that is what I was hoping
#Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
dawn spindle
all right
||It's a long way back to go back as is right now, and I might be stubborn, but also I'm lazy lol||
nova temple
The point of the video:
"Note to self, when trying to save the world, bring a bisexual queen, a studious lesbian, their daughter, and her two gay uncles"
I too like it when 70% of my 23-minute video on art history is a full game recap that doesn't touch on art history at all, because that's how we make content for this game 😅
halcyon elbow
That did bother me too
But the art history is good!
The plot synopsis is fully skippable though
nova temple
Oh, I don't mind it, I like it, especially since she has a fun presentational style
just amused
halcyon elbow
I do think a lot of better commentary will hit in 3-6mo after trying to chase the algorithm cools down
And people have the time to construct better arguments around their ideas
nova temple
Probably
Not me, adding another 60 hours worth of a playthrough to my watch later...
unrelated to that
analog tiger
okay I was going to ask if certain characters were based on real people
and five minutes of wikipediaing got me my answer that yes they are 
analog tiger
E33 all ||it is interesting though how real life Renoir was known by his painting of people and one of E33 Renoir's key aspects (at least imo) is that he does not paint people||
E33 all ||he paints monsters and abstractions of people||
halcyon elbow
E33 ||I'd be fascinated to know if anyone other than Aline painted humans, however. Verso and Clea painted Gestrals and Esquie and Francois who are all people, and Verso painted Lumiere itself, but it isn't ever clear that he painted the people of Lumiere or if Aline fully populated it with humans when she painted the painted version of her family||
||I get the impression that painting humans is somewhat taboo||
analog tiger
||I get the impression that painting humans is somewhat taboo||
E33 all ||I hadn't thought about that tbh and it's a fascinating prospect 🤔 ||
nova temple
all ||I was reminded recently that the Grandis used to interact with humans pre-Fracture, but that doesn't actually tell us whether it was Verso or Aline who painted them||
analog tiger
E33 all ||I actually don't know if I think the people of Lumière were painted by Verso or Aline tbh 🤔 ||
nova temple
||There is potentially an argument to be made for them being Aline's creation, because the way... Alicia? explains it, each year Renoir destroys Aline's oldest creations. But you could make a reasonable case for her having taken over the Painting's chroma, including Verso's, so even though the humans could've started as Verso's creations, they are hers now - and therefore subject to the Gommage||
analog tiger
E33 all ||I had forgotten about that line. And the other races don't get affected by the gommage, right?||
nova temple
Correct
analog tiger
E33 all ||yeah I think that puts some weight on them being all Aline's creations||
halcyon elbow
E33 ||Renoir treats Painted Verso as real, but also distinctly as not part of the family, and my guess is that Aline had rescued him from a painting where he had been painting people and gotten lost in that world and in that diminutive godhood||
halcyon elbow
Gommage day today (I turn 33)
nova temple
fallow geode
🇫
nova temple
Gs in chat
analog tiger
Gommage day today (I turn 33)
happy birthday! 🎉
dawn spindle
Gommage day today (I turn 33)
You can come haunt people with me now, it's fun.
Also happy birthday!
hollow ruin
happy birthday tho
exotic ember
Happy birthday!
reef iron
happy birthday kon!!!! 🎉
halcyon elbow
I'm with Maelle on this one
Why anyone celebrates the Gommage is beyond me
(Thanks tho)
scarlet trout
Happy birthday Kon!
nova temple
you are now An Old Man
dawn spindle
(Thanks tho)
the person I'm watching play is currently awed at the amount of battle themes the game has
He's at Act 1 ||Flying waters|| ||just got maelle||
So I'm like "lmao"
halcyon elbow
Every dungeon has at least one unique battle theme
Apparently he made a point of high variance in music because he didn't want anyone to get annoyed that they're listening to the same track on repeat for hours at a time
dawn spindle
Yeah, actually it's a small part I dropped Celeste
the bigger part being my skill issue
but hearing the same sounds on repeat non-stop makes me rage
analog tiger
shout out to YGO Forbidden Memories on the PS1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9I4NW6SkhQ do you like this song?
you better do because you are going to be listening to it on repeat for about 30h
dawn spindle
also this streamer just gets all the parry right from the get go which is mildly infuriating, but he is unable to understand the lumina menu
nova temple
This is why technology doesn't develop linearly and deterministically everywhere, people think differently!
dawn spindle
Yep, he is always mildly infuriating for me to watch but he's the only person I actively go see what is he playing.
