finally finished this after 80 hours and HOLY FUCKING SOUL
contrarians go fuck yourselves, triple A studios go fuck yourselves, jannies go fuck yourselves.
literally game of the decade

>>713259710 (OP)
Agree

>>713259710 (OP)
What separates this from garbo like God of War and Last of Us is that E33 IS a video game. Isn't ASHAMED of being a video game, and goes all in on every advantage the medium can provide.

i farted bigly

>>713259710 (OP)
I mostly just want to play this for that Lune girl since she ticks all of my fetish boxes. Will I be pleased? Is she in the game a lot? Is she likable?

>>713259710 (OP)
80 hours? it's a 50 hour game with all the side materials

>>713259850
but i liked those too

>>713259850
Being more of a vidya that TLOU or GOW doesn't mean you're going all in on every advantage the medium can provide. E33 is a standard run-of-the-mill PS2 game with modern graphics. A shamelessly gamey game is Elden Ring.

>>713259710 (OP)
Based. Japs wish they could make a JRPG this great

MAEGLLE!

>>713259975
go back to sucking dicks on reddit

>>713259710 (OP)
>thought I beat the game after defeating The Paintress yesterday
>satisfied.jpeg
>mfw that cutscene after the camp
>Act III

HOLY MOTHER OF KINO

>>713259710 (OP)
oh MY GLOB
oh my HECKIN science
it's like THE BEST GAME EVAR I AM SHAKING

>>713260187
wow, instantly triggered by someone liking something you don't. Ironic that you mention reddit

>>713259998
Except that no PS2 rpg, let alone any rpg has put that much emphasis on the cimenatic aspect of the boss, both in gameplay and cutscenes.

>You're real... To me...
how do you respond to that?

>>713259710 (OP)
never playing your gay french dogshit

So was this the moment that finally made Verso stop pussyfooting around and decide to do what he did?

>>713259850
>God of War and Last of Us
Rent-free.

>>713260873
I don't want this life...
I don't want this life...
I don't want this life...
I don't want this life...
I don't want this life...

>no coop
hard pass

>>713261843
How would you to do two player co op with a turn based game with three only in a fight?

>>713259948
tell me you didnt do all the side content without telling me

>>713260239
>>713261179
heres some of those faggot contrarians

>>713259710 (OP)
this game is gay as fuck bro.
it’s also unreal engine slop.
you make this thread everyday multiple times a day, chang. you’re not fooling anyone.

>>713259710 (OP)
>game relies on being sad and miserable throughout it all
>retards: "MASTERPIECE!"
Facetiousness aside the game could have been carried on its looks and music alone but completely drops the ball on powercreep and a story that started off strong, and then fell off HARD after the first act considering the main tether to the story was killed off all in favor of SUBVERSION! of the story so that the French could hamfist their existentialism into the game. I really do not understand why every piece of French media out there needs to be "nothing matters, we are all nothing, be sad" but instead of actually subverting shit they go for depressing family drama for the 2nd and 3rd act and shove ALL of the plot into the last 5 minutes of the game.
It's quite terrible.

>>713262196
okay, i deserved that

>>713259710 (OP)
Buy an ad nigger

>>713259850
>Last of Us

The seething continues

>>713262326
>slop
>I SAID THE MEEM WORD GUYS, DO I FIT IN YET!??
> chang
>I ALSO ACCUSED THE CHINKS OF SHILLING FOR THE FRENCH FOR SOME WEIRD FUCKING REASON BUT LOGIC DOESN'T MATTER, I'M COOL LIKE YOU, RIGHT?

>>713262196
I did in 51h and I took my time and probably left the game on pause a few times
I'm surprised some people even had 80 or 100h, I wish I could have spend more time playing the game of the decade
I will probably play it again next month

>>713262280
>did i just catch you not sucking off thing that i was paid to like?

>>713260873
LEAVE THE FUCKING CANVAS YOU DELUSIONAL PSYCHO

>>713262690
>THIS GAME HAS ORGANIC NATURAL SUPPORT?
>NOOO IT HAS TO BE PAID SHILLING
>PEOPLE CAN'T POSSIBLY LIKE SOMETHING I DON'T!!!

>>713262765
What if I didn't like the story and everything else was okay other than the 3rd act powercreep?

>>713262436
Putain! Meds, now.

>>713262765
>ORGANIC NATURAL SUPPORT?
heh

>>713262669
That guy is a big, gay fag, thank you.

>>713259710 (OP)
Give it to me straight, is this just a flavour of the month type of game or is it actually good good?

>>713261923
I'm like 90% sure I played a game that actually did that

>>713263185
It's good good, but not to the extent fanboys are saying it is

>>713263185
>is this just a flavour of the month type of game
yeah
get excited for next "gotd" next month

>>713263185
I never played a Final Fantasy game.
I typically don't like games that is heavy on story
I'm not lying when I say that this game became one of my favorite games of all time and as much as GOTY awards are retarded this game is easily that.
Take that as you will. The music is also 10/10.

>>713259710 (OP)
It came out in April so there you have your answer

>>713259710 (OP)
My opinion is the same. This truly is a masterpiece and all other game developers need to step it up.

>shillup made a 90 minute documentary of this
Okay I got it. I'll play this game on the next steam sale.

>>713263185

It's very good, kept surprising me over and over. I enjoyed the characters and the plot - the latter in particular is noteworthy, even if it's not the most moving story I've ever experienced in a video game. Can recommend even if you aren't a fan of the genre (this was my first time playing a game like that and I was certainly frustrated at times but it was manageable)

>>713263185
It's mid. I haven't actually played it but I have seen the majority of people talking about this game says its one of the greatest games ever made. For that reason, the game is mid. Whenever people talk about this game I like to include myself in the conversation and tell people I think it's mid. People instantly respect me and value my opinion because I offer a point of view that is outside the norm.
It's the take of an intellectual who is facing down a powerful system that looks to oppress high IQ individuals. Like Sir Issac Newton going up against the Church to prove the Earth is round. Which was actually a controversial take in 1492.

>flagrant fangoy thread

>>713264096
>It's mid.
>I haven't actually played it
then fuck off, retard

>>713264209
I don't need to have physically played a game to have actually played or beaten it. Streamers exist for that reason.

I'm in act 3 and I'm just about to rush the main quest because the side content is boring me to tears.
Every fight is the same strategy with Maelle to do damage

>>713264386
Make sure you just max out your relationship with each member of your party first — it doesn't take long and it's worth it

>>713264371
zoomer faggot. kys

>>713259710 (OP)
Never playing this woke parry slop

>>713264386
Stop using her then? She's a glorified crutch.

>>713264507
Not an argument and factually incorrect. I have won this debate.

>>713264558
literally not one single woke element in it
>>713264685
your zoomer adhd brain is too destroyed from social media brainrot

>>713264096
kys. z-grade idiot

>>713264607
She's the only one who does a satisfying damage and I don't feel like fiddling with pictos to make the other characters worth using

>beat Sprong early
>dat fucking Picto
Probably the best "sequence break" reward I've ever gotten

>>713264781
The main game and story conclusion doesn't need you to fiddle with anything, it's so hilariously lowly scaled
Go fight Simon, nigger

>>713259850
This
I'm tired of dev that think gameplay is an issue and just want to do cinematic.

>>713264741
>>713264745
>Can't dismantle the core of my well thought out argument so they resort to insults
Strawmaning

Flagrant fanboy thread.

>>713264912
based

this game is boring and that comes from someone who watched an entire playthrough of 40+ hours of it

>>713261194
No? He is nothing if not selfish

>>713265015
Watching streams counts as playing the game.

>>713263185

It's GOTY

>>713264912
Based. Atlus is still undefeated!

>>713259710 (OP)
I'm 6 hours in and I find the game barely tolerable.
It combines two gameplay elements that I absolutely hate:
1. spending a lot of time screwing around with your loadout in the party management screen.
2. Memorizing attack patterns.

