#Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
lone lava
split apex
How difficult is the game
naive ivy
Yeah the parrying you get a lot more time on less than normal I think its easy or story mode
old ruin
If you dont wanna lock-in so heavily, i recommend expeditioner.
daring forum
I’m playing on expeditioner so far so good
iron crow
I’m so bad at dodging
marsh escarp
How difficult is the game
Yes, lol. It's easier on Story Mode but it's still difficult enough that in any other game it'd be considered Normal
daring forum
almost like in souls games you learn enemy attacks and then execute perfect Perry or dodge. Could take a few tries
old ruin
LMAO
old ruin
In the ||Gestral Village||, there's some occasional meme easter eggs in here. You can tell the devs were in tune with meme culture over thr course of developing this game lol.
marsh escarp
@old ruin Did you uh, try fighting their leader? 😆
old ruin
<@854228038492749824> Did you uh, try fighting their leader? 😆
Absolutely destroyed me
marsh escarp
Absolutely destroyed me
Yeah don't try til you're at the literal end of the game, she straight up has millions of health and does thousands of damage
old ruin
There's also a ||Grekal who ask to test your might and deal over 9999 damage to him for something right behind the capital building||.
Im at the point of the game now where i may need to consider farming
But i can still progress in the story so imma do that
Expedition 33's OST composer cooking a song for a damn turtle fight for no reason.
marsh escarp
You can fast travel back to earlier areas I think
old ruin
You can
marsh escarp
Expedition 33's OST composer cooking a song for a damn turtle fight for no reaso...
I love Esquíe and the turtle so much 😂
Francois!
old ruin
Esquíe is chill but he cant beat snoop dogg in no weed duel.
dawn flax
i am enjoying it. The parry/dodge is indeed very unforgiven or very rewarding if you do a perfect parry. I love the atmosphere and weird characters, its all very jrpg, i can understand that people call it a frpg. I am not far in, I play on expeditionary, just working on the parry - dodge skills😂..
daring forum
Would be nice to have a signal of an enemy attack. Like a gleam or spark when it’s time to parry or dodge. You know maybe like an accessibility option.
Some enemy attacks so cheesy
parry animation feels behind. You’d think u time it right but ur too late
dawn flax
yeah i know, i tried to figure if i was missing something but it seems you need to be figuring it out by trial and lots of error😂. Sometimes they have a double/triple attack and the first time you fight and miss the dodge/parry its gameover. Not sure how that will work later on, i mean if it will feel more intuitive or annoying
dawn flax
I also set the game in French for that extra experience😂 amais!
dry stone
I just need a mini map, I keep running around in circles
old ruin
i find the compass to be useful
old ruin
Would be nice to have a signal of an enemy attack. Like a gleam or spark when it...
this exactly
It seems like every time you do a first run of each enemy, its really hard to tell on when u can dodge. Some attacks that are telegraphed doesnt say much of what the actual attack speed is.
So its really taking that first hit and trying to set a timer in your head.
old ruin
Banger song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_v4tyAoohCE&pp=ygUiZXhwZWRpdGlvbiAzMyBnZXN0cmFsIHN1bW1lciBwYXJ0eQ%3D%3D
warm mortar
Amazing game. Very impressed. 😄
split apex
I went into an area that said DANGER and got one shot
lone lava
Sounds dangerous 
old ruin
Look at these devs man, u can tell they have indie gaming spirit.
https://vxtwitter.com/SandfallGames/status/1916063369385107583?t=AwIpK5CccVNsly7EOuR_xQ&s=19
Putting love into your work and mastering your craft goes a long way.
marsh escarp
Would be nice to have a signal of an enemy attack. Like a gleam or spark when it...
It could use a few more accessibility things in general tbh. I'm colorblind in a way that none of the colorblind options can help with, so some of Lune's Stains are hard to tell apart for me
split apex
Game hasn’t been that difficult so far on Normal
warm mortar
I went into an area that said DANGER and got one shot
If it was pink the exact same thing happened to me lmao
marsh escarp
I should go back there now that I'm in the high 20s, lol
warm mortar
Once you get pretty good at parries you feel like a god 😎
My party in their 20s too now I wonder if it will still say danger.
marsh escarp
I have ||Sciel|| now too, and their combat style is 
They'll definitely help
old ruin
Hopefully i can remember to backtrack once my party does get higher
warm mortar
Just finished a session of it. Fantastic game gotta say. The music score above all else very good.
old ruin
I have ||Sciel|| now too, and their combat style is <:chef:556763261329211395>
T...
