Disco Elysium has really caught my eye as a game I might end up buying, as it swept the BAFTA awards, which is pretty much the only legitimate game awards that still remain (at least as of 2019). However, my eyebrow was raised as I read about how the creators are from Estonia, which is a post-soviet country, from what I’ve read up on. This discussion on Reddit and this dialogue chain from the game are enough for enough for one to calmly call this a “Marxist game”.
Will I still buy it? Probably. In my eyes, this game is a literal “leftist game”, not the “SJW” pandering that we see from the likes of The Last of Us 2 and Mass Effect: Andromeda. Thoughts? Any are welcome :)
Very interesting. The Reddit post I linked had a comment which mentioned how the perspective that DE offers is something that could only come from Estonia, since it was a more or less successful post-soviet country. I imagine the game’s handling of politics becomes much more bearable and fascinating when you consider who the creators are.
Personally, the game brings up very legitimate points about how capitalism has flaws, particularly in how it promotes a very hedonistic perspective toward happiness and fulfillment. However, as Winston Churchill said, capitalism is the worst economic system, except for all the others. History has made this very apparent.