(Coincidentally he's also the reason Nick read Mistborn)
obtuse pond
but hearing the same sounds on repeat non-stop makes me *rage*
I was mostly fine with that until I got to Farewell.
Then it drove me crazy.
Although Farewell is also just an insane nonsense level in general that I couldn’t even make it to the “hard part” of.
At least the track for Farewell is good, that kept me sane for a lot longer than it would’ve if it was a bad song: https://youtu.be/VXIqXaX1blY?si=7mslBzy9jtl5jLCQ
dawn spindle
The issue with celeste is that you hear a, very very short bit of the track since the bits are short
So i don't really hear a track feels more like bells on repeat that last 0.5 seconds
dawn spindle
Act 2 ||Old Lumiere|| ||Lune is peak at emotional handling "just stop crying", thanks Lune||
man there's this enemy
I can't get the parry right for crap
dawn spindle
|| these giant swords make a very similar sound to the chroma/lumina pick ups and it's confusing my senses lol||
||"my back hurts but I'm fine" me too girl, me too ||
dawn spindle
i suspect i know which one you mean
I mean the ||chevaliere's one or another version, idk why I feel this should be easy but i can't get the parry right and it has been quite a few so far||
dawn spindle
aaaay I managed one perfect parry
goddammit, Im gonna be here forever
I could dodge instead, but I'm too stubborn.
|| oh my freaking god, I had trouble killing these things with 2 characters, how am i supposed to do it with one???||
well I will either learn this pattern or die trying, I guess.
it shall be the later for now
exotic ember
I could dodge instead, but I'm too stubborn.
Playing the game as it’s meant to be played
dawn spindle
Parry or death, indeed.
It would slightly help not getting oneshot
But the mere idea of adding health is 
Parry or death all the way. 😤
exotic ember
It would slightly help not getting oneshot
An ability or two that grant shields were my solution to that
dawn spindle
Terrible
Yas! I got the group of 3
Act 2 ||old lumiere|| ||there's a manor... I'm about to get destroyed emotionally or otherwise aren't I?||
Hmmm
big spoiler ||Renoir being Verso's dad doesnt do any "gasp" thing for me? Like hmm i feel this is meant to have some sort of impact on the player that did absolutely nothing, i hope some more juicy things come out of that. And if that's all Lune found on the expedition journal then that's rather disappointing.||
exotic ember
big spoiler ||Renoir being Verso's dad doesnt do any "gasp" thing for me? Like h...
^ || Yeah it wasn’t a big reveal for me really either. Totally valid feelings. Definitely was similar to me, as I know Luke’s reaction to the journal had me expecting something wild ||
dawn spindle
||yes, this has me like "kay?"||
This fight equal parts fun equal parts stupid lol
Act 2 ||old lumiere done|| ||renoir fight was a bit 
||
exotic ember
This fight equal parts fun equal parts stupid lol
Stupid how?
dawn spindle
||well the jump attack was timed rather poorly and it was a whole team attack, everything else seemed fine, once again it was too easy tho||
exotic ember
||well the jump attack was timed rather poorly and it was a whole team attack, e...
|| Huh, I don’t think I struggled with the timing on that one. And dang lol, I think I found that fight pretty challenging at the time ||
dawn spindle
||well jumping when the icon appeared as it has been the rest of the game was too early, jumping right after was slightly early, it ended up being slightly after which isn't terrible once you know but I've spent 30h junping when the icon appears so ||
Act 2 ||post old lumiere camp stuff || ||This is pure poetry||
||I too am a bit wheewhoowheewhoo||
exotic ember
||well jumping when the icon appeared as it has been the rest of the game was to...
