I Don't Want To Be This Kind Of Animal Anymore | Disco Elysium Analysis

[@jeffiot]

EMPATHY [Medium: Success] - The longer the funny looking man talks, the more you realize that this is all he has. Maybe you should throw him a dollar? Out of pity. www.patreon.com/jeffiot

[@zaneonmeinhart7952]

I definitely have been intimidated to start this game, but now I have to 😅 I love the topics you choose, keep up the good work

[@mac081793]

Empathy would never put someone down like this!!

[@maherthemage1458]

Disco Elysium is the kind of game where calling him Harry DuBois in the first minute of this video amounts to an actual real spoiler. 😂

[@wolfenhiem907]

I messed up the "remember your name" check and went a not insignificant amount of the game not knowing my own character's name. Stuff like this is why I love this game.

[@JamrockHobo]

Monumental video. also mom get the camera i'm in a Jeffiot video!!! 12:27

[@Maybe_Logic]

I'm proud of you, son.

[@natejohnson6269]

Keep up the good work!

[@Keyndoriel]

It's our favorite hobo ♡

[@georgeforeman2834]

Hello Mr Bo!

[@Known_Liar]

You’ve made it. Again.

[@adobecult]

never been so excited about a 5hr video in my LIFE

[@PaperWill]

WE EATIN GOOD

[@ToasterGhost02]

It's paper Will, my second favorite 3-uploads-a-year-channel! (No offense, but breadsword edges you out in that category)

[@Kristopian]

​@@ToasterGhost023 uploads a year is Generous :/ (also I hope whoever is reading this has an excellent new year!)

[@jamessunderland22]

i love your channel!!!

[@woost0]

Disco Elysium AND Jeffiot. 2 of my favourite things + 5 hours of it

[@Maybe_Logic]

I played Disco Elysium in 2023, and have thought about it every single day, since. Every single day. Something comes to mind that reminds me of the story, Harry, Kim, the sociopolitical situations, the history of Revachol, the pale, etc. This is truly the most remarkable piece of art I have ever engaged with. I find myself getting emotional to the point of tears when reflecting on certain elements of the story AND my own experience playing it. I'd call this one of, if not, THE most important game ever made. It changed me. And, if you're considering playing, it can change you too. Who knew games could change us so significantly.

[@burnthompson286]

Thanks to your comment, I'll be checking it out. I stopped the vid at the intro to see it. Sorry, Jeff, but I need to experience this first

[@zanemeredith2794]

​Oh so you didn't see the part about it being free on Internet archive? Shiiiit... @@burnthompson286

[@mac081793]

What's crazy is this isn't glazing If I hadn't played the game and I saw your comment, I would have assumed your head was just so far up your own ass, but you're not even exaggerating. What's nice is the game gatekeeps itself from shitty fandom, but also it's such a hard sell it's such a hard game to recommend.

[@OliveTheWitch]

I was like "this doesn't have nearly enough views" then I realised the runtime was longer than the amount of time the video had been out. I will enjoy seeing this video grow, because damn does it deserve it

[@Helo_Hello]

Have I ever played Disco Elysium? No. Am I going to stay here for 5 hours and listen to every single word this man is saying? Yes. I am. And you can’t stop me.

[@AnonymousAnarchist2]

Oh, you most certianly must play the game in thay case. It was spoiled for me as well but also. Not. The experence is unspoilable.

[@codycarney2311]

Why would we stop you listening to the goat?

[@BigCommunismBuilder]

Please don’t do yourself the disservice, normally I wouldn’t give a fuck but this is the best piece of art ever put to screen

[@XombiepunkGaming]

@@AnonymousAnarchist2 @Helo_Hello I will double down on this even if you have watched this whole video essay, no two playthroughs are gonna have the same vibe if you approach it with a different mentality, so give the game a shot Helo_Hello it is an EXPERIENCE. Spread Communism like a damn Rockstar... or be a hobocop... or a doomsday prophet... pure disco.

[@axis_tilted]

to cover all our bases here, i urge you NOT to play the game. You will NOT get anything done for at least a weeks time, and possibly irrevocably damage your relationship with the world as you know it

[@spang4775]

just finished chapter 6 and upped my patreon membership lol dude you're such an incredibly cool creator i dont really even know what else to say

[@Shrifbun]

Finally a video essay lengthy enough for Disco Elysium.

