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Has anyone else here played Clair Obscure: Expedition 33? I'm finding it incredible so far.

I got a couple of hours in, and I'm really torn between wanting to see more of the story, and intensely disliking JRPG turn-based combat with quicktime events. (Yes, I set the difficulty to Story mode and win most fights handily, but I still don't enjoy doing them.)

I checked out the prologue, didn't proceed any further yet. That far in, it seemed fairly strong except for the combat. I doubt there's any way to make JRPG combat worth the time.

Maybe I'll give it a go if and when I have more time.

Ahhh but the story. The STORY!!!!

Please elaborate.

I can’t shill it anymore they broke my heart.

I'm still working my way through the game and enjoying it a lot.

Currently playing and enjoying it, especially the aesthetics. I suck at parrying in every game that has it but with the difficulty on easy and with the right passive abilities I can mostly ignore that.

The dreamy beauty of the overworld (especially with that music) is a particular high point.

Yeah the music is incredible. The music for the opening cinematic blew me away.

Gonna use this as the games thread.

Haven't played any games for a couple of weeks. Might pick Oblivion back up again. Or start on Tainted Grail the Fall of Avalon. It's supposed to be very good. :)

I finished it about a week ago. I enjoyed it quite a bit, though I did find the heavy emphasis on real time elements annoying at times. But the gameplay was generally solid, the story was excellent, the music was excellent... the game really just fired on all cylinders. Similar to @naraburns I had the thought that I hope Square-Enix is taking notes, because this is what I wanted Final Fantasy to be like for the last 20 years instead of the hot mess it has been. I doubt it, but one can hope.

I finished it last week; I enjoyed it a lot. It was quite reminiscent of the Final Fantasy 7/8/9/10 era, just brought up to date.

Probably my only complaint is that I don't always love the level design. Mazes and backtracking (and garbage platforming) extend play time without enhancing fun. Everything else, though--music, combat, voice acting, visuals--was excellent. It's basically everything I once hoped we might get out of an FF7 remake, plus an original story in a freshly imagined world.

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