Preface: I don’t really “game”.
A friend sent me a not-so-legal version of Disco Elysium a while ago and so far it seems to work fine on my Linux machine through wine. I’m hoping to play it alongside them as a way to spend time together, but obviously there’s quite a few different decisions to make, starting from the character selection and continuing throughout the entire story. I’m not terribly experienced with the genre but I imagine that every choice I make, maybe even waiting an extra second before clicking something, is going to lead to different branches.
If we were to play this together (over video call and occasionally in the same room), would talking through our decisions and coordinating give us a similar enough path to be able to enjoy it together? Or alternatively, if we chose to go down different decision trees as we play, would we spoil crucial plot points for each other?
We could just as easily play an actual multiplayer game but we’re both excited about this one, and I really want to have experienced it. Knowing me it’s gonna be another five or ten years before I pick up another new game so I want to make this one count.
I would recommend against simulplaying it. There’s just too much text, you wouldn’t be able to talk to each other and pay attention to the game. Maybe if you have one game up and take turns on who makes the decisions that’d work better.