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It makes me wish I liked D&D more. I've done three campaigns, but the part I liked about Disco Elysium was the setting, the worldbuilding and the contextual framing for the politics. From the two hours I've played of EE, it feels very much like a run of the mill D&D campaign with an actual user interface, which is kind of what RPG video games have been solving for 30 years.
This is totally personal preference, but what takes me out of a game is the use of magic in a fantastical world. In Skyrim, I always played as a stealth archer. In D&D, I've almost always played a magic-free ranger. Different races with minor stat differences have always seemed slightly off to me, so seeing a new RPG like EE that's still using all of the same rules as D&D doesn't immediately strike me as a step forwards. I'm really hoping the story makes it stand out.
I guess I don't get the drama over dice rolls. I also really miss the voice acting for different stats. Reading is fine, but the VA for DE was just so good.
I implore you to play other TTRPGs if you like rolepaying games but think D&D is bad/generic/boring.
It's almost like corporate slop product is bad, like it is some lowest common denominator of product. The McDonalds hamburger of games.
There is limitless other and better games then D&D out there. The bar of entry might be slightly higher for finding a group, but with tons of play happening online these days anyway.