[@OranDoesThings]

I wasn't really planning on playing this game any time soon, but then you talked about how important it is to buy the game, and now I think I might and come back to this video when I am done playing my perfectly legitimate copy of the game that I acquired through exchanging tender at my digital marketplace of preference. Thank you for standing up for what is right, and doing your part to help small-time devs.

[@flyingsnail_art9170]

Thank you for doing the right thing!!!

[@MeonLights]

That story about the woman you met by chance was... raw but I felt a connection there. I haven't been in a situation as extreme, but certainly in similar ones. I would not have expected her to react negatively to you stating that you knew the person who did it. You talking about the people you used to know ending up in jail was still very fresh in my mind... Life is very much crazy like that. I guess that is what I love most about this game. The interactions of Harry's inner mind is amazing. The world is endearing. The characters are wonderful. But what I really love about this game are the details of human lives that you brush against everywhere. It makes the world feel alive and relatable. And, in a weird way, your videos do the same :)

[@CosmicNyan]

I once heard Red from Overly Sarcastic Productions describe publishing a large project like this as "tearing your heart out and submitting it for peer review." you passed the peer review ✅ You did a great job describing what makes this game so important to so many people, and most importantly, what makes it important to you. This is much more than just an overview of the game, and it's fantastic.

[@Cinnamowo]

Seeing my friend recently fully play this game for the first time was definitely unique. He was probably the only person I've seen with full page of completed thoughts, and just shit ton of skill points. He pulled of insane skill checks with 8% multiple times, and almost failed that god damn Kim 97% authority check (both of them even). And most importantly, he quickly changed how he played this game, from trying a lot of really dumb answers, to actually trying to be a proper detective who wants to change Recommending everyone to give Shivers a try will never be not entertaining. That, and Spirito and Encyclopedia. Just constant stream of exposition, and a really fucking well written one that is Incredible game, I hope one day Zaum will be whole again :(

[@RobinSpellbinder04]

This really scratches the Tim Roger itch and thats really the nicest thing I can say about a video essay

[@Aliceintraining]

and that is the bottom line.

[@LordMarcus]

Fuck yeah, Citizen Sleeper 2 AND a 5-hour Jeffiot retrospective on one of my favorite narrative games? I'm set for the whole weekend!

[@flyingsnail_art9170]

Omg citizen sleeper 2 is out now?!!! Hell yeh!!!!!

[@h_rry]

of course a 5-hour jeffiot video on disco elysium has to come out right as im finally playing for the first time! about to be the fastest detective this side of revachol brb

[@flyingsnail_art9170]

You can do it!!!

[@harleycatcher]

Things that I felt during my time watching this: Excited, happy, grateful, somber, worried, and impressed amongst many others. Your videos always elicit emotion. You masterfully blend humor into each thing that you do and it always has me filled with anticipation of the next video. Great job!

[@jacobqvarnstrom1487]

Brukar aldrig kommentera, men jag pausade denna ca halvvägs för att ringa en vän när jag nästan började gråta. Jag uppskattar verkligen hur du fick in din historia i disco elysiums. Utan att ens ha sett hela så är det här kanske min favorit video i år!

[@moltenbrisingr]

I just recently found your channel, and I can't tell you how excited I was to see this video come up. I'm really excited to hear your unique style interact with the unique style of disco elysium!

[@Lou-Mae]

When you hinted on stream yesterday your next video was going to be about Disco Elysium, I was thrilled, but I *did not* expect it to be a 5 hour long one. Today is a great day.

[@lnnvt]

ive been craving a long ass disco elysium video essay for so long

[@avtips4779]

I totally get it what you were trying to convey in chapter 12, i had the exact same reaction to the ending of L.A. Noire.

[@Novum_YT]

I legitimately can't remember ever being this excited to watch a KZbin video, LFG

[@Mari-jb6sm]

i fully just watched this video in one sitting even tho I was only going to watch it in parts, but I could not take myself away! seeing creators get so personal, and honest is so refreshing and i felt so seen. I never heard of this game before but now after watching this and crying several times LOL i’m going to play it asap i’m so excited. I love pieces of art that reminds you of what it feels like to be alive v proud to be a patron 🥸 keep it up dude!

