Play Station Official Magazine - UK (2019-12)

019

PlayStation

voices

themonthin

mouthingoff

Whichotherindiehitswouldyouloveto

seeonPlayStation?Tweetus@OPM_UK.

08

Thismonthwe’ve

enjoyedsome

excellentRPG

action(youcan

readourreviewof

TheOuterWorlds

onp85).Butit’shardtoignorethe

voicesofoursisterpublications

echoingthroughoutOPMTowers

astheyraveaboutonetitlein

particular:DiscoElysium.

Youplayasa detective

attemptingtosolvea murderashe

recoversfromanamnesia-inducing

hangover(we’veallbeenthere...).

Despitethisintriguingstarting

point,thegame’snarrativedesign

arguablyhasthestarringrole

andyou’llbeabletoinvestigateits

charmsforyourselfwhenit comes

toPS4nextyear.

Byplacinga strongemphasison

itsnarrativeabovePCgaming’s

tendancyforfiddly,menu-led

tactics,DiscoElysiumis a game

fitforconsole.AnddeveloperZA/

UM’sgoalis tobringthegametoas

manypeopleaspossible.

Combatis handledbydialogue

choicesandskillchecks.Howyou

buildyourherocanhaveunique

effectsonthegame,andonhow

theyperformin combat.Every

skillhasbothpositiveandnegative

effectsonyourcharacter;a hero

witha highDramaabilitycandetect

liesbutis alsopronetoparanoia.

Q Disco Elysium’s story is the sort of dense

fare RPG fans love to sink their teeth into.

Disco Elysium to join

the PlayStation party

Crack this case wide open in 2020, on PlayStation 4

ONE FOR THE CV

Alongside the many-branched

story tree, your detective

protagonist has a sprawling

character sheet that takes quite

a granular approach to skills

across a variety of disciplines.

Your own detective’s story can

go wildly off the rails if your

skill checks don’t go to plan

(or, perhaps, if they do).

“The skill that

I see in great

filmmakers,

I now see in

Kojima-san’s

work.” Mad Max

film director

George Miller

praises Death

Stranding.

“It’s honestly

been quite

shocking and

overwhelming

and really

gratifying.”

Narrative

designer Kate

Dollarhyde on

the response

to everyone’s

favourite

mechanic in The

Outer Worlds.

“He would point

and frown and

make a face

and I would just

go, ‘Yep, I got

it.’ We sort of

transcended

the language

barrier.”

Norman Reedus

on working

with Hideo

Kojima.