Just finished this masterpiece. Honestly surprised by how hard the game hit me emotionally. Top feels moments for me had to be the gustave funeral scene and when the music hits as you're re-entering lumiere to fight true renoir

I don't even like JRPGs but holy fuck boys. Also, I feel empty now.

game awards are going to be pretty boring as Ex33 is going to win so many of the categories.

>>712647673 (OP)
Now play FFX

>>712647894
nah, too old and slow. Combat looks like a snooze fest compared to E33

>>712647894
play the 7 remake instead for something more modern

>>712647894
>>712648405
Both wrong.
>>712647673 (OP)
Play FFIX

>>712647673 (OP)
sorry never playing your gay rpg shit no matter how hard you shill it

>>712647793
>Game of the Year
>Best Independent Game
>Best Narrative
>Best Score and Music
>Best Role Playing Game
>Best Art Direction
>Best Game Direction
>Players' Voice

>>712647673 (OP)
Game is great, the cutscenes great but to be honest the biggest part of it is because of the music. Such an insane soundtrack.

Also since we're on topic, I honestly think Gustave and his sister is meant to be younger versions of Renoir and Aline. She's even wearing the same dress at the end.

I can’t think of a game that I dropped quicker than this shitty ass game.

>>712649412
Gustave being an older brother/guardian also makes sense.

>>712649549
>LOL I posted it AGAIN!

>>712649525
You dropped this one pretty fast.

>>712649525
Clearly never even played it

>>712649525
sorry that your brain is fried from too much fortnite

>>712649598
>Gustave
>Older brother/guardian
I maintain that Verso's biggest fuckup was not saving Gustave when he could have. Gustave might have been able to convince Maelle/Alicia to take breaks for her own good or at the very least to grant Verso's final wish and let him rest.

>>712649968
I did. The moment I realized it’s QTE slop that looks like a blurry mess (despite playing at 4K) I uninstalled it

Pretty sure the reason why it’s so popular is because boomers all came together to feel melancholic about aging

>>712647673 (OP)
If I played both for the first time today I'm pretty sure E33 would make me cry more just because it's a bit more mature and some things in it would have went right above teenage-me's head but FFX is still close second

>>712650282
It's definitely a game made for 25-30+ year old gamers and that's why it's popular and why all the zoomers hate on it.

>>712650550
it’s adhd slop though. that’s partly why I dropped it
t. 37yo

>>712649235
>Best Independent Game
Does it really qualify? It's a smaller budget game compared to AAA, but it still has a publisher. Dave the Diver already got shit for its win last year, so I'm not sure if the TGAs want to repeat the same drama again. Then again, Clair Obscur has had such a positive reception that it wouldn't surprise me if the majority would just let it slide.

>>712650550
True.
t. 33 year old veteran gamer

>>712647673 (OP)
Expedition 33 is kind of meh if you compare it to the era of SNES and PS1 JRPGs. BUT given all the slop that we've had since FFX? It's kino. It's all relative. So I'd like to say this is the zoomer's version of a good FF - like all zoomer things its a bit lack lustre but very good given its 2025.

Also Lune sexo

>>712647673 (OP)
> Honestly surprised by how hard the game hit me emotionally
Same here. Its like they were using some binaural audio turned for sorrow or something. I can’t remember the last game that made me feel so much.

>>712650221
Gustave lives, so this will happen eventually in maelle’s ending.

>>712650736
39 here. I thought the addition of the parry/dodge thing to turn based was a decent interaction

>>712647793
>Death Stranding coming out in 12 days
Geoff would never allow E33 dominance in a year where Kojima puts out a game

Just finished too. I can finally look at spoilerinos
Just got a bunch of side stuff left to do

>>712650550
This. Same as death stranding, but I’d argue ds was made with an even older demographic in mind.

>>712649235
>Best Performance (Ben Starr)

>>712651189
The audience reaction to the game noted on the small studio list would prove otherwise. It's pretty obvious it'll win GOTY. They'll give Kojima some other award. I was about to say soundtrack but even Expedition should win that.

