Clare Obscur - any playing?

[Rick_1138]

I've been watching this for a while and got it yesterday as its under £40 on steam.

It's a turn based RPG but with parry and dodge mechanics during fights.

It's quite unforgiving on parry timing but dodging is OK.

I'm not a huge Souls fan due to the random bullst of an arrow from off screen killing you etc but this is the mechanics of those games but one enemy at a time in the mob etc.

It's also great looking for a AA developer of 30 people.

[phil-sti]

Superb game with a great story and so many customisable options for builds I just don't know where to start.

[Actual]

I have started Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and I want to play but one thing is really bugging me before I begin...

I don't think it is a spoiler but just in case...


The lady paints the number every year and it gets lower and lower and all those people older than the number die but everyone gets older every year so there is no need to lower the number?

[phil-sti]

Actual said:

I have started Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and I want to play but one thing is really bugging me before I begin...

I don't think it is a spoiler but just in case...


The lady paints the number every year and it gets lower and lower and all those people older than the number die but everyone gets older every year so there is no need to lower the number?

i think you find more out later in the game

[Actual]

phil-sti said:

i think you find more out later in the game

I did wonder if that was the case. I will give it play.

[Rick_1138]

I'm getting more into it, parry timing is better now but every new enemy can give you a kicking till you get a feel for it.

A lot of info hits you from menus etc.

Enjoying it but still early doors, only level 11 or so with my group.

[Mastodon2]

I finished this yesterday, it's a modern masterpiece and will surely clean up at the GOTY awards. When the Larian CEO said he could predict every game of the year, he was absolutely right - a game developers made because they wanted to make it, because it didn't already exist, a game focused on delivering a great experience with no fluff and nothing that detracts from the experience of the player.

This game is the pure, unadulterated vision of a small team brought to life in stunning quality. The story, the characters, the writing, the voice acting, the art direction, the visuals, the gameplay, the soundtrack, the RPG systems etc, everything about this game is incredible. I've read about this game taking a lot of inspiration from Final Fantasy (and other JRPGs) which is clearly does, but let's be real, there's not a FF game out there which can hold candle to this.

The pacing, the revelations, the twists and turns, the grief, sorrow and heartache, the ending, my word. Exceptional.

Rich Keeble and Kirsty Rider are especially good in their roles, Ben Starr is simply incredible in this. He has cemented himself as the greatest current English-speaking voice actor in gaming with this.

[Mannginger]

I've bounced off it a bit mainly because my gaming mindset these days is pretty "low effort" so I'm not in it for the challeneg per se. Most games I swtich to easy and play for the story. Here I can only halfway do that. You can auto-attack but there's no easy for defense meaning I have to "git gud".

I don't have the patience for that at the moment but I may have another crack at it over the weekend.

Visually it's excellent though and I am intrigued how the story progresses

[Rick_1138]

Mannginger said:

I've bounced off it a bit mainly because my gaming mindset these days is pretty "low effort" so I'm not in it for the challeneg per se. Most games I swtich to easy and play for the story. Here I can only halfway do that. You can auto-attack but there's no easy for defense meaning I have to "git gud".

I don't have the patience for that at the moment but I may have another crack at it over the weekend.

Visually it's excellent though and I am intrigued how the story progresses

There's times I'm like that, need a slower pace. So I'm back on Sniper Elite 4

[MWM3]

I feel this game is so overhyped. It's is a good game but nowhere near the 10/10 people are giving it.

The active combat in turn based is fun the first 20 times but then becomes very repetitive. The story goes up its backside in the 3rd act. And for a story with mature themes, I dont understand why they have inserted characters that seem to be created to appeal to 3 year olds.

For me Blue Primce is a much better and innovative game and would by my current GOTY but I think it will be hard to look past Death Stranding 2 once released. The graphics alone are next level and from the recent 30 hour previews, it seems all that played agree that this will be another Kojima master piece.

[Mastodon2]

MWM3 said:

I dont understand why they have inserted characters that seem to be created to appeal to 3 year olds.

I presume you're talking about Esquie, Monoco, Francois, the gestrals etc, in which case, have you been skipping the dialogue and cutscenes or has the story gone over your head a bit? The presence of all of the above is pretty clearly spelled out in act III, just wondering if you missed it.