disco elysium's like...it's a tragedy, it's a comedy, it's a police procedural, it's a parody of a police procedural, it's a romance, it's a manifesto, it's a psychological portrait, it's a novel, it's a video game, it's a movie, it's a poem, it's a painting, the future is bright, the future is bleak, the future is nonexistent, the past will hold you close, the past will eat you alive, the past is the future is the past is the future
Apollo in aa4 is literally perfect like he tries to ask his client about her star sign. He makes Dr who references. He punches Phoenix. He cries over the safety of two girls whom he barely knows. He admires his fucked up hair in a shiny pole. He's transgender. He writes in his diary about how cool he was in a case several months ago. He rides a bike everywhere. He doesn't know literally any celebrity. He's so sarcastic but he cares so much. He's short. He wants daryans head on a stick. He says "hiya!" and "dang" and he doesn't know what's going on ever