>>713265182

The game only gets worse in that regard so unless you love the characters/world/story, you'll probably be better off not finishing it

>>713263185
Just play it and see for yourself nigger

>>713265182
my nigga tried to get me to play this shit im like "wher the fuck is the guns and ball nigga?" who the fuck play this gay ass shit?

>>713265182
it would be a lot better if the parry timing was completely reflex based, but there are fights you pretty much have to die in just to learn the timing

>>713265501
the game gives you audio cues when the attack is coming

>>713263495
>Never played a final fantasy
>Don't like games heavy on story
>Favorite game
Well I mean that makes sense because this game fails as a Final Fantasy game and has literally no story to it.

>>713259850
No opinion on GOW (haven't played and not interested) but TLOU is an amazing game, you don't have to put down other great games to prop up E33.

>>713260723
Are you fucking retarded or do you genuinely believe this?
>sotc
>mgs3
>gow1/2
>okami
Zoomers unironically need to hang themselves

>>713261843
It's already co-op. Just pass the controller bro. Maelle VA's streams are literally that.

>>713265182
short-term memory brainlets HATE this game

>>713265274
>love the characters/world/story
But anon...it has none. Characters do not have any growth, the world is stagnant, and the story is non existent because it forces the characters to serve the narrative instead of the other way around.

>>713265556
you still need to know how long after the cue the attack is coming out

>>713259710 (OP)
Anon, it has no women sexualization therefore is mid at most.

>>713259710 (OP)
You finish this game ever day.

>>713262686
It is roughly 80h for everything if you don't use one shot builds and complete areas when they unlock instead of coming back in act 3 and crushing everything.

>>713265609
Truly one of the DULLEST games there is.

>>713263223
I'm sure it exists, but in a game where where you have three characters I'm just curious how you would do two player co op. One player get's the third character?
>>713263185
It's a decent 8/10.

Why is every fan of this game a complete retard?

>>713259710 (OP)
I want to like it, but I can't bring myself to play more than like five fights and then I save and quit.

>>713264912
Who makes this schizo shit?
Why does everything devolve into tribalism anyway?

It's a wanna-be RPG with parry-slop and your whole party is overpowered within a few hours of gameplay lol
>game of the decade

>>713265628
TLoU isn't even a video game.

>>713263185
I’ll give it to you gay instead. It’s a masterpiece

>>713265768
>Characters do not have any growth

Maelle does in reverse - instead of moving on like she was taught to do as an Expeditioner, she chooses to stay and live inside the paining rather than face the reality. I do agree, however, that other characters should've spent more time reflecting on their situation after learning the truth

>the world is stagnant

The discovery about the true nature of the world flips it upside down and diametrically shifts your objectives

>and the story is non existent because it forces the characters to serve the narrative instead of the other way around

Characters serve their stories in majority of works, the only times this doesn't happen is when the story is irrelevant and serves as a canvas for character examination

>>713259710 (OP)
I will determine the validity of this thread depending on which ending you picked OP

>>713259850
>three niggas in a row

>>713263185
It's both. Fags on /v/ and other places are overhyping it. If you don't like turn based it's not going to change your mind. If you do, maybe you'll love or hate the whole active dodging and parrying over a typical RPG where you just tank the hit or block before the enemies turn.
>>713264912
These games aren't even really competing, why is this even a thing?

it’s up

>>713265768
Lune and Sciel are for sure the weakest characters in the game. Sciel has a bit more going on, Lune less so, she just appeals to the yellow fever fags.

>>713266595
The Last of Us is an action horror game in the being of RE4 with stealth elements. The gameplay is literally the best part of the game and only a humongous retard would compare it with brain-dead turned turn based shit with QTEs.

>>713264912
This reminds me I need to go back and finish Metaphor.
I think I prefer 33 if for nothing else that it's not so fucking long. Infinite Wealth and Metaphor both burnt me out where I needed to take a long break from them before coming back.

>>713266987
>ShillUp
Is it finally time for /v/ to realize this game is hot garbage?

>>713265016
Nah, he's unsure the entire game about what he wants to do. It's why he fold and fights alongside Alicia in act 3.
But seeing how desperate his mom is, how she's slowly killing herself because of the painting, and that Alicia is going to do the same shit is what makes him finally make a choice.

>>713267038
It's a movie.
>only a humongous retard would compare it with brain-dead turned turn based shit with QTEs.
Yeah, like I thought, you don't even know what a video game is.

>Writers and Painters are at war
>Meanwhile irl
>Artists: "The concept art I made for this character is a slender attractive woman with a cute smile and kind eyes."
>Writers: "REEEE NO! I WROTE HER TO BE A 400LBS BEARDED DISABLED TRANS BLACK WOMAN IN A WHEEL CHAIR! I'M TELLING BLUESKY!"
pottery

>>713259710 (OP)
>>713259850
>more astroturfing
The game is still 7/10 shit and has already been forgotten, Ranjeet.

>>713267217
A youtuber doing a video about it makes it garbage? What point are you even trying to make?

>>713267217
i hate contrarians so much.
like why spend time hating on something just because its popular? you've never played it but people like it and that makes you mad for some reason

>>713267038
>>713267367
The multiplayer is genuinely the best part of Last of Us since it's just gameplay. Too much of the single player has moments of just walking around environments with nothing happening or Joel and Ellie having some inane conversation. Reminds me of MGS4 where I enjoyed the gameplay but there wasn't enough of it in the fucking game.

>>713267481
Hate gets more (YOU)s
Making people mad is fun when your life is hollow.

Metaphor btfo

>>713266987
>Shill Up

>>713267661
Can I not just like both?

>>713267367
>nigger plays a desperate attempt by frogs to be Japanese
>imitates JRPG which is the lowest form of movie-game shit
>three-niggas-in-a-row, literally the most brain dead ""gameplay" in existence
Kill you're self.

So this is just the best JRPG ever made, right? I can't think of a single one that even comes close

>>713267613
>The multiplayer is genuinely the best part of Last of Us since it's just gameplay
Yeah.

I wish Bungie and Druckmann get incinerated btw.

>>713267613
I remember the first time trying to play MGS4 and it was 40 minutes of a cinematic before I got to do anything. I turned it off, called Kojima a nigger and never played it again.

same guy makes this thread everyday

>>713267823
it's not a jrpg and lune is a piece of shit

>>713267613
>Too much of the single player has moments of just walking around environments with nothing happening or Joel and Ellie having some inane conversation

That's on you, other people are able to appreciate character/world building or story exposition. Besides, if you play the game at an appropriately challenging difficulty level, you will enjoy those moments as breaks that allow you to replenish your resources

>>713267940
nope. i havent been on /v/ since this game came out to avoid spoilers and only now came back since i just finished it
sorry to burst your contrarian bubble but this game is top tier soul

>>713267823
FFX has better story.

>>713259850
God of War is a much more difficult and fun game than e33. Stick to your movie game frog.

>>713268181
ok buddy, see ya in a hour

>>713267823
If they refine it more in their next game may be the best one but I still think FF6 and golden age FF mog it

>>713264958
counterpoint, no point spending mental energy on your stupid ass. just call u faggot. simple.

>>713268280
kys

>>713268369
cry tranny

>>713267453

>>713263185
nah no one really likes it, not critics nor players, all the reviews and opinions are bought by <<them>>

>>713259710 (OP)
I like th music alot, most notably the track that plays when you fight the big mimes

What's the best place to find the OST?

>>713264894
This game sometimes does sacrifice gameplay for cinematics, like the weird camera angles in combat. Some of the other decisions are odd, like general scaling/balancing and UI. Overall it was a solid title.

It's okay.
Novelty wears off fast and it's not worth finishing imo

>>713264096
>Like Sir Issac Newton going up against the Church to prove the Earth is round. Which was actually a controversial take in 1492.
Terrible analogy that can't compare to video game reviews/opinions.

