Comment on Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 loses a GOTY award over use of gen AI
redsand@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day agoAnd never will. The total selling point is “a deep story” and but I haven’t heard single specific that sounds deep or even interesting.
You come off like the kid who insisted I play Persona. It’s not that deep, try some more adult media. We have a guy here on Lemmy who highly recommends A Brave New World 🥲
Romkslrqusz@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
Well, without giving away too much, you have a world where, every year, everybody of a certain age is erased. Every year, those with one year left to live set out to try and stop that from happening - and for ~77 years, none of them have returned.
This sets the stage for exploration of grief, loss, and associated trauma. In most games, there’s death everywhere but the emotional side is relegated to a 3 minute scene with sad piano music before the characters get back to the action. In this game, they drill a lot deeper and it really makes the characters come alive.
They’ve nailed the blend of sadness, joy, and even comedy.
This is all then set in a backdrop of some of the most visually interesting environments ever presented in a videogame with a completely insane musical score that brings all of those moments to life, the game is effectively a frisson machine.
redsand@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
Sounds like a good TV series. But doing a turn based game with a good story is like a musical movie with a good story.
I’ll never play it or Baldurs, spoil away. It’s the gameplay I find so boring and immersion breaking.
GammaGames@beehaw.org 1 day ago
I’ll add to the other comment for anyone else that’s actually open to new things, because I traditionally don’t like turn based games:
The combat is excellent and the enemies are varied. Party members have fun synergies with both your team and the enemies, and the Pictos system adds a ton of flexibility for each character.
Plus there is a parrying mechanic that is challenging and rewarding!