^ || Ahh gotcha yeah that’s fair. Jumping definitely isn’t always right when icon appears ||
nova temple
||well jumping when the icon appeared as it has been the rest of the game was to...
||Jumps and gradients can vary in their timing, hitting the button as soon as you identify the type of attack is often okay, but not always. In that, they are like other attacks, you still have to look at the movement||
dawn spindle
||first time I'm consistently unable to get it right makes me not happy about that, since the timing was clearly out of what the game has given me so far||
fallow geode
||There's at least one Gradient attack where the wind up is long you can whiff the parry twice and still get it on the third press||
dawn spindle
completely unrelated ||I just unlocked the ability to break through those shiny root things... just now idk if this is early or late but time to go back all the way to the beginning of the game I guess ||
pure forge
Made the mistake of getting to level 85 before finishing game. Oops.
dawn spindle
Act 2 ||post old lumiere stuff|| ||I can appreciate Verso is lying like a madman here... saying he doesn't know why they went see Maelle and that he was surprised about it...||
pure forge
THE FINAL FIGHT TO DECI-single free aim shot ends fight.
||Went with Verso without hesitation though.||
nova temple
completely unrelated ||I just unlocked the ability to break through those shiny ...
I think I unlocked that a little earlier in Act 2, but still late enough that I knew I had missed a bunch in 1
dawn spindle
Yeah I don't think it can effectively be locked much earlier
I am pretty sure I unlocked it earlier than now... ||I just forgot go talk to the guy lol||
||Cause I just got one more little guy and this reward was from the previous one ||
||I love Lune 😌 ||
nova temple
Correct
dawn spindle
In a complete masochist whim I've gone back to the Area from Act 1 ||Dark shores|| 😌
nova temple
I'd say it's still too early for you, but 
halcyon elbow
I think it is intended as an early act 3 farm spot
dawn spindle
Probably but I couldn't help myself
I have been in a fight 20 minutes I just died.
So uh, yeah I'll come back later
It was fun lasting all 20 minutes though
post Act 1 spoilers ||It is weird to be at the beginning of the game with Verso but no Gustave 😭 ||
nova temple
merry lance
post Act 1 spoilers ||It is weird to be at the beginning of the game with Verso ...
Act 2 ||Dark Shores|| (safe for Usha) ||Fun fact, one of the expeditioners that dies at the start of Act 1 one shot one of those handsy fellas||
dawn spindle
Act 2 ||Dark Shores|| (safe for Usha) ||Fun fact, one of the expeditioners that ...
I noticed! since I was watching someone play.
nova temple
wait, that's a boss https://bsky.app/profile/eelaware.bsky.social/post/3lqsvqpawac2r
nova temple
I forgot I had retweets hidden https://x.com/ilikedetectives/status/1929984682646720609
X
and I missed a highly important media https://fixupx.com/IrunoArt/status/1930259046705111508
halcyon elbow
Monoco is a vibe in this for sure
Unrelated
I had figured that Un Vie A T'aimer, Un Vie A Peindre, and Un Vie A Rever formed sort of a three movement piece together. What I had not caught is each of those movements is eleven minutes long and together it is a 33 minute piece
Each of them is eleven minutes exactly, which is itself remarkable. I have some experience with performing music under time constraints and getting it spot on every time like that is.... well, he's showing off at this point
The commitment to 33 branding is unreal
quaint gale
So I haven't actually played the game, but I've intermittently watched a housemate play it, then watched through the story. And, uh, wow. The story and characters have been firmly occupying my brain for the past couple of days. 😅
I wish I'd been up to playing through it myself, but the story still hits hard.
dawn spindle
E33 time!
halcyon elbow
Ye continue
dawn spindle
We Continue
dawn spindle
Act 2 outfits, Act 1 area ||my girl looks otherworldy in this area with this outfit 😍 ||
dawn spindle
okay, Act 2 ||post old lumiere|| ||well not really but just in case, I have redone almost all of Act 1 overworld and map areas, kinda leaving for last the gestralt village since I don't see the point on redoing that just yet, but I'm also missing Yellow Harvest which is massive and I'm being lazy, so that's for when I go back to playing I guess... I had somehow missed 2 entire areas in the sanctuary pre gestralt village (not counting breakable bits that i couldn't do)||
halcyon elbow
okay, Act 2 ||post old lumiere|| ||well not really but just in case, I have redo...
||Yellow Harvest is a cut main story dungeon. It was initially where you were supposed to find Sciel, which is why she mentions ending up in a yellow forest when you first meet her now||
nova temple
||That explains why it's so big. I assumed her offhanded mention of it was meant to be a nice little immersive easter egg - if you clock it, and then find Yellow Harvest, you'd go "aha, that's what she was talking about"||
dawn spindle
||Yellow Harvest is a cut main story dungeon. It was initially where you were su...
