Zero Parades: For Dead Spies

Let me start with what works: the detective gameplay is genuinely excellent. I'd argue it's mechanically stronger than Disco Elysium. The core loop of piecing things together is satisfying and the art direction is outstanding throughout. But the narrative side let me down in ways I want to talk about, because I don'…

Whomever decided to fire the people in charge of Disco Elysium are horrible and should be fired themselves, but this game is really very good. It's very well written and very polished. It takes a lot from Disco Elysium, which is unfortunate given the circumstances but it was still made with love from a lot of people…

To be quite blunt with you, anyone saying that this game is a soulless cash grab and hasn’t even made it past the one-hour mark, is, to put it as nicely as possible, full of ♥♥♥♥. I am throwing all Disco Elysium comparisons out the window, because in my playtime of 34 hours and reaching the end, I was constantly pro…

Prefacing this review by saying that my recommendation of not playing the game or having low expectations even if you decide to play are in no way related to the ZA/UM controversy. This is a SPOILER FREE Review. P.S. I understand that my biases come from expectation of a true Disco Elysium style narrative and mechan…

Starting with cons, as I really do enjoy this game, but there are definite flaws that prevent it from even conveying a basic narrative accurately. CONS: - Inconsistent voiceover to text that is written (Some words and sentences are either completely skipped over, said completely different from what they are shown as…

TL;DR Yeah, Zero Parades delivers for people willing to give it a fair chance. I am part of the crowd that thinks ZA/UM should not parade (he he) Disco Elysium's corpse around as a selling point for this game, but I also think people are doing the game a disservice by dismissing it because of that. The game has some…