Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (PS5, XSX, PC)

[Krandor]

It's a PR stunt for some awards show no one has ever heard of.

I'm pretty sure it was known they had used AI textures as placeholders since the week the game came out, so suddenly acting like they just discovered it this week is uh... yeah

[Athas]

Guess there's been a lot of backlash but still surprised 33 didn't take Steam's GOTY.

[Tyrath]

Some food for thought from the lead writer. Full game spoilers

Spoiler: show

Also wtf, this was her first ever writing credit?!

[Andalusian girls]

got the platinum, think it's my first ever. game stays goated, even better on a second playthrough knowin what's what.

also

https://twitter.com/painterenoir/sta...04915700281534

[stamos]

Kind of surprised that 33 is so universally beloved despite act 3 kind of invalidating all of act 1/2 and feeling more like NG+ or a DLC

[Gredival]

Kind of surprised that 33 is so universally beloved despite act 3 kind of invalidating all of act 1/2 and feeling more like NG+ or a DLC

I agree that Act 3 could be a sequel, but that would have been extremely unsatisfying. The point was that after players' eyes are open to the truth, they finally get the option to make a real choice.

[Andalusian girls]

the narrative really doesn't either structurally or thematically work without the 'setup', getting to care for Gustave and Lune and Sciel and experience things as Maelle experiences them, and the foreshadowing is frequent and expertly done imo

[Mertron]

you don’t have access to the end of the relationship quests until act 3 either, so actually finishing them and further establishing the characters/your bond with them also makes the ending more significant

[Gredival]

the narrative really doesn't either structurally or thematically work without the 'setup', getting to care for Gustave and Lune and Sciel and experience things as Maelle experiences them, and the foreshadowing is frequent and expertly done imo

Like it could have been a hell of a cliff hanger to leave off on Act 2, then have Act 3 serve as a sequel. But like I said, super unsatisfying unless Part II is 100% locked to follow. Much more important to ensure there was an actual satisfying conclusion to the narrative, especially for a studio on their first game.

[Celeras]

Bro hasn't posted in two years and comes back just to drop the worst take of all time.

I respect it.

[stamos]

Bro hasn't posted in two years and comes back just to drop the worst take of all time.

I respect it.

I lol'd

Idk, the fact basically that the rest of the party outside of the family do not matter. "Hey, you just painted us back to life and you can bring people back" okay, and that's the last we will talk about that. You get some backstory with the bonding at camp, but that elephant in the room is just kind of accepted? As for feeling like NG+ or a DLC, unless you go straight for Lumiere, fighting a few monsters in any of the optional areas basically makes you oneshot everything in Lumiere. Not even grinding like you would do in any other JRPG to over level yourself. Just a couple fights

I get that they matter to Maelle/Alicia, but it just becomes a different game/story after act II(Did Verso's ending btw)

[Andalusian girls]

Idk, the fact basically that the rest of the party outside of the family do not matter.

(Did Verso's ending btw)

tracks

[Zealot]

It took a huge narrative swing and it paid off for a lot of people, but not everyone. I do know a couple people who feel the same way regarding the reveal in Act 3. It all comes down to how you much value you want to place on the lives of the people inside the canvas, I suppose (none because they are not real and Verso's ending is correct).

[Xno Kappa]

Copied from the other thread.

Then we have to agree to disagree.

Spoiler: show

The revelation of the entire world you’re playing in being some kind of artistic playground is ridiculous. Can Aline and Renoir not just get out of the canvas? All we get is some throwaway line about how “intoxicating” it can be to stay in the canvas world.

Why did it take 60 something years of expeditions before a Maelle-Alicia copy showed up? Why was that even special to begin with?

If Clea doesn’t care about the battle between Maman and Papa why should I? Who are the Writers? What the hell was the arson fire that killed Verso and disfigured Maelle about?

Sciel’s husband and child? Lune’s dumb OCD besides her parents?

What the fuck was even the point of Lumeire getting gommaged annually? Other than some stupid “warning” about how Maman’s power was waning. Was that really it?

Holy shit the ending and everything about act three just seems like a lazy cop out. Oops watch out! Expedition 32 is out killing everything too! Cuz reasons.

[Xno Kappa]

Spoiler: show

I’ve gone back and rewatched every cutscene halfway through after act two. Absolutely nothing is there to insinuate I missed something. It’s legit just “lol this world is fake anyways.”

[Xno Kappa]

I haven’t been this disappointed with storytelling since the last season of Game of Thrones.

[Xno Kappa]

I don’t give a shit what anyone says…

Spoiler: show

Maelle’s ending was a fuckton better thematically to the game.

[Mertron]

can i offer you a medium pepsi in these trying times

[Xno Kappa]

Gustave deserved a large Pepsi

[Krandor]

Did you do the side stories in act III or just rush straight to the ending? Given the timing I'm guessing you didn't.