what's the /v/erdict?

>>716415364 (OP)

Nobody here played it they just watched it on youtube or masturbated to its characters

>>716415364 (OP)
It's still GOTY but I do wish something better than it will come out this year.

>>716415474
Prime 4 is coming.

nintendotroons and JRPG sissies malding over goty made by fr*nchoids

the /v/erdict is
>Verso needs to go play the piano
>Maelle needs to go to the toilet
>there are literally 0 threads about it

>>716415364 (OP)
Good game, and like everything in this hellhole: popularity means you will have retards seethe at it
You will also have people that will fall for the bait and so it becomes like metacritic user scores - it's either a 1/10 or a 10/10

>>716415516
"better" is the important word here

>>716415364 (OP)

>>716415364 (OP)
its really shit. the characters and their dialogue are unbearable.
graphics is your average modern unreal engine brown and bloom slop.

>>716415364 (OP)
It's good and 90% of people saying otherwise got filtered or didn't play it and are seething frenchniggers made something better than japs. Easily GoTY 60ish hours of content for 100% closer to 90 without any guides for collectables. Solid 9.5 for me there was very little I didn't like about the game. I genuinely just wish it was harder. More Clea and Simons desu

>>716415364 (OP)
>preordered
>still haven't started it

>>716415364 (OP)
It's a movie

>>716415364 (OP)
GOTY

>>716415364 (OP)
>what's the /v/erdict?
Still thinking about dirty Lune.

>>716416308
Stop posting pictures of my wife on the internet.

>>716415364 (OP)
It lost me at the end of Act 2. I hated the twist. The game was still fun, but it didn't hit the same afterwards.
I'll give it an 8/10, because it did so many things right, but it's not a GOTY contender for me.
Definitely best soundtrack tho.

>>716415364 (OP)
Kino, but won't win goty because the cast is too white.

>>716415364 (OP)
33/33

>>716415364 (OP)
It's GOTY.
But it won't win GOTY because it's not woke.

>>716415364 (OP)
quineaux

>there was an version of the end we will never see

>>716417696
>male
Bros, not like this.

>>716415364 (OP)
Best game since Elden Ring. Really striking visuals with complementary ost. Flying Waters is already one of my favorite and most comfy areas in vidya.

>>716415581
Nuh yet

>>716416308

>>716416308

>>716415364 (OP)
Sadly not enough futa porn of the game to be in my radar...

>>716415364 (OP)
It's good but it's spawned the most insufferable elitist fanbase who think liking this game makes them a connoisseur of high art or some shit. Even reading this they are probably getting filled with rage and vitriol and will mask it by acting aloof in their dumbass replies. Great music tho

Flavour of the week Asmongoldcore slop.

>>716415364 (OP)
fotm

>>716415364 (OP)

>>716415364 (OP)
My main problem is the characters having the same face over and over.

The pacing of the story is pretty bad, and Lune and Sciel have nothing interesting to do for 80% of their screentime. I also found the “let me play in my dead bro’s VR chat world some more” not particularly compelling

>>716418793
This, video game can't be art and I am tired of pretending otherwise.

Man, gamers have such low standards for stories i don't i should feel pity or sadness. From the talking surrounding this game i was expecting the new Gormenghast, the new Earthsea, the new LOTR, the new Book of the New Sun.

Instead, i got the new Eragon.

>>716418793
I hugely enjoyed the game, but I actually do not think it's music is all that good. It's a cohesive soundtrack, but fucking Lies of P has better songs in it. Much better. And they have narrative game mechanics attached to them. It even has a song in French with lyrics that sounds like they could be from Clair Obscur.
E33 meanwhile starts grating on your ears after a while. Very noisy.

>>716415364 (OP)
Lune has a cute butt and sciel is built Lita porn model.

>>716415516
I'm not a child so I didn't buy a Switch 2

>>716420541
UE5 is the only real criticism here. Kill yourself, faggot.

>>716415364 (OP)
Reddit slop

>>716418051
I can smell it!

>>716424260
>the new Earthsea
I've read the whole thing and fun as it was, the story was really nothing special. E33's story and characters are certainly more memorable.
And the comparison to Eragon is just shitting on the game unfairly. Even as a kid I could see it was a mediocre book, even compared to stuff like Harry Potter.

>>716425089
The records in Lies of P are good. The actual soundtrack of the game while you're actually playing it is completely generic and uninteresting.

>>716427271
Yeah, that's what I was trying to say.

>>716415364 (OP)
It's good.

>>716415364 (OP)
Normalfag bait for people who pretend to like JRPGs but only play FF, Persona and Elden Ring. The game is very subpar and only does a few things right?

>>716428302
Tell me about your unique taste in JRPGs then.
>inb4: n-no, because you'll just call them shit
I won't comment on games I haven't played, and if I do comment, I'll attach a picture that proves I played them. I've finished probably around 150-200 JRPGs (and played 10 times as many), so there's a good chance I did play your favourites before.

>>716429219
>I've finished probably around 150-200 JRPGs (and played 10 times as many),
See, why would I even reply to a shitpost like this? Even if you knew Japanese (which you don't) you absolutely have not played 1500 or more JRPGs.

>>716429219
are there even 200 jrpgs?

>>716430275
Here's what I'm playing as we speak. I like to collect screenshots, so I can prove that I finished around 70-90 JRPGs. I started collecting them around 12-14 years ago, but started playing JRPGs over 25 years ago, and back then I had much more time on my hands.
And yeah, I may have gone too far with that "10 times", but 5 times should be right. I at least tried playing easily 80-90% JRPGs that can be emulated.

holy sovl

>>716431007
Many, many more.
There's a Polish site I like, because it's easy to use. It has lists of RPGs on every platform. Not only JRPGs, but there are flags next to titles that indicate in what languages a game is available. In case of Japanese consoles, games with a Japanese flag are mostly Japanese, very rarely western with Japanese translation.
Check, for example, all RPGs for the GBA:
>https://jrkrpg.pl/gry/gba/
I didn't count, but there could be ~100 JRPGs for only this one platform. You can choose a platform on the left to see the full list.

>>716415863
you didn't play it

>brown and bloom
lmao it's oversaturated if anything.

>>716415364 (OP)
slop of the tranny variety

you didn’t play it schizo is the frogoids strongest shilltroon

>>716431546
why seethe so hard about a game you haven't played? why make objectively false claims

>>716431025
>Okay, I was exaggerating about literally everything but here's an RPG for casual girls to prove I've played 500 JRPGs
The only part of your posts I believe is that you're dumb enough to think E33 is special.

>>716418793
>>716423226

>>716415364 (OP)
best start to a JRPG since FFX

>>716415364 (OP)
Has been a long time since I enjoyed a story focused game this much. To the point where I wasn't even sure if I could still feel this way about a game. An absolute masterpiece.

>>716431639
XHE SAID THE LINE!!!

Mid garbage

Entire idea is stolen from a Dark Souls level

There are way too many brown people in this game. The whole fucking party is brown except for one.

>>716423226
A can of shit can be art. If you think your hobby is worse than that, then you are a can of shit too.

>>716418793
this but the music is also generic shit

>>716431881
A can of shit is more art than games

>>716431338
Gotta admire their dedication to 33 autism

>>716432509
Dog is trying to break the sandal’s neck.