>>712651189
You simply don't give the hollywood-est game of the year GOTY over AA.
People won't take it kindly.

>>712651285
Him or Jennifer English basically.

>>712651305
Geoff literally moderated the panel for Kojima a few days back, trust me when I tell you no matter how the game turns out, as long as it's above 85 score it's the favorite to win.
He's shown last year he doesn't mind taking a paycheck and nominating slop like Wukong for GOTY, or giving it Best Action.
For Kojima he'll do it pro bono

>>712651407
I feel they'll give it to English, as Alicia she just nails the conceited, narcissistic tone during the ending.

>>712651285
Nah. Jennifer English should get this one.

>>712651524
You DO remember it lost GOTY last time, right?
Because sekiro was awesome and people wanted a fromsoft win, just like E33 this year.

>>712651647
>>712651578
Hell no, Ben got unrightfully cucked out of it two years ago, it's >his turn

>>712651739
Ben's performance in 16 is objectively better than his performance in E33. If anything they'd give it to both him and Jennifer.

>>712651739
>unrightfully
Nah, it was rightful.
Newbon just nailed it as Astarion no one else could bring that energy and range to the character and he's basically irreplaceable in the role.

>>712649235
Maelle's ending is the patrician's choice

>>712651831
Astarion was ridiculously one-note until the final third where you get to his personal quest and get a chance to dive a bit into him, and then it's back to the flavors of "cunt" or "even bigger cunt"
He won because that type of toxic character is extremely popular with mentally ill people

>>712651913
>DAD LET ME KILL MYSELF PLAYING VIDEOGAMES
>I WANT TO KEEP TORTURING MY BROTHER IN EVERY SINGLE WAY CONCEIVABLE
Yeah, the patrician one.

>>712651808
Pretty sure he got it from another awards show, maybe Golden Joysticks or something?

>>712651913
Yeah but is Renoir just on the outside scooping up Alicia's shit with a bedpan or something?

>>712649235
I could see it losing Game Direction to DS2, and indie to a real indie game, but its winning the others. Its a BG3 tier sweep.

>>712652118
He got the Golden Joystick
Newbon got TGA
The Miles Morales dude got the BAFTA, which is objectively offensive towards the other nominated performers in that one, and Ben didn't even get nominated there

>>712650927
Yeah bro, totally meh compared to basic boring JRPG mechanics and anime shonen tier writing. FUCK I wish I could be casting Fire II right now!!

>>712652235
>The Miles Morales dude got the BAFTA
Jesus, as a Brit I feel ashamed but this country isn't even Britain anymore.

>>712652424
Genuinely insane. It was straight up the worst performance nominated, and at the expense of Starr. They had like 3 BG3 noms and 2 from Spider-Man (and one of the BG3 noms was fucking Karlach if I remember correctly)

>>712647673 (OP)
>I don't even like JRPGs but holy fuck boys
I can tell

>>712652718
and they say awards shows aren't political or anything. Reminds me of shit like Eurovision.

>>712647673 (OP)
You legitimately need an IQ below 110 to enjoy this game

>>712647673 (OP)
One of the most mid games of all time overhyped by plebs

>>712652910
Should be right up your alley, several times.

>>712650550
Its a game made for people that dont play videogames, that's why retards are losing their shit at qtes in turn based combat and generic midwit melodrama writing

I also just finished it. Great game. The music is elder god tier. Did Maelle's ending first but Renoir/Verso are absolutely right. Hopefully Alicia can move on.
How much of the side content is worth doing? I did some of it but I'm honestly feeling kind of burnt out so I don't think I'm gonna go for 100%. Also why the fuck did the game act like Verso and Sciel were a thing at the end? I turned down both of her advances.

>>712652949
I wish

>>712650550
The oldest zoomers are turning 30 next year

There's never been a single E33 thread actually discussing the game. Every sine thread is just OP posting some variety of "this game is amazing" or "is this gamd really that amazing?" Or prompting anons to discuss which ending was better.

>>712652910
There would be nobody hating on the game if that was true, since everyone on /v/ is retarded.