Wait u just unlocked ||sciel|| and you're high 20s?
marsh escarp
I've had her for a bit, lol
old ruin
I kinda been had her and my party in the mid 10s
warm mortar
Yea just remember when you getting close yo end game back track for optional bosses and collectibles if you wanna do that content.
old ruin
I hardly ever grind exp
I let it come naturally as i progress
This dont feel like one those trpgs where i gotta stop progressing in the story to get my lvls up
Cuz my skill alone carries through
marsh escarp
I kinda been had her and my party in the mid 10s
I uh, may have killed a few optional field bosses that I really shouldn't have 😆
And got phat xp
old ruin
I recently just found an enemy tho where i was like "my damage is way too low, imma be here all day" so i decide to skip that optional boss for now
warm mortar
I have been too. But eventually may need to grind. I doubt ill hit level 99 without grinding xd
old ruin
Everyone else before that usually dies
I feel like you'd be done with the game long before u reach lvl 99
Usually in trpgs, by time a party is around level 50-60, you're already late game or done.
old ruin
Reaching lvl 99 is probably an achievement tho
warm mortar
It is
marsh escarp
I did a side dungeon, killed the boss, exited from the other side of the dungeon, opened an overworld shortcut to the main area, went into another dungeon that was blocked off by the first one, and all I got was a new music record 😆
Once you get ||Esquíe|| and can clear out overworld rock areas I recommend doing some exploring in previous overworlds
Also, make sure you camp fairly often. You'll get story cutscenes sometimes 👀
warm mortar
Good tip. :3
marsh escarp
Yeah I randomly decided to camp once to level up my team and some weapons and was surprised by a cutscene
old ruin
I can never do enough damage in time before the Petank flees. They remind a lot of the lucky Caits from Octopath traveler where they give u a big reward if u can defeat them in time but they have high dodge chance.
Idk if im not exposing their elemental weakness enough or if im just underlevelled.
I was fighting one with a red orb
Ig that means fire
So i shouldve been using a ice kit instead for it
marsh escarp
I demand the devs pay for my therapy bills after what I just went through 😭
old ruin
Bad advice
daring forum
Parrying is much more rewarding. Yeah it’s not easy to time consistently but it feels really good when I pull it off. Some things need to be dodged sure but parrying is my ultimate goal.
marsh escarp
You're not beating most of the game without parrying, lol
dawn flax
this, the high damage from a counter attack from parry is worth to try to get it right. And it can be frustrating those boss fights, sometimes its like aaargh, but when after a couple of times/deaths you do nail it, it does feel rewarding tbh. The cutscenes are also very beautifull..
marsh escarp
You're gonna need them for the bosses past Act I, lol
dry stone
Other than gradient attack parry which has no way to dodge, I've never used parry so far in act 2
Lune is always there to revive everyone
warm mortar
You're not beating most of the game without parrying, lol
I literally whooped a world bosses butt just by being decent at parrying his moves. Parrying and does decent dmg and returns ap
dawn flax
few... fighting that lamp guy... ||i was getting annoyed that its basicly a double boss fight, and 1x time misplacing the dodge on the sword wiping my whole team... but nice adraline boost when i got him, only to be a bit shocked at that cutscene!||
If you cant parry or dodge your healer won't save you when fights get rougher😂
dry stone
The LLs attacks are fairly easy to dodge, I solo cheesed it with Lune by dodging and using Mayhem on repeat
Only the first time I got caught by its suprise sword attack after flying away after a combo
dawn flax
aye, forgive me, i know there are always better players then me😂. it took me a few times to get the timings right, and it probably will in furure encounters. I ain't used to these dodge/parry mechanics in the games i normally play.
dry stone
There is atleast one boss like that later on, lol. I am still in act 2. I just can't fight the bosses way over my level that I find by exploring, not the chromatic ones. I wish they stopped using moves that look like I need to jump instead of dodge
old ruin
Ion think anyone can get the timings right firs try for a lot of the bosses in this game. Especially the spellcaters who 're more tricky.
