Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

[Val the Moofia Boss]

Am I correct in understanding that the "intended" ending of the game is that

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you are supposed to reject responsibility towards the world for the sake of saving an individual who you love? If so, then it sounds like the French have caught up with Japan and have accepted the bleak reality of their situation, that the economic and cultural situation will not get better, you will not find prosperity in the future, that society has failed, and that you must instead try to find happiness with your small life as it is right now. So the French are now embracing the Sekai-kei genre. The apparent popularity of this game in the West - along with plenty of other Sekai-Kei works like Evangelion, Attack on Titan, Weathering With You, etc - to me sounds like the Anglosphere has begun accepting it as well. You see an adjacent message in currently popular series like Trails, where sacrificing one person for the greater person is not okay, and it is instead preferable to sabotage your own country and make the collective suffer defeat in war if it means saving the person you love. You can see foreshadowing of this with the Life Is Strange and The Last of Us games from a decade ago. It seems we have come a long way since Wrath of Khan "the needs of the many outweig the needs of the few", or those 1990s disaster movies with astronauts sacrificing themselves to save the world.

[maidenhaver]

Am I correct in understanding that the "intended" ending of the game is that

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you are supposed to reject responsibility towards the world for the sake of saving an individual who you love? If so, then it sounds like the French have caught up with Japan and have accepted the bleak reality of their situation, that the economic and cultural situation will not get better, you will not find prosperity in the future, that society has failed, and that you must instead try to find happiness with your small life as it is right now. So the French are now embracing the Sekai-kei genre. The apparent popularity of this game in the West - along with plenty of other Sekai-Kei works like Evangelion, Attack on Titan, Weathering With You, etc - to me sounds like the Anglosphere has begun accepting it as well. You see an adjacent message in currently popular series like Trails, where sacrificing one person for the greater person is not okay, and it is instead preferable to sabotage your own country and make the collective suffer defeat in war if it means saving the person you love. You can see foreshadowing of this with the Life Is Strange and The Last of Us games from a decade ago. It seems we have come a long way since Wrath of Khan "the needs of the many outweig the needs of the few", or those 1990s disaster movies with astronauts sacrificing themselves to save the world.

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Love is temporary, Honor is eternal.

[Statesman]

They almost didn't uglify females

Shadowheart, but ok


Actually beautified...


lol


Would be more interested if the world looked a bit more alive. World/level looks a bit like from any generic souls clone.

The third one looks nothing like the model. Really sick of the ugly man jaws they put on female characters

The second one neither. But at least they improved it.

Because those are the voice actresses, not the face-scan models...

[rusty_shackleford]

the models are clearly based on them, they just prettied them up a bit so it actually sells

[Statesman]

the models are clearly based on them, they just prettied them up a bit so it actually sells

Do you have face-blindness? Because here we have the game director creating the Lune prototype on 2021 on Zbrush:

[rusty_shackleford]

the models are clearly based on them, they just prettied them up a bit so it actually sells

Do you have face-blindness? Because here we have the game director creating the Lune prototype on 2021 on Zbrush:

but that's not what she looks like in the released game

[Statesman]

the models are clearly based on them, they just prettied them up a bit so it actually sells

Do you have face-blindness? Because here we have the game director creating the Lune prototype on 2021 on Zbrush:

but that's not what she looks like in the released game

Which is why I said "prototype".

[A Chinese opium den]

I don't understand...

[Tangerine]

I don't understand...

It's simple. The game was made by the intelligence agencies as a part of operation chaos, which they're signaling with their usual numerology because they like to rub it in people's faces.

[Unhelpful Contrarian]

Video really does reinforces my opinion that the game rapid popularity wasn’t nearly as grassroots as many claim it to be.

[Makirige]

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[Norfleet]

you are supposed to reject responsibility towards the world for the sake of saving an individual who you love? If so, then it sounds like the French have caught up with Japan and have accepted the bleak reality of their situation, that the economic and cultural situation will not get better

Seems to me that if you accept that the reality of your situation is bleak and that the economic and cultural situation isn't set to improve, that you should, in fact, go full on MY LIFE FOR AIUR. After all, if you die for the cause, you won't have to live in the world that inevitably must grow shittier.

[mercerxiv]

So what's the RPGHQ review for this game? Does it make the good game list?

[methoxetamine]

So what's the RPGHQ review for this game? Does it make the good game list?

If you ask the Chad's like myself the answer is yes, it's a very good game. Some people just want to hate it though, usually people who haven't actually played it

[Unhelpful Contrarian]

So what's the RPGHQ review for this game? Does it make the good game list?

If you ask the Chad's like myself the answer is yes, it's a very good game. Some people just want to hate it though, usually people who haven't actually played it

Sorry if I enjoy playing a game than watching cutscenes with a story that’s only passable.

[methoxetamine]

So what's the RPGHQ review for this game? Does it make the good game list?

If you ask the Chad's like myself the answer is yes, it's a very good game. Some people just want to hate it though, usually people who haven't actually played it

Sorry if I enjoy playing a game than watching cutscenes with a story that’s only passable.

If you inherently don't like the genre why do you think your opinion of this game matters?

