity, but perhaps was a bit heavy handed. Cheers for the feedback!
Wow. So glad this got recommended to me. I really needed to see this, amazing work!
If this game is not art.. I don't know what is
Watching this after what happened to ZA/UM :(
I'm looking at this in anticipation for the Final Cut. Thank you so much for giving more context on how and why the game was created.
I’m actually excited to do another play though with the new stuff
Good video essay.
Thanks from argentina.
game of the year, every year
What accent are you hiding! lol
edit: This was a possibly uncomfortable way of asking this question. Sorry if so, I’m a little awkward. What I’m saying is it sounds like sometimes you’ve got an American accent and others like Irish or something
No worries! I’m Irish, but am just quite neutral with the accent, so people’s first guess is usually American or Canadian
@@roDOCS Alright thanks!
@@roDOCS I am from Wicklow, and it was a pleasant surprise to hear a fellow countryman so engaged with this incredible game. Excellent documentary, I really enjoyed it.
Great video. Subbed!
Well. Analysing Disco in 2024 i only have one thing to say: Failiure sometimes prevail... and that is Okay.
why is video is so underviewed?
Failure is the Hegelian failure, the gap that seperates all our particulars from their universality. Is not the failure in Disco Elysium the failure of our own world? To be haunted by the past, to be unable to grasp the present, and to fail the future? Is this not what Freud was trying to articulate with his concept of the superego? Dolores Dei is the most evident form of this, totally abandoning Harry, deserting him, leaving him to die alone and not even offering the dignity of solace. I don't mean to bring your essay down, but I'm still restless at your conclusion. Perhaps the symptom is the phasmid, which you failed to talk about all together. Fair enough, you're interested in entertaining, not analyzing. Though, I will say, I think this game is about subjectivity, more than failure, though failure is a necessary part of it.
Wow, this is a very well done video, loved the game and loved watching this. :)
More!
this is almost painful to watch after the recent news with za/um... especially the part of disco elysium's development centering the friendship of those who created it. the way this intricate, beautiful, and deeply personal world was stolen from them for the sake of profit. i suppose it might be fitting to see this as an inevitable failure, but one that might lead this team to somewhere good? somewhere that they again wouldn't be asked to, as you put it, back down from their vision. Rostov didn't seem that fond of success in the first place.
This is the good shit.
lovely and insightful video. thank you
great job!
Great video man. Very informative with great insights. Love this game.
Very well done.
Really great video but your side skits don't land. The cut away to you being success impaired video essayist or you maniacally laughing at a mildly interesting book title just come across as cringe.
Cut that stuff out and your analysis and storytelling are great.
cringe isn't real. ascend beyond the cringe
Cringe is the mindkiller
It's okay to have some cringe in your life.
You can never be 100% based.
The instant pretentious quote turned me off. Couldn't even make it 5 seconds in lol
That's literally the quote from the start of the game...
I have to admit, I nearly reloaded my game when a character was shot in the final showdown after a literal snake eyes critical failure. However, I stuck it out. Not only was I able to solve a good chunk of the remaining mysteries, but a *replacement* character showed up which radically changed the ending, and was still able to solve the case. I had to deal with the failure, and it was a stronger story because of it. I'm excited to try additional runs, but that first time through was something special.
same thing happened to me, not to the same extent (hint BRATANNN) but damn I was impressed with how it reacted to my failed roll(:
cuno ending best ending
Yeah, thank god for my high Authority skill
Cuno is amazing, I hope he will become a really great disco style cop in the future and work at least couple of years of the collapse of civilisation. Btw, in this universe, when did Apocalypse happen?
Well done. Love the game. You've captured the essence of Failure in the game in a fantastic aspect! Thank you!
Cheers!
Amazing video, seriously. Disco Elysium became my favourite game of all time and probably the best experiece I've had with an RPG in my whole life. The first time I played it, I didn't saw the game as an RPG, which made me play like another generic RPG, trying to do all correctly, trying not to fail. It took me some time to realize that Harry was a human being and, just like other human beings, he has his flaws. I am in love with Disco Elysium and I can't thank ZA/UM enough for making such a masterpiece. Keep up the good work. Greetings from Brazil.
The game is so good (I only started playing a couple weeks ago) IMO because it is ruthlessly authentic. If they have to choose between “RPG set in the world of Disco Elysium” and “a game delivered in the format that can best deliver the story the artists want to tell” I hope they choose the latter.
possibly one of the best video essays ive ever watched. hopefully you keep it up! take care of yourself and stay safe
This is so well made man. I really enjoyed it. If you are gonna continue making similar docs please dont give up if you dont get results or viewership quickly you definetly have something great in you.
And two years later the story of failures continues with Kurvitz leaving ZA/UM and suing the company
this game was amazing...so glad i picked it up after the voice-overs. i can't imagine trying to read and absorb everything buried in the text of this game.
Their real-life struggle is so dramatically described in the interviews... But then again, they're creatives, it's in the job description, I guess.
Amazing video. Thank you for creating this top-quality content. Honestly, one of the best video game docs I've ever seen - and I follow noclip religiously! Subscribed - hoping to see more features of this quality from you in the future.
Absolutely gorgeous video!
I will watch your youtube career with great interest
Well done.
Awesome essay, you‘ve earned yourself a sub.
This was an amazing video essay! Appreciate the amount of research that went into this and the quality is top notch. This channel is a hidden gem
I love the narration and story-telling here. Excellent job, amigo
19:42 this hits different
How much we failed
How much говна we навернули, bratushkas...
Really love this
Okay I’ll play it for the third time. Please don’t be mean to me.
Fuuuuuck. Thank you so much. Brilliant video essay.
Great video!
Awesome video man, love your editing, writing and the voice inflection you use. Keeo up!
Cheers!
Fantastic video, watched it from start to finish. Well paced and edited, I enjoyed watching all of it. Still only half way through the game but I already want to restart with an all drugs superstar run. It’s interesting to see the background behind the development team. So when is your next video coming out?
There *is* no life jacket.
HARDCORE
Were does the music from the intro come from... it's driving me mad
The Social Network, walking through campus/opening credits scene
Outcast Docs thank you!
That video is awesome! I know I'm coming a bit late but could you tell what your sources were especially regarding the art style and workflow, or the interview where Kurvitz seems to be explaining the dialogue system?
Hey, I refuse to open up Steam and play the game!!...
...because I already have it on PS4, so I'll just play it there.
Fabulous game, and I really appreciate the way you've contextualized it for us. I'm all inspired and whatnot.
Genuinely incredible video, I'm shocked it doesn't have more views
Keep it up my man
😭💗🌬️
So disco Elysium is the best game ever. I thought I had more to say but I think that's it
Thanks for explaining Estonian culture to me as if you were really part of it.
thanks for all this compilation of info. Well done, very useful.
Fantastic work! Well researched and well edited, appreciate the hard work
still they have to be a bunch of rich kids from the beginning
What a great video, beautifully researched and edited!!
High quality stuff, you get a big thumbs up from this guy.
Awesome job man! Keep on keeping on
Great and underrated video!
well done!
Amazing Video! Thank you for this well made, entertaining, deep and interesting game document. I subscribed right away. You made up my mind - and oh boy I am looking forward to play this game! And again - amazing Video for an amazing game!