Can we make it to Thread #33? edition

A general for the discussion of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. Be nice and use spoiler tags.

>Store Links
https://www.expedition33.com/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1903340/Clair_Obscur_Expedition_33/
https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/expedition-33-b3240d

>Latest patch
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1903340/view/499446847117461384?l=english

>An ASI plugin for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 that removes the 30fps cap in cutscenes, fixes ultrawide issues and more.
https://www.nexusmods.com/clairobscurexpedition33/mods/24

>Mod for min-maxxing (no more low/medium/whatever/extreme damage)
https://www.nexusmods.com/clairobscurexpedition33/mods/134

>Mod removing the constant blood and shit on the expedition
https://www.nexusmods.com/clairobscurexpedition33/mods/143

>Pictos Tracker
https://e33.hultz.dev/pictos

Concept arts, models and other cool shit:
https://www.artstation.com/channels/TheArtofExpedition33
https://www.artstation.com/nicholas-maxson-francombe
https://www.artstation.com/reynaudalan

Laid the trail for the ones who come after: >>527750243

Bros? Did Kojimbo win?

>>528658537
Yes, it's over
Only the Sex With Maelle DLC can save us at this point

>>528661346
I hope they announce it soon.

>>528655990 (OP)
Hate the story and hate the writers ruining everything in the end.

>>528663205
I wonder who's behind this post.

Damn, it's dead...

I really thought i'd buy this game and enjoy it even though i already know the story, but i hate what the story become and the ending so much that i just CBA anymore, im more likely to buy FF16, Metaphor or BG3 on sale even though i know stories of those.

>>528677798
>CBA
the fuck does this mean? is this the newest zoomer xitter lingo?

>>528677901

>>528677798
>spoiling yourself when you considering buying a game
why do people do that

>>528681107
I wasnt "spoiling" myself, i was experiencing through streams. I had 1060 gpu back then.

anyone knows why I keep losing 1 AP on turn start when using Stalum on Maelle? I can't tell if it's the weapon or luminas even though I checked all of the one's I'm wearing and nowhere does it explicitly say that I would

>>528681521
>I wasn't spoiling myself, I wan just spoiling myself.

>>528684159
I don't remember what it's called but there's a pictos that spends AP to reduce damage, it might be that.

>>528684463
So if i watch a movie with someone else im spoiling myself on the movie?

>>528684159
Unequip this.

>Energising Gradient
>10 (ten) luminas to gain 1 AP per gradient consumed
What the fuck were they thinking?

>>528684807
not even wearing it
>>528684560
also not that one

>>528684595
Are you really saying watching someone play a video game is like watching a movie with someone else ?

>>528685613
Try removing Powered Attack

>>528685726
If what i value more is the story and not the game, if the decisions in game dont really affect the story - this is not BG3 or mass effect. This is pretty linear story. I also greatly enjoyed Nier Automata watching streamers play, and i bought it. Havent played it yet, i might. I love it.

>>528685828
just checked and yep, it was that

>On every damage dealt, try to consume 1 AP. If successful, increase damage by 20%
>Stalum triggers self-burn which does self dmg which can't be increased so the pictos fails and actually takes away your AP

that's crazy that this shit works like this wtf

>>528685007
they weren't thinking

Why didn't they just ask Esquie to defeat the Paintress ?

I've never played an RPG with less replay value than this

>>528700130
Why would you want to replay a game you already experienced ? Like, go do something else bro.

>>528695053
He didn't have the rock that lets him do that.

>>528702090
Glad to see that you're in agreement in that this game has no replay value

>page 10
We're not getting to Thread #33 are we?

You french-loving fags should take more pride in having played what is likely GOTY

>>528713647
C'est baguette...

>>528713647
Did we really lose to Kojimaslop?

>>528729310
It's looking that way anon...

I mean it makes sense, there's not much else to talk about anymore at this point.
The game is great but doesn't have any kind of staying power as a /vg/ general it would seem.

>>528729487
I beat the game like 2 weeks ago and even I don't really have burning questions I want to discuss anymore. And I'm very, very slowly getting through the postgame fully aware I'm probably just going to 1-shot Simon without seeing his phases...

>>528732897
The problem with (discussion about) the game, is that the ending is pretty much the only thing you can discuss and debate about.
And that's basically what kept the thread alive for the past month and a half or however long it's been.

But we don't have any dedicated schizos who post their anime waifu over and over to keep the thread bumped like other smaller /vg/ generals, because it's not that kind of game. It's also like a 30-50 hour singleplayer RPG so there's not much you can really disect from it beyond the first 20 or so repeats of the same conversation.

