yeah - i like how disco elysium handles failures but i think there's something just kinda inherently unsatisfying about how dice rolls abstract from player control

tbf i think that while DE is innovative in a number of areas (not just mechanical), in many others it's beholden to standard and uninspiring design schemas (save system, item stats, dice rolls come to mind). but the devs were (are) clearly ambitious and would've continued to try to innovate i think.

not to respond to bait with sincerity, but i feel like when ppl call DE boundary pushing they're generally referring to things like the micro-reactivity, fleshing out of failure states, thought cabinet, centering of dialogue trees over combat, and the actual quality of the writing - not dice rolls

people commenting here be like yeah and then name some addictive compulsive bullshit

and when everyone's a lowbie...