>>716415364 (OP)
I will clap like a seal when they sing Une vie t'aimer at the game awards and i have 0 shame for it. The song is a masterpiece

>>716431668
So you think I took that screenshot from somewhere? Or maybe I keep a Japanese game on PC even though I don't know the language for some reason?
Here's the folder with screenshots from JRPGs I finished in the last 12-14 years, by the way. Want me to post some? Just tell me the title.
Note: E33 is there only tentatively. I myself am not sure if a non-Japanese game can be counted as a JRPG.
Note 2: I'm not 100% sure about Zelda and Yakuza games either. Without them there's ~70 games in the folder. By the way, should I include Dark Souls 1-3 and Dragon's Dogma? They're Japanese and are RPGs in a way.
See, I'm trying to find a common ground and discuss. All you do is say "only people who don't play JRPGs like E33" and when I prove it's not true, you cover your ears and scream "can't hear you!".
So, again, what are your favourite JRPGs? Those much better than FF, Persona, Elden Ring and E33?

>>716415364 (OP)
Lune's bush!

>>716415364 (OP)
Good game, but its no masterpiece. Sciel and Lune got shafted. The combat balance is bad. Side content gets a little too repetitive.
The rest is fine.

>>716416425
>8/10
>not a GOTY contender for me
what is then?

>>716415364 (OP)
ludokino and still probably my game of the year even though I'm the ultimate kojima dickrider

>>716425089
>fucking Lies of P has better songs in it.
it fucking hasn't.

>>716415364 (OP)
games mid I dropped it

>>716434818
10/10 for me, but can't wait until they finish FF7R so I can finally play it. There's so much shitposting around it, it can't possibly not be a good game.

>>716434924
It has like 15 banger songs you can use on the gramophone that also give you Humanity so you can get the true ending while Clair Obscur has Lumiere and few other BGM tunes that are decent.

>>716415364 (OP)
Fantastic except for the occasional eurojank. 9.5/10

>>716431874
>Maelle
Breton, celt so white
>Gustave
probably central France, white
>Verso
south of France, med. Arguably white. White culture tho.
>Sciel
Berber from north africa, used to be white
>Lune
Indochinese, white adjacent

>>716435114
It has more than this.
Here these tracks aren't even popular.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9HMUQnJTLs&list=RDi9HMUQnJTLs&t=27s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2B1ZVdulBj0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxBeO801AiQ
https://youtu.be/CrCys8wjWIU?t=2https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGzREamf6hM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJUvFtefTjk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aoxk1lrI6rs
https://youtu.be/W31-txe3KHM?t=51
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbK7iYQ79ng
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0_6aGqsz7A&list=RDH0_6aGqsz7A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUjUvZ_WupE

>>716431874
Some /pol/niggers have such a stupid definition of white that nobody can possibly fit the criteria

>>716435354
Yes, it has a ton of decent video game music, and it's all very cohesive. That's what the composer was specifically going for, being a complete VGM nerd basically. But I simply cannot count these as songs.

>>716435191
>Berber from north africa, used to be white
Isn't she just a gypsy? With a tan from working the fields.

>your team has three hot women
How was this allowed?

>>716435581
I don't really get your stance but whatever I respect it music is subjective.
For my part I'm tired of subversive music in vidya (like Stellar Blade and shit like this) nowadays. E33 gave me a classical/orchestral Jarpig OST and it was refreshing to me.

>>716434198
>Note: E33 is there only tentatively. I myself am not sure if a non-Japanese game can be counted as a JRPG.
>Note 2: I'm not 100% sure about Zelda and Yakuza games either. Without them there's ~70 games in the folder. By the way, should I include Dark Souls 1-3 and Dragon's Dogma? They're Japanese and are RPGs in a way.
You're clearly very retarded, which is why I've already told you that I believe you when you say you like Expedition 33. I'm sure you're very proud of yourself for fumbling through Japanese text you can kind of read.
>All you do is say "only people who don't play JRPGs like E33" and when I prove it's not true
You think Zelda is an RPG and most of that image you posted is FF, DQ, Tales and Yakuza. That'd be like me saying I'm big on shooters because I play CoD, Fortnite and Tarkov.
>So, again, what are your favourite JRPGs? Those much better than FF, Persona, Elden Ring and E33?
For turn based, Wild Arms 2. For real time action combat, Dragon's Dogma.

>>716435545
And I never met a white person obsessed with being white. It's literally brown people calling each other brown. There's probably not a single white poster in /pol/.

>>716435545
You just need to have continuously documented + DNA proof that >95% of your ancestry in 1000BC was living in a triangle between Frisa, Bergen and Gotland.
Can't do it? Seems questionable huwhite to me.

>>716435772
I was totally vibing while playing the actual game, which is all that matters, but I have tried listening to the OST they have on Youtube and it doesn't work for me.

>>716434818
>The combat balance is bad
Yeah once you get rid of the damage cap, it's super easy BUT there is a way to give shit more health and cap the damage for fags like you

>>716415364 (OP)
Good but overhyped.

>>716436390
>BUT there is a way to give shit more health
? how? dont say mod

>>716435807
>Dragon's Dogma
A solid game, but in my opinion not as good as E33 in pretty much every aspect. Still, a valid choice. But it's a pretty popular game, and a moment ago you were looking down on people for liking popular JRPGs.
>Wild Arms 2
It's been a while since I've finished the series, so I don't have screenshots. Surprisingly my favourite was actually The Fifth Vanguard. But I'm not commenting, since I can't prove I played it.
Which reminds me that you have yet to prove that you played E33 at all and aren't just shitting on it, because it's popular.

>most of that image you posted is FF, DQ, Tales and Yakuza
Very astute of you to notice that they're big series, yes. Yet, I bet there are games there you have never even heard about, too.

> I'm sure you're very proud of yourself for fumbling through Japanese text
Quite a bit, yes. It's a difficult language to learn.

I liked E33 art style, music and plot
I really hated that every fight was a parryfest. It should had been much better with something like Shadow Hearts judgement ring (a game they clearly got inspired from)

Even so the game was of unexpected high quality and way above the usual AAA slop

>>716436641
Once in act III (which you already are in if you remove the damage cap) you can customize enemy stats at any rest flag. Did you somehow not notice the options appearing?
To be fair they added it like two weeks after release so it's possible you completed it asap at launch and didn't have the option but it's there now.

>>716435745
Maelle is a fucking child.

>It should had been much better with something like Shadow Hearts
4 you
people clearly like the parry system

>>716435910
>Germans aren't white.
-Benjamin Franklin

>>716436818
>>716436731

>>716436691
>but in my opinion not as good as E33 in pretty much every aspect.
There is not a single thing E33 does better than DD except main character characterization, and that's by nature of DD being a blank slate MC game.
>and a moment ago you were looking down on people for liking popular JRPGs.
No, I look down on people for playing a few popular entry level games and pretending their huge fans of the genre and that E33 is a perfect love letter.
>Which reminds me that you have yet to prove that you played E33 at all and aren't just shitting on it, because it's popular.
Shut the fuck up. And none of these screenshots either of us post mean anything when they're not timestamped.
>Yet, I bet there are games there you have never even heard about, too.
The only remotely niche game there is London Tantei, but I'm actually fluent in moon (real fluent, not internet "I can kind of read it" fluent) so any posturing you're about to try about being into niche Japanese things isn't going to work with me because I've heard of whatever you're going to post that isn't some garbage GBA game that no one in Japan even pretends to like.

>>716435354
The New Age/electronic tracks are mostly very mediocre.

>>716435745
>>your team has three hot women
>How was this allowed?
That's pretty standard for a JRPG wannabe.

>>716437140
There are like 3 of them.

>>716437118
>The only remotely niche game there is London Tantei
And Rungu Rungu Ozu no Mahoutsukai is everyone's favourite. But it seems I don't actually know any good niche JRPGs, so give me some titles, since you clearly do. Always looking for new ones. I only have El Dorado Gate for the Dreamcast planned right now for when I'm done with Abarenbou Princess.
Not trying to be sarcastic or anything, but what does it matter to you that people like E33? From the way you speak, you seem incredibly frustrated. Genuinely curious, because normally people who act like this are the ones who don't even play video games and just shit on them as a part of their political war or whatever other agenda they have, which clearly isn't the case here.