>>712653086
Basically the side quests for the characters (reacher being THE sidequest) and then flying manor and renoir drafts are the main things worth doing.
But barring the sidequests you need to start leveling a lot and it's kind of dull. KINO superbosses, however.

>>712653086
Wonder how Sciel's husband feels about her fucking Verso

I refuse to believe anybody actually believes this generic fucking slop is actually good

>>712653086
Sciel and Verso basically vibe the best even if they don't fuck.
Unlike Lune even if you have them go through a glorified one night stand.
Sciel simply "gets" Verso on a deeper level.

>>712652329
E33's writing is just anime shonen with tumblr sensibilities. I like the game, but you must be new to the internet to not see it. I can guarantee that the director and lead writer lady spent a lot of time on tumblr. And I'm not talking about that like its just some vague insult, I mean people that actually spent time in tumblr's cultural bubble in the 2000s and 2010s.

>>712647673 (OP)
Play more games

>>712653535
Sciel also seemed at peace with Verso's choice. For her, it's a win-win since she gets to be in the afterlife with her hubby

>>712653654
>anime shonen with tumblr sensibilities
>disregards the core tenets of shonen writing and paints both mcs as extremely selfish and morally grey at best

>>712653654
>E33's writing is just anime shonen with tumblr sensibilities.
Brandon Sanderson become one of the most profitable writers in the world with this approach, clearly it works for a lot of people

>>712653718
>afterlife with her hubby
It's a good thing they don't ask what's after a canvas person disolves into chroma.
Because there's legitimately nothing (renoir treats them as people and he agrees with this).

>>712649235
>Best independent game
lol if the game awards considers this game to be an indie expect mass seething everywhere

>>712653861
>independent company
>published under a "company" that is just a bunch of independent companies put together to facilitate it
It should by all means count.
Blue prince will win that since journos loved that piece of shit.

>>712653806
For sure. I'm just saying its not something that's really elevated above old JRPGs.

>>712653861
It won't win. Dan the Diver won and it's a Nexon game.
'Independent Game' really just means artfag/pixelshit game.

>>712653334
It's not just good, it's great.

>>712650550
>Game for old people
>Reaction based combat

>>712654413
>he thinks age matters in a video game
I'm nearly 40 and never lost any reaction time. If anything it's got better.

>>712654413
It's just right since it's not super demanding unless you are fighting simon or something.

>>712653697
Such as? Go ahead, recommend me the typical /v/ slop where all the games are boring as fuck and are from 2001

>>712647894
>>712648885
>Play FF
It's hard to relate to anime characters also the games are very long

>>712654413
My reaction time is the same it has always been
Which is mid but still

>>712653086
There are a few journals you should read, and 2 "hidden" bosses with lore.

>>712647673 (OP)
>burial scene
>"thank you for being my family"

>>712647673 (OP)
Mediocre slop game for retards

>>712651647
Nah, Andy Serkis will get it. Geoff loves pandering to celebrities

>>712651248
Oh, so it's for people who want a "cinematic interactive experience" and not a game. Figures.
Here's your goty btw.

>>712651285
Renoir's VA deserves it
He was actually the voice and motion capture of Gollum.

>>712653086
You did the right thing waiting until after finishing the game before doing side stuff. It's so easy to ruin the ending if you're overleveled.

>>712647673 (OP)
shit game

>>712654413
Reaction times barely go away. I'm 32 and my reactions were more than enough for this game.

>>712651403
so gta6 wont win goty in 2026?

If it's so shit what should I play instead?

>>712657809
...your point? This is how JRPGs play nigger

>>712647673 (OP)
Best I've played in a long while.

>>712653208
When everyone more or less agrees that a game is good, there's not much to talk about on /v/. /v/ thrives off of arguments and shitposting. This game mostly attracted people who don't really care for shitposting. And the people who would be starting the arguments haven't played it. Right now that crowd is focused on the Switch 2 and Stellar Blade

>>712649525
>>712650267
>the number of people who say E33 is shit and can prove they have ever played it: 0

>>712647673 (OP)
This forgotten FOTM garbage isn't winning anything.

Get bent, Ranjeet.

