#his obsession with his ex wife and his simultaneous reverence for and vilification of her is a mirror to the killer's motives

[eileenthecrow]

why is disco elysium one of the best games in the world

#just kidding its because it presents humanity's collective nostalgia for the past as the thing that will ultimately destroy it #people criticize this game for being a downer and nihilistic and i dont think thats the right thing to take from it #harry's amnesia is a second chance #prior to the game hes A Cop like The Cop as in The Most Cop #his obsession with his ex wife and his simultaneous reverence for and vilification of her is a mirror to the killer's motives #the killer is who harry would be without the amnesia #the killer is who harry would be without kim as well #theres no way harry would have been able to accomplish the things he does in the most positive outcome without kim #kim is wish fulfillment for players but theres a reason he has a halo in his portrait #like when the communists knock their thing over u have the option to present it as a negative but #u also have the option to present it as a positive #ultimately the game is about hope #for people but also for People #the pale is literally humanity's obsession with the past #and its offset by the creation of churches initially #but then as the repurposing of the church as a club #or the dice maker's mourning ring as a symbol of her unwillingness to give up and her determination to move on from her failure #thats why the phasmid tells humanity to look away from the fire #idk man i love this game #like what a fucking masterpiece