>>716425089
I agree. The soundtrack definitely has some standout moments, like the scene where the expedition sets sail, and it has a good ambiance, but it's still lacking something.
The composer is clearly very talented and I think his next soundtrack is where he is really going to shine.

>>716437924
>But it seems I don't actually know any good niche JRPGs, so give me some titles, since you clearly do.
Niche here? Popolocrois since basically no one here has played it. Niche in Japan? Doesn't exist because anything that's at least pretty good has been talked about a lot.
>Not trying to be sarcastic or anything, but what does it matter to you that people like E33?
We're on /v/. You don't get to come to a board for people to talk about video games then ask why people are talking about their opinions on video games here. That's fucking retarded.
>because normally people who act like this are the ones who don't even play video games and just shit on them as a part of their political war or whatever other agenda they have
Believe it or not, some people actually talk about video games here, whether they're good or bad. I had to listen to every casual "JRPG fan" shilling this love letter to JRPGs like fake mecha fans shill Trigger/Imaishi anime, so when a thread comes up talking about the game, I'm going to call it what it is. If I spammed the thread screaming about how it's shit you might have more of a point, but you're the one who took offense to me (rightfully) calling it a game that people who play a few popular JRPGs and nothing else fellate endlessly.

>>716423226
agree
banana ducttaped to a wall > all of videogames

>>716434830
You know I thought about it and I don't know. I think E33 might win by default because there's not much competition.

>>716415364 (OP)
Really good game. It'd be a 9/10 if it wasn't impossible to trivialize the difficulty by simply playing the game naturally. I understand you can crank up enemy health to absurd degrees, but that's only post-paintress.
And at hard difficulty, I'm too trash at parrying to be able to handle how much more damage they do.
My best solution would be to include options right at the start of the game where you can disable getting bonus exp for taking no damage and maybe bump down exp rewards in general.

>>716438495
>I'm going to call it what it is
But you're calling it what it isn't. It clearly isn't a game "for people who pretend to like JRPGs but only play FF, Persona and Elden Ring", since I'm not one of them and I like it.
This is just a simple generalization used to shit on something thoughtlessly. You could as well say that "only trannies/brown people like it" or post an ugly, stupid, friendless, crying Wojak and quote "I like E33", even faster this way. It's simply childish.

>>716415364 (OP)
Kino of the decade.

>>716440027
>since I'm not one of them and I like it.
You being a weird outlier who tries a lot of JRPGs but then also thinks that Yakuza and Zelda are RPGs doesn't mean that the audience I mentioned isn't who the game is made for and who loves it.
>This is just a simple generalization
No, that's an accurate summation of who likes the game. I've seen it both here on /v/ and in real life with the people I know who like it.
>It's simply childish.
You getting upset that it's a "JRPG" for people who don't actually like JRPGs doesn't make it childish, nor does it make what I said comparable to wojak shitposting. The game literally thoughtless mashes together ideas and mechanics from the specific series I listed. That's not a thoughtless shitpost.

>>716435807
Sorry for the off-topic, but how much is WA2 improved by playing it in Japanese? I remember the English translation being awful so i always wondered if the original script was actually great.

>>716415364 (OP)
Read any of the 6 and 7/10 reviews it got - there are heaps and they all say the same thing.

>>716441139
>but how much is WA2 improved by playing it in Japanese?
A lot. The English is peak "The translator didn't really know Japanese or English and just threw words into whatever documents he was given". Games and manga in general are much better in Japanese even if the translation is pretty good, but for something with a bad translation it's basically a completely different story.

>>716438012
The composer for E33 had never made video game music before, he just made normal music. But video game music is inherently a bit different for a number of reasons, like the fact that you're often going to hear the same track over and over in an area. That said, the music he made is fantastic.

>>716415364 (OP)
There is LITERALLY no chance this doesn't sweep every single GOTY out there unless Jesus himself releases a game in the next few months or a different developer finds the Epstein files and all the judges' names are on it

>>716438012
i think its because japanese jrpg music relies heavily on melody, the kind you can pinpoint and hum, whereas in E33 its mostly grandiose sweeping chord changes. Tracks like Alicia and the main Lumiere theme have standout melodies and the Renoir battle theme but that's about it. The secret sauce in E33's music is its novelty as being closer to contemporary neo classical, it even got top 1 on billboards list. Listening to it feels like it's important, like it's more "prestige" than other video games because of its operatic vocals, thunderous pianos, and violins, but i can understand why those that listen for unique harmonic inventions may see through its flashy exterior.

>>716445220
It has some memorable melodies. It's just hard for it to standout because the tracks are busy and the mixing is absolutely terrible. (the composer is great but was a poorfag most likely).
Just by turning the tracks 8bit, the melodies are much more distinct:
https://youtu.be/Jd699LXy2Oc?list=RDJd699LXy2Oc&t=36
https://youtu.be/0RCEaP6KiGI?t=68

>>716415364 (OP)
10/10

>>716415364 (OP)
I cannot fathom anything better.

>>716415717
>>716415863
>>716416237
>>716419040

Name a game thats's better then, I'll wait. People in these threads that say its overhyped or shit, but never name a game that they think is better. Name one.

>>716415364 (OP)
It's boring and amateurish in all regards.

>>716418793
/thread

However Nier Automata definitely did this first

>>716424260
>When you’re right about gamers having the literacy of a middle schooler but use swordslop as your literary “rebuttal”

>>716450707
Finally, someone with taste.

>>716415364 (OP)
I'm up to the second Axon or w/e and it's good but a little overhyped. The combat has enough depth, bit unbalanced but who cares, difficulty feels pretty fairly tuned so you can reasonably beat most bosses first go... Parrying keeps it engaging but admittedly i found the normal enemies a bit tedious to fight, they can have a lot of HP, so i pretty much ran through most of the dungeons so far
Premise is interesting and I thought the opening set it up very well but the reliance on a magic villain that can seemingly just show up wherever and kill everyone is a bit lame, and i don't really care for the characters except Gustave (lol)
So far I'm feeling it's like an 8/10 but it's fine. It reminds me of some old mid-budget JRPG with a mad premise you might get back in the day, like Shadow Hearts or something, only more French

>>716436878
correct, only north Germans are

>>716415364 (OP)
the best IP the west has made in decades

It's a great game but I felt zero motivation to play it again after I finished it. Having to constantly micro-manage my pictos or whatever skill points/skills I had was laborious and tedious in the end-game. Also, most battles are literally the same loop, to the point that I could have a macro running and win in the first or second round most of the time.

The parrying in this game is legitimately harder than any From game. Holy fucking christ. Sound cues are really useless for the most part, unless I have insane audio delay.

>>716416624
Game has some of the most subtle jiggle physics. I thought I was crazy when the same animation would show jiggle only some of the time.

>>716444527
I laughed way harder than this than I should KEK.

>>716415364 (OP)

The only game worth full asking price this gen.

>>716425089
There's so much of it. There are a lot of songs that are forgettable or grating, but also a lot of songs that I love

>>716445220
>>716438012
>>716425089
You guys have a really roundabout way of saying "a lot of tracks didn't click with me".

>>716445220
Important? Calm down, man.

>>716454845
>>716455184
One thing is the mixing is dogshit, as someone mentioned above. Would be interested to know what headphones Sandfall were listening to their stuff on because they can't have been good.

>>716452540
Acts 1 and 2 were perfect. With Act 3 it started to drag and show a lot of problems.

>>716455252
I can hardly even hear the dialogue most of the time

>>716453851
Sounds cues are basically all that matter because the visuals are there only to fuck with you and none of the models match the hit/hurtboxes.

