Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

[Nico]

For those interested, Synthetic Man is live :



A suspicious amount of diversity in the starting city.

[rusty_shackleford]

A suspicious amount of diversity in the starting city.

lots of blacks, lots of black male/white female couples

[fork]

If the TB combat with QTEs interests you (why?), I guess it could be worth a try.
While it's obvious that the budget was kinda limited (heavy copy-pasting of assets in the very first area, mediocre animations), the graphics and performance are good. Very story-heavy in the beginning (story seems promising though), ok characters, very linear prologue, and, well, didn't play any further, because it's not for me.
In a TB game I don't want to bother with punishing twitch-reactions and memorization of each and every attack-timing.
And yes, lots of *******.

[rusty_shackleford]

If the TB combat with QTEs interests you (why?), I guess it could be worth a try.
While it's obvious that the budget was kinda limited (heavy copy-pasting of assets in in the very first area, mediocre animations), the graphics and performance are good. Very story-heavy in the beginning (story seems promising though), ok characters, very linear prologue, and, well, didn't play any further, because it's not for me.
In a TB game I don't want to bother with punishing twitch-reactions and memorization of each and every attack-timing.
And yes, lots of *******.

Pretty much how I felt, expecting this to have a really high return rate.
JRPG devs(incl. imitators) have no idea how to make the combat more interesting or innovative, everything they've tried has failed, they're behind even what was standard in western games e.g., Wizardries in the 90s.

Last thing I want is to play guitar hero in the middle of my turn.

[Cipher]

I don't really find it fun or interesting to memorize exactly when to dodge for each attack when every enemy has multiple different attacks each with their own timing
can't imagine what kind of weird weeb autism would find this enjoyable

Isn't this exactly what Dark Souls gameplay boils down to?


EDIT: So it's Dark Souls: The TurnBasening?

Thanks, I am out. I don't like Dark Souls.

Dark Souls is an excellent arpg with great exploration, this is a ****** story-focused, turn-based jrpg with QTEs every fight (wtf?).
Utter ********.

Bosses in Dork Souls are QTEs.

[rusty_shackleford]

Isn't this exactly what Dark Souls gameplay boils down to?


EDIT: So it's Dark Souls: The TurnBasening?

Thanks, I am out. I don't like Dark Souls.

Dark Souls is an excellent arpg with great exploration, this is a ****** story-focused, turn-based jrpg with QTEs every fight (wtf?).
Utter ********.

Bosses in Dork Souls are QTEs.

It was nowhere near as bad prior to them leaning into the "git gud" thing and designing the game around the boss fights. You can skirt thru bosses in dork souls by learning as the encounter goes instead of banging your head on a wall to learn the patterns.

[Finarfin]

For those interested, Synthetic Man is live :



A suspicious amount of diversity in the starting city.

Ofcourse the Troglodyte community of his doesn't like the game because muh melodrama and such.

[fork]

Bosses in Dork Souls are QTEs.

It was nowhere near as bad prior to them leaning into the "git gud" thing and designing the game around the boss fights. You can skirt thru bosses in dork souls by learning as the encounter goes instead of banging your head on a wall to learn the patterns.

And even if they were, like they arguably(?) are in Sekiro for example, I can tolerate it in a real-time game (if everything else is good), but not in a TB one.

[rusty_shackleford]

For those interested, Synthetic Man is live :



A suspicious amount of diversity in the starting city.

Ofcourse the Troglodyte community of his doesn't like the game because muh melodrama and such.

The story actually seemed quite decent so no surprise jarpig lovers wouldn't like it.

[fork]

Yeah, while I don't usually care for the story at all, especially not in current year, that (and the presentation of it) seemed the only thing done really well and kinda tasteful.
I stopped about half an hour in though, so may go to **** later for all I know.

[Val the Moofia Boss]

Can't believe Resonant Arc is shilling for this. I expected better from them.

JRPG devs(incl. imitators) have no idea how to make the combat more interesting or innovative

Trails of Cold Steel on nightmare difficulty
Sakura Wars V
Valkyria Chronicles
FF13 later into the game once you get a full party and three bars of ATB gauge.
FFTA2
The Last Remnant

[ThulsaDoomer]

For those interested, Synthetic Man is live :



A suspicious amount of diversity in the starting city.

