Multiplat Official Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Discussion

[HereticBD]

I spent around an hour farming them until I got to level 80-85. I felt OP until I started the Endless tower. Even Lampmaster (in the Painter's Workshop) could one hit my team with his sword swipe. I guess I am not too OP, but the last few stages of the Endless Tower & Renoir's area are the only places that awaits me before returning to Lumiere.

Yeah, I left the extreme stuff alone. I think the game has a bit of a ceiling with that, where your level only matters so much, and you have to be a perfectionist with parrying to get anywhere.

 

[Kratos94]

I just completed the Endless Tower and holy f*ck. I am so happy to be done with it. The last 3-6 stages were brutal. Even at normal difficulty, I was being pushed to the edge in every single one of those battles. But the last one.. it literally took me 30 whole minutes with all 90+ characters. The health pool is just ridiculous and really seemed to be never-ending. Now I see why it is named that.

I have now reached the Abyss and have been told this is where the fun begins lmao.

 

[Kratos94]

Finally completed this. What an experience. The gameplay did get quite repetitive nearing the end, but the story, world (or canvas..) and characters were definitely the highlights.

Even on story mode (used it to learn attacks), a certain few bosses still would destroy my party within 2-3 strikes. I give Clair Obscur a solid 9/10.

Maelle's ending was surprisingly depressing and gave me the feeling that she wants to be an even bigger control freak than Renoir. I think Verso's ending is the better one. It's incredibly sad to say goodbye to everyone we met along the way, but it is morally the better decision

 

[method115]

Finally completed this. What an experience. The gameplay did get quite repetitive nearing the end, but the story, world (or canvas..) and characters were definitely the highlights.

Even on story mode (used it to learn attacks), a certain few bosses still would destroy my party within 2-3 strikes. I give Clair Obscur a solid 9/10.

Maelle's ending was surprisingly depressing and gave me the feeling that she wants to be an even bigger control freak than Renoir. I think Verso's ending is the better one. It's incredibly sad to say goodbye to everyone we met along the way, but it is morally the better decision

The look Lune gives you during the Verso ending is brutal.

 

[Zazen]

Devs confirmed next game set in this universe. Said E33 just one story to tell in this series so apparently we may get even more than one.

 

[Kratos94]

 

[Your Salad]

Goddamn I want to be good at this game. I just cant do it.
I know its a skill issue for sure, but I will have a run and pick it up a couple of days later and its like I have never touched a controller in my fucking life.
I'm stuck in the location where the giant rollie-poly dude in a geisha mask lets you piggyback him over some mountain shit. Pretty sure its very early in the story, so... yeah.
Maybe I should have played one single game like this before in my life.
I think I'm fucked.

 

[HereticBD]

Goddamn I want to be good at this game. I just cant do it.
I know its a skill issue for sure, but I will have a run and pick it up a couple of days later and its like I have never touched a controller in my fucking life.
I'm stuck in the location where the giant rollie-poly dude in a geisha mask lets you piggyback him over some mountain shit. Pretty sure its very early in the story, so... yeah.
Maybe I should have played one single game like this before in my life.
I think I'm fucked.

Nah, stick with it. It ain't some big skill check game like "Sekiro" or anything. The game's combat is great, but very robotic, to the point where you can play it over and over and get all the tricks down. It's not throwing random shit at you, where you have to balance randomness with skill(if that makes any sense). If some enemy is giving you fits, just keep playing. You'll eventually get the timing down. At least for the base game. There are some end game zones that are insane, and you can stumble upon some enemies on the map that one-hit killers, but other than that, it's all very manageable, even if it seems intimidating at first.

 

[Zazen]

 

[SmilinDesperado]

I just finished this and have mixed feelings about it.
There wasn't enough time with Gustave, so when he goes, I didn't really feel anything. And then he and Verso look so much alike that I had expected for there to be some sort of tie in between those two.
When the big reveal of the Paintress comes out, I kind of stopped caring about the story. It made it feel kind of pointless because the stakes didn't feel real anymore to me.
Some of the game play was too repetitive, and after getting the Picto that takes the limit off your damage, the battles just felt more like chores.
I don't know if i missed some stories or gameplay..but there wasn't much of a 'romance' story with Lune.

Overall, it's a beautiful game. Great visuals and music. I'm glad I played it, and it has a lot of good stuff in it. But a bit overrated and I dont imagine I'd do another playthrough.

 

[method115]

I just finished this and have mixed feelings about it.
There wasn't enough time with Gustave, so when he goes, I didn't really feel anything. And then he and Verso look so much alike that I had expected for there to be some sort of tie in between those two.
When the big reveal of the Paintress comes out, I kind of stopped caring about the story. It made it feel kind of pointless because the stakes didn't feel real anymore to me.
Some of the game play was too repetitive, and after getting the Picto that takes the limit off your damage, the battles just felt more like chores.
I don't know if i missed some stories or gameplay..but there wasn't much of a 'romance' story with Lune.

Overall, it's a beautiful game. Great visuals and music. I'm glad I played it, and it has a lot of good stuff in it. But a bit overrated and I dont imagine I'd do another playthrough.

Yea the big reveal is where I've seen most people not care about the story anymore. I normally feel the exact same way about scenarios like that but the story was so well told that I don't know I just really enjoyed the whole thing.