>>713263185
it’s netflix womanslop but a mario rpg

>>713259850
You're getting shit for it but I 100% agree anon, for some reason the "games" part of the bigger games is seen as holding back the medium and needs to be hidden behind things like "move forward to push dumpster"

>>713263185
It's good good, easy GOTY (nothing coming out this year can compete with it as far as I know), but not game of the decade, JRPG fans need to calm their tits. They're biased because they're all starved for good JRPGS (there hasn't been one since FFX).

>>713266987
>Pushing the same "JRPGs need to grow up" narrative
Gets these fags out of MY genre holy fuck

>>713265556
The game is notoriously inconsistent with how it handles cues vs timing on many attacks, and I think this is just the devs being inexperienced more than a conscious effort on their part to be dicks. Sometimes the attack effect comes out too early or too late, same with the sound. Difficulty later on comes in two flavors: how delayed attacks are or how instant-chaining they are. Jump and chroma attacks have to more or less be memorized (chroma way more than jump) because reacting to their cues can make your character act too early. Certain attacks, even later on, are way, way easier to parry because the camera / visuals are nicer to the player and some are exceedingly difficult due to things like your character being obscured. I wonder if controller polling changes based on framerate.

>>713259710 (OP)
If you compare this game to FFXIII you can see just how far gaming as a whole has fallen, it's pretty gross. Incredible talent decayed that hard in just one generation.

>>713268970
>JRPG fans need to calm their tits
It's not a JRPG and it's not JRPG fans that are shilling the game, retard

>>713263185
extremely overrated. Decent game but be wary of a shill campaign.

>>713267795
>JRPG which is the lowest form of movie-game shit
AAAAAAAAHAAHHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAAHA

>>713263185
it's alright but it's clearly overshilled. yeah bro, an unreal engine asset flip is definitely game of the decade with stellar art direction. sure

>>713268350
Simple like your ability to form and type a proper sentence. You have the writing capabilities of someone who is brown and subhuman. No wonder you can not refute my high IQ points.
>>713268629
You are trying to persecute me for not pushing your lies and instead sharing the truth. I am in the same tier as the great philosophers before me.

>>713269993
FUCKING DELETE THIS
NOW!!!!!!!!!!

>>713269059
Your narrative is wrong faggot

>>713263185
I genuinely think it’s the greatest video game ever made. Best story of any game, better pacing than even Chrono Trigger, some of the best presentation, and the absolute peak of turn based JRPG combat. You might not love it if you aren’t into JRPG’s but if you are this will probably be your new favorite game.

>>713270512
That means so much considering the game literally came out last month. Can't you at least wipe the fucking jizz off your chin before proclaiming it's the best dick you ever sucked.

For fuck's sake, people are irredeemable retards. They're so obsessed with FOMO and bandwaggoning that they don't even form real opinions, it's just drive-by reviews on whatever is popular at the moment.

>>713270497
ah yes, please tell me how a game made in france makes sense to be called a japanese rpg

>>713270890
Why the fuck would my opinion change if I gave it more time?

>>713271071
because recency bias is a real thing

>>713270979
Great question — and it actually touches on an ongoing debate in gaming circles!

When a game made in France (or any non-Japanese country) is called a Japanese RPG (JRPG), it's not usually referring to where the game was made, but rather the style and design philosophy that aligns with what Japanese RPGs are known for. Here's how that works:
What defines a "JRPG" today (beyond geography):

While "JRPG" originally meant "an RPG made in Japan," over time it's come to describe a genre or subgenre with particular traits, such as:

Turn-based combat (though not always — see Final Fantasy XV, Tales series)

Anime-inspired aesthetics

Character-driven stories with a party system

Linear narratives or coming-of-age plots

Menu-based systems

Distinct art direction — often colorful or stylized

So, a studio in France (or anywhere else) can make a game that feels like a JRPG, even if it's geographically not Japanese. Think of it like how a Western studio can make a "Metroidvania" or a "Soulslike" — terms named after Japanese games, but not bound by the origin of the developer.

>>713259850
Tlou2 is a way better game.

>>713271221
As if nostalgia bias isn’t a much stronger effect. There are people unironically saying that FFX is a better game than this. Hell, none of the “golden age” JRPGs come remotely close to this it’s all just fucking nostalgia.

>>713271450
TLOU2 gameplay has nowhere near the complexity, difficulty, and depth of E33 gameplay

>>713271403
nobody reads chatgpt posts

>>713271403
Most of what you listed isn't exclusive to JRPGs, in fact none of that even originates from JRPGs

>>713271590
It is and it’s not even a debate

>>713267481
Persona 4 was the most hated Persona for being the popular one, then 5 came out. Then P4 became the “real fan” persona game.


If a new CO game comes out is way more popular than E33, the same contrarians will proclaim E33 as the “real mature JRPG” and the new one as the “casual entry”.

You can’t beat lonely autists wanting to feel special

>>713271590
>b-but what about nostalgia!
nigger what, how is that relevant. you asked why would your opinion change if you gave it more time and i gave you an answer

>>713271671
There's no difficulty to E33 or complexity. I enjoyed E33, but you're being dishonest. E33 is TOO easy if anything and braindead. Dying in this game is very forgivable and doesn't mean anything.

>>713259850
This anon is completely correct.

>>713259710 (OP)
naw it's not
it's a solid 8/10 but there are a ton of JRPGs that blow it out of the water
if you've only ever played baldur's gate 3 or other D&D faggotry and I can understand how it makes you think that though
western rpgs are all shit

>>713260873
>https://youtu.be/Yvd3aEsThbc?si=fIMTUoKj8fJRSCfm

>make mario & luigi
>have the characters say "putain" instead of mamma mia
>throw some plot twist for people to argue about
>HOLY SHIT GOTY

>>713271847
Anime RPGs are all irredeemable dogshit. Get over yourself and acquire some taste.

The fanbase of this game is psychotic

>>713271957
don’t forget to make the characters generic as possible so normgroids don’t get the ick

>>713259850
such a nothing review, like saying its God of War but with guns

>>713267613
>Reminds me of MGS4 where I enjoyed the gameplay but there wasn't enough of it in the fucking game.
10 minutes of the best fucking gameplay you've ever seen in between 50 minute cutscenes in between hour long installs.
Kinda funny in that MGS4 also had AMAZING multiplayer.

>>713271979
Based. E33 is the death knell for all tranime Jarpigs

>>713271979
this but westernslop

>>713266987
>2 hour ad
No thanks

>>713272008
>the fanbase
paid shills and the gullible?

Gameplay is rewarding and fun. Only thing I'd ask for is more of a challenge, lamp boss was biggest struggle. OST is 10/10. Story is the best I've seen in a video game. Performances are near perfect. Only have minor things I'd change. Haven't enjoyed a game from start to finish like that in a long time.

>>713272350
Them getting would at least be respectable. They do it for free

>muh tranime
lel
BG3troons are butthurt I see

>>713272443
>Story is the best I've seen in a video game
holy shit you niggas are fucking hilarious

>>713272531
the gullible

>>713272065
and make one of the women show her feet so coomers will be indebted to the game forever

>>713272065
Yes the deep characters known in Nintendoslop like bing-bang-wahoo

>>713271590
FFX-2 literally has a combat system GENERATIONS and LEAPS and EVOLUTIONARY STEPS ahead from this game
they're on two completely different realms of intelligence and execution
it also looks so much better it's insane
E33 feels like a linear RPG maker game made in unreal with stolen assets from dark souls 3 and with a parry gimmick

>>713272568
There’s no video game that comes close. Your average video game has pathetic writing if you actually read literature. E33 is the only game I’ve played that has that literary quality. And yes, I’ve played Planescape Torment and Disco Elysium and no, they are not at the same level.

>>713272568
>holy shit nigga fuck
Why are black and brown people allowed to use the internet?

