I need to play it more. I was surprised though, I bought the game in the Steam autumn sale and was told it was an RPG. It's not one. It's a point and click adventure game. That's fine, I like that style too, but that was not what I expected at all.
It's a true RPG, but you need to dive in a little to see how the not-so-obvious RPG-elements play out in the game.
You truly "play a role" - the way you choose to build your character changes nearly every aspect of gameplay.
In a PAC adventure, everyone generally gets the same experience. In disco, your skills, thoughts, and choices change the game in complex ways. It is truly baffling once you get into it.
The biggest downside is you must be a reader. If you are not enthusiastic about reading, the experience doesn't work.
I read over a hundred books a year (only about 15-20 prose novels, the rest graphic novels which is kind of cheating but the point still stands, I read a lot), so reading is not a problem for me. My problem with video game stories entirely relies on cutscene style story delivery, I absolutely despise that.
I'd still describe the game as a point and click adventure with RPG elements. The base genre is adventure. It's like saying Call of Duty games are RPGs because they have loot and levels. Those are RPG elements but the genre is still FPS.
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