Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

[Cedric]

Not enough to be exciting.

[Unhelpful Contrarian]

[Finarfin]

I guess? You assign points to 5 different stats, you have weapons, that can be upgraded, Pictos are modifiers, and become Luminas after 4 won encounters, meaning you can remove them and then use them passively, each cost a fix amount of lumina and you basically have to do builds.

[methoxetamine]

I'm 11 or 12 hours in and unless it goes completely to **** for some reason, this game is an absolute masterpiece

[Finarfin]

I'm 11 or 12 hours in and unless it goes completely to **** for some reason, this game is an absolute masterpiece

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What about Gustave's Death? that is reason for me to say it goes to **** (because I like him)

[methoxetamine]

I'm 11 or 12 hours in and unless it goes completely to **** for some reason, this game is an absolute masterpiece

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What about Gustave's Death? that is reason for me to say it goes to **** (because I like him)

I liked him a lot too, but a character you like dying doesn't meant he game goes to ****, it means the writers actually have balls. I'm a bit past his death but I would be shocked if he doesn't come back somehow because his skill tree had a ton of **** that was "locked", unless that was just a ruse to make you think he'd be around longterm

[Mordred]

i like how it looks but story and gameplay not so much. will pass

[Mortmal]

I'm 11 or 12 hours in and unless it goes completely to **** for some reason, this game is an absolute masterpiece

Clearly the surprise of the year, no one was expecting this game, and it is on par with Planescape Torment if you are a fan of story-heavy JRPGs like.

[rusty_shackleford]

I will NOT play the turnbased soulslop

[methoxetamine]

Imagine missing out on kino of this caliber. Couldn't be me

[GhostCow]

I guess? You assign points to 5 different stats, you have weapons, that can be upgraded, Pictos are modifiers, and become Luminas after 4 won encounters, meaning you can remove them and then use them passively, each cost a fix amount of lumina and you basically have to do builds.

So no skill trees or sphere grid type stuff going on? Sounds kind of boring tbh

[ArcaneLurker]

I'm 11 or 12 hours in and unless it goes completely to **** for some reason, this game is an absolute masterpiece

What level of girlbossing does it have?

[Cipher]

I'm 11 or 12 hours in and unless it goes completely to **** for some reason, this game is an absolute masterpiece

Clearly the surprise of the year, no one was expecting this game, and it is on par with Planescape Torment if you are a fan of story-heavy JRPGs like.

How woke do you assess the game to be in your very based and objective opinion?

[methoxetamine]

I'm 11 or 12 hours in and unless it goes completely to **** for some reason, this game is an absolute masterpiece

What level of girlbossing does it have?

Zero, whatsoever. Not even exaggerating

[rusty_shackleford]

I'm 11 or 12 hours in and unless it goes completely to **** for some reason, this game is an absolute masterpiece

What level of girlbossing does it have?

All the characters except one are either black or female.
And the one that isn't dies.

[Finarfin]

I guess? You assign points to 5 different stats, you have weapons, that can be upgraded, Pictos are modifiers, and become Luminas after 4 won encounters, meaning you can remove them and then use them passively, each cost a fix amount of lumina and you basically have to do builds.

So no skill trees or sphere grid type stuff going on? Sounds kind of boring tbh

Tbh if your kind of fun only seems to include build faggotry, then that is sad. But yes it has Skill Trees for each party member.

[methoxetamine]

How woke do you assess the game to be in your very based and objective opinion?

In the first 30 minutes there's some blacks in town, that's the only even slightly woke thing I've encountered. The expedition team has one black in it and he dies within 5 minutes of setting off on the expedition, and believe it or not he was an actual bro

All the characters except one are either black or female.
And the one that isn't dies.

The girls are cute and not girlbosses so it's fine,

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also a new male takes his place as the main character immediately upon his death

[GhostCow]

I guess? You assign points to 5 different stats, you have weapons, that can be upgraded, Pictos are modifiers, and become Luminas after 4 won encounters, meaning you can remove them and then use them passively, each cost a fix amount of lumina and you basically have to do builds.

So no skill trees or sphere grid type stuff going on? Sounds kind of boring tbh

Tbh if your kind of fun only seems to include build faggotry, then that is sad. But yes it has Skill Trees for each party member.

This is the main source of fun for me in a turn based RPG. It's not like the actual combat is going to be exciting. You're just clicking on things.

[rusty_shackleford]

You're just clicking on things.

He doesn't know

[Oyster Sauce]

Finding out this is just a regular 4 ****** in a row turn based game after seeing Rusty whine about Dark Souls influenced gameplay several times is so ******* funny

[Cipher]

I'm 11 or 12 hours in and unless it goes completely to **** for some reason, this game is an absolute masterpiece

► Show Spoiler

What about Gustave's Death? that is reason for me to say it goes to **** (because I like him)

I liked him a lot too, but a character you like dying doesn't meant he game goes to ****, it means the writers actually have balls. I'm a bit past his death but I would be shocked if he doesn't come back somehow because his skill tree had a ton of **** that was "locked", unless that was just a ruse to make you think he'd be around longterm

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He doesn't come back and stays dead. There's New Game+

This is confirmed, not rumor.