I have already done it, I'm going to go in again
halcyon elbow
Early act 1 ||https://youtu.be/1sULk8zhnfE ||
Impressive piece of music to capture the essence of with a solo acoustic guitar
fallow geode
Act 3 general ||ok, so you say act 1, but that song title man 
||
dawn spindle
Fascinating, I was trying to go into WF and for some reason E33 is running instead?
fallow geode
the universe is sending you a message
dawn spindle
I think I need to go play with my fan profiles again that's what
They are firing to the moon and back repeteadly rather than staying on or off
That's probably not very good for their life
(specifically when playing E33)
also the playtime difference between steam and ingame is??? crazy?
33h vs 48h
I know I've AFKed a bit here and there but that's a lot
I'd have said I've AFKed maybe 3h total
hmmmmm
Act 2 ||I think I've missed some gestralt content by not doing it when Gustave was around||
exotic ember
also the playtime difference between steam and ingame is??? crazy?
Yeah mine is like 79h vs 55h. It’s weird
dawn spindle
Act 2 ||Stone Wave Cliffs|| ||Hello Chromatic Gault||
||okay, it's fast, but very doable||
wtf
on my first try I parried almost everything
on my second try I failed every single one
dawn spindle
||okay, it's fast, but very doable||
||when I said this I hadn't gotten to the shifted attack it does when under 50% health ||
shell minnow
I did a smidge of playing last night for the first time, finished up Act 3 ||Crimson Forest|| and then went back and grabbed a few collectibles from old areas I'd seen Preach get that I'd missed
dawn spindle
ah ah, the streamer I'm watching is about to finish Act 1.
I think I'll probably stop watching until I finish Act 2 myself
nova temple
I did a smidge of playing last night for the first time, finished up Act 3 ||Cri...
A few of the areas in this game have names that, albeit very different, feel to me like they have the same vibe (Crimson Forest, Falling Leaves, Yellow Harvest, maybe a couple more, it's all... tree-ish), and I can never remember which one is which 😅
dawn spindle
Act 2 ||Stone Wave Cliffs|| ||Hello Chromatic Gault||
I have gotten annoyed at this thing now 😅 Though the fight is fun I think my mood is not up to par with it.
halcyon elbow
A few of the areas in this game have names that, albeit very different, feel to ...
||Crimson Forest is the one on the flying rock near the Endless Tower, that has all the fire-and-ice swordsmen with the Chromatic variant at the end, iirc||
shell minnow
Yep, Kon's got it
Act 3 ||Had to find a bunch of statues with swords and interact with them which turned the colors on and off||
reef iron
act 3 ||crimson forest|| ||if i recall, it was each statue had a single-use, non-reversible button that would switch to a CERTAIN colour. it got progressively darker and darker til you beat the boss. very fun vibe||
halcyon elbow
A lot of the endgame dungeons are just really high quality
Nothing complicated about much of any of them but they just nail what they're going for
True of just about everything Expedition 33 tbh
fallow geode
act 3 ||crimson forest|| ||if i recall, it was each statue had a single-use, non...
act 3 ||Crimson Forest|| ||as far as I could tell, each just took more (red) colour out, until the final one cycled it back around to full colour||
||also each sword spawned a new set of enemies||
dawn spindle
Can someone confirm something for me?
Act 2 ||Does chromatic gault have a skill for Monoco? I really would rather not be using him for this fight but althougb most enemies do show the icon I have gotten skills out of some that weren't showing the foot icon so I'm not 100% certain||
halcyon elbow
Chromatics do not have skills unique from the normal variants
Not for Blue Mage purposes anyway
dawn spindle
kk
dawn spindle
god dammit
(╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻
||The attack it does on the second half is duuuumb, I can parry 4 attacks but not the 5th and 6th which are identical to 1-4 whyyyy must i have this skill issue||
exotic ember
Fighting act 3 || Simon ||
|| Finally got phase 2 down below half health. Gradually getting his moveset more and more. Most of it isn’t too bad now. It’s the light attacks that I struggle with, not the fast double attacks ||
^ || Light speed attack is the bane of my existence ||
halcyon elbow
Act 3 ||Simon|| ||Spoilers for the whole fight|| ||You are aware there's a... trap card, close to the end?||
nova temple
||I have up on parrying those||
exotic ember
Act 3 ||Simon|| ||Spoilers for the whole fight|| ||You *are* aware there's a... ...