dry stone
Later realised there is a visual cue for the jump
old ruin
Some enemies have telegraphed attacks and reactable timings
Others, its less on reaction and more about feeling the rhythm
the jumps are super easy
the whole second slow down time are a dead giveaway
And the yellow symbol
dry stone
Yeah the symbol is the only thing that you need, I kept jumping for ones you have to dodge
old ruin
If the slow down time and symbol werent there, they'd be way more harder to pull off.
dry stone
Others, its less on reaction and more about feeling the rhythm
I move with my whole body for the ones that use delayed attacks trying to trick us
Glad it's only a button press, I don't like playing Souls like cuz of these mechanics, here its manageable
split apex
When does this game click in terms of combos. I feel like I’m mostly just using random skills
old ruin
Each character has their own gimmick. The strategy stuff in here is mostly derived of the picos and lumina system in synergy with what your character does.
Combos come more later in the game
Usually when you synergize tho, you have one character does a proc and the next cash in with a certain skill from that proc.
Maelle is the biggest example of this with her starting kit of trynna get Virtuous stance.
split apex
Ah fair
marsh escarp
When does this game click in terms of combos. I feel like I’m mostly just using ...
Really quick, at least for me. My whole system involves Lune starting fights with element damage (usually the fire blast that hits and applies Burn to the whole enemy team) then Maelle proccing Virtuos Stance with her one move that procs it when she hits a burned enemy. Then Sciel uses her one Dark move that does phat Dark damage+applies 5+ cards to everyone who's Burned
Basically after my team's turn at the start of a fight we've done a few thousand damage to the whole enemy team, they're all Burned, Maelle is in Virtuos stance, and all enemies have 5 cards on them for Sciel to do a high damage follow-up with later
I've won fights in one turn doing that before, lol
warm mortar
😂
Anyone ever find a fire or electric weapon for Gustave? I can't seem to get one to drop
Only found one with ice so far.
Going have to respec soon I wasnt paying attention and totally missed the fact where weapobs dont just straight benefit with strength lol like some scale off agility or defense for damage. And vitality? Bot sure how it works but I assume if I pump up a weapon that scales of defense it will do more damage or maybe just parry better?
old ruin
This lamp guy is kicking my a-
||Second phase destroyed me like 4 times|| but im understanding him now.
warm mortar
Anyone else having trouble synxing game? I go check the achievements and it says network error.
Oh nevermind not network error. It just says "that didn't work, try again."
🤔
marsh escarp
Going have to respec soon I wasnt paying attention and totally missed the fact w...
Your weapon's damage will scale off whatever stats it has letters on, lol
warm mortar
Yea I understand that now lol
old ruin
Spoiler -|| Gustave death||
Heavy story spoilers for anyone btw but yeah ||Hit you right in the feels man. This game made me as emotional as when the Goin merry sank in One piece||
||No wonder Gustave didnt have a lot of skill tree paths||
old ruin
Was on my last expedition member and had to 1v1 this Bourgeon for like 10 minutes. Still got the dub tho.
The pop off was real cuz this guy was one shotting my entire party
I be playing this like its Dark Souls.
old ruin
Can never do enough damage to the ||Giant sappling in time before he crushes me||
daring forum
Duelists boss, Holly cow, most epic boss fight 😱
I parried his 5 hit attack dang I’m acing this, yeah right
bosses in this game absolutely slap
Lampmaster and Duelist unforgettable experience
them devs don’t hold any punches I don’t remember when I was this impressed with the game
dry stone
They should make a Pokemon game
Dunno how epic they can make fighting with pikachu compared to this tho 😅
They sold a million excluding game pass, wonder how long it stays in GP
warm mortar
A few months at least I reckon.
solid echo
They sold a million excluding game pass, wonder how long it stays in GP
Probably agreed to 12 months as standard period on GP. Wouldn't wait if you want to play on there though unless you have no time to spare for it.
latent slate
I wish they would start making the combat in final fantasy games this way. i miss the turn based systems.
urban lantern
yeah I was sad that Final Fantasy 7 remake was a hack and slash
old ruin
I recommend Persona and Metaphor
But it isnt the same since those follow the more traditional tbrpg combat systems
Though, similar enough.
latent slate
i do like persona but i had a hard time wrapping my head around the stories.
old ruin
Bro, the stories are confusing icl
Early game persona feels so trivial a lot of the times whenever you're sent to the metaverse.
But things come together if you stick with it
Thats actually the devs intention cuz the protagonist themselves are confused by what happens, so you're in the same boat as them.
