Also, your character is a giant loser.Īnd the nice thing about Disco Elysium is that your choices can make Harry a stellar cop, an even bigger loser (is that even possible?!), or anything in-between.

Your character, code-named Harry Bosch* (not actual character name) is a cop sent to Martinaise to investigate a body that turned up in the backyard of a seedy hotel. This is all pretty fitting because you’re a pretty grungy guy yourself. Revachol, a former “capital of the world”, is now one of the grungiest cities around after years of civil war and unrest, and the setting for Disco Elysium centers on a small, grungy district of Revachol known as Martinaise. The game takes place in an alternative fantasy world called, you might’ve guessed it – Elysium. Right off the bat, it defies your typical RPG standards: the protagonist is a huge loser, conflict is solely resolved via dialogue, not combat, and most of the game consists of you exploring the (sort of limited) world and interacting with its inhabitants. Sure, occasionally you’d find a gem that gave you a bit more creative freedom with choices, but the choices rarely had any real effect on the gameplay.ĭisco Elysium is developer ZA/UM’s attempt to put the role-playing back in RPG. This, coupled with a high Electrochemistry (Sherlock does love his drugs), should let you be a cold but effective detective.At some point in gaming history, RPGs – role-playing games – became something that revolved around a singular character with a mostly set backstory, set views of the world, and set canned dialogue. With this build you’ll have high logic and conceptualisation, but low empathy and interaction skills. So, you want to channel some Benedict Cumberbatch into The Cop? Try out the following stats: This is entertaining because you can see how you would fair in the seedy environment of Martinaise. By doing this, you can select choices that you would make if you were in The Cop’s shoes. While The Cop is his own character and not just a reflection of the player’s will, you can personalize him a bit by giving him stats that reflect yourself. Here’s a few Disco Elysium build ideas that make the game fun without concentrating on simply passing checks. To enjoy this game to the fullest you should choose stats which you think will make for the most entertaining playthrough. What’s the real best build for Disco Elysium?ĭisco Elysium is all about role-playing, so even though the build above will give you the best chance to pass the most checks, it’s not necessarily the best way to play. You should have a decent chance at passing most early checks, and if they’re too hard, you can easily raise them. This build gives you a solid foundation in every skill, and you can augment those you find most important by equipping items or internalizing thoughts. If you want to have the most options available to you, go with a completely average build:

The game will put all 24 to the test, so you can’t just dump your points in one or two abilities and coast through. There’s no one skill that stands out in Disco Elysium as being checked more often than the others.

Additionally, you can choose a Signature Skill that adds a +1 to both the skill level and its learning cap. So, with the same example as above, you could potentially add a max of three points to each skill during the course of the game as you level up. So, if you spend three points in Intellect, for example, each of the six Intellect skills, Logic, Encyclopedia, Rhetoric, Drama, Conceptualization, and Visual Calculus, will all start at three.Ībility points also influence the max learning cap for each skill. The ability points you spend aren’t important in and of themselves. You’re given 12 points to spread between the 4 abilities in any way you choose. Each of the four abilities, Intellect, Psyche, Physique, and Motorics, max out at six points. If you choose to make a custom build in Disco Elysium, you’ll be taken to a screen where you can adjust your starting ability scores.

Disco elysium character builds