[rusty_shackleford]

Finding out this is just a regular 4 ****** in a row turn based game after seeing Rusty whine about Dark Souls influenced gameplay several times is so ******* funny

Try it out and come back

[Oyster Sauce]

Finding out this is just a regular 4 ****** in a row turn based game after seeing Rusty whine about Dark Souls influenced gameplay several times is so ******* funny

Try it out and come back

No, I saw black people in the trailer when it was announced

[Nemesis]

So no skill trees or sphere grid type stuff going on? Sounds kind of boring tbh

Pirate it and try it out for a few hours.

[Mortmal]

I'm 11 or 12 hours in and unless it goes completely to **** for some reason, this game is an absolute masterpiece

Clearly the surprise of the year, no one was expecting this game, and it is on par with Planescape Torment if you are a fan of story-heavy JRPGs like.

How woke do you assess the game to be in your very based and objective opinion?

Absolutely no woke content, no politics, no ideology. There is only one black Npc, and he’s an assimilated African man, completely fitting in Belle Époque Paris, there's some in the prologue crowds , nothing harmful. He dies early, and there are no USA-style black characters.

The characters? The main character is a 33-year-old white man with a beard, which in this day and age already feels amazing. You immediately sympathize with him. His motives are well written and he is not the usual isekai teenager.

The second character you meet is a cute ginger girl who’s a master at fencing. After the prologue, you’re introduced to a beautiful barefoot brunette Asian girl who uses magic. The girls are stunning, the complete opposite of what modern games have been pushing the past few years.

You can control any of them and explore freely. Their animations are very well done, especially the fencer, who is a personal favorite.

Everything feels like the complete opposite of an Ubisoft game. It looks great, the soundtrack is fantastic, and everything feels like it was crafted by someone who’s been playing video games for 40 years. There are secrets like in classic console games, hidden mechanisms that unlock rooms with small bonuses, some platformer elements , and no handholding at all.

Some will say I speak in hyperbole. Maybe I do, but I haven’t been this impressed by a game in a long, long time.

[methoxetamine]

Absolutely no woke content, no politics, no ideology.

100% agreed.I hate ******* in games as much as every other sane person, but seriously if you skip this game because of a couple ****** npc's in the prologue then you might as well just never play a new game again. Everything about this game is based as ****

[Unhelpful Contrarian]

Clearly the surprise of the year, no one was expecting this game, and it is on par with Planescape Torment if you are a fan of story-heavy JRPGs like.

How woke do you assess the game to be in your very based and objective opinion?

Absolutely no woke content, no politics, no ideology. There is only one black Npc, and he’s an assimilated African man, completely fitting in Belle Époque Paris, there's some in the prologue crowds , nothing harmful. He dies early, and there are no USA-style black characters.

The characters? The main character is a 33-year-old white man with a beard, which in this day and age already feels amazing. You immediately sympathize with him. His motives are well written and he is not the usual isekai teenager.

The second character you meet is a cute ginger girl who’s a master at fencing. After the prologue, you’re introduced to a beautiful barefoot brunette Asian girl who uses magic. The girls are stunning, the complete opposite of what modern games have been pushing the past few years.

You can control any of them and explore freely. Their animations are very well done, especially the fencer, who is a personal favorite.

Everything feels like the complete opposite of an Ubisoft game. It looks great, the soundtrack is fantastic, and everything feels like it was crafted by someone who’s been playing video games for 40 years. There are secrets like in classic console games, hidden mechanisms that unlock rooms with small bonuses, some platformer elements , and no handholding at all.

Some will say I speak in hyperbole. Maybe I do, but I haven’t been this impressed by a game in a long, long time.

I’m grown weary of people hyping games like these when it just turns out to be a slightly above average game and not second coming of Christ that many say it is.

[Oyster Sauce]

Absolutely no woke content, no politics, no ideology. There is only one black Npc, and he’s an assimilated African man, completely fitting in Belle Époque Paris

Edit: I replied before reading the rest of the post, use these to peper and solt as you please

[Cipher]

Clearly the surprise of the year, no one was expecting this game, and it is on par with Planescape Torment if you are a fan of story-heavy JRPGs like.

How woke do you assess the game to be in your very based and objective opinion?

Absolutely no woke content, no politics, no ideology. There is only one black Npc, and he’s an assimilated African man, completely fitting in Belle Époque Paris, there's some in the prologue crowds , nothing harmful. He dies early, and there are no USA-style black characters.

The characters? The main character is a 33-year-old white man with a beard, which in this day and age already feels amazing. You immediately sympathize with him. His motives are well written and he is not the usual isekai teenager.

The second character you meet is a cute ginger girl who’s a master at fencing. After the prologue, you’re introduced to a beautiful barefoot brunette Asian girl who uses magic. The girls are stunning, the complete opposite of what modern games have been pushing the past few years.

You can control any of them and explore freely. Their animations are very well done, especially the fencer, who is a personal favorite.

Everything feels like the complete opposite of an Ubisoft game. It looks great, the soundtrack is fantastic, and everything feels like it was crafted by someone who’s been playing video games for 40 years. There are secrets like in classic console games, hidden mechanisms that unlock rooms with small bonuses, some platformer elements , and no handholding at all.

Some will say I speak in hyperbole. Maybe I do, but I haven’t been this impressed by a game in a long, long time.

I see, I see. Thanks.

You sound like you make Youtube game reviews. Care to share a link for your channel?

[Unhelpful Contrarian]

Absolutely no woke content, no politics, no ideology.

but seriously if you skip this game because of a couple ****** npc's in the prologue then you might as well just never play a new game again.

Most would be happy to do just that.