It's immersive but can definitely be a double edge sword to some people.
split apex
This game could also win best soundtrack
urban lantern
I missed the peculiar encounter achievement
old ruin
The amount of times i had to get through these side bosses underlevelled is wild.
Still pull through tho
Trust in the rhythm.
old ruin
We lock in like its Dark Souls
marsh escarp
Holy hell that was beautiful, bravo
dry stone
Lol, just found out today floating lamps above guide you through the main path of each area
dawn flax
kinda stuck with ||reinair vanish move|| i know i can take him, but kinda hard when teammates get vanished😂
warm mortar
Unless something else truely mind blowing releases this year expedition 33 is a very strong contender for goty.
Imo
daring forum
why there’s no manual save? I wanna go back to certain bosses, and do them many times.
Not having manual save sucks
I already loaded back Renoir mention fight about 4 times. Can’t get enough of it
warm mortar
Im bot sure either.
old ruin
why there’s no manual save? I wanna go back to certain bosses, and do them many ...
You can reload save but yeah i wished there was manual save too
I wish i can go back and fight scripted bosses too
Hopefully in a update they add that
Closest we got is the reload last auto saves
Idk if those get refreshed after a cutscene
latent slate
i think i saw yesterday there is a practice mode somewhere. apperently you can fight any enemy u want as much as you want.
and also if you wanna farm xp and stuff. after the gestral village|| there is a secret arena somewhere near the village its inside of a giant dead neveron.||
old ruin
and also if you wanna farm xp and stuff. after the gestral village|| there is a ...
Dont enemies have fixed lvls in each area tho. Or do those ||geatrals|| scale up with the player?
I never had to grind for xp yet but when i do, i'd normally just grind in current level im suppose to be progressing in and keep resetting enemies after i clear em.
Like its pokemon
latent slate
Dont enemies have fixed lvls in each area tho. Or do those ||geatrals|| scale up...
that i dont know
latent slate
Dont enemies have fixed lvls in each area tho. Or do those ||geatrals|| scale up...
i just saw i a video on it yesterday i have not had the chance to check it out.
after he was done he was doing 9999 hp worth of damage to his enemies.
old ruin
after he was done he was doing 9999 hp worth of damage to his enemies.
Thats cuz u get the last expeditioner pictos from them. One gives you 100% crit chance, another gives Powerful buff for the whole fight and another gives shield.
old ruin
Thats cuz u get the last expeditioner pictos from them. One gives you 100% crit ...
There's another too where u get significant speed advantage too
latent slate
There's another too where u get significant speed advantage too
i might have to backtrack and get some of those.
old ruin
Its totally worth it.
Put those on your last stand expedition team and increase your clutch potential.
marsh escarp
after he was done he was doing 9999 hp worth of damage to his enemies.
That ain't very high compared to what you can do later 👀
old ruin
Yeah, there's definitely gonna be a picto that allows you to surpass damage caps.
I can already see it.
marsh escarp
||You can hit for millions after you get it||
latent slate
thats crazy.
old ruin
I find it so cool how in Expedition 33, there's easter egg inside ||the manor map||, u can find a portrait of the Dev team inside the game. I wish more games did this.
marsh escarp
urban lantern
Just finished Act 1 and I'm sad now
dry stone
I thought the game was over and act 3 just started
marsh escarp
Yep 😂
dry stone
I can't beat the dualiste boss in endless tower first stage even after reaching lvl 60 💀
dry stone
Got it done 😤
Dodge fest this game is in act 3
urban lantern
GESTRAL BEACH!!
dry stone
This boss was so funny 😂. The only one I could parry well and it just explodes on its own
latent slate
This boss was so funny 😂. The only one I could parry well and it just explodes ...
sad i will probably lose that fight my timing sucks 😆
alpine shard
Anyone got all the achievements for this? How difficult of a completion is it would you say?
marsh escarp
I um, beat Expedition 33. It's getting GOTY, nothing else is close to it and probably won't ever come close to it for a long time. It's a once in a generation game
dry stone
Anyone got all the achievements for this? How difficult of a completion is it wo...
I read theres a missable one for journal or music record that you have to restart and finish whole game again for
marsh escarp
Anyone got all the achievements for this? How difficult of a completion is it wo...