>>528733619
it's too bad that the general is probably not going to make it more than a few days at most at this rate.

if anyone's interested, there will be a /coe33/ soccer team playing in a tournament hosted by the /4ccg/ general here on /vg/ (basically a general for modding 3d assets in to a CPU vs CPU soccer game with teams that represent 4chan generals or boards). it won't be until august though.

if the general survives a bit i'll happily post my model ripping progress to contribute to bumps, there's actually a lot of cool things in the files i've found that either in the game's files but are never visible in the game like Sciel's baby, or have hidden easter eggs in some textures that are only visible with a model viewer.

>>528734585
how do those tournaments work btw? I was a PESfag until 21 when it died, but I never got into the 4chan tournament. Does every player get all 99 stats or does every team get a budget or something? Are you allowed to make tactical changes mid match?

>>528700130
I disagree. The game really benefits from at least a second playthrough for the story alone. It's a much different experience going through with the knowledge of the ending. Also you can get quite a bit out of knowing a lot of gameplay stuff you didn't quite kniw the first time around and it's fun to completely obliterate the game on the rerun. After that, yeah, You're kinda done with it.

That being said, I don't even totally get the point of bringing up replayability. Seems to me like an irrelevant attribute.

>>528737872
>Does every player get all 99 stats or does every team get a budget or something?
most tournaments follow what's called a "Medal system". gold medals are all 99 stats like you said, silver medals are usually 88 stats, and normal players get 77 stats.
each tournament differs on the amount of gold medals and silver medals you can have. the usual is either 2 golds and 2 silvers or 2 golds and 3 silvers.

for the /coe33/ team i'm entering it into a side-tournament where the rules are more loosey-goosey compared to the tournaments that the 4chan boards or the other /vg/ generals compete it.
we have no gold medals but six silver medals. our star striker is gustave, who isn't a medal at all. he gets subbed out at half-time for verso.
>Are you allowed to make tactical changes mid match?
during the official tournament matches yes, there is a streamer and two managers on IRC that send instructions to the streamer for what they want their team to do.

>>528738375
okay so you do get a budget, that makes sense. I'm assuming the names with grey bars are the silver medals, yes?

Also I wasn't aware there being multiple.tournaments. I thought it was just the one. Are there a lot of different ones running in parallel? Why notnjust enter the big one? I'm sorry if it's too kuch to ask to explain but thread is slow and I feel like now is as good an opportunity as I'm.ever gonna get to learn a bit more about this from someone in it...

>>528739101
>I'm assuming the names with grey bars are the silver medals, yes?
yes
>Also I wasn't aware there being multiple.tournaments. I thought it was just the one. Are there a lot of different ones running in parallel? Why notnjust enter the big one?
the "big one" is the 4ch&n Cup, which is what /4ccg/ is based and named off of. It's all of the boards of 4chan competing together.
the /vg/ board in particular has its own tournament called the /vg/ League where different generals on /vg/ compete. this is the second most popular tournament. the teams that finish well in the /vg/ League go on to create the /vg/ team for the main 4chan cup where /vg/ competes, where each team that does well gets 1 representative on the /vg/ team.

there are also side-tournaments inbetween the gaps of these tournaments called invitationals, which are usually tournaments where you can make any kind of team you want. just import in the 3d model and you can make a team about /starwars/ or your favorite anime, or whatever the fuck you want. /coe33/ will be entered in to one of these tournaments

>why isn't /coe33/ entered in to the /vg/ tournament with all the other generals?
they have rules where your general needs to be alive for at least 6 months before being applicable for entry. this general probably won't make it that far, so i'm entering it into one of the "make whatever team you want" side tournaments happing in august instead

>>528740528
thanks for the explanation. Have you personally entered/managed other teams for other tournaments before and if so what was the biggest/your favorite?

verso deserves to suffer

>>528744486
>Have you personally entered/managed other teams for other tournaments before and if so what was the biggest/your favorite?
I have, and I've won in one of the major tournaments.
I would recommend watching this match if you're interested in seeing what the tournament is about since it was one of the greatest matches with heroes /vg/ going up against villains /mlp/
https://implying.fun/video/winter19/2019-03-03/1/
(from 2 hours 41 minutes on)

>>528733619
meanwhile /grrm/ is still going on /lit/ despite the fact that the last book was released in 2011, kek...

>>528765739
Then again, /grrm/ might be the most schizos general.

>>528765739
Considering it's /lit/ I wouldn't doubt if the last post was made in 2011.

>>528757527
cheers. Do you have any team that sticks out particularly in your memory as your favorite?

>>528685990
retard

I flinch whenever I parry.
We're definitely not getting to 33

The last stand of expedition 33

It's been fun. Looking forward to any substantial DLC/updates, if any.