Post #1918676
2026-04-16 02:08 UTC
Disco Elysium and Celeste managed to figure this out in different ways. Disco Elysium keeps you entertained with absurdism and social intrigue which then breaks into existentialism, but requires only reading comprehension as a skill. Celeste keeps its scope personal but demands your full attention through gameplay.
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@AmyZenunim@unstable.systems 2026-04-16 02:10
it keeps coming back to my arch nemesis: aesthetics. Deltarune and Digital Circus rely so much on nostalgic aesthetics, lumped it with lore and mystery, that they feel ripe for the toxicity I describe. Celeste has a certain level of nostalgia but then quickly breaks from it. Disco Elysium goes full avante-garde with its presentation at the earliest convenience.