>>716437320
It's like half of the soundtrack.

>>716444527
>Game of the Year
Hollow Knight Silksong
>Best Director
Hideo Kojima
>Best RPG
Kingdom Come Deliverance 2
>Best Soundtrack
Death Stranding 2
>Best Art Direction
Clair Obscur Expedition 33
>Best performance
Norma Reedus
>Best Narrative
Silent Hill f

>>716415446
Sounds like brown cope to me.

>>716415364 (OP)
GOTY

>>716415364 (OP)
Haven’t gotten too far into Death Stranding 2 yet, but so far it’s my clear GOTY. 2nd is Luto, 3rd is DK, 4th is Khazan. I’m not ranking DS2 until I beat it.

>>716457743
DK mogs all of them. fuck off

>>716415364 (OP)
Now that it's a success, I wonder how will they handle a sequel or a second game?

If it's a sequel, they have to confirm a canon ending. If they don't want that they have to make it like Final Fantasy series.

>>716415364 (OP)
Reminder

>I don't want this life I don't want this life. Unpaint me, help me help me

>>716458209
or they could do it the KOTOR2 way and make it ambiguous

>>716444527
DK mogs the fuck out of oscar bait E33.

>>716415648
>Good game
Yes... Some elements are good. The music, the visuals, the context of the story, the theme and setting... But, as I mentioned in other threads, the balance is dogshit. It breaks the game.

>>716450551
FF16 is a lot better than this turd. at least Clive is a true badass and the rest of the cast are cool.

>>716415364 (OP)
Fun. Until Maelle starts to one shot everyone. I wish I didn't learn Stendhal.

Have to pretend it doesn't exist on new game+

>>716458557
I must have missed something somewhere. I am at the second axon now and her Stendhal is still locked out.

>>716415364 (OP)
after act1 it loses its own plot hard still a nice distraction of a game
not as good as rebirth or even 16

>>716458209
Clair Obscur: Expedition Zero
Clair Obscur: French Revolution
Clair Obscur: Napoleon Conquest era
Clair Obscur: WWII - final boss is the strongest Painter (Hitler)

>>716418793
anon its because the people that somehow hate this game are the classic american kids that if you dont have pvp or action 24/7 its not a good game

>>716458209
The easiest and most simplest thing to do is make a game about the Writers and/or Clea.They can even set it before or during the events of Expedition 33 precisely to avoid confirming a canon ending.

would Maelle get along with Alicia?

>>716458557
I think doing endgame stuff before the final boss is a mistake.

>>716444527
Nintendo bonus, plus Geoff being friends with Kojima. Honestly I don't think E33 stands a chance.

>>716456439
Audio latency must be fucked up. I know the sounds I'm supposed to be listening for, but it's like they come during or after the impact

>>716458191
>>716458390
This single boss fight mogs all of DK and I have 17 hours in DK right now

>>716460294
It was so fucking good. It's just that fighting a million clairs and obscurs and chevaliers was really starting to wear on me. I don't know, Act 3 is kind of leaving a bad taste in my mouth.

>>716440561
LMAO. Who the fuck cares, retard? Final Fantasy 69 might be the best JRPG, so what? People like Expedition, so what's it bothering you? Does it bother you that not everyone is an expert on Japanese virtual toys, yet they still say a game is GOTY for them? Fucking pathetic.

>>716458390
A platformer isn't winning game of the year two years in a row. Get over it.

>>716460484
The last hour of Act 2 makes up for slog of the monolith

>>716415364 (OP)
I preordered the limited edition vinyl set and the CD

its garbage. i played this winx game for girls and it had better platforming. the combat is parryslop, hardly the "turn based" it was touted as. exploring is boring, corridor after corridor with reused assets everywhere. glad i pirated it because i dropped it after 7 hours and regret putting that much into it.

>>716415364 (OP)
just finished it. gonna go for the 2nd ending sometime.

Loved it.

>>716460581
Why do you type like a turd world child who just blew in from reddit?

Lol Satan made that game for us to see, not for us to play it. Satan owns all the shit dude. Lol, dude? Remember American pie movie at band camp? Im in love with Stacie’s mom. Or what about the simpsons. It’s a dog eat dog world out there. Dogs actually sniff eachothers ass, because it smells good. Imagine sniffing a woman’s ass? It smells like poop. So yeah, hopefully you understand. Anime. Let’s talk gundam. I had this thought this morning after I woke up. Kira Yamato is the smartest man alive. And also the deadliest. And, even better. He paid the most expensive price. He sacrificed his life for our freedom. But if he was smiling at you, you’d get extremely turned on. Thats because everyone is secretly gay for Asian male. So let this be a lesson. It’s okay to have gay sex with Asian men. But to sniff a girls butt is over the line thematically. Biblically speaking, this was definitely a simulation of sorts where a god had sex. But did you? I doubt it. I dont think he ever lets anyone else do it. Would you? Like really, would you share your wife with somebody? It all makes sense when the cookie crumbles we can see the reflection in the mirror. Billions of interconnected parts all refracting light into a single point. The truth nuke. The final redpill. Everyone knows already the clone army ran a train on your mom. Remember family guy? Peeeetahhh, the clone army took my virginity. “Lois, I am the clone too”. Probably. So probably that’s what’s going on. Is that he clones himself through reproduction. And, doesnt wanna share his women. Wats an orgasm? It is literally an oar. A ga. A sim. Slavery, reproduction, simulation. Make sense? Listen to this next part. I’ve been meaning to tell you about the truth about orgasms in a simulation hosted by an evil omnipotent sexual molestor.

>>716461367
I pirated, so I don't get trophies. Not that I really care, trophies do jack shit to better my life.

>>716462120
Have you ever had bumsex with a very cute girl?

Guaranteed GOTY and easily one of the best games in at least 5 years.

>>716462227
Yes, and trust me, she didn't ask me
>do you have any trophies on your PS5 or your Steam Account?

>>716435772
his stance is virtuose.

>>716462276
No way. The balance is too fucked.
>"Story Mode" is basically hard mode.
and then...
>Maelle can one shot the whole fucking game with Stendhal
So, if you're a casual gamer who just wants to chill and enjoy the story... forget it, they wanted this be "it's just dark souls!"
However, if you're hard core and want to sweat.... lol too bad Stendhal is a thing.
Terrible balancing.... some of the worst I have seen in years, if not decades.

>>716462287
Wtfff youre so lucky dude -_-. What’s it like to have anal sex with a tight sphrincter wrapped around your erect penis? Did she cry from the pain? Did u fertilize her colon?

>>716415364 (OP)
easily game of the year

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMrPQflzcDI

>>716462621
lol

Describe the music in E33.

>>716458503
>FF16 is a lot better than this turd

lmao even yoshi-p himself would disagree

>>716462120

>>716462621
based video game enjoyed

>>716462835
yes

>>716462872
no

>>716415364 (OP)
It's fine. Good, even. But I can't fathom why it's gotten so much gushing praise. It's really no better than any other decent JRPG out there, and has some issues like delayed model loading/LOD pop-in, underdeveloped lore and boring characters. Combat can be fun, especially when using parry builds, but the Souls-style trial and error design can irk.

I bought this a month ago but haven't played it yet. I'm about to start it up since donkey kong bananza is boring as fuck

>>716462935
maybe so

>>716415364 (OP)
killing gustave just for some fucking guy to show up and steal the entire game from him was fucking gay as fuck.

thematically it makes sense, it's not gustave's story it turns out, being a descendant of people who were literally just painted into the canvas, but killing him in the middle of the story after setting him up to be the protagonist was a gut punch and it really made me not want to give a fuck about verso at all. there could have been so many great choices and moments for him to realize he lives in a fucking dream world and having the power to decide how to move forward would have been a much better perspective than what we got, which was just a girl who actually can't die but has magic super powers to go into anything they paint, and some dead faggot with a splinter of his soul inside of a canvas who wants to suicide. it should have been gustave's choice. that would have made everything feel way more impactful and had the stakes raised even higher since he likely can't even leave the painting and probably doesn't want to kill verso either.

