Celestial Return

Hot take: this might be better than Citizen Sleeper 2. Better than Citizen Sleeper 1 or Disco? No, but hey maybe I wanna just see the world burn. It is cyberpunk afterall

кусок кода а не игра, этот мусор фризит будто я ведьмак 4 запустил, хотя это даже не игра а набор катинок с диалогами, так что возврат денег и забвение этому мусору

niiiiiiiice！

Honestly, the biggest compliment I can give is that I kept thinking about it after I stopped playing. There's an element of existence as a set piece in a world that doesn't care about you when being swallowed alive by these megacorporation who see you as just this resource cog in their wheel - and how do we refind this value of worth in a world where that feels strippe away. It's very much something that feels like reality now - so thumbs down for making me live reality in a game where I'm trying to escape reality, but thumbs up for a thoughtful approach and perspective to it

I love this game already and I'm excited to see how it'll improve and develop in the future! The soundtrack is remarkable, the art style unique and beautiful, and the characters are so far well rounded. [spoiler] And I really hope you'll explain the Mysterious Visitor some day. Come on... leaving some things hanging like that is just not fair. Mystery or not.[/spoiler] The only thing I'd want for this to be a better experience is a full voiceover like Disco Elysium - or a mod like Zero Parades has that turns the voices into the Disco Elysium ones.. maybe AI would enable to create a full voice track without breaking the budget too much. I've played the two mentioned games enough that my head almost plays voices when the internal aspects talk, but it'd be so much more immersive to actually hear them more often than just one cutscene. Other than that, the dice are not easy to manage and there are no means to get any other than coincidence. I think I'm now entering Elysium Tower with a total of three... wish me luck.

Miss the deep narrative, complex dialogue, and existential dread of Disco Elysium? Then Celestial Return is an absolute must-play for you as it masterfully blends cyberpunk aesthetics with cosmic horror. • The Dice Mechanic: Dice are literally your oxygen here. Rolling for choices feels incredibly tense, rewarding, and chaotic. • Incredible Art Style: The hand-drawn visuals are a gorgeous mix of gritty American comics and classic dark manga vibes. • Phenomenal Writing: Detective Howard and his talking sentient rose offer some of the best, most immersive storytelling in recent RPGs. • Superb Soundtrack: The shift between Noir Jazz, Cyberpunk Techno, and Death Metal perfectly captures the decaying vibe of Netherveil City.

I'm going to recommend it because I liked enough about it for it to outweigh what I didn't like. I really liked the willingness to not go all out on the cyberpunk weirdness but keep it at a measured level. It can get a bit overwhelming jumping into a story like this where you spend half your time wondering what things are. There was enough context to keep me going without feeling left out of the loop. The narrative, while being a bit disjointed and plagued with time skips, was a great exploration of a cyberpunk world with heart in it. The writing was good if a bit weird at times, but I imagine that was due to translation more than any lack of expertise. There were definitely some detracting factors though. For starts, the menus were a bit janky and without enough explanation. Passives and actives sat empty for the vast majority of my playthrough to the point where I wasn't sure there were any available to me. Over the course of the game, there are points of no return that you can get trapped in. I'd appreciate if there was something that would come up saying "Hey this is the chapter-ending area, are you sure?" so I don't miss anything. This meant a few occasions where I missed out on some additional lore or unlocks. Speaking of which, I HATED that I could see greyed out conversation points. Awful. If I haven't unlocked them, they should be hidden. Another thing I didn't quite get were the transitions between chapters. There were times when the title splash screens would come so often that it would take me out of the story that is being told. This was especially pronounced in the final chapter where there would be title screens after every conversation. On a similar note, I didn't quite get the point of the videos in the interscene transitions. Like the game is about to end and it's really high tension and then BAMN. Penguin? Still, I liked the vibe and enough of it to be excited to see what the team does next.