|| Yeah that was spoiled for me unfortunately ||
exotic ember
||I have up on parrying those||
|| I'm progressively learning. I did just bump Maelle and Verso's weapons up to level 33 from 32 though. And bumped everyone else's weapons up to 32 ||
Act 3 || Simon || || I will say, if I mess up one parry on his long attack, I tend to get hit a few times afterwards lol. The whole thing after ends up being off ||
nova temple
yeeeah
halcyon elbow
I don't think I'd be able to effectively recover parrying long attack chains if I hadn't learned a very adjacent recovery skill in drumline in high school
Getting back on timing when you are off without a full mental reset is really quite hard
exotic ember
Act 3 || Simon || || Just hit my first phase 3 ||
^ || I love that he gets 3 attacks in each move on phase 3. It's brutal and delicious ||
halcyon elbow
You are clearly enjoying this fight more than I
exotic ember
You are clearly enjoying this fight more than I
Oh yeah I love it
Same tags || Gotten to phase 3 a few times now. Feeling like I’m getting quite a bit closer to being able to beat it ||
The fight doesn’t feel like BS. It feels really fair. It’s hard, but reasonably so. All of the attacks are clearly telegraphed. Just a matter of getting good enough to beat it
exotic ember
Well didn’t quite get the fight done tonight. Tomorrow we continue
nova temple
||I couldn't get the timing right in P3. I felt pretty good about learning P2, but the extra attack in P3 just didn't click for me. I thought I was following the same rhythm as in P2, just with one extra hit, but it felt like the pause between the second and third hit was different from the pause between the first and second - and I need to learn the pause between the attacks themselves, and there was too much stuff on the screen that I felt like I couldn't rely on visual cues so I had to learn by feel, and it took so long to get him into P3 in order to practice... It all added to just a bit too much. Maybe if I had a better/faster build so I could practice more, or if I did more resurrecting, but ultimately my frustration outweighed my enjoyment||
dawn spindle
You know I've given up on life my day when I woke up, made coffee and sat to butt heads in E33
also i only go this achievement yesterday lol!
dawn spindle
I must be doing something wrong, I can't ever manage to parry the 6th attack, it looks and sounds identical to the previous set but either my reaction time is being dumb or it's slightly faster
i think the most frustrating thing is how long it takes me to get to the bit to then die in 3 turns with barely no practice in
halcyon elbow
Die to what?
Act.... 3? I guess? ||https://x.com/eldranore/status/1931328164585750848 ||
X
dawn spindle
Die to what?
Act 2 ||chromatic gault||
||the 7 attack combo after you get it under 50% is uuugh i keep failing to parry the 6th attack!||
||the 7th is fine but by then I'm usually dead||
exotic ember
||I couldn't get the timing right in P3. I felt pretty good about learning P2, b...
|| That’s definitely fair! Can’t say I was having the same issues but I can definitely understand it. I had similar frustrations with the paintress fight and her second phase. That one got me frustrated ||
halcyon elbow
|| That’s definitely fair! Can’t say I was having the same issues but I can defi...
I found it to be more fun on paper than in practice. I like all the ideas of it, I just.... didn't like playing it
exotic ember
I found it to be more fun on paper than in practice. I like all the ideas of it,...
Very fair and totally valid!
nova temple
|| That’s definitely fair! Can’t say I was having the same issues but I can defi...
And that one was just fine for me 😅
exotic ember
If I had kept going for it when I was back at level 60 I would have probably gotten frustrated but up at level 90 it’s fun.
