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[jshackles]

Incredible game so far, everything I wanted it to be. Tomorrow comes!

What do you think jshackles

Loving it so far, only a few hours in but this is so far my GOTY by a mile

 

[bender]

I let the menu song finish before touching my controller which is incredibly rare and then when you start the game another amazing track. I probably need this soundtrack in my life. Voice acting seems top notch too. Movement animations are very awkward (a little stiff and almost like there are missing transitions between animations) as is the lack of heft to your character. Scene transitions are also a little weird as it seems to give you a short character silhouette when transitioning from in-game to cutscene.

 

[vaibhavpisal]

Has any other game come out this year that has a nice soundtrack? Only one I can think about is KCD2.

South of the Midnight kills it IMO.

But no chance it wins anything. Game awards usually are showered on one or two games that critics happen to like.

 

[jshackles]

In fact, I'd say the last time I remember a prologue of a game hitting me this hard was playing the original The Last of Us on the PS3.

 

[Madflavor]

Calling it a night. Killed the first boss. Game is really really good so far. This is shaping up to be something special, I really hope it's a commercial success.

 

[Danjin44]

10 hours in the combat is incredibly addictive, I just want to fight every enemy I encounter.

 

[SlimySnake]

In fact, I'd say the last time I remember a prologue of a game hitting me this hard was playing the original The Last of Us on the PS3.

Same. Absolutely incredible opening and i knew the premise going in.

 

[Hideous Snake]

Having to go to camp to save instead of just being able to save anywhere in the world map is… meh

I discovered a workaround for this annoying thing. Equip anything and it will save

 

[jorgejjvr]

What are these and how do I use them?

 

[Hideous Snake]

What are these and how do I use them?

You will meet the curator and when you talk to him you can use them

 

[Danjin44]

I discovered a workaround for this annoying thing. Equip anything and it will save

it basically works same way FROM game does, it auto save very often.

 

[Hideous Snake]

it basically works same way FROM game does, it auto save very often.

Don't know about their games. Not a fan

 

[Hector Hall]

Has any other game come out this year that has a nice soundtrack? Only one I can think about is KCD2.

I think the last TLOH game, Trails through Daybreak 2, had a truly great OST. Falcom never dissapoints in the music department , but Riverie and Daybreak 1 were a low point in their OST record (still 8.5 though) and Daybreak 2 is a return to form.

 

[Arsic]

The swim suit outfit on Pattinson is ridiculous.

Guy is packing massive dong. No wonder they got Charlie COX to do the voice. It all fits.

 

[Last Hearth]

So I've been picking up these Chroma, what are they used for?

 

[TheDarkPhantom]

Just took on one of those big boys the character specifically tells you to avoid and crushed it, great rewards, this game is so fucking good.

 

[Lunareste]

About an hour and a half in and I love this game already.

Mature story, very Nier soundtrack, I can tell this game is taking itself seriously and I love it. Lune is also hot AF <3

 

[Hideous Snake]

So I've been picking up these Chroma, what are they used for?

One for buying from vendors and the other for upgrading weapons

 

[Js562]

I just started it but Gustave looks like Bruce Wayne but with a mustache

 

[FoxMcChief]

What a shitty game, could they not idk maybe design good looking main characters?
Rarely have I seen so bad main character design, this is even worse than Edge of Eternity!
Boring "dungeons", I can't believe how bad this game is. Just the same old mediocre modern JRPG. I am so done with this Genre.

 

[Unknown Soldier]

Been a long time since a game's opening went that hard right from the start

Sleeper hit of 2025 is certainly a possibility here

Runs and looks great on Amateur PS5, with Performance mode holding a steady 60 fps

The art style reminds me of the Bioshock franchise, which is probably appropriate since it's meant to evoke the Belle Époque period of French history

The music is one of those instant classics soundtracks

 

[Danjin44]

The art style reminds me of the Bioshock franchise

Oh yeah the visual design very much reminds me of Bioshock Infinite but with MUCH better character models.

 

[Wilhelm_85]

The game is great so far. Is there any way to turn down the image sharpening on PC?

