Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 may be Metacritic’s highest user-rated game in history
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 may be Metacritic’s highest user-rated game in history
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This is the only game since Disco Elysium to make me cry, it deserves all the awards and success it’s getting, and GTA 6 is the only thing that can potentially take the goty from Clair Obscur.
Imagine telling someone a month ago that a small budget title made by ex Ubisoft devs will break all sorts of records lmao.
Again, Sven from Larian being proven right from the Game Awards when he talked about the next GOTY
This game deserves everything is receiving. This game is something special. Onions have been cut a couple of times.
The combat is so refreshing. Mixing turned based and tactical together, the incredible score and visuals.
The love that was poured into this game from such a small studio, really makes me smile.
And still you have huge devs, spending zillions of dollars releasing crap that is full of microtransactions and loot boxes. This game should be a lesson to all developers.
Is this game a good jumping on point for someone with no experience in JRPGs or modern RPGs in general?
Playing this while waiting for Doom the Dark Ages. Have my eyes on the game since the dev showcase
It’s somewhat of a perfect storm of the players feelings towards the industry and the way some of these companies release the same game with a different skin, expecting us to pay top prices.
It’s fresh, it’s new, it’s actually guite good, it’s from a new team. The game hits all the right notes. It would be wild as fuck if they won GOTY over some of the other releases whose development costs absolutely dwarf E33’s
Huh this kinda went past me. Is it really that good? Might have to check it out.
I’m so happy this game was released on Gamepass because I wouldn’t have tried it out otherwise most likely because nothing about it speaks to me.
Then I tried it since it was free and holy fuck I was blown away and totally sucked in after the short like 15 minute intro sequence.
It deserves any praise it gets. It came from nowhere and beats basically everything this year in visuals/story/music and has really good game flow as well (which Is top notch as well, but I can see ppl loving other styles better)
As someone who speaks French this game is really amusing. I honestly really love the game as a throwback jrpg game. It reminds me of old school rpg games I loved like Final Fantasy 1, 2 and 3 of the american version variety. It’s simple but there’s some depth to it and they added a really nice parrying/dodge mechanic. I will say that if you don’t grasp those mechanics however it does kinda kill the game as you really HAVE to be able to execute those dodges properly to stand a chance at winning a lot of fights.
The french names are really funny though, some of the insults and curse words they use don’t really work well however. I fought a lot of Sakapatate before I clued in that the name of those bosses is poatato sack and they’re literally made from sacks of potatoes which I found funny.
One of my only gripes with the game is the level environments. As pretty as they are they can be quite confusing at times and the paths to take aren’t very clear leading to a lot of backtracking and revisiting areas unintentionally. The overview map is also not really great, it’s confusing, not well laid out and buggy in some areas. I’ve had to reset the game as I’ve gotten characters stuck in areas on the map with no way to get out. The combat mechanics are also a bit complicated but very rewarding once you get it and hit your first big combo.
Overall, I’m very impressed however and want to play some more.
The opening made me tear up. I didn’t even spend much time with the characters but the worldbuilding was incredible. I was completely immersed in it.
The little scene of Gustave and Lune arguing by the Indigo Tree cemented this game’s writing to me, I can’t remember the last time I saw video game characters believably talk over one another like that and it nail the landing. Most of the time it’s 2 character assets waiting for the other to finish before talking again, also the music, every map area has it’s own battle theme with overworld and boss track and I cannot think of any one of them I dislike.
It’s a great game. But I’m already sick of the turn based purists using it as an opportunity to bash Square Enix and shit on FF16/FF7 Rebirth.
Unbelievable achievement from an incredible new force in the gaming industry. What an incredible game. I’m 40 hours in and I still can’t put it down.
I hope this studio doesn’t get gobbled up by a soulless corp because they are truly something special.
I’m about 15h in now, and it continues to surprise me. The game revels in the fact that it is VIOLENTLY French, and is refreshingly unafraid to lean-in and be weird – we get a constant stream of strange, emotional, vivid, and compelling moments.
Almost all of my complaints surround UI readability and QOL, which are negligible in contrast to the world they’ve built. The combat itself is obviously stellar.
I’m so glad Sandfall found success, and that Exp33 is as good as it looked in the first trailer. Really excited to continue playing, and even more excited to see what the team creates next.
Haven’t seen anything about it
What’s so good about it if anyone would care to explain
I think this game, along with BG3, has made me rethink all of my game purchases going forward. Its difficult to stick with triple a companies when what they produce is soulless husks of once great products.
I had never heard of this shit until two days ago. Played it all day yesterday and damn near called off work today to keep going. Reminds me of Persona mixed with a Jeff VanderMeer book lol
It’s hard to be a slow gamer. I’m just getting into Baldurs’s Gate 3 (Act 2) and now I wanna play Expedition 33 to enjoy the hype with the community while it’s still fresh… All that before playing Elden Ring Nightreign by the end of the month…
Ugh, too many games, too little time!
Even just the menu music you know the game is going to be something special
Well deserved. I used to love turn-based RPGs and haven’t found one that’s had me hooked like this in over a decade. My only complaint is I only have about an hour or less to play each day (dad life) and I am legit not good at this game lol. I’m straight up losing battles like it’s a souls-like.
How they made this game like 40gb is beyond my comprehension, and it runs so incredibly well.
The landing scene blew me away. I haven’t felt that invested in a cut scene in ages. It made me feel that I NEED to know what the fuck just happened.
I’m not a big fan of turn base games. Bg3 and divinity series were the ones I’ve only enjoyed. So far 33 might be another.
It’s graphics are like watching a movie. It’s a souls like game where you travel from point to point with limited resources and resting resets the mobs. Combat is turn based so strategic but timing matters for damage and parrying/dodging so it feels like combat not chess.
And the story is incredibly intriguing. Small snippets of lore slowly building a fantastical world and what the heck is going on.
The game is ADDICTING. I bought it Friday and spent my WHOLE weekend playing.
i mean some of the games have high user ratings to and some of those is not well recieved
Not high enough
This game unironically made me break down crying. I have seen some minor critism that it is overly melodramatic but that Hollywood style melodrama works for a reason.