Disco Elysium spoilers ahead.
One of the best things about Disco Elysium is the way in which it talks about having community, love, and support—or, perhaps more importantly, about not having it.
But you don't have to be alone. Not forever. Even we learn this, somewhere along the way. Take this interaction with The Pigs.
And then? What do we, a sad, lonely man, say to that?
I find myself thinking of our interaction with Tommy Le Homme…
… or even Idiot Doom Spiral.
What if you don’t have anyone, though? What if, rather than finding your way through your troubles, or making a family out of the people you have, you instead decide to turn away from the world?
That’s what happens with René.
It’s what happens with The Deserter too.
We see how that loneliness affected them. How it killed them, day by day. And how it doesn't have to be that way. How you can change.
This is a game about lonely people. Maybe one for lonely people too. And because of it, because of its community, we don't have to feel alone anymore.