>>716462938
name a recent 3-4 niggas in a row rpg as good as it - and yes it shits all over metaphor

>>716462938
you wouldn't understand zoomie

>>716463003
>it shits all over metaphor
No

>>716415364 (OP)
It's great because there's no AAA bullshit even though it's made in unreal 5.
Just a story, some characters, and a fuck-ton of post-game content. The parrying/dodging is such a small mechanic that adds a lot to a normal jrpg.

>>716463003
>metaphor

god damn that game was mediocre
severally overrated game like rebirth

>>716462940
>donkey kong bananza
Sorry Tendie, E33 is a grown ups game. You should stick to bing bing wahoo for now till grow up to be big and strong, ok Champ?

>No

>>716463020
yes actually

>>716463086
kek

>>716415516
insider said it keeps missing milestones, we won't be seeing it for a while

>>716463192
My uncle is working on the project. They are screwing it up badly. REALLY bad ideas and designs are being added, removed, added again, tweaked... it's a mess.

>>716418793
I understand hating the typical faggots that seethe and call the game shit because its popular. But I have definitely noticed E33 fans that mald hard if you simply think the game is ok or is (god forbid) unremarkable. I'm happy people enjoy it, and I like a lot of it too, but I had more fun with FFVII Rebirth. Games don't have to be the same for everyone.

>>716463267
>Games don't have to be the same for everyone.
This is /v/ you have to like what /v/ likes and hate what /v/ hates.

>>716431874
agree, esquie is a nigger

I think people just like a normal jrpg in a time where there's tons of gacha and online only battlepass bullshit everywhere you look.
It's just refreshing to see a normal fucking ps2 era jrpg.

>>716460879
I got the CDs, its cheaper and vinyl is a meme

>>716415364 (OP)
Just played this slop and holy hell, what an overhyped, cinematic diarrhea fest of a game—this thing is 70% cutscene, 20% walking down hallways, and maybe 10% actual "gameplay," and even that’s being generous; you're dropped into this world mid-melodrama with no clue who anyone is, but the game acts like you're supposed to be emotionally devastated that some chick is going to die somewhere and LE PAINTER or whatever lore dump nonsense the writers pulled out of their asses, and meanwhile the characters are crying, reminiscing about stuff the player never saw, as if we were part of some emotional journey that literally never happened—there’s zero build-up, zero context, just non-stop forced emotional weight with absolutely nothing to ground it, and the combat, which is the most cookie-cutter, scripted JRPG trash I’ve seen in years: you get into a fight, hit the weak point, boss powers up, another mid-battle cutscene, then you do the exact same loop for the next 40 hours with maybe some elemental modifiers sprinkled in to give the illusion of "depth," but it’s all just pressing buttons in the order the devs want while pretending it’s strategic, and the exploration is an absolute joke—corridor after corridor dressed up with shiny lighting and fake "choices" that all lead to dead ends with lore collectibales.
I bet half the anons jerking this game off are just riding the hype wave—pure peer pressure, no one wants to be the guy who says “hey wait, this kinda fucking boring."

>>716463373
no. he speaks too well. it doesn't fit.

>>716463017
>>716463003
See? This is what I mean >>716463267

>>716463475
/thread
The characters are horrid.
>Creepy crybaby dude who wants to fuck his underage "sister"
>Lesbian asian chick who's probably more hairy than Harry and the Hendersons
>Obnoxious tag along chick that's probably been pounded more than a box of nails
>Talking hot air balloon that eats rocks
>Annoying woe is me little soon-to-be whore that nonstop babbles on about nothing (except the creepy brother that was trying to fuck her)
>An immortal creepy dude who also wants to fuck his underage real sister
>Creepy white haired dude who KNOWS his creepy immortal son wants to fuck his whore sister
It's all so cringe.

>>716463475
Basically how I felt. The realistic western character designs jarred really hard with the typical goofy JRPG tropes. I just didn't feel anything during the 'emotional' moments of the game, because I barely knew anything about the cast - and even after it ended, I still felt like I didn't know anything about them. Just no personality whatsoever. They kept everything mysterious and unexplained for way too long, and I just wanted one of the characters to tell Verso to shut the fuck and actually explain just what the fuck is going on. Stop being coy and mysterious. By the time the revelations came around, I was checked out. I understand it was made on a lower budget, but so were a lot of other RPGs.

>>716450551
SMTV:V is an actually good turn based game. Way hotter girls too (if you like demons).

>>716464003
this is all you need to know about the characters >>716463907

>>716455302
Act 2 had no plot, nor the character development to make up for it

>equie can't fly
>yet, during the paintress fight, he flies in to save the crew
>verso had soarrie all along, and tosses it to him
I didn't finish the game, but did they ever explain this?

>>716464208
Verso got syphilis from Alicia and it caused holes in his brain affecting his memory and thinking

Kinda boring, there is no tactical variance besides parry everything, buff/debuff/replenish AP, attack. Trash mobs all die in one rotation of aoe attacks. Weapon/picto upgrades are boring, usually you have a build tailored to a weapon or a picto, and even if you do find something stronger, it does not outperform your build. Example is Maelle with the sword that puts her in the pink stance immediately or Verso with that weapon that lets him AA for free. And I also felt a disconnect playing as Verso, the guy literally sneaks away during Old Lumiere. He was hiding so much shit that I didn't enjoy the game from his perspective.

>>716415364 (OP)
I fucking hate it. Everyone played it. It is popular. I fucking hate it. Poplar slop FOTMslop. People playing fucking games.

FUCKING POPLAR SLOP HATESLOP I HATE IT

>>716464105
rubbish

enjoyed it well enough but i have 0 desire to replay it

>cringe

opinion discarded

>>716463003
>they still can't name a single game

lol
lmao

>>716415364 (OP)
I don't get why it was so popular. It is slop. People liking this slop? I hate it.

>>716415364 (OP)
FOTM popular slop

>>716464208
He straight up flies into the room in the very first cutscene that he's in. The cast even comments on this when he tells them that he needs his rocks to carry them all because of how "heavy" they are. The only reason he'd "need" the rocks in order to carry them would be that the original Verso made him that way. The more likely reason is that he's lazy and he wants a reason to go adventures.

>>716464434
>name a game
>seething frog will declare it shit
I really don't care, anon. I'm glad you like the game. I'm going to try Ni No Kuni 2 out.

>>716464434
Iits hilarious

>>716464643
That's... incredibly stupid.

>>716464670
>>716462804

>>716460124
why would they

>>716464208
yes verso explains why he kept the rock from him and apologizes

>>716415364 (OP)
game of the year
i see contrarians are already nitpicking it to death in here

>>716456439
Bullshit. It's easier to parry by the sounds than by the visuals. Almost every attack has a reliable audio cue, but the visuals are often tricky (delayed, a spin before the attack, etc)

>>716464479
The story is convoluted as fuck.
From what I gathered. The Paintress is the white haired dudes wife. Verso is his son. Alicia is his daughter. But somehow Verso is also some half burnt ghost boy painint pictures and Maelle is somehow Alicia. Apparently there was a fire or some shit...
How did the painted world come to exist. Don't know.
What is the purpose of the Gommage? Don't know.
Where is the rest of the world? Outside some bubble I guess. Why isn't the rest of the world intervening?
Don't know.
Why is Gustave so hell bent on doggy styling Maelle?
Don't know.
Why does Maelle make Verso play the piano if you choose her ending?
Don't know.
Terribly designed story

>>716464760
>who fucking asked
Uh... you? Literally you? Is THAT why E33 is so popular? Because literal slow-in-the-minds like it? You Frenchies haven't been the same since becoming an Islamic Caliphate.