 

[Danjin44]

Check his post history, thats all you need to know.

 

[MaKTaiL]

Has anyone figured out how weapon affinities work? My main weapon has a C affinity with Vitality, what does that mean? I tried upgrading Vitality but all it does is increase my health, I'm a bit confused.

 

[Wilhelm_85]

Its sense of dread and hopelessness, it kind of feeling I got when I first played Nier Gestalt on PS3.

Yeah, very similar vibes to Nier.

 

[decisions]

Just started. The post-processing in this game is truly wretched. Why do developers default to chromatic aberration and film grain on? I have no idea how you could work so hard on something and then have these terrible defaults. With them off, the game looks pretty great!

 

[Wilhelm_85]

I wonder if Robert Pattinson received any payment from the studio.

Seriously, it's just him.

 

[bender]

No Sophie, that's an ordinary chair.

 

[TheDarkPhantom]

Gestrals!

 

[Arsic]

I love being in a long boss fight then a bug occurs where no more actions can be taken as my party stands by idling so I'm forced to hard reset the game.

I like the game as much as the next person but a 9 or 10 this is not…

 

[NeededSleep]

Playing on steamdeck.
Game is so damn good, and only about 2 hours in.

 

[Wilhelm_85]

just started up the game

omg I'm in love :3 hopefully the devs didn't set her age to something silly.

Only watched the opening cutscene so far, know zero about this game apart from the one trailer at the xbox showcase. Actually pretty excited for this because of the whole visual direction, in fact one of the games I'm most curious about this year, and the brief opening certainly reinforced this. Need to mess with the settings a bit, only getting 45fps at horrible frametimes so far, but that's on me (and UE5), and less about this specific game.

I think I'll try it again with the french dub once I got the performance where I want it

I'm not sure if I'm understanding it right, but I think each year the age of the population that is culled in the "Gommage" (sp?) goes down by 1. In the Prologue, it was 33 year olds. Gustave, I think, is 32. Maelle said she was a "teenager" and I think Gustave said she had 9 years left, meaning she would die at 24. I think that means she's 15 in the Prologue.

 

[Arsic]

I'm not sure if I'm understanding it right, but I think each year the age of the population that is culled in the "Gommage" (sp?) goes down by 1. In the Prologue, it was 33 year olds. Gustave, I think, is 32. Maelle said she was a "teenager" and I think Gustave said she had 9 years left, meaning she would die at 24. I think that means she's 15 in the Prologue.

Correct.

If she has 9 more years to go that's when she would be 24.

Keep the fap focused on Lune.

 

[Jinxed]

I'm not sure if I'm understanding it right, but I think each year the age of the population that is culled in the "Gommage" (sp?) goes down by 1. In the Prologue, it was 33 year olds. Gustave, I think, is 32. Maelle said she was a "teenager" and I think Gustave said she had 9 years left, meaning she would die at 24. I think that means she's 15 in the Prologue.

She's 16.
I don't get the 9 years, it doesn't work out

At 16 years of age, Maelle is significantly younger than the other Expeditioners. Unlike them, she views the Expedition as her chance to explore the world beyond Lumière and finally forge her own destiny.

 

[Little Chicken]

The cutscenes while wearing the "Baguette" costume look ridiculous

 

[TheDarkPhantom]

If this doesn't win OST of the year we riot, absolutely incredible work

 

[Gonzito]

There is finally a mod on pc to double the draw distance and it removes the awful popping

Draw Distance Doubled

This mod is a simple Engine.ini file that doubles the draw distance for the foliage and lighting.

www.nexusmods.com

and Lyall has released as well a mod to remove the horrible sharpening filter

Release v0.0.3 · Lyall/ClairObscurFix

Changes Added option to disable forced post-process sharpening. (#2) Installation Download the file marked ClairObscurFix_v0.0.3_Steam.zip (Steam/Epic) or ClairObscurFix_v0.0.3_Xbox.zip (Xbox) f...

github.com

Man I love modders

 

[Danjin44]

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Already!? Is this some kind of multimedia project like Level 5 does with their game?

