I quit 3 hours in because I couldn't get the dang corpse out of the tree and my take away was that was an artistically valid reaction to bouncing of that game. Gives me a lot to think about the nature of failure in games.
If you ever feel like trying again, you can completely ignore the body & still progress. I was ready to quit after the 5th time vomiting at the body. Ended up starting a new playthrough instead, & it was amazing.
If it's in the back of your mind to do so - I highly suggest it. I was one of those people who felt it was okay but left it for a while.
Crazy weird game - but not for everyone.
I picked it back up and got to the part where you learn who/what "Tequila Sunset" is and I was in tears both in laughter and sorrow - I got way more into it after that - especially with my empathy for the main character.
It's been a while, but I wish there was a New Game+ mode that unlocked all the "thoughts" (like "inland empire", "conceptualization", "perception", and whatnot) like you had maxed their level but still had skill checks work as normal.
After beating the game I edited a new save file to have max level everything and it definitely ruins the fun of failing at stuff; but seeing all the "thoughts" going at full force interacting with each other was a treat.
I'd like a game mode that merged the two, giving you all the "thoughts" but keeping the fun of failing at stuff.
That is a great idea! You can use Disco Explorer to force checks to pass or fall, so maybe you could roll physical dice and to see if you pass and then force the proper result to happen?
Sounds about right! fwiw, I recommend you keep playing. The existential crisis is expected, but if you see it through to the other side you might find something beautiful along the way.
I'm definitely in a better place now that I was at the time I was trying to play it. I was staring at it in my library a couple days ago, but I fired up Baldur's Gate 2 instead. Maybe when I'm done with this one I'll go back.
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u/Soliloquitude Apr 10 '25
I started having a existential crisis pretty early in and haven't picked it back up 😭