[@okansahin8155]

I just watched a clinically depressed newscaster with disco elysium music then this video popped up. great timing!

[@bartekcalinski1221]

Disco elysium is the type of game that makes you want to make a 5 hour video commentary about it

[@Parzivle]

You cant imagine my delight at seeing the title of this video nor the sheer elation that ran through my earthly form as i saw the duration. We truly are eating well tonight

[@AristotleTheLesser]

I’m also tired of failing. That’s why when I lose myself, when I think I’ve lost all that I am, I look back on a playlist called “things that are close to my heart”. I don’t have the answers of “how to not fail”, and I don’t think anyone does. All I know is that I’ve made some semblance of something I can come back to in order to show myself that I’m human, and now this wonderful video is there. Thank you

[@Presteros]

Fantastic video. Fantastic game. Chapter 12 genuinely moved me to tears, I feel so much of what you said for myself. Definitely one of the best videos on this game I've ever seen!

[@CybenX_yt]

jeff in the harry cosplay is actually the best thing ive seen all month. incredible video!!! inspired me to go play the final cut after playing the original version near launch

[@Inouver]

2:26:42 monotonal lizard i finished a video game jacob geller folding ideas f4mi the 41st pricinct okis weird stories dave's leamonade novum kliksphilip (+2&3) max vega j&v: scp archives david hilowitz music cathoderaydude [hell yeah this guy rocks] veritas joel haver exurb1a exurb2a ben marriott atrocityguide abstract kyle aboatinthewoods jonjo hemmens glen lindberg super eyepatch wolf nightmind owiebrainhurts frank watkinson lostexplained108 posy tin foil tom tv stezstix fix? Paper Will

[@mirandarush5095]

Jeff, supporting you on Patreon is one of the best decisions I've ever made. I can't tell you how happy your videos make me! I hope you're always able to be creative and weird and make the stuff YOU want to make. Btw, I have a small collection of screenshots on my phone of my name in the credits. I'm pretty damn proud of that.

[@ResplendentTrash]

You absolute mad lad! I felt an incredible urge to mention Action Button Reviews while I watched. Especially immediately before you eventually brought him up.

[@VGobaira]

Thank goodness! We need Jeffiot monthly! When I get my first chance I’m going to become a Patron. I enjoy your videos so much!!! I have watched the saw video more times than I can count at least 20. Yes I’m a weirdo.

[@dyppityjoop5912]

A truly disco experience. You have mastered the intense energy that runs through Disco Elysium and weaved it into this video. It has a rhythmic pulse that oscillates between melancholy and humor, the same pulse that beats within Disco Elysium. It oozes the same for lack of a better term 'vibes'. Good work has been done here. This is a great video.

[@dyppityjoop5912]

Also: HARDCORE TO THE MEGA!!!!!!!

[@Lozinlimbo]

Nearly 5 hours of Jeff? Oh we eating good today fellas

[@valteex4289]

I love ur stuff so much and disco as well, liked the video before watching during the add as an unconscious reflex lmao

[@moltenbrisingr]

Congratulations on 200k!!

[@Aireze_]

I must finish the game before I watch!!!1! Such torture to see this video and be unable to watch it yet. I really enjoy the content you make and your humor and writing skills are impressive. Keep doing what you're doing!

[@GabrielBorica]

Oh boy, a 4 hour video about Disco Elysium with my boy Jeffiot, how good is to be alive.

[@idavid8391]

Finally. I am able to experience and understand the oft mentioned Disco Elysium at last.

[@KeyDoesStuff]

YEAAAAAA JEFFIOT IS BACK 😭😭😭 you have quickly become my favorite KZbinr, I have watched almost all of your videos multiple times each waiting for a new upload. I am saving this one for my shift tonight

[@bonnybones4953]

Thank god a new video! Never heard of the game, but never clicked faster on a video:D I love your voice, but falling a sleep to the saw or final destination videos gave me more weird dreams xD

[@sansfromcoolmathgames]

just recently found your channel and was binging some of your other videos when i see you upload a fuckin 5 hour essay video on one of my favorite games of all time. this must be fate. the quality of your vids are stellar. our non-parasocial honeymoon shall be in jamrock. i want to hold kim kitsuragi's hand.

