Disco Elysium: The Final Cut

Instead of traditional combat, gameplay centers entirely around dialogue, exploration, and rolling virtual dice for various skills. The protagonist's internal thoughts act as separate characters you converse with, dictating how he perceives the world. This mechanic forces players to manage their character's psychological state while solving a complex murder.

You play as an amnesiac detective who wakes up in a trashed hotel room with a massive hangover. You must investigate a murder that has sparked a potential strike at the local harbor, all while piecing together your own forgotten identity. The murder victim is hanging from a tree behind the hotel, complicating your jurisdiction.

The Final Cut is the definitive edition of the game, adding full voice acting for every single line of dialogue. It also introduces new political vision quests that allow the detective to align with specific ideologies. Furthermore, this edition made the game playable on modern consoles like the PlayStation 5.

The game was built using a custom version of the Unity engine developed by the studio ZA/UM. The developers created their own proprietary dialogue system to handle the game's staggering amount of branching text. This technical architecture was necessary to manage the thousands of unique internal monologues.