There's quite a few missable things
marsh escarp
Also the song for the finale is pure art, I legitimately want to replay the end just to experience it again
urban lantern
I um, beat Expedition 33. It's getting GOTY, nothing else is close to it and pro...
I haven't beat it but you are right
split apex
I’ve just started act 3
split apex
I haven’t hit any walls yet so I haven’t really explored too much around the continent. Once I finish the base game I plan on exploring more
dawn flax
it is a very good game, the dodge/parry still get me, mostly on chromatic bosses. But all battles feel different, in a good way. Also the way you can experiment with your team and builds.. and then the cutscenes, with the atmosphere and the music, and little team moments, pure art!!
old ruin
Block tales is literally Expedition 33 but on Roblox.
urban lantern
this was hard
split apex
Just finished the game and damn, was amazing
urban lantern
I'm still on act 2
dawn flax
I'm in Act 3, story end act 2 was sad. Act 3 feels like a 2nd season. So now the cap's off, but boy do you need it😂, or be lucky with the parry/dodge. Also.. I've primarly put attribute in agility. So i'm kinda figuring where to put them next.🤔Not sure to choose vitality, def or might. On all characters they are above 20 except luck, which i kinda skipped. Running with Lune, Maelle and Monkeyman for the most part now.
marsh escarp
I'm in Act 3, story end act 2 was sad. Act 3 feels like a 2nd season. So now the...
Put attribute points in whatever attributes your weapons scale off of
It'll make you do way more damage
dawn flax
That would be easier if you didn't have to actually equip a weapon. And also you cannot scale to max upgrade to figure out the stats to where you can upgrade as it is per level🤔. Or is there something i'm missing?
urban lantern
Oh my god What kind of ending is Act 2? 😭 I thought Act 1 was sad
split apex
Completed the whole game and didn’t even know about the luminas system smh
urban lantern
no what?
marsh escarp
Completed the whole game and didn’t even know about the luminas system smh
How???
naive ivy
to be fair i can see why that would happen, its easy to miss, the game does tell you in pop ups but its easy to dismiss it.
i didn't see it at first
dry stone
I too missed it initially, I found out later after watching some tips and tricks video or article. I was still early into the game so it was fine. I kind of handicapped myself tho again cuz I was too lazy to read properly by giving everyone Roulette. Only realised in act 3 that I should have probably skipped it
old ruin
@west burrow
Mid game spoilers
Idk if u care or not but yeah, its all the finesse.
Thats like a boss with a more predictable moveset tho tbf.
But u catch my drift.
west burrow
<@456226577798135808>
**Mid game spoilers**
Idk if u care or not but yeah, its...
bro i just finished waters, Gustave out, Maelle out, Lune 1 hit from being out
easiest difficulty btw
old ruin
It be like that.
Either come back another time when u more levelled up or soldier it through with skill alone
west burrow
if only there was an easy mode...
old ruin
Ironic since u playing on easy mode. You can always just farm older mobs so you can give yourself one shot protection at the very least.
west burrow
i put the most upgrades into the kid
old ruin
Wdym by that. Everyone should be levelling up equally.
west burrow
well let me rephrase, i level up but dont focus on ||gustave given he dies pretty soon anyway||
old ruin
I'd recommend doing it still to give yourself an advantage. I get it but you still nerfing yourself.
Dude has like mad skill points left over.
west burrow
i wonder if we can use ||him on NG+ full game||
old ruin
to be fair i can see why that would happen, its easy to miss, the game does tell...
I think not noticing it and failing to understand it are two completely different things. Failing to notice is is difficult cuz there be popups and a big UI that remind you about the system to your right. Failing to understand it is reasonable as its a pretty unique system that i dont see in turn based rpgs similar to this.
It took me till mid-late Act 1 to fully grasp how Lumina works.
But going through the whole game and not knowing about it whatsoever is insane.
Makes me feel like that person missed out on a lot of side-content.
west burrow
what is it?
urban lantern
They nerfed my girl
marsh escarp
Nah, just one move for her
lone lava
i just started and played the prologue last night and....whew.
i was absolutely NOT prepared for the start of act I
old ruin
One of the best video game prologues of all time.
marsh escarp
i was absolutely NOT prepared for the start of act I
You're in for one helluva ride, lol
old ruin
A ride from being sad, to throwing your controller at the wall to joy. Rinse and repeat.
dawn flax
i'm cleaning up before i hit the end of act3, so much side stuff to do. Finished all the relationship quest, they were well written bonding quests. What a game🥰
dry stone
They nerfed Maelles weapon and skill in patch just when I learned about it and wanted to || beat Clea. She's healing half a million every turn 😭 ||
old ruin
Yeah, it all started with their offical twitter page reacting to people being surprised on how they were dealing over a million.