>>716462758
Fantasy classical, grandiose, smooth, expansive

>>716462958
Gustave would've supported Verso anyway, because he was a clever guy who cared about Maelle and could see the big picture and accept uncomfortable truths.

>>716415364 (OP)
Lune feet.
Sciel Tummy.
GOTY.

>>716464883
shut up bitch

GUSTAV
YES YOU WILL

tendies still seething huh

>>716464873
>From what I gathered
>Terribly designed story
It's actually really easy to follow if you don't watch a 8 minute summary on youtube. Play the game or don't but shut up.

>>716464873
the story is straightforward as fuck

>>716416425
Same. The act 3 twist hurt the story a bit but the last 10 minutes of the game completely destroyed everything about the story that i felt invested in. I still haven't even fought Simon or Painted Clea, because what's the point if everyone is going to either get deleted or be heavily implied to be fake puppeted around by maelle?

Really sad too because this was one of the only enjoyable story heavy games for me in like a decade.

I think they shoulda capped lumina at 150 or so points.
My onlynreal gripe with the game is that it's too easy to get too powerful. I know that there is a lot of self imposed stuff like the damage caps or health multipliers but thats not my job. The devs should have done that. Making builds would be a lot more fun and rewarding if I actually had to work with restrictions.

>retards filtered by the story so they call it bad

every time

Deep in Act 3, I enjoy the game and will definitely finish it, but I think it's a bit overrated. The big positives are the ost and some of the scenery and the gameplay is surprisingly fun for how simple it is. But I think the game suffers a lot from UE5 syndrome and how much it (presumably) relies on premade assets. At least that's the feeling I get from it, from all the invisible walls and the muddled/unfocused sense I get from the visual design.
It's like when I find a lovingly made porn comic that was made with AI. The creator might have spent a lot of time prompting and inpainting and even doing manual edits and maybe there are no obvious errors. But the creative soul is spread thin and a lot of elements feel generic. I'd rather have had traded less visual fidelity for the game being more handcrafted. The soundtrack and the story at least they had to make from scratch and that part's good.

>>716415364 (OP)
great game

>>716465185
Shit conveluted stories can't be defended, faggot.
It's a bad game no matter how much screeching you do, chud.

>>716415364 (OP)
If literally nothing else I unironically believe it has the best vidya OST of all time. I can hear every cutscene in my head.

>>716450551
Easy
Fallout 76

>>716465794
it's not convoluted at all you imbecile

>>716465794
are you retarded

>>716465904
>>716465918
It's extremely convoluted and messy. It's shit. The story is all over the place. Just like the shit combat mechanics.
Sorry French boy, you'll never ever make a good game. Ubisoft failed and now you failed.

>>716466076
its not, youre just stupid.

>>716464847
That's what anon said though

>>716465885
Fire Emblem 3 Houses blow it away.

>>716466227
Present your track.

>>716466279
https://youtu.be/RjcnpxOasvg?si=mZtJgyEBDU04vRU9

>>716466519
just finished listening. Worst 4 hours and 41 minutes of my life.

>>716466592
You loved it. Now go get a Switch and play it.

>>716415364 (OP)
Still the best game I played this decade, maybe longer.

>>716415446
lmaoo

>>716415364 (OP)
Part 2 soon with Kojimbo Productions

>>716466649
>get a Switch

>>716415364 (OP)
GOTY
>still can't find a game that captured me on release like E33 did.
I'm hoping Lost soul aside or Star Resonance will break the spell.

>>716466779
My biggest complaint is how stiff the characters can look, which is unfortunate given how intense a lot of the cutscenes are. If the next game has a story with the same amount of emotional resonance + Kojimbo face tech it'd be pretty great.

>>716463907
projecting, just say you want to have sex with Maelle

>>716463907
still more normal than any other JRPG cast

>>716467897
I want to have sex with Maelle

>>716468192
same here

>>716456439
>>716460267
That is not true. Most of the time there is a delay. You have to wait a moment before parrying after hearing a sound cue. What you should be looking out for is a sudden movement that signals that they have initiated an attack and are no longer fainting.

>>716415364 (OP)
I have some jrpg itch, some things about this game look good but every time Im about to pay for it I just have second thoughts, its like Im not totally sold, cant put the finger on it beyond some vague grips I have like the enemy design

>>716468271
>What you should be looking out for is a sudden movement that signals that they have initiated an attack and are no longer fainting.
>t. Nevron

This poster kills expeditioners. The audio cues, when available, are always the way to go and are standardized between fights/attacks. Yes, there is a specific timing associated with the different audio cues, but when you learn it you can kill certain enemies with your eyes closed.

i just got to what seems to be the finale in act 3 and i'm impressed they managed to explain everything very succinctly and clearly. i thought this was going to fall apart the moment they had to explain everything so i'm happy that it's actually the best part, but act 3 still feels like a xenogears disc 2 kind of thing

>>716415446
I didn't do either of those things. I played it myself all the way up to the 3rd renoir fight and stopped immedietly afterwards. Just got distracted and never went back. Act 3 is an enigma to me.

>>716415364 (OP)
Kino, but I haven't played since the introduction of Verso - too much picrel

>>716468556
if you got that far you're like four dungeons from the end

actually though can i just rant a sec? the dungeons in this game are fucking miserable. you spend so much time just running through these expansive empty environments. and you can't convince me there's a single person in the world who fought all or even most of the enemies

>>716468793
i got lost in them many times, I had to look up videos of people playing at the part to see where to go next. does that make me retarded?

>>716468793 (me)
wait, if it's the third renoir fight you're very close to the end and the final revelations

>>716468438
I might be mistaken, but I don't even think most enemy attacks have clear sound cues. Gradient attacks are a good example. If you parry just as you hear the garbled sound, you will get hit, but if you wait until you see the enemy weapon in motion, you will get a counter.

>>716415364 (OP)
A top 10 french rpg of all time

>>716468834
i wouldn't blame you for a second. they're mazes of generic assets and the aggressive monotone colour filters don't exactly help

>>716468965
some attacks don't have sound, most do.

>If you parry just as you hear the garbled sound, you will get hit
There is a timing associated with the audio cue, but it is consistent and reliable once learned compared to
>but if you wait until you see the enemy weapon in motion, you will get a counter.
Since there are many many attacks that are simply too fast for most human reaction by sight. If you waited until the animation you're already hit.

>>716415364 (OP)
good game; not much to talk about.

>>716418051
I CAN SMELL YOU PAINTING YOURSELF!

>>716468793
That makes sense given pacing of the rest of the game. About 3 - 4 areas each.
I'll get back to it soon, didn't put it down over disinterest. Something came up and I wasn't able to play for a couple weeks which fucked up my rhythm. Haven't been in the correct mindset to return yet.

As for the dunegon designs, I had more issues with their layout than anything else.

>>716415364 (OP)
It's shitty slop for low IQ mongrels. It was designed from the ground up to appeal to the lowest common denominator of browns.

>>716415364 (OP)
Good but very overrated.
Close to zero reply value because once you know how the story goes the combat isn't enough to carry the game.
Great music.

>>716469148
I agree some of the attacks do seem unreactable and you're supposed to learn them through trial and error. This is especially true for consecutive attacks. Alicia and Simon are good examples. And there are times where reacting to sound is better like against those strawmen enemies that do a whirlwind attack with their hammers. But most of the time I find it much easier to react to visual signals especially with all the fainting and delays the enemies like to do.