Ofcourse the Troglodyte community of his doesn't like the game because muh melodrama and such.

The lead writer is a woman, and nearly every woman outshines the protagonist so far, with the villain also being a woman. I don't know how many red flags need to appear for people to adhere to some sense of consistent standards and point them out without equally braindead weeb troglodytes whining about negativity.

[Val the Moofia Boss]

The lead writer is a woman

Not necessarily a bad thing (see FF14 where Natsuko Ishikawa wrote the Doman half of Stormblood, Shadowbringers, and Endwalker in spite of interference from Yoshida), though I suppose a Western woman writer is a red flag.

[Cipher]

Can't believe Resonant Arc is shilling for this. I expected better from them.

Aren't they woketard libtards? Of course they would shill for anything involving the brave lesbian that voiced Shadowheart.

[Cipher]

For those interested, Synthetic Man is live :



A suspicious amount of diversity in the starting city.

Ofcourse the Troglodyte community of his doesn't like the game because muh melodrama and such.

The lead writer is a woman, and nearly every woman outshines the protagonist so far, with the villain also being a woman. I don't know how many red flags need to appear for people to adhere to some sense of consistent standards and point them out without equally braindead weeb troglodytes whining about negativity.

And the "Painter" the eldritch entity that is causing all of this is referred as a "she" as well. Also, it seems the current political leader of the survivors is the sister of the protagonist. The ****** dies very early though, so that's something.

[Val the Moofia Boss]

Aren't they woketard libtards?

No. I have been listening to them in the car for a decade. They have never talked any libertarian or woke nonsense. They grew up as Christians (or Mormons, I think Mike talked about living in a Mormon missionary barracks for a while), but then Mike fell away. I don't know about Casen presently.

[ThulsaDoomer]

Ofcourse the Troglodyte community of his doesn't like the game because muh melodrama and such.

The lead writer is a woman, and nearly every woman outshines the protagonist so far, with the villain also being a woman. I don't know how many red flags need to appear for people to adhere to some sense of consistent standards and point them out without equally braindead weeb troglodytes whining about negativity.

And the "Painter" the eldritch entity that is causing all of this is referred as a "she" as well. Also, it seems the current political leader of the survivors is the sister of the protagonist. The ****** dies very early though, so that's something.

A Microsoft funded game that doesn't contain subversive propaganda? Yeah, I don't think so. People are welcome to be delusional but even from the first 4 hours of the game it's painfully clear this game is mirroring modern nihilism, even with a brief conversation about anti-natalism in a "doomed" society. The setting had potential but it's ruined by post modern french **** who built a society no one gives a **** if it dies. If they presented a 1940 Germany in the game I would care when everyone dies, but they don't and so I don't.

[Unhelpful Contrarian]

Can't believe Resonant Arc is shilling for this. I expected better from them.

“The Best RPG in 20 Years”

Opinion immediately disregarded.

I have no words to describe such retardation in such a statement.

[Finarfin]

Can't believe Resonant Arc is shilling for this. I expected better from them.

JRPG devs(incl. imitators) have no idea how to make the combat more interesting or innovative

Trails of Cold Steel on nightmare difficulty
Sakura Wars V
Valkyria Chronicles
FF13 later into the game once you get a full party and three bars of ATB gauge.
FFTA2
The Last Remnant

Only good JRPG is Lost Odyssey

[Cipher]

Can't believe Resonant Arc is shilling for this. I expected better from them.

“The Best RPG in 20 Years”

Opinion immediately disregarded.

I have no words to describe such retardation in such a statement.

On that note, what is your favorite JRPG so far, @Val the Moofia Boss ?

Solely based on your personal enjoyment and opinion and not accounting for any other metric like sales, relevancy, etc.

[Cipher]

Story spoilers. Rumor about the game, not confirmed.

► Show Spoiler

Apparently, Gustave dies at the end of Act 1 or something like that. They couldn't even let the white straight man remain the protagonist for the entire game. Take this with a grain of salt as this is a rumor and I have not confirmed its veracity.

