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Old 06-17-2025, 07:52 PM   #1
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Whos playing it and whos got thoughts onnett... Took me a while to warm up to the dark souls elements of the battles that everyone was gushing over. Im a turn based purist which is why it took me a while to warm up... but getting the patterns in the boss fights is kinda good

Feels like the ppl who made this are just ppl who grew up playing the same games I did... very obvious Persona/FF10 influence... keep thinking "this is the game final fantasy 13 should have been"

Its loaded with optional stuff... main quest got kinda easy but finding the random stuff on the world map that they dont tell you about (which ive been waiting since like, final fantasy 9 for a game to harken back to) is full of crazy difficult enemies

Dont love all the menu navigation with pictos and lumina... messes with the pacing having to do all that

Very cool and small cast of characters... big fan of "Maelle"... crazy ass story that starts very "in media res" and doesnt reveal hardly any thing till way later. French ah hell... but they lean into it which is funny with the mime costumes and bagguetes and stuff. The music is tight... we love a leitmotif

So ya whos playing claire obscure expedition 33...



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Old 06-17-2025, 07:58 PM   #2
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I beat it literally last night.

Easily my game of the year so far. Characters, voice acting, story, art style, setting, gameplay, power progression, world exploration its all top tier. And genuinely funny, tragic and heart warming all in its own time.

It may be a masterpiece and it goes to show you how much talent is being wasted at Ubisoft
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Posted about this on the other forums when it launched and this site was down for quite a while.


This is an easy GOTY. Everything Destor said hits the nail right on the head. If it doesn't win an award for at least the music, something is very, VERY wrong.

The first game in a long time to make me genuinely react with strong emotions of all varieties.

Love the battle system. Reminds me a bit of Mario RPG and Legend of Dragoon mashed a bit.
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Old 06-18-2025, 09:09 AM   #4
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This song hits so much harder after you complete the game.
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Old 06-18-2025, 10:59 AM   #5
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I feel like combat is paper mario meets lost odyssey
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Old 06-18-2025, 11:07 AM   #6
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I never played Lost Odyssey, so I cannot attest to it. I may need to look into it tho.
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Old 06-18-2025, 12:30 PM   #7
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Its top 5 rpgs ever for me. Id recommend goingas far out of way as you have to to play it. Its as good as any classic FF
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This is an easy GOTY.
Not True of course. Game of the year is easily Tears of the Kingdom ported to Switch 2 because of the increased graphics and frame rates
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I feel like combat is paper mario meets lost odyssey
Not familiar with lost odyssey combat but the free aim thing feels like it's taken right out of persona 5 (but utilized better)
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My final super boss build def used the shit out of free aim
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Not True of course. Game of the year is easily Tears of the Kingdom ported to Switch 2 because of the increased graphics and frame rates
Skyrim, LOTR Extended Edition with outtakes.
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Old 06-21-2025, 08:15 AM   #12
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at "Simon" atm... could take the time to set up the party so theyre optimized for him and then learn the patterns... mad hard fight

Should prolly just finish the game bc because the optional bosses are way harder than the storyline ones
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If youre even partially able to take on simon you should go and roll the credits. Youll probably already trivialize the last fight as is but Simon is THE super boss
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But his patterns are crazy. Speed of light was a nightmare for me
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Old 06-22-2025, 07:25 AM   #15
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Defeated his first form and then when he came back and started doing everything 2x I thought it was a joke. I thought it was one of those fights you're designed to lose
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I grinded out level 99 in a couple hours at the dark shores (the place with the hand enemies). Between that, all the lumina points I had and my broken af party with Maelle, Lune, and Verso...well, Simon didn't stand a chance. Had a much harder time with Painted Love before I got too skronk.

Anyways, easy GOTY for me. Comparisons to Lost Odyssey are spot on. Both are in my top 5. Clair is prob my number 2 game now with only Chrono Trigger ahead of it.
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