Like ppl were min/maxing their damage output and mogging their damage numbers in the victory screens
It was a small trend
It was funny
dawn flax
people will make new insane builds, i didnt learn about her weapon after act2, and i allready beat that particulair mission... doing fine without it thou, for now..🫠
west burrow
yo I'm at Stonewalk cliffs, how far into Expedition 33 does that put me?
split apex
About 1/3
old ruin
If you dont know how far you're into the game or think u mid game, please consider using spoiler tags.
But what Kieran said
west burrow
thanks
west burrow
got the whole squad looking dapper
old ruin
The fact i missed those outfits tho
I can always backtrack tho i think
I have the skirt for Maelle tho
naive ivy
the game is mocking me, mocking me 🔥 😅
west burrow
the game is mocking me, mocking me 🔥 😅
where you find?
west burrow
The fact i missed those outfits tho
they're included with the deluxe edition
urban lantern
francois 😢
old ruin
The addiction to do a no dodge run tho
For a weapon being ||crafted by the curator||, its passive effects are sure meh.
I dont think not once i was able to proc the level 4 because i usually stick to just doing breaking rules.
west burrow
peak gaming
urban lantern
peak gaming indeed
west burrow
just got ||Monoco||, how far would you sa i am @urban lantern
west burrow
I m using ||Sciel, Lune and Maelle||. good choices?
urban lantern
Yeah I mean I don't know too much
I'm using Verso, Maelle, Monoco because more character reason then build reason
old ruin
Maelle and Sciel are like my parties highest damage dealers due to their gimmicks so so based on ur build, ig so.
old ruin
I gotta do NG+ aswell to get that one mime in lumiere. I think i was able to get every other Mime.
I hope in NG+ tho, we get the option ||To use Gustave as a character for that entire playthrough without the game killing him off at a certain point||
It be fun to have ||Verso and Gustave in the same party||
west burrow
Maelle and Sciel are like my parties highest damage dealers due to their gimmick...
my build "set everything on fire!!!"
dry stone
At around end of act 2, I stopped giving lumina to my 4th and 5th choice in battle and kept focusing only on finishing fights with my main 3
old ruin
Yeah im at the end of act 2 right now, and im trynna finish it with my secondary team before i move back to my primary.
west burrow
if i set enemies on fire then use ice as Lune, does it cancel out or is it not that literal
old ruin
I used to always have Maelle be the first to proc but later on, i wanted needed that one skill slot for something that gives more utility, so i often just rely on Lune to proc or Maelle's Gradient attack where she proc 10 burn.
Degangment is good but it falls off later game and u wanna get more utility out of your turn.
urban lantern
maelle is OP
dry stone
I think Lune only high hit move is elemental genesis and Hell for me
old ruin
Hell is inconsistent based on who u fighting ofc but even tho i put a lot of skill points into her might, i always thought that'll always affect her healing effictiveness aswell
Just like other turn-based games i played
Usually attck power also means healing power
So i have her doing a lot of Typhoons
dry stone
I just got her health to 15k and high defense. She is my reviver
Verso and Maelle I got to 99 agility
old ruin
Same here but i havent focused my skill points into her defense and health, more so her might and agility.
dry stone
Also cheater double move pictos is key for me
old ruin
I have most my party members roughly the same level of attribute points as i like having a glass cannon playstyle, my only exceptions are Monoco, Sciel and Verso somewhat.
Sciel, i rely on criting a lot cuz Sealed fate Dps is overall good and is super Foretell resource efficent if you put points into her crits.
So it feels like i can always get the most out of my Moon attacks and twilight.
She's like my second main damage dealer behind Maelle
dry stone
I have to admit, I never took Sciel cuz her face seems generic and ai generated, seems to feel uncanny valley in cutscenes
dry stone
Lol, its something to do with how they animate her face, the teeth. And it doesn't help that she's just a passenger in the story mostly
thorny maple
I'm looking for a sanity check. So for attributes points is defense useless?