EDIT: This has been confirmed.

[rusty_shackleford]

For those interested, Synthetic Man is live :



A suspicious amount of diversity in the starting city.

timestamped, the few fights I skipped thru he has like a 15% dodge rate
I wouldn't say synthman is bad either, he breezed thru e.g., monkeygame rather easy


he complains about the delayed attacks

It's a shame they added such a ******** mechanic because I'd play it otherwise, I even liked the gun mechanic(it's at the same timestamp)

[Oyster Sauce]

For those interested, Synthetic Man is live :



A suspicious amount of diversity in the starting city.

timestamped, the few fights I skipped thru he has like a 15% dodge rate
I wouldn't say synthman is bad either, he breezed thru e.g., monkeygame rather easy


he complains about the delayed attacks

It's a shame they added such a ******** mechanic because I'd play it otherwise, I even liked the gun mechanic(it's at the same timestamp)

The one you timestamped has him dodging randomly for no reason against an attack with a very obvious sound cue and then complaining about it

[rusty_shackleford]

For those interested, Synthetic Man is live :



A suspicious amount of diversity in the starting city.

timestamped, the few fights I skipped thru he has like a 15% dodge rate
I wouldn't say synthman is bad either, he breezed thru e.g., monkeygame rather easy


he complains about the delayed attacks

It's a shame they added such a ******** mechanic because I'd play it otherwise, I even liked the gun mechanic(it's at the same timestamp)

The one you timestamped has him dodging randomly for no reason against an attack with a very obvious sound cue and then complaining about it

The attack has like an 8 second long chargeup

"no reason"
the enemy moves his hands like he's going to attack right as he dodges

[Oyster Sauce]

timestamped, the few fights I skipped thru he has like a 15% dodge rate
I wouldn't say synthman is bad either, he breezed thru e.g., monkeygame rather easy


he complains about the delayed attacks

It's a shame they added such a ******** mechanic because I'd play it otherwise, I even liked the gun mechanic(it's at the same timestamp)

The one you timestamped has him dodging randomly for no reason against an attack with a very obvious sound cue and then complaining about it

The attack has like an 8 second long chargeup

"no reason"
the enemy moves his hands like he's going to attack right as he dodges

He spam dodges while the enemy is doing nothing. The attack lands precisely when the hand is brought down in sync with the audio cue. Skill issue + you are old.

[rusty_shackleford]

The one you timestamped has him dodging randomly for no reason against an attack with a very obvious sound cue and then complaining about it

The attack has like an 8 second long chargeup

"no reason"
the enemy moves his hands like he's going to attack right as he dodges

He spam dodges while the enemy is doing nothing. The attack lands precisely when the hand is brought down in sync with the audio cue. Skill issue + you are old.

"just memorize that the enemy is going to move his hand up then pause for 2 seconds before the attack begins its 0.1 second long dodge window "
nah

[Oyster Sauce]

The attack has like an 8 second long chargeup

"no reason"
the enemy moves his hands like he's going to attack right as he dodges

He spam dodges while the enemy is doing nothing. The attack lands precisely when the hand is brought down in sync with the audio cue. Skill issue + you are old.

"just memorize that the enemy is going to move his hand up then pause for 2 seconds before the attack begins its 0.1 second long dodge window "
nah

Filtered by Paper Mario...

[rusty_shackleford]

He spam dodges while the enemy is doing nothing. The attack lands precisely when the hand is brought down in sync with the audio cue. Skill issue + you are old.

"just memorize that the enemy is going to move his hand up then pause for 2 seconds before the attack begins its 0.1 second long dodge window "
nah

Filtered by Paper Mario...

SMRPG didn't have delayed attacks

[7Trickster]

As French, I find the inclusion of French words like "merde" "putain" really pointless. Especially when the actors have such a ****** accent and can't pronounce single words properly.

Lune is hot af, good looking asian thot.

Still not buying, not my kind of game

He spam dodges while the enemy is doing nothing. The attack lands precisely when the hand is brought down in sync with the audio cue. Skill issue + you are old.

He played badly at first but by the end got dodges really right

[rusty_shackleford]

As French,

@Vergil status update?