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[–] 5765313496@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago (2 children)

As someone who has never played the game before, I really can't tell if you're making all of this up. It sounds fascinating.

[–] p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's really worth playing. The voice acting is stellar, and it really is the best "role-playing" game, in the sense that you are fully immersed in role-playing a character. The mental gameplay mechanics are GOAT, and one-of-a-kind.

[–] xiwi@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 20 hours ago

For me it is how real every character in the game feels, they're all weird and ridiculous but feel like real people 100%

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 24 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

It's real. You can die at the beginning of the game attempting to grab your tie. You're playing as a 40 something burnout cop who has recently done so much alcohol and drugs that you have complete and total amnesia and your heart can explode at any moment. At one point even sitting in a chair could kill you. lol

[–] p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I mean, only because you picked some build that gave you 1 HP.

[–] leftzero@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 day ago

You can die due to having too low morale, too.

Or killing yourself as an intimidation tactic during an interrogation, regardless of your stats.

Practically all versions of the detective are susceptible to self-inflicted demise in one shape or another.

[–] moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

one of the three presets do!

[–] CarnivorousCouch@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Sure, but your first time through it's easy to not understand the mechanics.