I'm in middle of act 2. I'm trying to parry but I always feel like I'm off. Playing on PC.
dry stone
I would put points in defense for Lune and maybe Maelle
Lune staying alive to revive everyone
old ruin
Almost done with the game, made it to Act III and Wow
dawn flax
the picto ||cheater||, 🤯, I put it Lune for learning, she has a bit of speed in her build, she keeps going😂. Now to get enough Lumina for all to have it. Also, maybe picto ||second chance, but its 40lumina🤔||
dry stone
Yeah I use || cheater, second chance, survivor, recovery || on my main 3.
old ruin
Yeah, late game, revitalization becomes redunant
Still good if u still have trouble late game but there're options
dry stone
I only have these fights || Simon, Clea, and last stage of Endless Tower. Simon has like 100 million HP I think in NG+ || remaining to complete
Dunno if I want to start NG+
old ruin
I only have these fights || Simon, Clea, and last stage of Endless Tower. Simon ...
In what ||Family tree does Clea belong to during the Epilogue again? I couldnt grasp why she was present in there. Is she a older sister, sitter?||
dry stone
In what ||Family tree does Clea belong to during the Epilogue again? I couldnt g...
|| she's verso and Alicia (maelles) older sister. She's been trying to get their parents out of the canvas or stopped trying after long time or so
Clea is fighting a war between writers and painters outside the canvas. I am guessing they might tell more in DLC
||
old ruin
|| she's verso and Alicia (maelles) older sister. She's been trying to get their...
Ah ok, i thought so. ||The fracture is also the event of when Aline and Renoir begins a new interdimensional engagement inside the canvas right?||
||I wonder if those gommage years are the real passage of time outside the canvas||
dry stone
Ah ok, i thought so. ||The fracture is also the event of when Aline and Renoir b...
|| I've not put my head what they all want really. Lol just stuck too long in canvas and nuking each others creations. There's time dilation and stuff, and only like 15 years pass in the "real world" ||
old ruin
|| I've not put my head what they all want really. Lol just stuck too long in ca...
||i dont think there isnt any want. Its just toxic, abusive relationship cranked up to 11 million. Its a competition to see who can grieve more than the other. The creations are essentially walling vent art. There's just few loose ends i csnt wrap my head either like why what begins a fracture and why the paintress is seen as "The goddess of life" even tho she responsible for gommage and Renoir "God of death" when he helps us earlier.||
||Their labels confuse me cuz then i try to connect the dots who painted what. I think Renoir paints most hostile Nevrons but Aline paints Lumerians just to wipe them away?||
old ruin
west burrow
anyone able to watch a stream to help me build out my parties builds?
split apex
lol
alpine apex
lol awesome
viral sun
This game has been an absolute blast. Truly one of a kind game
marsh escarp
It's incredible, I beat the main story a couple weeks ago and I've been making my way through the endgame stuff. I'm down to one final boss, then I'll have beaten everything in the game
naive ivy
I just finished act 2 I thought the game was about to end, like oh my god this game is amazing
alpine apex
I'm finding this too hard for me 😭
naive ivy
I'm finding this too hard for me 😭
change the Difficulty to story and turn off the QTE prompts
you be able to dodge and not use parry
alpine apex
I did that already lmao
I just suck at games haha
I will try dodge more often tho - I've been trying to parry everything
naive ivy
yeah, rookie error
dodge as a much longer time, When you start getting Perfect dodge that means you would of been successful with parry if you parried
alpine apex
aha, I see
naive ivy
a other tip is do not look at your character, look at the thing that is going to attack you watch for the time you want to dodge just as the weapon touch's you learn there moves
split apex
There’s also sound cues for a lot of moves
urban lantern
I'm finding this too hard for me 😭
Use the energising pain picto
dawn flax
i turned off music volume and turned down volume of the teammembers. This way the audio cues are way more noticable!
alpine apex
Use the energising pain picto
oh hell yeah, this thing's great!
signal moth
Is it me, or is the dialogue in this game really hard to hear? Could be me, I know.
alpine apex
oh yes I turned the music down
signal moth
I also had to adjust my speaker levels a little, to cut some of the 'atmospheric' rear speaker noises.
signal moth
Well, I just got to the part where I figured out... ||These people are not only suffering but are entirely, comprehensively, doomed unless something changes. Not just in a bad situation which you would not wish upon anyone, but doomed to extinction.||
signal moth
The graphical effects on Maelle's hair are incredible.
signal moth
I wonder ||how long they'll be able to do expeditions. Assuming that expedition 33 failed, maybe they'd have another 15 years before it just became impractical. Of course, I assume expedition 33 won't fail, since we're the heroes of the story, but the characters don't know that.||
naive ivy
Finished the game amazing
signal moth
Nice work.
alpine apex
story mode is about to get storier! (there's more patch notes but this is the part I cared about)
signal moth
The damage still isn’t going down much, so you will still need to dodge or parry, I think.
