News 'XXX NIGHTSHIFT', an upcoming detective RPG from former 'Disco Elysium' developers, announced

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With some reported turmoil within developer ZA/UM, the future of Disco Elysium is uncertain but the game's former developers have formed a new studio, Dark Math Games, to make what looks like a spiritual successor. Their upcoming game, titled XXX NIGHTSHIFT is described as a "a true Detective RPG" and a trailer for its dialogue gameplay was aired today:

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Set 2086, you play a Patrol Op, Dinorah Katz, who is stranded at a luxury Ski resort in Antarctica. This original science-fiction setting lands you in a resort that shouldn't exist with people that you shouldn't know with the endless polar night covering a multitude of sins.

XXX NIGHTSHIFT will deliver a deep single-player role-playing experience with many tools and layers of gameplay. A unique companion dynamic adds more fun and offers different paths to solve cases. The innovative and powerful role-playing system respects your time and trusts your intelligence with seismic choices. It's up to you to decide how your story unfolds—and how it ends.

The game has a Steam page which features some additional in-game screenshots:

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Features of XXX NIGHTSHIFT include:

• Deep single-player role-playing with seismic choices. Powerful, finely tuned, innovative. It's yours to decide how your story unfolds—and how it ends. Follow your truths or just slide on the surface of things.
• Volumetric: A fresh role-playing system that respects your time, trusts your intelligence, and plays along with your every choice. Play a true three-dimensional human being. Combine 20 Traces across four categories to shape your character in any way you desire.
• Find a partner in crime investigation or try flying solo. A unique companion dynamic provides you with many paths to solve the crimes. Engage in social climbing, soul digging, man-eating, and more, depending on your choices and luck.
• Maboul Kit: Tune your investigative mind to prepare for interrogations, confrontations, and seductions. Anticipate what's coming and boost your chances. But mind the side effects—there's always a price to pay.
• Dopamine Buffet: Rehearse your moves. Dance through crime scenes. Drift through parties. Or find pleasure in completing the simplest chores. Get better with every action you take.
• Marafet Calculator: Use Marafet calculations to alter your time and space. Go deep with insights and discover connections, but make sure you'll be able to resurface.

What do you think of XXX NIGHTSHIFT?