Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

Kirun

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I don't really agree with that line of thinking. the problem with "first order strategy's" is twofold; they generally take away options.
But they don't really take away options. You can still smoke the game with crazy damage using Verso, Sciel, Lune, and Morroco. They all have insane capabilities. Once you get Chevalam on Verso, you can turn 1 Phantom Stars and wipe out an entire fucking screen of mobs.
 

Lenas

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Finished the game today. Incredible experience; just over 50 hours for 99% complete on Expeditioner difficulty.
 
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RobXIII

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Finished the game today. Incredible experience; just over 50 hours for 99% complete on Expeditioner difficulty.

You're a better man than me. Just started Act 3, doing the optional stuff for companion rep and just getting absolutely socked on the easiest difficulty. I just have so much trouble getting past a lot of the fights with like 10 different attacks, all with feints,etc. I'm sure I have to level and gear up a bit more for the optional stuff, so I'll go back to the main quest :p
 
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Zindan

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You're a better man than me. Just started Act 3, doing the optional stuff for companion rep and just getting absolutely socked on the easiest difficulty. I just have so much trouble getting past a lot of the fights with like 10 different attacks, all with feints,etc. I'm sure I have to level and gear up a bit more for the optional stuff, so I'll go back to the main quest :p
Same thing happened to me on my first playthrough. Now on my second, it is going a lot easier since I am aware of more Picto/Lumina combinations to build for, and now I'm at Sirene with zero issues at all (not that Act 1 - 2 has any real difficulty).
 

Kirun

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Beat it today with 52 hours played, but did all the side content/bosses and probably had around 4-5 hours of AFK time in there.

Easily my GOTY and definitely the best game since ER. #Renoirwasright and if you picked the Maelle ending you're a sadistic piece of shit.

P.S. Lune with cheater, elemental trick, and elemental genesis carried hard for me. I never used the busted Stendahl stuff, just blasted the fuck out of things with Lune.
 
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Kiroy

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This is probably the best game i’ve ever played, saying that as an adult who doesn’t play anything much anymore. In fucking sane. Music and story are like 100/10, combat being like 7/10 but shit who cares with all that other greatness.

Please lord let this studio put out a sequel that’s even half as good. Writers vs musicians?
 
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Sludig

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I hate to think how many hidden things get missed. An extreme one. In the prologue before you sail. Can catch folks fucking at a door interaction. If you do it 33 (34?) times they finally say oh it was a turn on to have you listening at first but now it's wierd and please go away. It gives you one of those max lumina booster things that are limited to come by.
 
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Lenas

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It gives you one of those max lumina booster things that are limited to come by.

So limited I spent most of the game sitting on 100+ unused. You will not care about that one single point when you finally come up against an act 3 miniboss that actually requires you to use some.
 

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I hate to think how many hidden things get missed. An extreme one. In the prologue before you sail. Can catch folks fucking at a door interaction. If you do it 33 (34?) times they finally say oh it was a turn on to have you listening at first but now it's wierd and please go away. It gives you one of those max lumina booster things that are limited to come by.

I went back through the early areas after unlocking the paint spike destruction, and I had missed sooooo much stuff ( not related to the spikes ).

I somehow managed to miss both dead energy and dead energy 2, which would have saved so much time in the early game ;p
 
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RobXIII

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I went back through the early areas after unlocking the paint spike destruction, and I had missed sooooo much stuff ( not related to the spikes ).

I somehow managed to miss both dead energy and dead energy 2, which would have saved so much time in the early game ;p

I didn't unlock the paint spike ability until Act 3, I really over-estimated how hard it was to rescue enough gimps to unlock it. Took like 2 minutes lol
 
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Aazrael

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I didn't unlock the paint spike ability until Act 3, I really over-estimated how hard it was to rescue enough gimps to unlock it. Took like 2 minutes lol
Yea I saved 1 because I thought it was a hard quest. Missed all the secrets it seems lol.
 

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yea i so wanted my final team to be the 3 bitches, but monoco was just so op

tidbit i saw was the family portrait, and theres a dog in it, thats the studios irl office doggie named monoco
 
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RobXIII

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This is personal preference, and totally a me problem and not them, but by Act 3 I was really wishing there was a way to just make is turn based without constantly having to learn new patterns of dodge/parry. Old school Lunar Silver Star style :p

Still a 99/100 for me though, glad I bought it. Can't believe it wasn't 'full' price.