It's kind of hard to feel sorry for a magical uber wealthy family or pretentious selfish dicks playing god, creating life then just erasing it when they get bored. When I write a short story, the people don't actually exist. When they create a canvas, they're creating life.

>>712659031
What is this logic? Why would an indian shill this french game?

>>712659171
there is no logic. he's just retarded

>>712653208
>There's never been a single E33 thread actually discussing the game.
Why are you lying? Are you getting paid or something?
Thread about gameplay, in relation to the new patch: >>712225243
500+ replies, about story: >>712082523
Just off the top of my browser history. I was in many, many more threads where we discussed both gameplay and story.

>>712658437
Candy Crush, fortnite and gachaslop like a TRVE patrician

>>712650927
>>712653654
just shut the fuck up already you fucking retard lmao

>>712652037
>I WANT TO KEEP TORTURING MY BROTHER IN EVERY SINGLE WAY CONCEIVABLE
See, that's the problem with this game. It has two big dilemmas, living forever and philosophical zombies, but does nothing with them. It honestly feels incomplete, and these cocky French bastards were clearly seeding a sequel given how they namedropped "Writers" in the real world.
So yeah, maybe they'll take on what they've set up in a sequel.

>>712653654

People say this because they've brainwashed into thinking that wanky writing is "true literature" when it's just wanky shit for pretentious assholes. The kinda stuff that has to be under 5 layers of meaning and subtle to the point of deliberate obtuseness, which is the hallmark of dumb assholes pretending to sound clevel.

Taking the standard building blocks of interesting ideas and characters and making a compelling narrative is all you need to actually do to make a really great story, and the writer understands this.
What's hilarious is that the industry is so infested with shit writers and nepotism that this basic premise is now a novel thing.

>squeenix have been trying and failing to make an experience that lives up to this for 20 years
keksimus maximus

>>712661336
Maybe if Expedition wins GOTY SE will actually get their head out of their ass and make great JRPGs again. Expedition 33 could end up being a seminal game for them.

>>712659171
He's just one piece of bloody bhenchod shit bastard bitch.

>>712662925
SE is creatively bankrupt and hellbent on side-questy action rpgs

Whether you like JRPGs or not has nothing to do with liking this game because it's not a JRPG

>>712663450
the devs literally said they made it in the spirit of jrpgs

>>712659171
They wouldn't, they'd be telling you to wait patiently and do the needful for Age of Bharat sir. Do not be playing those other slop games sir.

>>712662925
Didn’t SE double down on live service shit?

>>712664317
Pretty much every AAA company did. Turns out the Covid bump didn't last. Who could have seen this coming???

ok but what will be goty 2026?

>>712657163
Every FF game before FF11 is under 40 hours

>>712664767
For me? Holstin.

lune

>>712664947
is my wife

>>712664881
never heard of it but just looked at this trailer https://youtu.be/Apeesjntk3o and it seems like it might be cool

>>712664767
No matter how good the other games are, GTA6 is winning. Also anyone over the age of 20ish who gives a fuck about these awards is retarded

>>712664767
First Light if it's anywhere near as good as Hitman WoA

>>712664767
GTA VI ran away to 26 because they were scared of losing goty

>>712649412
Emma is the head of the Lumiere Council and Aline was head of the Painters' Council