>>716468401
then pirate it dumbass

>>716469871
> I find it much easier to react to visual signals especially with all the fainting and delays the enemies like to do.
I mean, to each their own, but I just wanted to point out that the fainting and delays are exactly why you go by sound. They don't faint the sound.

>>716468793
I fought them all the first time through, but avoided as many as possible when revisiting those areas.

>>716468401
Enemy design is one of those things that gets better as you learn more about the game.

>>716470019
You can't react to the sound really. At least not on my system. By the point you have it down, it's more just by feeling

>>716470170
It varies by enemy. Some are easier to predict by movement, others are easier to predict by sound.

it's game of the decade. No that's is this much of an achievement given how shit modern gaymes are.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAeXNHjJLF8

>>716434532
Imagine the smell

goty

>>716470717
I want to hug painted Alicia

I just cheesed Simon with a parry mod. It still took like 20 min. I don't think I have ever seen more diffuclt fight than this in any game.

>>716436878
You misread. In this usage, the semicolon is separating two compound sentences
>; as are Germans also
He's saying "like the Germans,"
>the Saxons also exempted, who with the English,
Why he didn't just list the three is a matter of style and flourish, which doesn't always age well.

>>716464873
Literal retard. Please just accept you'll never understand a narrative more complicated than pong.

>for those who come after, right?

i like watching cute girls cry to this game

>>716415574
Donkey Kong wasn’t made by the french, you idiot

>>716473036
same

>nintoddllers really think their monkey shovelware is GOTY

>>716473107
who

>>716417101
So that explains why Gustave is beckoning Maelle in the Verso's ending. He probably rushed cinematic and just used animation that looks close enough to hand waving

>>716415364 (OP)
It'd be pretty awkward for the shills here if Netease didn't buy the GOTY award for this game

>>716464873
Literally every single one of these questions are answered. It isn't even subtext, they just tell you.

>>716464873
Maelle said she was a fucking weirdo and had trouble finding foster families after going through a few so gustave and emily took her in probably because they were as weird as she was verbatim.

>>716434818
Sciel deserved to be fucked off
Abandons the mission when she thought she was the sole survivor, and just fuck around for a year instead of doing anything useful at all. She could have at least scouted some areas or something.
Also, you don't get to be all soulful about missing your beloved husband, knowing you'll soon be with him again, then immediately propositioning some random dude to plow you in the dirt. And THEN have the gall to cut him loose when there's a chance get husband could be revived (but hasn't been yet)

>>716464745
well, esquie IS a result of a little kid painting his plushie as the strongest creature in the world

kinda makes sense

>>716464873
>Where is the rest of the world? Outside some bubble I guess.
lmao you just didnt give a fuck about the story did you

>>716415364 (OP)
I enjoy

>>716464873
I'm bored at work, why not?
>From what I gathered. The Paintress is the white haired dudes wife. Verso is his son. Alicia is his daughter. But somehow Verso is also some half burnt ghost boy painting pictures and Maelle is somehow Alicia. Apparently there was a fire or some shit...
Verso died IRL saving Alicia from a fire that she possibly started herself.
>How did the painted world come to exist. Don't know.
Verso made it originally, without humans. His mother Aline added humans and interpretations of her family.
>What is the purpose of the Gommage? Don't know.
Aline/Paintress' powers are waning fighting Renoir and she is forced to cull some people regularly.
>Where is the rest of the world? Outside some bubble I guess. Why isn't the rest of the world intervening?
The rest of the world as in outside the painting? We get some glimpses from Clea who is the only one in the family still involved, there apparently are organizations/guilds of magical artists Alan Wake style, and the Painters are busy in a conflict with another faction called the Writers, which is why she needs to get her family back together ASAP even violently.
Also the ending plaque shows a date of 33rd of December, so whatever world they exist in is not our own.
>Why is Gustave so hell bent on doggy styling Maelle?
He likes having children and a family, which is why he drifted apart from Sophie and why he has many apprentices as an engineer. Maelle was being shuffled between foster parents before he took her as his sisterdaughter.
>Why does Maelle make Verso play the piano if you choose her ending?
Metaphor for performative happiness yadda yadda
But aside from that, there's a camp dialogue where Verso tells Maelle that after it's all "finished" it'd be his pleasure to play piano for everyone back in Lumiere. He's lying of course, he hasn't told Maelle that the culmination of his plan is everyone and the world dying at the end, but Maelle is ironically keeping him true to his word.

Where did 33 even land when Dark Shores is unreachable by sea?

>>716475260
An Asian woman was driving.

>>716458863
>Clair Obscur: WWII - final boss is the strongest Painter (Hitler)
I keked

>>716459527
the game is made for the action faggots though. ahh finally a turn based rpg where I can forgo all decision making by bruteforcing every encounter via action inputs.

>>716458863
>Clair Obscur: WWII - final boss is the strongest Painter (Hitler)

>>716415446
i played it and masturbated to its characters
goty btw

>>716415446
I didn't do either, I just listened to Clair Obscure

>>716475026

>>716476114
PLAY US A SONG

>>716415364 (OP)
It's aggressively mediocre and carried entirely by Luminairé looking really cool and a fairly unique OST.
The story and interest in the world design fall apart after the prologue with few places looking as interesting as the city and the story utterly shits itself once the main twist is revealed as everything you would care about up to that point becomes utterly unimportant as the world must revolve around the painters despite them being incredibly boring.

Combat is the same, early on dodges and parries feeling so impactful is novel but general encounter design and frequency is at odds with this and the rest of the combat system fails to keep up as it feels pretty dry in comparison, once you break the damage cap it feels very much like there is a single correct way to play and a dozen worthless trap options. Mostly due to the skill limit of 6.

I'm convinced half the people who aggressively glaze this game and claim it is a masterpiece without peer never actually played it past act 2 and instead treat it as fans of earthbound games do. Something they claim to love and adore as a fashion statement.

>>716476315
>aggressively mediocre

you're aggressively retarded

>>716476543
cry about it

>>716476543
kek

>>716476315
*tips fedora*

>>716476598
why would i cry over your retardation?

/v/ will hate on it for the usual contrarian reasons like popularity and not being on the Shitch 2

Renoir and Verso were right. His side easily represents Christ. Life. Truth. The way. The women are wrong, save for Clea, because she was only ever motivated to honor her parents. Alicia and The Paintress are addicted to escapism (drugs). The constructs in the painting aren't real sadly there are those who deceive themselves into believing that having more empathy for something like an animal, for which we are meant to have dominion, over that of an actual human life is detestable and backward. Maelle is guaranteed a pointless, selfish death with hell as her eternity where she rendered Verso's sacrifice utterly meaningless and devastates her entire family but these people don't want to honor Verso or care about Renoir or the rest of the family. They forget that the original goal was getting the mother out of the canvas. Once it's time to get out since it's been established that the mother is the strongest in the family and WILL find a way to return, Alicia gets incredibly selfish and refuses to listen to reason.

It's even revealed that the last remnant of Verso's soul is tired and doesn't want to do this anymore. Alicia. Doesn't. Care. She just wants to stay in her candyland. Recall the beginning of the game. She actives craps on living in Lumiere. She truly doesn't sound like a fan of living there. But at the end she's crying for it. And that's sad because she doesn't believe in herself. Renoir flat out tells her that she can leave and recover her health and then return to the canvas later. She flat out refuses this truth.

There will be more women than men at the Great White Throne of Judgment. Maelle is the perfect reason why. She takes no accountability for her actions. She was supposed to be there to help her parents and honor her brother and in the end warped it all into her own pain. She didn't want to be accountable. Verso literally has to save Maelle's life twice because in grief she is massive idiot. She never would have released soul. That's evil.

>>716415364 (OP)
Is there really not a single mod to get Maelle in a slutty cat or cow costume?