This means that while easier, it won’t be “no thoughts, head empty” mode.
marsh escarp
I mean, an extra 40% on the parry window is pretty substantial 😆
signal moth
Oh that was meant in a tone of approval.
I've entirely put off proceeding until patch 1.3 drops on Xbox.
alpine apex
I've entirely put off proceeding until patch 1.3 drops on Xbox.
it updated for me today :)
signal moth
Yeah I'm downloading it now.
alpine apex
sweet!
urban lantern
I'm glad people play things in story mode
zealous flicker
I'm playing for a good time, not a hard time.
urban lantern
Yes and with the new story mode update I can maybe 100% this game
zealous flicker
Those dodge/parry changes are quite significant so should make this much easier.
urban lantern
tbf I still need to do the climbing gestral challenge 😭 for that 100%
zealous flicker
Of course, the changes come after I've already finished it 😄
urban lantern
You too good
marsh escarp
Yeah I beat everything in the game except for ||Simon||, I'm happy more people can play it now tho!
urban lantern
Yeah I beat everything in the game except for ||Simon||, I'm happy more people c...
but now you can
marsh escarp
Idk how to tell you this, but that parry window probably ain't gonna help me 
urban lantern
i haven't tried but also it's 10 - 50% less damage taken
urban lantern
still can't beat this mf
signal moth
i haven't tried but also it's 10 - 50% less damage taken
No, you misread it. My reading was that the damage in story mode used to be 60% that of normal mode, but now it's dropped by 10%, and is 50%.
I would be happy if it were more, but I do not think it is.
urban lantern
god I'm so bad I spent like 2 hours on that, still lose
signal moth
I get lost so badly without a map
alpine apex
saame
signal moth
Trying right now to go back for a sidequest I missed and... oof
signal moth
Well I managed that, on to the next place and... lost again. This just isn't any fun.
split apex
The levels are fairly linear, shouldn’t be too hard to find your way back. There are a couple levels where it is more puzzle based
signal moth
If you say so. I can't tell if I'm going forwards or back or left or right.
A simple compass would help
It's probably a totally fine style of game, just one that is for a different kind of player than me.
split apex
At least it wasn’t as hard to navigate as some metroidvanias lol
signal moth
I've rarely played one of those without a map. Except Carrion I guess.
marsh escarp
There's usually floating lights of some variety showing the main path to follow
signal moth
Because I lose my bearings very easily in this, I follow those lights the wrong way often.
west burrow
I'm oddly finding it easier to parry than dodge and am going for it far more often. I suspect because I find without a few successful team counter attacks I tend to lose.
naive ivy
I got lost so many times in fact most of the time😅
The reason why there is not a map is because they wanted players to feel like they were exploring. Giving a player a map they thought would lead to a experience of go to point A kill that guy go to point B kill that guy. By taking the map away you forcing players to find there own way and what comes with that.
alpine apex
result: I get confused, miss things, and have given up on doing side quests
a map that fills in as you go would still allow for exploration and help you keep track of where you've been already
signal moth
Oh yeah, I decided after that one I mentioned to give up on any optional content. Not worth out!
I spent so long wandering aimlessly in The Flying Waters and I’m officially too old for that. If other areas aren’t easier to navigate, I will (with mild regret) shelve the game.
alpine apex
I love maps that fill in as you go, it makes me want to fill it all in!
signal moth
Same!
quasi furnace
Does Act 2 finishes after defeating the Axon?
split apex
no
gentle badge
Get wrecked Simon!
willow compass
Someone please help me defeat these mimes quicker.. it take me 5 minutes to kill one, even while spamming dodges and skills
cinder solstice
What lvl should I be do fight the paintress
cinder solstice
I’m lvl 43 and I did the first phase just fine but got wrecked in the second