>>713269024
>I think this is just the devs being inexperienced more than a conscious effort on their part to be dicks
I dunno, since there are some things that are clearly conscious efforts to be dicks. Like Lampmaster rematch doing a little roar to cover up his audio cues, or Painted Love making random sounds that are really close to the attack sound effect to bait you into blocking early.

>>713264386
that's the way to do it. replaying the game with hindsight on wtf is happeninf is mandatory in order to appreciate acts 1 and 2 anyway. Do the side content in ng+.

>>713272632
merde-merde-putain

>>713272792
because you guys made it for us :^)

>>713259710 (OP)
Its good but the last act was a tedious painful slog.
Its all parry slop shit with the same enemies you beat before but now they are scaled x10 in damage and health
most new areas you unlock are shallow and empty unlike actual story levels
the open world meme shit was bad and unnecessary in act 3
character development beyond maelle doesnt even exist
combat becomes building up for the one shot from maelle ridicilous overpowered abilities that renders other characters useless and continuous parry slop against endless chain attacks.
game falls apart after act 2

>>713265880
took me 45
idk how what you mean by everything, i probably missed a few items but I did go inside all the areas and beat all the bosses

>>713272761
>E33 is the only game I’ve played that has that literary quality

>>713273230
What’s your point? This is quality comedic writing. Have you seen your average JRPG’s comedic writing? If this is the worst example of dialogue you can find maybe the game actually has great writing.

>>713273230
i should've screenshotted more of the cringe lines while i was playing it. i didn't expect it to be shilled this hard though

>>713259710 (OP)
>UE5 soulless chinkslop
>HOLY FOARKING SOVL GAIZ AMIRITE /V/??
kill yourself jeet

>>713273230
Don't make me post the japanese humor webm

>>713272761
Jesus. I didn't think it was possible to get frog dick that far down a person's throat

>>713264096
>It's mid. I haven't actually played it but
weapons-grade retard. unironically kys

>>713272568
Post better or stfu.

>>713259850
these are just empty platitudes. tell me how e33 utilizes the medium better than god of war

and for the record i think e33 is vastly better than god of war

>>713265880
took me 60 on the in game timer to get the platinum achievement. 90 on the steam timer because that's how shit i am at parrying

>>713273371
comedic writing is pathetic if you actually read literature

>>713272761

>>713260195
>thought I beat the game after defeating The Paintress yesterday
oh, so you need to be mentally deficient to think that this game is the greatest thing ever

>>713263185
>is it actually good good?
The soundtrack has 154 songs. Ask yourself if you have ever even heard of another game putting in as much effort.

>>713273230
you must be a jaded fag if you didn’t find this funny

>>713269993
>>713270464
except thats the entirety of the last of us game. expedition 33 has 5 hours of cinematics in a 40 hour game

>>713273810
>quantity > quality argument

>>713273824

>>713259710 (OP)
How the fuck did it take you 80 hours? I 100%d in 45

>>713273873
every single track has the heart and soul of the producer poured into it. They're all fucking amazing. there's no possible way you haven listened to a single song on the track and then posted that.

>>713270512
Does Clair Obscur have the best town in a JRPG? No
Does it have memorable sidequests? No

>>713273992
its a fine soundtrack, your argument was just shit

>>713273230
yeah that joke was a miss for me too. good thing it's not indicative of the game's overall writing.

>>713261923
have you heard of baldurs gate 3

>>713274107
all of the relationship writing is cringe though, especially with esquie

>>713273374
you never played it, faggot

>>713274074
>having 154 tracks of unfiltered audio kino is actually le bad!
You're retarded. This is why nobody takes you seriously in life.

>/v/iggers still seething and coping about this game while actual gamers give it an honest shake
>every argument is cringe
>every other argument is disingenuous
>every third argument is a self-report
>most haters never played the game
>desperately trying to convince people that its bad
>more and more people, like OP, realizing this board is full of shitskin shills
its been 2 months now. you lost

you did not beat the game

>>713273591
why should e33 writers care about the tone in literature, in crafting their work?

>hey Sciel whats u-
>my husband
dropped

>>713273824
Where do you think you are? Most of this board are seething Jeets and jaded ESL too afraid of sincerity, they hide their depression with a laughing reaction, why do you think the smug wojak mask with the real wojak depressed and crying behind the mask reaction was created?

>>713263185
it's great, especially the writing is all time kino for jrpg type of game and music is awesome
it beats the fucking shit out of modern jrpgs so hard it's not even funny, it's actually sad how fucking awful and basic most actual nipponese jrpgs are these days (Persona dating sim crap, Metasloppa, FF16 which is just lol and boring as shit, Xeno games which stopped being decent after the saga games)

>>713273374
Nah it's genuinely good comedy, I'm just clowning on the anon pretending it's a literary masterpiece. It was the perfect setup for Sartre or Camus flavored philophykino but they fumbled it by turning it into The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas in the final 5 minutes.

>>713274186
Esquie being cringe from an adult's perspective is just his nature, he is literally a child's cute toy so I can forgive him.
I didn't mind the other relationship dialogue.

>>713274225
never said that, you pointed out the number of songs as if that was indicative of effort or quality, which it isn't

>>713274289
>if I could get my husband back by sacrificing you I would do it right now with no hesitation
based af

also, literally what happens in Maelle's ending

>>713274285
they should care about not writing cringeslop

>>713274186
Some of the best writing, brainlet.

>>713271403
Retarded argument.
This argument will always be stupid.
JRPG = Japanese RPG its simple
and its not a genre whether you like it or not, its not a genre and will never be, no matter how many idiots repeat it.

>>713274571
>and its not a genre whether you like it or not,
yes it literally is

>>713274285
I don't know I'm just arguing with someone that said "E33 is the only game I’ve played that has that literary quality. "

>>713274248
and here you are seething because e33 is confirmed trannyslop

>>713271590
Final Fantasy X is a piece of crap movie game with shallow gameplay and garbage level design.

>>713274517
I didn't care for Sciel when she first joins but each interaction I liked her more.

>>713274430
expound on Camu and E33, I don't see it

>>713274669
but enough about e33

>>713259710 (OP)
How does it feel to buy and play RPGslop and praise it for being slop?

>>713273810
>The soundtrack has 154 songs.
>143 of them are variations on Gustave's theme or Une Vie a T'aimer

>>713274571
>JRPG isn't a genre!
It definitely is. Everyone understands what the game entails if you say "JRPG" thus it is a genre.
>THE NAME ISN'T ACCURATE AND IT MAKES ME SHIT MYSELF!
Vidya genre names are retarded. news at 11.
Soulslike
Metroidvania
First person shooter
third person shooter
shooter
beat-em up
shoot-em up
jrpg
wrpg
crpg
srpg

>>713259710 (OP)
>80 hours
>on a 30hr game
Ah so you're retarded

>>713274570
there's no way you think the best writing in the game was in the relationship dialog
in fact it's the weakest part of the game

>>713274430
>It was the perfect setup for Sartre or Camus flavored philophykino but they fumbled it by turning it into The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas in the final 5 minutes.
Man, I couldn't give a better explanation of what dissatisfied me with the ending.

>>713259710 (OP)
Still not as good as BG3.

>>713274430

>>713273982
>Playing it faster means you enjoyed it more

Lmao

>>713274920
troons shit that belongs on reddit

>>713274865
>It definitely is. Everyone understands what the game entails if you say "JRPG" thus it is a genre

Nice joke, yeah sure thats why they are still debating what is jrpg 20 years later and mixing up games every single time.

There is no genre definition for Jrpg because its not a genre
A couple of idiots in the 90s convinced retards like you that its a genre (its not) and you are still rolling with it like a retard

>>713274752
E33 has less than half the cutscenes, much deeper party management and combat, and the level design is the best I’ve seen in any non Fromsoft game.

