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Comment on Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. First time pay attention to the songs and I cried. This is the game that I cry over so many times. This is what I think about the game. Spoiler alert

who@feddit.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

I recently started it.

Gameplay-wise, I find it bland at best: A world traversed entirely on rails, and JRPG-style combat with timed dodge/parry moves. These mechanics don’t excite me, but I’m still playing anyway, because…

As a work of art, I find it gorgeous. The operatic soundtrack, despite being a genre outside my usual preferences, is captivating. The voice acting is nuanced and immersive like I don’t think I’ve heard in any other game (so much that I can mostly overlook the terrible lip sync problems in the animation). The environments are so beautiful that I sometimes find myself just watching them for a while.

It’s too early to be sure I’ll stick with it, but I suspect that I will, just as I would a film that indulges the senses.

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Pantsofmagic@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
At first I was frustrated by the dodge parry mechanics but they grew on me. I usually don’t have very good reflexes but I kept at it and actually got pretty skilled to the point where I beat the extra bosses. The music is brilliant and the world is so beautiful and the voice acting is perfect. Such a magnificent game.

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- bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  I was so proud when I could finally parry and beat Simon. Then his second phase wiped me and I noped right out of there.
  
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CatDogL0ver@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
I was the same until I really paid attention to the story and the music. It is beautifully written. I got this on gamepass and I bought Oblivion at the same time. I haven’t touched Oblivion since.

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Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Absolutely feel the same. The game systems, graphics, feel, etc are a bit dated. It feels like something from 10-15 years ago outside mostly. It does inject some modern ideas, mostly in the combat, but it very much feels like an OG final fantasy game in all the wrong ways.

But also all the right ones. The story is super intriguing, and the music is absolutely phenomenal. I’m mostly interested in finding all the records for the player at camp and learning more about WTF is going on in the world than the gameplay.

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- Skunk@jlai.lu ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  
  The game systems, graphics, feel, etc are a bit dated. It feels like something from 10-15 years ago.
  
  Graphics??
  
  You can not like the gameplay and stuff, but the graphics? It’s peak UE5 and well optimized, 99% of the players I’ve seen where making “wow” sounds at the prologue visuals and details, the underwater level and many more.
  
  I haven’t tried low settings tho, I’m playing 4K epic, but graphics are definitely 2025.
  
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- CatDogL0ver@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  I used to like JRPG’s and then I got tired of them. They are so linear. Expedition 33 has such amazing story. I think the graphic is pretty good. Unreal Lumen really shines. The parrying can get very tiring quick and combats are a bit tedious.
  
  I am playing for the story.
  
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JGrffn@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
I think the “Terrible” lip sync is actually just french lip sync tbh

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