[Unhelpful Contrarian]

If you ask the Chad's like myself the answer is yes, it's a very good game. Some people just want to hate it though, usually people who haven't actually played it

Sorry if I enjoy playing a game than watching cutscenes with a story that’s only passable.

If you inherently don't like the genre why do you think your opinion of this game matters?

Never said I dislike the genre since I play a great deal of them with many them being my favourite games of all time.

[methoxetamine]

There's a difference between not being interested in a game and thinking you won't like it, and declaring it bad because you read a story summary. It doesn't matter why you didn't play it, you still didn't play it which proves my original point

[Cipher]

So what's the RPGHQ review for this game? Does it make the good game list?

Story is hot garbage. Worse, woman written pretentious frenchy hot garbage that thinks its orders of magnitude smarter than it actually is. Plot twists for twists sake.

The gameplay is... Paper Mario with Dork Souls/Elden Ring attack animation baiting from the monsters. If that's what you like in a turn-based JRPG then maybe you'll like the gameplay. But the story is just terrible and you will sit through hours of cutscenes so honestly you have been warned.

[A Chinese opium den]

So what's the RPGHQ review for this game? Does it make the good game list?

Its really good if you're a gay ***, source: I didn't play it or watch any gameplay of it.

[Envergence]

I was immediately put off by it when I read the majority of the cast are women. That alone was enough to tell me it wasn't worth my time.

The manufactured reception to a game with a majority-femoid cast and a laughably cliché story feels like a psyop. (I know I've been going on about psyops lately; call me ****** if you must.)

Still patiently waiting for the Age of Women to end already.

[Stack of Turtles]

So what's the RPGHQ review for this game? Does it make the good game list?

Its really good if you're a gay ***, source: I didn't play it or watch any gameplay of it.

It's so good for gay **** that ACOD knew he liked it without even having to play it.

[fork]

So what's the RPGHQ review for this game? Does it make the good game list?

Take a look and skip through this:


If you find the art style, characters and mechanics appealing, it's worth it.
If not, hell no.
6.5/10 in my book.

[Makirige]

I don't get why you're spitting on the game, but the story is really very good, the gameplay is dynamic, it's not boring turn-based. The music is very good.
I had a lot of fun with it!

and its not woke, no policy.

[Unhelpful Contrarian]

I don't get why you're spitting on the game, but the story is really very good, the gameplay is dynamic, it's not boring turn-based. The music is very good.
I had a lot of fun with it!

and its not woke, no policy.

Soundtrack is the only thing I consider great about the game.

[ArcaneLurker]

Am I correct in understanding that the "intended" ending of the game is that

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you are supposed to reject responsibility towards the world for the sake of saving an individual who you love? If so, then it sounds like the French have caught up with Japan and have accepted the bleak reality of their situation, that the economic and cultural situation will not get better, you will not find prosperity in the future, that society has failed, and that you must instead try to find happiness with your small life as it is right now. So the French are now embracing the Sekai-kei genre. The apparent popularity of this game in the West - along with plenty of other Sekai-Kei works like Evangelion, Attack on Titan, Weathering With You, etc - to me sounds like the Anglosphere has begun accepting it as well. You see an adjacent message in currently popular series like Trails, where sacrificing one person for the greater person is not okay, and it is instead preferable to sabotage your own country and make the collective suffer defeat in war if it means saving the person you love. You can see foreshadowing of this with the Life Is Strange and The Last of Us games from a decade ago. It seems we have come a long way since Wrath of Khan "the needs of the many outweig the needs of the few", or those 1990s disaster movies with astronauts sacrificing themselves to save the world.

The needs of known people, that I like, outweigh the needs of unknown normgroids, even if there could be potentially people out there that I'd like, I have no way of knowing.
The needs of my people, Europeans in general, would come first, if it was reciprocal, and most could be trusted to go along with that, instead of self-sabotaging and attacking everyone that defects from Marxoid delusions.

Take "the needs of the many outweigh the few" to its extreme, mix it with Universalism & Humanitarianism, and you get "we need to sacrifice ourselves for Africans and Asians."

[methoxetamine]

So what's the RPGHQ review for this game? Does it make the good game list?

Take a look and skip through this:


If you find the art style, characters and mechanics appealing, it's worth it.
If not, hell no.
6.5/10 in my book.

At least the review you linked is actually legit, he gave it an 8.5 incase anyone wants a tldw

[KOS-MOS]

I was immediately put off by it when I read the majority of the cast are women. That alone was enough to tell me it wasn't worth my time.

The manufactured reception to a game with a majority-femoid cast and a laughably cliché story feels like a psyop. (I know I've been going on about psyops lately; call me ****** if you must.)

Still patiently waiting for the Age of Women to end already.

******; but you're right.

[Vaako]

So what's the RPGHQ review for this game? Does it make the good game list?

Take a look and skip through this:


If you find the art style, characters and mechanics appealing, it's worth it.
If not, hell no.
6.5/10 in my book.

That review is really all someone needs to know about this game. I rather play pixel sprite round based games without quicktime events.

[Vaako]

I was immediately put off by it when I read the majority of the cast are women. That alone was enough to tell me it wasn't worth my time.

Yep that only works in some anime. Not in western games.