I just beat the second Axon boss and I’m at 42 hours according to the PS5’s timer. How far into the game am I? I usually take longer to beat these than the dev estimates.

>>713274997
>There is no genre definition for Jrpg
niggas in a row.

>>713274989
As if E33 isn’t also insanely beloved on Reddit. Such a stupid insult.

>>713275000
no it doesn’t, it’s just normalnigger tranny trash, that’s why you love it so much

>>713274752
Its insane how much better Expedition 33 is than Final Fantasy X
Like it shits on it in every category, holy shit its not even fair.

>>713275000
>E33
>good for it's level design
Alright you faggots are just making shit up at this point

>>713274186

Esquie was Verso's toy as a child, hence why he acts like a care bear

>>713275104
its universally beloved. while bg3 is only loved by degenerate leftist faggots

>>713274289
I thought her husband couldn't be brought back since he died years ago in an accident but I guess maelle just decided to repaint everyone regardless

Will it ever be possible to have a genuinely level-headed discussion about this game in the foreseeable future?

Maelle is such a piece of shit towards verso holy shit
>yo nigga let me delete your sister right in front of you without letting you say goodbye to her
>nah nigga I aint letting you relieve yourself of your suffering, stay in the painting bitch and let the soul of your real self keep painting bullshit in the canvas

>>713275069
Here's your JRPG sir

>>713275123
>this turd is more polished and well sculpted than this other turd

>>713275051
you're 85-90% through the main story. you have 1 main boss left before it goes into act 3 but act 3 is 1 story boss and the postgame content. do the final boss before you do the postgame content or you'll be sad.

>>713275123
It doesn’t, you’re just a normgroid tranny kek you literally binge watch netflix

>"game" of the decade
>gameplay is just pressing parry at the right time
reddit of the decade

>>713274551
humor isn't necessarily cringe and jokes can and will miss on people, that's fine and it isn't indicative of the writing's overall quality.
e33 isn't a comedy, but it has its lighthearted moments - it's a bitter tragedy through and through.
what would be a genuine tragedy though is if the game's script was purely humorless snobbish word salad - it's obtuse enough as it is.

>>713275227
that's a roguelite.
If it had a story/campaign and no RNG yes it would be a shitty jrpg.

>>713275174
BG3 is also universally beloved. It was the highest rated game of all time on Backloggd until E33 came out. Literally the only place shitting on it is this stupid fucking board.

>>713275223
on reddit where you belong

>>713275247
I thought the final boss was going to require a lot of leveling because everything in the overworld was stupidly strong, and then after I beat the overworld stuff I just waltz through lumina one shotting pretty much everything, including the boss

>>713275286
Skill issue

>>713275324
>t. *DEEPLY HUFFS OWN FARTS*
e33 is cringe and has shit writing btw

>>713274632
that's a retarded take by them.

>>713275286
Unironically. It's not like typical jrpgs where you wouldnt be able to numerically beat an enemy based on your stats. Every loss in the game, with rare exception, IS your fault for being bad.

>>713274718
Any story with artificial people finding out their entire existence is fake dovetails perfectly into absurdism. Like I said they dropped the ball so the story isn't really about that by the end, but this quote sums up the part of Camus' philosophy I was talking about.

>>713275491
that’s typical for e33fags

>game looks like some average Chink made slop
>Mobile tier UI
>horrible environment design
>boring character design
>boring enemy design
>okayish story
>retarded take on jrpg combat system that completely undermines itself
>boring frogtard OST
>this is somehow game of the decade
Vidya is truly kill

>not gay
>doesn't take from modern vidya
>western but not a Hollywood reject product
>story about attractive whites
why does /v/ seethe?

E33 is proof that UE5 is phenomenal. Other studios just suck at using it.

>>713275225
Verso literally let Gustave die for the most retarded reason ever. He deserved it

>>713275491
How so? Besides E33 is better written or at least on par with most books, at least any that I've ever read

>>713275051

Depends on how much do you want to devote to wrapping up quests, other locations etc. I'd say you can have 20-40 hours ahead if you want to clear every dungeon/activity, especially the Endless Tower and, above all else, kill Simon

>>713275684
>at least any that I've ever read
Post the books you've read

>>713275602
>Camus
yup, huffing farts is back on the menu

>written by a literal redditor
>made by ubitranny frogs
>inspired by covid hoax
Why is this board eating this slop up?

>>713275695
>>713275420
>>713275247
I’m glad you guys told me this, I’m usually one to mop everything up before heading to the final boss and that backfired in FFX, XII, and XVI recently.

>>713275635
nothing you said was true

>>713275602
>that quote
Meh, the game poses a much more interesting question actually.

>>713275716
NTA but I just read Blood Meridian and I would say E33 has better writing, even though Blood Meridian is typically considered an all timer.

>>713272536
Larian are such a bunch of horny faggots, yet are also woke so it's horny for mediocre women.

>>713275716

>>713261843
>little man needs his hand held the entire game
Weak ass nigga.

I wonder if the popularity of this will result in more Western attempts at JRPG style games. There really haven't been a lot, even if you go back 20 years.

>>713275716
mostly ya KINO and entry level philosophy

He was based.

>>713274716
Overall I kind of like Sciel despite her having flaws that make her not wife material in the game. But at least she has more depth than Lune. Lune is trash.

>>713266759
>the world
I don't care about the discovery of the true nature. It happens so late in the game that it doesn't allow for any character growth or impacts it in any meaningful way. It's another stupid "subversion" trope.
>characters serve their stories
And when they do those stories end up being a slog and a half to even get through. Take "The Stand" for instance. Stephen King's "magnum opus" if you will. It's a story that the characters serve the narrative and themes of the story instead of the other way around. Is it good? Yeah, but I don't recall anyone ever going about raving about how reading 1000+ pages of characters moving around the map was entertaining at all. They tend to remember the set pieces most of all.
If you want a well crafted story you need the story to serve the characters and you need characters that have their own personalities and goals, but have to learn and grow through the narrative they are in. If you don't, you do not have a compelling story at all.

>>713275836
pffffffft
also
>just read
sup zoomnigger

>>713275214
Going by that I assumed it was just a copy based on how Sciel described him to Alicia. Made it seem like she was only able to bring back Sciel and Lune completely because they only just got gommaged.

>>713275748
There are a lot of fantastic writers on Reddit. And the only reason Ubisoft is bad is because of the corporate structure, not the devs themselves.

>>713275956
The most based thing is if you show up all wearing swimsuits, he will put one on as well.

>>713275824
that quote is literally an answer to that question though.

Pseud slop

>>713276103
>There are a lot of fantastic writers on Reddit
and musicians, and artists too.
More corpos need to scout out literal whos like Sandfall's CEO did

>>713275748
>Why is this board eating this slop up?
Because its conveniently packages a bunch of non-mainstream elements that make the brainlet feel smert and deep. Basically, if someone didn't already know what Chiaroscuro/Clair Obscur meant as a concept before playing the game, they're the exact kind of uncultured midwit it was made for.

>>713275716
Instead why don't you name some literature that's better than E33, since your books are so much better

>>713276232
>since your books are so much better
Nice strawman, but I didn't say that

>>713259850
>God of War and Last of Us
>ASHAMED of being a video game
That phrase encapsulates western AAA games really well.

>>713275956
>be dad
>be absolutely right
>daughter guilt trips you into letting her suicide
>son finished the job for you
>HAPPY END ACHIEVED
I was rooting hard for him.

Disco Elysium's writing completely moggs E33

>>713276103
>There are a lot of fantastic writers on Reddit.
Go back. Preferably after you kys. Every single one of faggy pro-E33 posters reek of reddit, and half of you are stupid enough to admit to it.

>>713261254
What did he mean by this?

>>713275748
>Sam Hyde was on Reddit and had a Reddit page MDE
>This make him a Redditor according to Anon.

