ZERO PARADES: For Dead Spies

Я ждал Zero Parades с настороженностью, потому что Disco Elysium был чем-то уникальным, а его создатели разбежались кто куда, но новая игра от ZA/UM оказалась крепким шпионским триллером, который цепляет мрачной атмосферой, паранойей и качественными диалогами, хотя до гениальности предшественника ей далеко. Всё как в старом добром «Диско»: ты общаешься с персонажами, прокачиваешь внутренние голоса, кидаешь кубы и смотришь, как твои решения меняют историю, а 15 уникальных навыков и психическое состояние героини добавляют игре глубины. Но есть и проблемы: первые часы просто душат обилием терминов и перегруженным интерфейсом, темп скачет. Игра словно боится выйти из тени Disco Elysium, повторяя его структуру, но без той же искры. Важно отметить, что оценивать Zero Parades стоит отдельно от всей той драмы, которая развернулась вокруг студии ZA/UM и ухода оригинальных разработчиков. Если абстрагироваться от этого контекста, перед вами просто добротная нарративная RPG со своими плюсами и минусами. Я бы порекомендовал игру фанатам Disco Elysium, которые хотят ещё похожего опыта, и любителям нарративных RPG, а всем остальным, кто ждёт динамики или не готов читать горы текста, лучше пройти мимо. В итоге мы получили достойного наследника, но без той самой магии, которая сделала Disco Elysium культовым.

Очень хорошая игра, явно не лучше чем диско, но зайдет всем кто хочет похожего на [i]то самое[/i], но что-то по новее. Также крайне НЕ советую слушать обзорщиков, сам по этой причине так долго откладывал эту игру. Лучше попробуйте сами, на крайний случай рефанд сделать можно если не зацепит. Что до конфликта в студии, то тут уже сами решайте лишать ли себя кайфа от игры сделанной совсем другими разрабы ради своих принципов или же нет. Если смотреть на саму игру, то лично мне не хватило музыки и тех самых ноток безумия диско. Вот ну нету Куно, нету Хардкора, нету Диско. Но диалоги и сюжет всё также шикарны и всё также приносят удовольствие. Еще бы баги убрать конечно и получится достойная внимания диско-подобная игра.

good game

Great writing, similar to Disco Elysium in style.

This is an excellent game, is it overall as good as Disco Elysium…well no. I would say it does a lot of things much better then Disco. For one the story is far stronger. The spy narrative here works. It’s a very well thought out spy story that honestly is probably one of the best spy stories I’ve heard. The problem with Disco Elysium was that the murder mystery at the heard of that game was bad…it was a terrible mystery that was not possible to solve. This game is a lot more straight forward, it has fun twists that you would expect in any spy story, but it’s not like you are trying to solve a mystery. I also think the characters are stronger. I liked CASCADE better then Harry from Disco. I felt she was more empathetic. While their never will be as great a character as Kim from Disco…the rest of the supporting cast in Zero Parades was all great. I loved every character and just enjoyed talking to them. Holocene and Melita might be my favorite. Holocene because he seems unhinged and basically a more sober version of the craziest Harry you could make in Disco. Melita just seemed so sad all the time that I wanted to get to know her more. Also Zoe, she was insane, but I enjoyed the fun spy dialogue you could have with her. I guess I would say almost every character had such a deep melancholy, but also pathos. Everyone was very well written and I thought the voice actors did an incredible job. The problem in my view is the game is held back by the actual game design systems. You have to balance 3 mental states during your time and it’s just very frustrating to do. The fact you literally lose skill points if your mental states are overwhelmed is quite frankly absurd. It’s just a bad system, you can’t even buy items to heal your mental states without increasing one of the other 3…unless you sleep. So I was constantly sleeping as I couldn’t do any actions without going into the red zone. The bigger problem with the game though is…succeeding or failing on skill checks is just not very fun. The thing that really made Disco stand out was the insanity of what happens if you either succeed or fail a skill check. It was enjoyable to watch. This game, except in a few rare occurrences, just has like an extra line of dialogue that you succeeded or failed. It was very disappointing. The game certainly has a lot of different plot points that can happen based on your decisions and there are a lot of different ways to complete the tasks…but not getting big epic moments like in Disco was very short sighted imo. The one exception was the ending [spoiler] the fight on the train was incredible. It was so incredibly epic and their it was pretty epic whether you succeeded or failed on your skill checks. YO YO dying in my arms was rough and Holocene saying he performed a special maneuver to temporarily disappear through the wall was incredible. That end shoot out honestly was the best moment in the game especially as it’s hard to succeed! It was perfect! [/spoiler] The same goes for the conditioning bonuses you can get…in Disco the mental bonuses were huge and could get you incredible things. In this game the bonuses…mostly only allow you to slot in more skill points…again it lacks the coolness of disco. I did enjoy the dialogue though when you select one of the conditions, they were all fun. I will say I think I like the setting of this world more then Disco. Disco felt claustrophobic. Their was this sense that this weird fog/shroud would soon close in and wipe out the world. This world feels like it has a real history. I mean they have moon bases in this world. It just feels so much bigger. It was very confusing to wrap my head around which spy organization belonged to what country…I hate glossaries in games, but honestly this might be the one time I would have liked one. Still, this world feels large and lived in. This feels like a world that actually could have a sequel to this game at the very least set in this world even if it’s different characters. Despite the fact things hold this back from being as amazing a masterpiece as Disco, this is still an amazing game and easily #Worth Any Price. It is frustrating how badly things ended between the developers of Disco Elysium and ZAUM, but the fact remains this game is fantastic and it would be insane to skip this if you loved Disco Elysium.

Это не disco ellsium. Но это ♥♥♥♥♥♥ охуенно. ♥♥♥♥♥♥+охуенно. По сюжету - не уступает "оригиналу". По геймплею - более юзерфрендли. По саунтдтреку - моё уважение. По сути - я почти не предал братву.

Почав гру. В другому діалозі з собою втратив навичку, бо замучила тривожність. Менш через годину вмер від того, що надто сильно п*зданув автомат з кавою і він впав на персонажку 10/10. Гра реалістична і крута, Продовжу, як знайду навичку, рівень якої відніму через тривожність за падаючі на людей автомати з напоями