>>716477926
I think it's more than that. Just as a big part of the story is about the relationship between the artist and their art, Aline and Alicia lost sight of what their true intentions were and we know that the both of them were the most responsible for Verso's death.
Symbolically, this is also why Real Renoir and Painted Verso end up doing the same thing: They would love to see things as it could be but prior experiences have taught them to see things as they are. The role of Painted Verso is to bring light back to the real family and dispel illusions that would drag the family into a premature death like the original did and it's not by coincidence that a Renoir and a Verso are involved in the ending of every Act.

>>716415364 (OP)
Overrated trash for normalniggers and westaboos

>>716415364 (OP)
Judging by this thread it's pure slop like Stellar Blade but rabid faggots will suck it off aggressively because it's not quite as bad as the standard Amerislop AAA "game".

>>716415364 (OP)
>I've had this installed and ready to play for 3 months
>Never started
I give it a 0/5

>>716479212
e33 is just as bad as any other western faggot propaganda disguised as a video game.
I would imagine fag33 and bald and gay 3 shares the same exact player base.
BUNCHA FAGGOT!

>>716479347
agree, theres a reason they both have 3 in the titles while based gaben never makes a third game

>>716415446
Nah, I didn't watch it. I mean who cares.

>>716478259
Overrated post from jeetnigger.

>>716454132
more games should do this. Most jiggle physics are straight out bad because they lack the proper weight and firmness

Just finished it. Why couldn't there be a more reasonable ending? Why can't Maelle just leave, erase Verso and keep canvas safe so it won't genocide whole world? She could even drop in sometimes to not get crazy. Instead there are two forced sad endings.

>>716480074
Because Greek tragedy

>>716480074
The reason is just that the director likes sad/bittersweet endings, literally.

>>716480074
>keep canvas safe
She can't. It's like keeping the One Ring safe. Eventually Gollum/Aline will still find it and be destroyed by it.

>>716415446

>>716480185
Just lock the door to the canvas. It's that easy.

>>716480074
Because you have to consider that this beautiful world was made for someone who isn't there any more, and his painted copy is forced to see the hellish nightmare that comes from refusing to accept death.

>>716415364 (OP)
GOTY which could only be topped by Silksong

>>716464847
Read my post again, anon.

Could Alice erase Verso kid/soul without destroying the painting?

>>716468271
>What you should be looking out for is a sudden movement that signals that they have initiated an attack and are no longer fainting.
Yeah.

>>716479347
both sold the most in China. Tells you everything you need to know.

>>716481286
No, because that's how the painting is powered. Not even Aline would be able to keep Lumiere here without the kid Verso and that's the biggest issue: The thoughts, emotions and chroma that goes into Lumiere can't be supplemented by kid Verso so Aline either has to stay until she dies or she gets punted out and it vanishes in time.
That's why I think Aline originally just wanted a happy Verso to exist with his friends along with being free in a Lumiere of his own, the huge problem is that she was lying to herself in her art too and she wished for him to be alive, and we all know how that went once Renoir confronted her.

>>716479347
>>716481328
Simultaneously trash talking the west and China instantly identifies you as either a jeet or a weeboo.

>>716415446
???

>>716415364 (OP)
Astrobot won last year and that game was just reddit tier sony referencee attached to a average platformer. Donkey will win this year because its "charming" and "soulfull" and other vauge adjectives that manchildren use to justify the purchase of an outdated console. Expedition 33 SHOULD win, but wont because the expectations of gamers has been reduced so much they dont whats good anymore

>>716481302
O U T P A I N T I N G S K L I L L E D

Seriously though, this might not make sense from the gameplay point of view, since you pretty much can't expect it to happen the first time you see it, but it does make sense in the game's world. The dude can fight, they don't do much except fighting, so feints like that are completely understandable.

>>716415364 (OP)

Literally one of the best games ever made.

>>716484497
It's a shit mechanic because too many fights turn into "Die a few times to see all the moves then memorize them like Simon Says." The whole game is built around having a save no less than 10 seconds before the last thing you did (but for some reason there's no quick retry button on battles).

astroturfed bunk

>>716415446
???

>>716485002
It's not that bad. I only died to a couple of bosses, especially the optional ones that were much higher level than me, to some of them a lot of times, but in most battles you should be able to have at least one character alive after the enemy turn, so you can revive the others.

GOTD

>>716485002
Playing on normal, using dodges, and using heals you really don't die very often at all. I don't like the combat that much but I'm convinced most of the people hating on it are those who subject themselves to CBT expert mode parry only runs for no real reason. If you're not an autistic parry game lover, just don't play like that, the game gives you options.

i have a problem getting through it, largely due to the piss poor navigation. i bought it a month ago and haven't completed it. for agame where you are supposed to be exploring an alien world, there are incredibly boring linear levels, with no minimap, full of random encounters, who nobody reasonable has ever liked. it feels like they just wanted to pad out their hours.

>>716487453
It's not really a matter of how difficult it is, it's just shitty difficulty. Simon Says style gameplay sucks.

>>716487901
I played expert and did mostly parries. It wasn't CBT, it just wasn't fun difficulty. Dying a few times until I learned patterns was just kind of annoying. In Act 3, the first place I went was the Renoir's Drafts (before I even got cheater from Sprong) and I still cleared almost everything there on my first pass. Gimmick turn based game inputs combined with Elden Ring style feint windows is just annoying, not really hard.

>>716415364 (OP)
Worst game I ever played

>>716488924
Again, if it wasn't fun difficulty why were you playing on expert? You asked the game for the parry autist, beat your head against the wall until you parry everything experience and you're unsatisfied with that? I think it's shit but that's why I stayed on normal and used every tool at my disposal.

>>716460484
I am also not sure why they put so many fights in. If you have a slower more defensive build it must fucking suck.

>>716415364 (OP)
Great game, fun gameplay, fantastic soundtrack. The problem with it is that it's far too easy to become overpowered. This makes the final boss fights rather anticlimactic. Also, a lot of the enemy attack animations are very long-winded because of all the feints that are meant to throw off your dodge/parry timing. The story is quite good, but the final chapter is a massive infodump and feels like the devs were running out of time.

>>716489105
>Again, if it wasn't fun difficulty why were you playing on expert?
Because I always play games on the highest difficulty setting unless it's a meme setting like nightmare in Doom.

>>716488015
you sound like a zoomer retard

>whats the verdict
French Eric is so real

>>716415364 (OP)
Runs like shit on my 4070, but its a good game. I enjoyed the story and thought it was interesting enough to play a game with a combat style I normally dont like. I ended up liking the combat. The music is great, I've modded the sound track into skyrim to replace the normal music

>>716488015
>can't navigate without minimap
Top kek

>>716415364 (OP)
>dodgeslop is considered peak of the genre and normalfags DEMAND that every JRPG becomes like this
Nuke this industry, there's no hope

This is what e33 shills look like. I honestly think they’re paid actors

>>716491842
>I normally don't like turn based combat but now that it's a rhythm game I love it
This game will do as much damage to the genre as FF10 did back in the day

>>716492727
I think a lot of it is just mindbroken EUfags desperately looking for a win

>>716492801
It's very similar to FFX in its railroading, lack of being an actual game, and generating hoards of fans who think the melancholic story is the peak of the medium.

>>716472316
wrong. everyone gets deleted or fake-puppeted and everything is bad and sad no matter what.

the end :)

>>716494020
Taken in a metaphorical sense, Verso's ending can be seen as a positive one because Aline and Alicia healing means that they will live to see tomorrow and they will go on to create happy paintings.

Dessendre family memebers are pretty fucked up. They don't seem to have any morals either. Why are they only ones to get any kind of good ending after all the suffereing they caused? Especially the parents.