>>713276313
It means he wants to play the piano forever as I slowly rot away
t. Alicia

>>713276301
Not even close LMAO. Disco Elysium writing is very amateurish.

>>713276301
Based. E33 doesn't have a fraction of the depth

>>713276232
>Instead why don't you name some literature that's better than E33

>>713275905
This game was so bizarre. Don't you just go from Pelennor right to fighting Sauron in the blink of an eye at the end?

>>713276281
>he can't do it
so you concede E33 is the most intelligent piece of fiction ever crafted?

>>713275462
hell yeah I love my how my farts smell
don't you?

>>713276301
both are trannyslop pseud dogshit

>>713276232
NTA but 95% of literature is better than E33. For a babby brain like you, you might want to start with something simple like Sophie's World.

>>713275994
>but have to learn and grow through the narrative they are in
This happens in E33, but not everything has to be positive growth for it to count.

>>713275602
they aren't fake. I mean unless we are also fake, then yes they are fake.

>>713276232
everyone poops

>>713276393
Please, the world building alone absolutely shits on it

>>713276502
It doesn't have to be positive, sure, but it has to make sense. None of the character growth or reduction in this game makes sense.

>>713276493
Sophie's World is fag shit for women.

>>713276232
Harry Potter & The Philosopher's Stone

>>713265182
>spending a lot of time screwing around with your loadout in the party management screen.
FAGGOTS LIKE YOU ARE REASON I'M DENIED MY IDEAL GAME!!
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!

>>713267173
Yakuza 8 is the most dragged out Yakuza game I've ever played-and I've played all of them including the PSP and PS3 game that never came out in the west.
They should never do that again. Keep it 50 for the main story, and 100 for the side-stories+most of the activities in total next time.

>>713276532
The painters are more real, as they definitely have a soul and can exist in both realities.
Canvas people are just chroma.

>>713276606
You're probably thinking of Sophie's Choice because your brain is retarded.

>>713263185
If you dont like parry/qte you wont like it.

>>713276532
>I mean unless we are also fake
exactly

>>713276606
just like E33

>E33 can't compete with Dostoevsky so that means it's actually really terribly written
>no I won't compare it to other video games, why would I

>>713275684
quite a few other video games have literary quality too
planescape torment
disco Elysium
mgs2
to name some

>>713276750
it’s mogged by other games, you’re the one saying it’s also better than literature

>>713276750
>that means it's actually really terribly written
Yes.

>>713264096
>all those replies not getting the joke
This board is done for.

>>713276428
Yeah. You do all of Pelennor, Aragon saves the MC's waifu, asks how he can repay him who just says that you march for the black gate.
Then after a cutscene using movie footage you just get thrown straight into a fight on top of the tower fighting THE EYE OF SAURON with no context (I assume it got cut due to time or budget running out)

>>713276768
>planescape torment
I know this game is old and thus venerated, but the writing is literally the same as in Pillars of Eternity, aka tediously descriptive with tons of unnecessary purple prose, he said as his left eye twitched, then he looked down and spat on the ground.

>>713268075
>lune is a piece of shit
OBJECTION!
The plaintiff has no evidence to back up that claim!

>>713276768
you forgot TLOU

>>713276232
book of the new sun won't be called literature by snobs even though it's better than most books classified as such.
it mogs any story told in video game format

How is it badly written?

How are the games you prefer better written?

>>713275905
I miss this era of gaming

It’s garbage. Might as well play some mobile slop

why doesnt the game give clear damage numbers on the skill menu in battle
weird design choice

>>713277034
>How is it badly written?
It has things I don't like
>How are the games you prefer better written?
It has things I like

Why would he say such a thing?

As we all know here on /v/, all video games are either absolute garbage or just okay, with nothing above or below or in between.

>>713277190
He wanted to be a pianist instead, he literally tells you this.

>game has unnatural bug eyed character models. Maelle being the worst
>retards mistake this as 'emotion'
My sides

EN NOIR, SES YEUX TRISTES
À TRAVERS L'OR, SON RIRE PERSISTE
DONS CHAQUE COULEUR, UNE PART DE LUI
L'AIMER TROUJOURS, MÊME S'IL N'EST PLUS ICI

PEINDRE L'AMOUR
PEINDRE LA VIE
PLEURER EN COULEU
SUR LA TOILE NOTRE AMOUR DEMEURE
JE T'AIME

>>713277226
Unless it's an old game I played and liked when I was younger, then it's 10/10 kino.

>>713277021
tlou's story is great but it doesn't have the depth, allusiveness, meta commentary of literature. neither is tlou2 even though it is one of my favorite stories of all time.

>>713277034
>How is it badly written?
Explain the point of Lune and Sciel in act 2 and especially act 3? Even the writers noticed they had nothing, so they tied them to Sirene and Visages respectively but that didn't even make sense, because the axons are parables for the Dessendres, not these random painted chicks.

>>713277263
But he got to play it :)

>>713277264
>Maelle being the worst
Yeah...

>>713277014
it's even worse than pillars imo in that regard. it's pretty much an interactive novel.

>>713277190
Imagine being essentially a clone of someone else and their crazy little sister wants you to roleplay that person for her own amusement.

>>713277034
It’s written by a femnoid, it is inherently incapable of being good

>>713277496

>>713274938
>>713273230
KINO

>>713277506
>It’s written by a femnoid, it is inherently incapable of being good

>>713277363
I think they only have them finish off both to give them something to do. In act 3 they're back just to not limit the party to only Verso, Maelle and Monoco.
They are pretty superfluous though. Lune even more I feel since Sciel can at least tie into the whole thing about grief more. Lune goes from
>VERSO YOU FUCKING CUNT YOU WANTED TO LET US DIE
to in act 3 because I maxed out her relationship wants to be his gf.

>>713277363
Explain the point of Beauchamp in The Count of Monte Cristo. He doesn't do anything, he's just there to give some commentary on the social classes and activities in Paris, yet he gets all those lines of dialogue. Surely this means this is a badly written novel, then?

>>713277506
Women are better writers when it comes to emotional storytelling because they experience a greater variety of emotions than us.

>>713277496
>>713277548
Play it.

>>713277682
>he's just there to give some commentary on the social classes and activities in Paris
Lune and Sciel don't even do that much.

>>713275956
I do like Renoir is probably the most empathic towards the people in the canvas, he just cares more about Alicia and Aline then them.

So what's the best part of this game? Is it the broken, repetitive combat that swings wildly between being dependent on dodging and parrying and completely curb-stomping the final boss in one move?
Is it the completely unremarkable UE5 graphics?
Is it the boring, underdeveloped, ugly characters?
Is it the self-aware "WE'RE SO FRENCH" humor that's not actually funny?
Is it the weird, unfitting platforming sections and side content like volleyball?
Is it the repetitive, bland music?
Is it the unremarkable story?
You're the dumb fuckers bringing it up, so why don't you explain yourself for once instead of just drooling over the latest FOTM?

>>713277826
You probably didn't read the novel, otherwise you'd know that Beauchamp literally doesn't do anything, he's not even involved in the plot.

>>713277869
>Is it the repetitive, bland music?
Why do you people always have to use excessive hyperbole which only sabotages your own critique?

>>713276228
you pseudo-intellectual faggots are not nearly as smart as you think you are

>>713276301
More words != better writing

>>713276158
NO FUCKING WAY

lmao /v/ is never happy. Most miserable bunch of chucklefucks imagineable. Better to deal with then the faggots on reddit but not by much.

>>713276768
I realized he said "the only games I have played with literary quality" and not necessarily games as a whole. so the anon is not really retarded, but the anon should play more games.
other recs with literary quality
nier (maybe automata too)
Undertale (unironically)
pathologic 2

>>713276301
now THIS is reddit commie trash

>>713277034
>How is it badly written?
The game hyper focuses on the Dessendre family after the big reveal, which makes the final choice (are the painted people worth caring about?) much less significant. Lune and Sciel barely comment on the situation and just go along with the flow.