[@benten2462]

No way, NO EFFING WAY. My favorite KZbinr AND my favorite game in the whole wide world? 😭 You’re spoiling me rotten today

[@daveski7]

Jeffiot with a Disco Elysium video?! My life is complete

[@AngelsPurgatory]

The Tribunal de-brief really struck me hard. I don't think I've ever felt so seen or recognised, like looking into a emotional mirror. Jag vill verkligen att du vet hur mycket dom orden du sa rörde mig, jag grät.

[@austinfurukawa8615]

Let's goooooooooo. I love jeffiot, a 5 hour video is exactly what I was hoping for

[@engineergaming3422]

I fucking love this channel, the second i get interested in this game my favorite youtuber drops a 5 hour video essay

[@CrypticKas]

Holy hell, an almost 5hr Jeffiot video. Just started it, but amazing work. Can only imagine how long this took

[@rock6766]

2 in the morning and I can't sleep. Jeff drops another banger story essay. So I'm gonna bust out a bottle of cabernet sauvignon cause it's bout to get real fancy in here.

[@soaringspoon]

HOLY SHIT just browsing my sub feed before going to workout and I see this, Disco with Jeffiot and its 5 hours!!!! Gahhhh whelp I know what I will be doing an hour from now so stupidly excited!!!

[@germatron4374]

Always love to see Disco content

[@matijamilosevic2305]

God, I had no idea I needed 5 hour analysis on my all-time favourite game, but thank you for making it a reality! Insta-sub, before I even start watching. Something beautiful is going to happen, indeed. +1 MORALE

[@nonashima]

amazing video!!!!!!!!! so glad to have caught it so early!!!

[@lolwutinternet]

2:42:30 for what it's worth, the pale latitude compressor is almost exactly the OPPOSITE of how you explained it: in its intended use case, it is supposed to help with travel through the pale by trying to carve a sort of metaphysical 'path' through it using an intentional, directed stream of data as opposed to whatever is happening out there in the pale. used as un-intended, it's more or less a directed energy weapon doing something like blasting you with every possible radio station at once at max volume while gently microwaving your brain

[@nuevarine]

I am so excited for this, you have no idea. I trust nobody else to talk about this game but you!

[@Chouhesi]

Ohhh what a treat! I will spend the weekend watching this and come back with opinions :D

[@CusterdCrange]

watching a lot of these videos- Jeffiot doing a deep dive of kingdom hearts specifically would go so hard

[@cia4u401]

You were close with the bear fridge theory. It's a reference to Sea Power who tend to have someone stuffed in an polar bear suit during their concerts. Kurvitz had a pretty good relationship with them, and apparently he even was the one wearing the polar bear suit in one of their concerts. You can hear about this in the Argo Tuulik interview at The 41st Precinct's channel.

[@dandelion6750]

i just finished disco elysium and this guy posts an essay about it like he was waiting for me

[@Alison.Uncouth]

Congratulations on a serious accomplishment here-- this video is a work of art. Love you, etc 🖤

[@TheStarBlack]

Wow I'm only 30 minutes in but I have to say Jeff, you've reached Hbomberguy levels of quality, social commentary and humour here. Absolutely loving the video, I've never played the game but I'm fascinated already. So 10/10 for the first 30 minutes!! Amazing work!

[@Moe4Liebestraume7]

Heck yeah! Just finished this existential crisis of a game recently. I'll be sure to watch the full video once I get home, thanks Mr. Jeff! Detective. Arriving. On the scene.

[@Shelby-pp9jj]

Älskar dig jeffi❤️

[@shazzy544]

"Honey? Yeah, Im really sorry but im not gonna be home for dinner tonight. Yeah he dropped another video, 5 hours of Disco Elysium analysis. Ill see you tomorrow."

[@harleycatcher]

I am so incredibly excited for this!

[@arcanealchemist3190]

gonna play this in another tab on mute bc i love your work and im sure this is a banger but disco has been on my backlog for years and now is actually a good time for me to fix that. thanks for the reminder king

[@Croatilillious]

From a gameplay perspective Disco Elysium eludes my interest. But I hear so many good things about it's story. So I'm very excited to watch this video over the course of several days and/or weeks.