 

[Cyberpunkd]

She's 16.
I don't get the 9 years, it doesn't work out

It does because you forget each year she ages the number counts down as well.

15+9=24
33-9=24

 

[DelireMan7]

My copy arrives only on Sunday.... I could cancel it and go to the shop but I am anyway a bit busy till then. So I'll wait.

Review and feedback looks overwhelming positive. Really happy and eager to start it.

Now going dark, don't want to be spoiled and want to discover the game myself.

I am so weak, left my work a bit early to go to the shop and buy a copy...

Could play the prologue. I love it. The prologue kind of hit me hard. The fact that you see how the people and society deal with the Gommage. How they can speak so lightly about it but still feel it's a horrifying experience.
The conversation you get with people are interesting. You see the urge the society has for having children to "bring hope and a chance" to the future (I find it interesting to see Sophie being judged by this woman for not having kid), you see how they deal with the children who lose their parents.
The drunk guy, Maxime (sharing my name xD), was touching. He lost all hope in the future and expeditions and drown his sadness and anger in alcohol, and neglects his daughter who is morning her mother.

Had a bit a trouble with the combat at first, hopefully you could repeat the fight with Maëlle. I ended up switch back to normal (started in expert) but then I made few combats on the first enemies of Act 1 and switch back to expert, I start to get the feeling of the dodge/parry. And I really like it.

I am just a bit confused about Luminas. Once I master it, I was thinking you could equip it without having a pictos. But it looks like, you need at least a picto equipped to equipped a Luminas you mastered.
Not sure I understood this system.

 

[Schachtier]

This game is awesome. Didn't know anyone makes something like this anymore.

 

[Tommi84]

Expedition 34 - 9, would put her on Expedition 25

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the expedition numbers goes UP

 

[Last Hearth]

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the expedition numbers goes UP

No it goes by the painted number which goes down.

 

[Unknown Soldier]

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the expedition numbers goes UP

No because the Expedition Number corresponds with the number written on the monolith, which is counting down yearly

The exception is Expedition Zero, which left the first year after the Fracture when the monolith still read 100

 

[MISTER INVEIGLER]

Enemy turn 1, you get hit because you don't know patterns yet.

Enemy turn 2, hope you mastered the dodge/parry pattern. Nope, new attack.

Enemy turn 3, you died.

No retry, travel back and try again.

Maybe I need to try easy mode.

 

[Last Hearth]

The only plot hole I see right now is if everyone is getting killed and the fate of humanity is in the balance, why would you send a single boat expedition.
You should send a fleet the size to rival Ar-Pharazon's fleet trying to invade Valinor.

 

[Jinxed]

It does because you forget each year she ages the number counts down as well.

15+9=24
33-9=24

It doesn't, she's already 16. In 9 years she'll be 25. And in 9 years they'll be at expedition 24.

 

[peish]

There is finally a mod on pc to double the draw distance and it removes the awful popping

Draw Distance Doubled

This mod is a simple Engine.ini file that doubles the draw distance for the foliage and lighting.

www.nexusmods.com

and Lyall has released as well a mod to remove the horrible sharpening filter

Release v0.0.3 · Lyall/ClairObscurFix

Changes Added option to disable forced post-process sharpening. (#2) Installation Download the file marked ClairObscurFix_v0.0.3_Steam.zip (Steam/Epic) or ClairObscurFix_v0.0.3_Xbox.zip (Xbox) f...

github.com

Man I love modders

how does this work on pc gamepass? i extraced the files and do as told.

doesnt seem to do anything?

 

[Gonzito]

how does this work on pc gamepass? i extraced the files and do as told.

doesnt seem to do anything?

Read the instructions first, for the draw distance mod, you have to set the file to read only for it to work and them drop them in appdata where the config file of the game is. I am on Steam so I am not sure how it works in gamepass, you can ask the modder in nexus or read the posts maybe someone mentions the gamepass version

As for Lyall mod you have to just drop the files in the games folder