Not saying this is damning, but it is a rather common criticism.

>>713277869
>So what's the best part of this game?
My what lovely feet

>>713273531
A lot of words about the writing of the game, still no answer to this though. Guess it isn't that easy to find better :^)

>>713278019
>a bunch of faggots singing sadly about baguettes boo hoo
fuck off

>>713276301
>commutranny slop
>good
LOL
LMAO I say

>>713278027
Maybe not but you cultural bottomfeeders are definitely as dumb as we think you are.

>>713278221
>>713277869
kill yourself you fucking contrarian

>>713278268
and this is exactly why you're an actual subhuman. enjoy your 85 IQ

Gustave has more going on narratively then Lune and Sciel and he's only in a 1/3rd of the games fucking story.

>>713272761
>Your average video game has pathetic writing if you actually read literature
True
but videogame writing is different, it should be facilitated through gameplay and player agency, thats what makes writing in games interesting.

Story is not that important in games, its not even secondary, for me i prefer gameplay and level design over story and if by any chance i like the writing it better be driven by the gameplay instead of being driven by cutscenes.

With all that said, there are some good stories in gaming, not all stories are bad, and not all books have good stories either, a lot of movies and books have shit stories. By the best vs the best is indeed in favor of books and movies

>>713277940
>he's not even involved in the plot.
You're not gonna believe this about Lune and Sciel

>>713278049
I'd be willing to bet it's 1-2 schizos.

>>713276301
it has better dialogue and is way more fun and humorous
but E33 has the better story
DE did make me cry though, e33 didn't.

>>713277190
I related to this the most. And it makes perfect sense from his point of view.

>>713277496
BACK TO THE FUCKING PAINO MINES WITH YOU

>>713277034
it’s pretentious womanslop and not original, the characters are boring and written like they’re in drama television show for women, the world is just the dark souls painting but muh trauma. It’s overhyped garaage

>>713277869
I know you get off to eating actual shit, freak.

>companions aren't directly involved in the actual plot of the game
No way dude this has never happened before, especially not in a JRPG!

>>713276640
I wouldnt call them more real, but they do live in a higher reality and they have dominion and stewardship over the painted.

>>713278785
Disco Elysium story is an afterthought, it only has dialogue going for it, nothing else is good in that game, and for a game that is full dialogue, the choices and consequences are very limited.
Like even The Witcher series has better branching paths and choices and consequences than Disco Elysium and that game isn't a visual novel.

>>713278963
>it's badly written because it's badly written

>>713279027
>ITS A GOOD THING NOW BECAUSE…REDDIT SAID SO
lmao

>>713278404
yes

>>713279119
that’s usually how it works

>>713279119
>Several comments about it being badly written for reasons
>"I'm gonna cherry pick the one that serves my narrative the best"
No wonder you like this story.

>>713279223
I asked how it's badly written. Surely you can provide proper arguments used in common literary critique.

>>713279271
>it's badly written because I don't like it

>>713276301
not a video game

>>713279286
>boring characters
>ugly boring unoriginal world
>boring indie trauma twist
>fart huffing fanbase sucking it off calling it an all time great
it’s that simple

>>713279504
>literary critique
>boring, boring, boring, fanbase

>>713278647
Good thing E33 also has amazing gameplay and level design

>>713279589
yes

>>713259710 (OP)
>literally game of the decade
This. This came almost out of nowhere and blew me again. It left such an impact on me that in terms of story and atmosphere nothing comes close.

>>713279589
I'm amazed you even got that out of him. Normally all they know how to say is sloppa sloppy slop slooooop slippitity slope

>>713279105
the story is pretty light yeah, but it's an excellent character study of Raphaël Ambrosius Costeau.
the world building is also better than e33's

>>713277869
the replies are eating you up but you are 100% correct. It's not a bad game by any means but you bring up valid critiques that the fans of this game are gonna have to contend with sooner or later

>>713279853
it’s also slop of the tranny variety, that’s why you enjoy it so much lmfao

best game of 2025 so far and probably for the rest of the year

>>713279927
None of those are actual flaws. Even the mini games and balance are done on purpose.

>>713279027
>it's a flaw that other games have therefore it isn't a problem

>>713280107
>the flaws aren’t flaws
ITS GOOD BECAUSE ITS GOOD OKAYYYY

>>713279927
>valid critiques
Where?

IMO E33 is GOTY material but I feel like I’m going insane when everyone else says that it’s a strong contender for the best video game ever made. Like what the fuck am I missing here?

>>713280107
>the mini games are shit on purpose so they can't be flaws

>>713277869
Nobody's going to answer you because these threads, which you insist on fueling for some unfathomable reason, are pure shitposting echochambers where paid shills throw shit at other shitposters.

>>713280303
take more estrogen sis you’re almost there

If this board had ID counts you'd see that you're arguing with literally two, maybe three people total.

the criticisms this game receives are very shallow and incorrect (it does have flaws like anything humans make), usually from brownskins and other low IQ monkeys that most likely have at best watched parts some rushed playthrough of the game if even that

I will never understand the praise of this game’s music. It’s just a woman yodeling “ooo” and “aaa” over strings. I never liked Witcher 3’s music for the same reason. It’s not interesting or “epic” at all

>>713280337
the e33 is shit side is objectively correct though

>>713277869
The boring level design and overworld that offers no exploration are my favorite parts

>>713280303
Could've been one of the best video games ever made if the combat was as tightly balanced as say Sekiro but alas it's one of the worst tuned mainstream games I've ever played. You literally have to jump through hoops in order to NOT one shot the final boss.

>>713280171
What should Lune and Sciel have done differently? They have a pretty immediate goal in act 3. I'd have preferred Lune's side quest be about her trying to understand her reality rather than her trying to find her dead parents but other than that I don't really see what they were supposed to do. It shows she's interested with that dialogue where she asks Maelle to paint a version of her world within the canvas so Lune can explore and understand.

I genuinely dont believe this game actually has fans

>>713280425
if you read the threads people are just praising everything in e33 as bait

>>713280503
Name a JRPG with better level design. I’ll wait.

>>713280425
Yeah man why tf does opera even exist, it's all ooohs and aaahs.

>>713280648
all of them

>>713280303
I can see that it's a valid take if you haven't played many games in your life. But even an avid gamer could still come up with that conclusion if they appreciate the depth of the story, strength of characters, and they love classic turn based games where you become broken in the end game.

>>713280648
literally every last one of them retard

>>713280504
>the final story boss is badly tuned so therefore the entire game is shit

The Last of Us has better writing.

>>713280693
>>713280712
How's that tiny chink dick taste?

>>713280662
E33 shills dont talk like real people. What country are you from?

>>713280693
>>713280712
Most JRPGs have corridors and square rooms lmao, see Persona 3 and 4, Tales of series and so on

>>713280662
>*deeply inhales own anal gas*

>>713280737
Most games do. The writing in e33 is embarassing melodrama slop written by a female redditor

>>713280662
It isn’t opera?

The last 50 posts were written by 3 people.

>>713280797
you haven't even played most JRPGs

>>713280662
da shei be gay lik throw in som hippity hop dat ol man fight be fiyah if dey play dat nigga nigga nigga nigga 100% nigga song

>>713280797
and they all mogg e33s non existent level design and garbage overworld

>>713280850
It's a real opera singer, a soprano.