Gustav is missing an arm, Simon is missing an arm

Gustav likes trains, Verso likes trains

Sophie has the same face as Emma

literally wtf is going on in this story

Maelle-sama?!! You've come back to the painting?!! After I tried for ONE-HUNDRED YEARS to try and save our mother from KILLING HERSELF in a FICTITIOUS REALITY that she TRAPPED herself because she couldn't HANDLE the fact I BURNED TO DEATH saving your life?!? Huh?!? You're decided to keep the TROLLEY going FULL STEAM AHEAD?!? Instead of MERCIFULLY letting this ABOMINATION die where a bunch of power-tripping RETARDS played GOD with human lives in PETTY FAMILY DRAMA, you're going to TRAP and BETRAY the last vestige of both me and your REAL LIFE BROTHER, who DIED saved you from an AGONIZING DEATH out of his LOVE, in a DEMIURGICAL HELLSCAPE?!?! And to add INSULT to INJURY you're going to make me watch Alicia, Clea and Renoir DIE HORRIBLY, and you're not EVEN GOING TO BRING THEM BACK??! You want TWO brothers and my personal happiness would GET IN THE WAY OF THAT?!?! And to add insult to injury you're not even going to bring Julie, whom I loved and am haunted in my nightmares by for harming, BACK?!!? You're going to let her stay DEAD?!?!?! You don't care about my feelings in ANY CAPACITY, despite EVERYTHING BOTH Versos have done for YOU?!?! Well what can I say but YABBBA DABBA DOOOOO! WHERE'S THAT PIANO?!!?

>>712653654
>Ulysses is just Gilgamesh with more words

What will be the Expedition 33 of 2026?

>>712667047
kek. when you put it like this Maelle has some explaining to do

>>712667047
you could just hang out with us instead of making everything worse. this is our new reality stop being a bitch

>>712667047
>W-Wait Maelle don't kill the painted Alicia just like that! What do you mean Renoir was going to do the same? IT'S TOTALLY DIFFERENT!! MAELLE DID YOU JUST LIE?? ONLY I GET TO DO THAT, FUCK IT EVERYONE DIES WAAAAAA I'M SO SORRY THOOOOOOO
Verso's a bitch

>>712668354
>MAELLE DID YOU JUST LIE?? ONLY I GET TO DO THAT, FUCK IT EVERYONE DIES WAAAAAA I'M SO SORRY THOOOOOOO
pretty much this.

>>712667489
First, tell me what the Expedition 33s of 2022, 2023 and 2024 were, because even though I play a lot (last year finished 93 games for example), including new games, the last ones that made me feel like E33 did were Yakuza 0 and AI: The Somnium Files, both from the previous decade. Although last year's 1000xRESIST was pretty close.

i just wish i could have saved Palicia

>>712649525
No anon, you aren't cool or special on the internet either

>>712658986
No one cares, you mouthbreathing retard. I'm not going to play your shitty bandwagon game. THEY'RE not going to play your shitty bandwagon game. You want to dismiss our opinions for not playing it? I'm dismissing yours for paying for it. You've already sunk your cost, of course you're going to praise it.

>>712671938
Next level seething

>>712667047
kekaroo, KWABso said this

>>712671938
So, all your favourite games are bad and you're only praising them, because you paid for them? Or is it "i-i-it's different, b-b-because uhhhhh..."?
Also, you forgot to list some good games released in the last few years, so I can fix my shit taste.

>>712647673 (OP)
based

>>712669524
baldurs gate 3?

Any good reactions to the various plot twists?

character and outfit design peaked here

>>712647894
It's good but FFX needs a remake, modern audiences won't like it's huge thick length and need something more sizable they can fit into their tight little underdeveloped brains

>>712675309
incorrect
verso's fat bulge in the swimsuit outfit makes it the best cosmetic

The instrumental We Lost when you enter Lumiere for the final fight legit brought tears to my eyes. Literally the first game that did this since Nier Automata's ending E.

cutest cover
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bA_4thDLkoA

>>712675552
>>712647894
is the story for FFX any good? or is E33 better

>>712676207
my wife (she doesnt know it)

>712648990
Who asked?

>>712676207
How was the game received in the Orient? Are the nips cooming over Maelle?

>>712675596
uooo old man erotic

>>712676904
I wouldn't say it's better, but I enjoyed FFX more

>>712677935
Don't see a lot of people talking about it, it would probably do better if they included a jp dub. To top things off the JP translation is pretty ass too.

>>712650736
Turn-based games are anti-adhd by essence. Just admit your reaction times are lacking, grandpa.

>>712653192
>The oldest zoomers are turning 30 this year
Fixed. 95's babies ain't no millenials.

>30 years from now, 30 year olds will be complaining about the geezer millennial generation the same we complain about the boomers.

>>712647673 (OP)
>I don't even like JRPGs
This is why you people are losing your minds over a 7/10 one. Because you literally don't play them.