[@xl3nx]

Cracking video again, Jeff! The facial hair was worth the patreon subscription alone 😂

[@CassetteGlitch]

Jeffiot you CANNOT do this to me. Five hours? Of Disco Elysium analysis? Do you want me to be dead or something. It's midnight I can't binge this right now! (I'm binging this right now)

[@GilTheDragon]

You make good art. You weave a story well, meanderingly, but that's what's artful. It is like a tapestry. Thanks for something lovely

[@GilTheDragon]

"I don't want to be this type of animal..." suggests not just self loathing but also the possibility of fundamental change & the muttonchops rocked

[@trini9887]

thank you! top quality food, haven't started yet but i already know it's gonna be amazing

[@XombiepunkGaming]

5 Hour Video Essay on one of the best story based video games of the last decade, the presenter has a calming voice AND is dressed like Harry... Easiest click of my life. I'll be falling asleep to this for the next week.

[@CapuchinMonkey1]

Before I get started I just wanted to say Thank You!

[@flyingsnail_art9170]

I was not at all expecting this but jeffiot discussing one of my favourite games of all time?!!! Let’s go!!!

[@lukaskubik4698]

To this day this is the game that holds the special place in my heart, for being only game with a piece of dialogue so heavy, I actually had to take a break for a few hours. It was the telephone booth call with Harry's wife.

[@hiimtheparappaguylookx7161]

Dude i started to play Disco Elysium about a week or so and you maniac of a man give me a 5 hr videos to make my fixation of this game even worst. thank you man

[@jacobgray3112]

goddamn i get goosebumps everytime you spring nick on us.

[@codycarney2311]

17:40 Yo ho Yo ho A not a pirates life for me

[@marchingham]

The absolute COMMITMENT to the facial hair 👌

[@DOCTOR.DEADHEAD]

There's no way I was just thinking a few days ago how it's been awhile since you uploaded, only for you to return with a 5 hour video on my favorite game of all time.

[@thehorriblebright]

A nearly 5 hour video about a game I've never played? By a Jeffiot who's upgraded his looks from 80's dad to 80's used car salesman? Don't mind if I do!

[@lcramer6]

Still early in the video so I don’t know if this is covered. Some states have can deposits, some don’t. It just depends where you live and what you buy. Some milk in my state have deposits due to glass bottles but soda cans don’t.

[@theme6530]

Tim Rogers, your format lives on

[@AllCloudsAreBunnies]

14:38 you saying that he may or may not be a douche bag over and over, in the tone and cadence that you have been, really really 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 reminds me of the SCP that used to be a library; you read that particular SCP file over on the JVSCP channel… hopefully you remember the one so I don’t sound like a complete idiot. Anyhow, fingers crossed you do recall lol, but yeah, it’s just been giving off those vibes… again, probably because the specific way you’re speaking. It made me smile and want to go rewatch that specific episode over on JVSCP, if only I could remember which episode it was…!

[@IronFishChannel]

Disco Elysium and Fallout New Vegas are the two games I will watch any length video essay if it pops up into my feed

[@faarsight]

You know, I do usually save scum but I don't think I ever save scummed a red-check in disco-elysium.

[@dedmanwalken8565]

Sheeeeesh is this the extended version of Return of the King, or just a youtube video from the goat himself??

[@DruciDrawing]

LES GOOOOOOOOO DISCO ELYSIUM CONTENTTTT

[@savannahkarnes8591]

you’re my favorite youtuber talking abt one of my favorite games,,, recipe for awesome! :3

[@TheWisme]

Ok fine, I'll play through Disco Elysium, BUT ONLY BECAUSE there's a 5 hr Jeffiot video waiting for me at the finish line.

[@dawn_oh420]

oh my god, a 5 hour disco elysium video??? this is incredible

[@apostolospapadopoulos2647]

48:42 I didn't expect TMBG in this video, but I loved the reference

[@ShockedTaiLung]

Shortest Disco Elysium video essay.

[@eLindemann]

Perception: This video is 5 hours long. Beginning now will ensure a terrible night’s sleep. You: Cuno doesn’t fuckin care!

[@SkaveRat]

I have literally completed my first play-through an hour ago, so this video has surprisingly perfect timing

[@Nefi424]

Did I watch the whole thing in one go? Is it currently 3:30 in the morning? Did I tear up a few times watching this as I remembered my first time playing this game? Am I utterly amazed that this video managed to be 5 hours long without even getting into the politics or world building of this game? Yes to all of the above 👏