>>713280884
just like the last 50 e33 threads

>>713280824
it's not melodrama, it's merely dramatic. god forbid characters express emotion

Imagine having a month-long meltdown because some random french indie game was successful.

see you in the next thread e33troon

>>713274828
motifs are kino

>>713276301
Disco's writing gets in the way of its ideas and themes all the time because it is indulgently amateurish. E33 commits bad writing sins in the name of gameplay pacing and mystery boxing. Basically Verso's entire character is assassinated on the altar of story pacing. Disco's missteps are much harder to ignore and forgive because they are not in service of any greater overarching purpose than the writer's pathetic ego. It's that difference in intention that makes E33 far superior to DE. E33 is constantly cognizant of the player and their experience. DE is completely unaware and uninterested in player experience. E33 knows when to shut the fuck up and deliver a powerful scene through just visuals alone. DE will constantly destroy pacing and player momentum with masturbatory superfluous details that add nothing but tedium and annoyance.

>>713273230
reddit incarnate

>>713260873
It's crazy how much more unlikable she is compared to Maelle. Like, it only took five seconds after she sat down on that bench next to Verso that I knew Alicia was a shitty person.

>>713267823
It's very good. FF7-9 are still solid contenders though.

>>713259710 (OP)
I've seen the ending too many times and it no longer has any impact.

>>713259710 (OP)
I'm as contrarian as you can get; I shit on classics all the time, and I consider small indie one-dev projects masterpieces. And I still think E33 is one of the best games of the decade. You'd have to be blind not to see their brilliant use of shot composition, of dialogue pacing, of characters shouting over one another, conveying emotion purely through facial expressions. This is easily the most /film/ game yet. And yes, that includes Silent Hill 2.

Name one good reason Maelle shouldn't get the boot

>>713284014
I'd give her my boot if you know what I mean, and by boot I mean Rapier sword straight through her heart to return her to reality

>>713283994
Yeah that’s why I find the literature comparisons fucking stupid. E33 should be compared to film, and it’s far better than anything this past decade in film.

>>713284014
She's wearing a diaper

>>713284014

Her mother created an entire civilisation that they subjected to various tragedies. Someone needs to undo the wrongs and apparently Maelle's the only person capable of doing so

>>713284561
I did like the Lighthouse more, as corny as it can get in places.

>>713273230
When you consider that this line successfully summarizes the entire main theme and story of the entire game, in terms a 5 year old can understand, without being too on the nose or pretentious, I think this line is genuinely very good writing.

>>713275225
That is not even 1% as cruel as what Verso did to her. Literally every moment, every sentence, every action he takes in the game is with the intention of manipulating her to do what he wants, concealing the truth, taking advantage of an emotionally fragile teenager who just wants to be happy for once.

>>713262436
I haven't played E33 yet, but I'm leaning towards it being overhyped. I had the same feeling with Nier:Automata which people hyped to the heavens about its story and themes, then when I played it after 6 years or so it was underwhelming. It was babby's first attempt at philosophical themes. I won't begrudge people for being impressed, since your first experience with something is always special but I assume the same is happening with this game.

>>713285205
I get your apprehension but Expedition 33 is on a completely different than NieR. There’s a reason that Expedition 33 gets tons of praise from people who read a lot of philosophical literature and NieR doesn’t.

>>713283994
>conveying emotion purely through facial expressions
I've wondered if this is part of the reason why they gave everyone disproportionately large heads, so it would make their expressions easier to read.

>>713285431
Completely different level*

>>713280735
even the optional bosses are jokes if you know how to build efficiently.

>>713259710 (OP)
another game that proved europe still makes great games and can compete with china, japan and korea. american tranny devs can keep eating dick with their woke slop and seethe here like subhumans.

>>713279027
The companions are directly related to the main themes of the game, even if they are separate from the central family conflict.
Take Lune's story for example. Her story is about a girl growing up constrained by the choices of her parents and disallowed from ever having a choice in what her life should be. She says that ever since she was 4 years old her parents had raised her and trained her to research how to save the world and eventually become an expeditioner. She never got a chance to make her own choices and as a result she lived a very limited life that she doesn't know if she can call her own. This culminates in her final words to Renoir that he even agrees with:
>"The choices of parents leave indelible marks on their children. But ultimately, their voices have to be their own. You cannot set the boundaries of their life for them."
Each companion has a core theme that ties to the central conflict, Sciel being more about clinging to lost love and the unfairness of death, Monoco is about the question of artificial life and whether it deserves to exist etc.

>>713259710 (OP)
This game is so mid

Is Golgra Monoco's scorned former lover?

>>713285205
There's no dumb shit like fighting a giant robot named Engels in E33 lmao, Nier Automata was mostly popular with weebs and coomers, the story is just anime stuff, very on the nose and keeps beating you over the head with its themes until you black out.

>>713259710 (OP)
>>713259850
Blessed soul enjoyers.

>>713259710 (OP)
>>713285245

>>713261194
>>713265016
>>713267310
Verso was on team genocide from the beginning. Verso let Gustave die to make it easier to infiltrate the group.

>>713263185
You are too retarded to enjoy it. I know this, because your question is stupid. There is nothing that makes someone saying "it's great" as a response to your question any more valid than somebody saying "it's great" somewhere else. Don't play it.

I don't want these threads
I don't want these threads

>>713260167
uuoooohhhhh

>>713273848
It's 20 hours though

>>713259710 (OP)

>>713260873
by rolling my eyes after seeing the same trope year after year

>>713259710 (OP)
Melodramatic movie game slop for women and trannies

>>713277869
It's not on switch ;-)

>>713266987
Decent video. The writer explaining how characters were inspired by different phases of her life was interesting. Including Renoir being an Asian tiger mom.

>>713287202
>reddit writing

>>713276081
The copy thing is stated nowhere, not even hinted at. Quite the opposite with Maelle needing the life energy of people to bring them back.

>>713286294
Not even that. It tries to be deep but it exploded in popularity only because of 2B's ass and internet sluts cosplaying as her, that's why they keep whoring her out for random game collabs to this day and yoko taro is more than happy to admit it as long as it makes him more money. The story in his games will never matter again, it's all about the coom and whether or not they can design a female lead for people to lust over again.

>>713287201
It's not just that, anon. It's the fact that the Bing Bing Wahoo company has produced nothing of note all year, giving the tendies nothing to cling to for relevance.

>>713273992
shill or bait
call it

>>713259850
JANNIES!!!!

>>713277869
I'm more surprised that /v/ is deepthroating a game with QTEs.

>>713287992
Because the QTE’s are actually done extremely well here.

>>713259710 (OP)
I got filtered by the intro cutscene. the game is too far up its own ass for me to take it seriously. its mysteries are not intriguing. and I wasn't captivated. my intuition was proven to be spot on after reading many of the threads here. you fags have never played a game in your life and when finally a mediocre game comes out it's omg le best game in the world to ever exist. I guess I shouldn't be surprised, you're a generation of fortnite/moba playing, AI girlfriend having, gacha enslaved retards

>>713288132
I love the game but I'm not sure it gained anything from the QTEs on attack. I would honestly have activated the auto-complete mode if it didn't reduce your damage
The parrying and dodging is pure kino though

>>713275672
U wot m8? UE5 performance issues are one of E33's biggest flaws. It takes A LOT of tweaking to make the game not look like a blurry pile of ass. You can't excuse the crappy tech just because the art direction is good.

>>713288328
Yes I can.

>>713288275
>the game is too far up its own ass
Not enough marvel quips for you anon? I mean, fair enough, to someone raised entirely on modern slop a game that delivers its story with 100% sincerity would be shocking and intimidating for you. How long did you have to spend in your safe space when you realized there would be no 4th wall breaks?

works on my machine

>>713287198
who hurt your feelings honey?

>>713288275
retards like you are the main reason why we can't have good things

>finally finished this after 80 hours and HOLY FUCKING SOUL
>contrarians go fuck yourselves, triple A studios go fuck yourselves, jannies go fuck yourselves.
>literally game of the decade

>>713288132
QTEs are always shit though

>>713289563
The difference is E33 will win GOTY. Scores won't matter at that point. Well, they don't even know.

>>713263185
Generic flavour of the month.

>>713289563
Delete that.

>>713289563
Atlus is slaying everyone and everything in its path as always.