>>712649235
>>712650796
>Independent
They had a publisher with hundreds of millions in funding. The publisher has offices all over the world.
They also had government grants.

>>712647894
FFX's story is miles ahed E33

>>712680413
lmao no

>>712680413
Guaranteed you haven't played it lately. The script is weak and the acting is atrocious in both JP and ENG. Japanese storytelling is just not very good. It was all we had, so it just became the default. I want to see more games like E33 made by Western studios with JRPG inspiration. You'll quickly find out just how bad Japanese games of the past are in terms of story, narrative and characterization.

>>712651524
>slop like wukong
let me guess, you didn't play it? the only action game better than wukong last year was stellar blade.

>>712681297
kill yourself, faggot. I swear you anti-jap cocksuckers are false flaggers trying to make E33chads look bad. seriously get the fuck off my board. E33 was an anomaly, no western studio aside from sandfall could fucking dream of making a jrpg half as good as E33 or any JRPG for that matter

I just started today, got past the mansion in the water zone just earlier.
I feel like I have absolutely no idea how combat works, but it doesn't matter because I just parry everything. Also I put every single attribute point on all 3 characters into luck.
Is this going to stop working at some point?

>>712681590
Calling it for what it is isn't false-flagging you fucking retard. JRPG are extremely dated and are filled with sensibilities that are aimed at teenagers. It's juvenile horseshit. You can enjoy them, but when it's called out, don't be a faggot about it because you have no leg to stand on. Most JRPG are just shonenshit with embarrassing dialogue.

>>712682034
fuck off already, tourist zoomgroid

>>712681780
AGI/LCK/VIT are the best stats before you can break the damage limit. Don't worry about weapon scaling before then, or just use weapons that scale with AGI/LCK. You have plenty of recoats from just naturally exploring. Experiment with what skills you learn. Exploiting elemental weakness is key in making multi-hit skills hit really hard.

>>712682230
Quit crying, you colossal manchild. Play your faggoty highschool friend simulators and fuck off.

>>712682309
you will never fit in here plebbitfag

>>712682361
You have nothing to say other than wallowing in your own shit. Die, NEET.

>>712681780
Earlyish I stopped at about 15 luck 15 vit, you get more speed from agi and there are plenty of crit pictos

>>712647673 (OP)
>Honestly surprised by how hard the game hit me emotionally
Hearing Verso begging in Maelle's ending was pure kino
>I don't want this life...
>I don't want this life...
>Help me. Help me.
Sent shivers down my spine.

>>712675309
I want to hug pAlicia and tell her everything will be fine

How do you build Gustave to not suck ass? I'm ~10 hours in and he's is considerably weaker than the other three.

>>712684051
Nice try but I won't fall for it

>>712684584
Please just answer the question.

>>712651285
This dude has to have the best agent in gaming, he’s been in nothing but kino.

Finished the main story a couple days ago. Would finish the side content but my hands need to rest. After reading ending discussions for hours I've concluded I'm a certified Maellefag.

>>712684051
Lol you don't

>>712680310
They won't because millennials don't have the raw numbers and power that come with it unlike boomers, this is why zoomers don't blame gen x for their fuck ups either and go after what they pensive as current "working adults" so millennials, in 30 year gen delta will blame gen alpha for everything because they will be in 30-40yo bracket.

>>712649235
>>Best Independent Game

Did anybody else play until the very end convinced Gustave was coming back because he still had so many locked skills?

>>712678548
Jap dicksuckers are so pathetic. Japan is irrelevant now, if they wanted to make money they would have made a Chinese dub. These guys always top the player charts.

>>712684051
Build him as support. That's all he's good for.

>>712686075
That has to have been on purpose to keep our copium going

>>712684051
just wait until you unlock his other skills, he's fucking OP

>>712647673 (OP)
Stupid.
Mwtel Eden is the best game this year. GOTY is a degenerate system some years there are multiple great games, some years none. What is best out a shit selection is irrelevant in all run lengths.

Go back to your kike parasitism, this honeypot shithole is too good for such cowards.