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AmosBurton_ThatGuy@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

Been slowly going through the game over the last 3 weeks or so and my fucking god, this game is an absolute masterpiece.

I’m a huge fan of turn based RPGs so I’m biased, but everything about this game is just amazing. Music is insanely good (almost at Nier levels of good IMO) the combat is satisfying and challenging at the same time, the voice acting is extremely well done (Andy Serkis does one of the villains) and the graphics and cut scenes are gorgeous, I read that they used mo-cap and had the actors actually playing their scenes together so it feels much more natural as opposed to one person doing their part and then piecing it all together afterwards.

The story is really well done so far, I’m pretty sure I’m somewhere near the end of act 2 (level 40ish across my team) and the writing for the characters is top tier. Funny banter with your team and NPCs at times but lots of emotional moments, it’s been a long time since something tugged on my heartstrings the way this game has been able to so far.

Everytime I play it, I have multiple moments of happiness, some sad moments and some laughs in a couple hour gaming session. I seriously can’t recommend this game enough. Reading my post back makes me sound like a paid bot but I haven’t been this excited about a new game since I found Factorio back in 2020. Before that would’ve been Fallout New Vegas back in 2010.

Masterpiece of a game and I both can’t fucking wait to beat it and see how the story ends, but I’m also dreading that moment at the same time. It’s (hopefully) gonna be like finishing a really good TV or book series and realizing there’s no more story in that universe. Bittersweet knowing you won’t get more of the characters and world you came to love over time. (Just finished Peter F Hamilton’s Commonwealth books, 7 in total and I’m super sad there aren’t any more stories to be told in that fascinating universe. I’m hoping to feel the same way after I beat this game)

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omarfw@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
And from ex-ubisoft devs no less; the undisputed king of mediocrity. It’s a testament to how utterly crushing the weight of shareholder influence and middle management bloat is on the people working there. Creativity cannot flourish within a publicly owned company that only seeks profit and nothing more.

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Skunk@jlai.lu ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Same here, I am in love with that game and I can’t stop listening to the 8h soundtrack or watch YouTube reactions videos of streamers crying in front of it.

Being French probably doesn’t help me from loving it… I finished the story 4 days ago and instantly reloaded my save to explore everything in the end game, unlocking every picto, every skills and Steam achievements.

Those Gestral beach mini games are annoying on purpose as they are a reference to final fantasy mini games. The platform parts are hopefully not very present, and I feel lucky to have killed that chromatic boss you’re talking about on the third try with full parry/counter.

Some few/nice advices, spoiler free but I’ll tag them anyway:

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Grosse tête (Big head) is another boss with tons of attacks, but easier (psa: kill it with Monoco in your team). Once you can, go see the dragon flying in the sky (the serpenphare, snake + light house) and try to do a “Zelda TOTK” by riding it. Do not go to the final part of the story with a too strong party, around level 60 would be my maximum. And do not equip the picto you get for finishing act 2. Otherwise you’ll be too strong and miss very cool content on some story boss fights. After the story is done you can load the auto save and build a totally broken team to destroy everything. This is also how you can access the NG+ option.

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- AmosBurton_ThatGuy@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  I keep listening to Lumière over and over, it’s such a good song as is the rest of the soundtrack! I was just telling my brother the last night that I like that it’s a French game, its exposed me to a culture I don’t usually get to appreciate. The French inspiration throughout the game is a nice change from the usual English/Japanese inspired RPGs IMO, I especially like how Esquie refers to Francois as franfran with a French accent! (Although everything about Esquie is awesome tbh).
  
  The French swear words are a nice touch as well, although I have to ask, is tabarnak not a thing in France? If not, what’s the equivalent in France? I only know that word because I’m a Habs fan and a lot of them frequently use that word in reddit game day threads when they’re playing like shit haha. I’ve heard Quebecois French and France French (wording? sorry) is a fair bit different, but I don’t speak the language so I only have an outsiders level of knowledge at best.
  
  Ha that makes them a bit more palatable but they’re still really annoying just like a lot of those old FF minigames were. Thank god for save states!
  
  Thanks for the tips!
  
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  - Skunk@jlai.lu ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Lumière, Alicia, déchirer la toile, une vie à s’aimer… I have so much little green hearts 💚 next to Clair Obcur titles on my Spotify.
    
    I agree that it is very refreshing to see French inspiration, we are not very used to that in video games and they embraced it to the joke level. The baguette outfit were, quote from Guillaume Broche (CEO & Art director, creator of the project): “A joke we had on our internal discord and it went too far”.
    
    Clair Obscur is an art style, the game takes place in the Belle époque (late 1800s early 1900s) and you can see plenty of references to that time, for example the pattern on the robe of the first flower seller in Lumière, just after the red and white tree.
    
    This time period is never explored in games so that is also very cool to see.
    
    Esquie is the best friend indeed, and he has a perfect French as the voice actor for English and French is the same. But all voice actors are amazing, English and French, it’s funny that you can hear the English ones struggling a bit with the French swearing (they tend to say “poutain” instead of “putain”).
    
    And no, no Tabarnak, this is exclusive from Quebec and very much not a thing in France (or any European French speaking country).
    
    This was made by French from France, so no Belgian or Swiss specific French language, only the one from continental France.
    
    It shows after you meet François, in English Esquie says:
    
    Ahahah François you got smashed versus
    
    Ahahah François qu’est-ce que tu as pris cher.
    
    “Prendre cher” is very very French street language and means something like “pay dearly” but always in a bad way. You got hurt doing something stupid? Tu as pris cher.
    
    It started from the city of Lyon I think and like plenty of French slang has Arabic influence, this one being the word “Cheh”.
    
    Cheh is a Moroccan (and probably Algerian) onomatopoeia for “serves you right”, so if I hurt myself being silly, I will hear a little and discreet “cheh” from my Moroccan wife in the other room. One magical onomatopoeia to say “I told you so, that serves you well”.
    
    For French language differences, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Monaco and Switzerland are very close and we can understand each other without strong complications. Same goes with Northern Africa and most of Africa. It’s mostly an accent change and most vocabulary stays the same.
    
    It gets a little bit difficult with the Caribbean French as they often use their own local language mixed with French.
    
    Then you have the final boss, the endgame, Québécois. You have accent + different vocabulary and slang. A dude from Quebec HAS to make efforts to be understood in France (or Switzerland or whatever) cause we don’t understand them if they don’t 😁
    
    Maybe we could with a little training, but as a famous languages school said in an add: " Time to learn French, because they won’t learn English"
    
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    Blisterexe@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    I am considering picking up the game when it’s on sale, and you seem like a good person to ask: Is it better to play the game in french or in english, I’m fluent in both so I don’t have a preference.
    
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USSEthernet@startrek.website ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
3 weeks and ~90 hours in. Currently speedrunning new game+ to get that level 99 achievement. After 90 ish it’s pretty slow.

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seat6@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
I feel the same! The music in particular is outstanding. It’s a truly beautiful game

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