But while peeling back Disco Elysium reveals layers upon layers of discoverable interactions, locations, and dialogue variations that most players will probably never see, Citizen Sleeper is much more modest and streamlined in its approach. It’s hard not to compare the two games in terms of their thoughtful incorporation of character-building systems, explicitly political narrative themes, and adamant lack of combat as a core player mechanic. Building off the legacy of games like Disco Elysium, it plays like a single-player, digitized tabletop RPG. Citizen Sleeper is the second game from indie studio Jump Over the Age, which is (for the most part) a one-person show run by designer/writer/developer Gareth Damian Martin.
Now, it’s recently finished a run of three free DLC episodes that expand on the core game in a narratively interesting and fulfilling way. Instead it felt like I was just completing a ton of side quests, without a truly satisfying ending.Citizen Sleeper was one of last year’s most memorable sleeper hits. These could’ve been used to change the game into one to two hour runs, allowing a difficulty scale to be introduced and introducing more replayability. I would’ve preferred having set plots that had meaningful endings that created a unique outcome for the world. These two things together just eliminate any sense of replayability. This makes it feel like a bit of a pointless choice since the only effect it seems to have on the game can be overcome fairly easily. However, as the game progresses you can level up your character and eliminate those debuffs. Each offers buffs or debuffs for certain actions which are explained as part of their background. Choice just doesn’t seem to matter.įor example, at the beginning of the game you can choose between three characters. Every subplot can be followed through to completion in the same playthrough. This seems like a missed opportunity to introduce replayability into the game. The last main criticism I have is that the story can all be accomplished in one run. I had to quit and load up my last save, but thankfully Citizen Sleeper is generous with the auto saves. There were also a couple of times when I was trying to complete actions too fast, causing the game to soft lock.
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