Act 3 || Simon || || One team rotation eliminates first phase now. But I had fun learning that phase back at level 60 ||
exotic ember
And that one was just fine for me 😅
Yeah totally fair! That one really kicked my teeth in for some reason
halcyon elbow
X
I tend to find that I agree with JSH a lot in his conclusions but disagree with him a lot on how he got to those conclusions so it'll be fascinating to see what he has to say about this game
exotic ember
Back at it again with the white vans dying endlessly to Act 3 || Simon ||
dawn spindle
sigh
I tried dodging the second half of the fight
as it turns out i no longer know how to dodge
i do it so tightly that I'm a smidge late
exotic ember
Yeah I straight up can't dodge in this game
I find it harder than parrying somehow
If I try switching to dodging anything everything falls apart
dawn spindle
well i could when i started but now I'm too used to parry
I'm at a "dunno what to do with this enemy" point
lol
I mean i could come back when I'm so leveled up that it'll be irrelevant but that seems just boring?
exotic ember
I just bash my face at the enemy until they die
dawn spindle
i won't do that if i see no improvement
don't quite see the point on doing a fight 20 times when they all end exactly the same way
exotic ember
Yeah that’s fair. There are a few I’ve chosen to come back to later
Due to being clearly underleveled
dawn spindle
i don't think i'm specifically underlevel, I'm just unable to parry this attack
i do think I'll beat it if overleveled but... yeah 😅
dawn spindle
Act 2 ||chromatic gault||
this one
exotic ember
Hmm I don’t think I ran across that attack sequence
dawn spindle
||it only does that sequence when under 50%||
exotic ember
Act 3 || Do you all think it’s a spoiler that you can eventually pass the 9,999 cap? I deleted a message that I realized kind of implied it because I mentioned one-shotting a boss. Wanting to be careful to avoid spoilers ||
exotic ember
||it only does that sequence when under 50%||
Gotcha hmm
dawn spindle
Aaah
That's why SpookySpren didn't remember it!
Did you parry that hell of an attack?
nova temple
Possibly? This was weeks ago 😅
But I think this was early enough that I was still in full on parry mode
fallow geode
question inspired by #1342603794370007050
Act 2 / 3 mechanics ||Is there ever a point where "take an extra turn" effects go beyond a single bonus turn? I'm pretty sure that e.g. A Gradient Attack makes Verso's Blitz skip its bonus turn||
halcyon elbow
I haven't ever seen it, I believe it is capped
exotic ember
Yeah one extra turn only I think
fallow geode
🇫
halcyon elbow
I don't mind it actually
It'd get crazy if you could infinite loop turns, and you can still continue to get action gains over enemies by speedmaxxing
merry lance
Mechanics ||There are a few tricks you can do to get a third turn, but that's as far as it goes||
fallow geode
It's an 🇫 with the energy of "aww, but it would have been cool 😦 "
merry lance
||I forget the name of the pictos, I think it makes it so if you hit some health threshold you go next or get a turn or something?||
halcyon elbow
Mmm yeah I know the one you're talking about
Never tried it, since I got it after Cheater and assumed it didn't stack
merry lance
I think I discovered the interaction while I was wearing it for the unlock
exotic ember
Did you parry that hell of an attack?
I just did it now. Did it no-hit/only parrying
Took a while though to get the attacks down
dawn spindle
I have been trying since yesterday
I do keep getting hit by the 6th attack of the combo
exotic ember
It took me days to get the final act 2 boss and most here had no trouble with it
dawn spindle
the first half is a no-brainer got that from the beginning just fine
I haven't reached the end of act 2
siiigh I will try again
exotic ember
Yeah, just trying to basically say that everyone is going to have different bosses that they struggle with
dawn spindle
I think chromatic ones take the cake for me
exotic ember
Yeah I have struggled with a ton of bosses. I'm just really stubborn
I think that doing it later also would be fine for you based on health pool. Idk how much damage you're doing/how quickly you're taking it down
I did some stuff to make sure it would still be a challenge when I fought it
But I think you could always come back to it later
dawn spindle
I have instead found an areai had completely missed!
nova temple
always a treat when that happens
dawn spindle
Oh what a fun place!
Act 2 ||Crushing Cavern|| ||i got crushed! This was accurate advertisement!||
I was too op for that poor thing
nova temple
yeeah, you are there a little late
dawn spindle
Yup
dawn spindle
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this guy is making me wanna cry lol
I tried twice more
I simply am unable to not get hit as soon as it starts with the second phase
always hit by the 6th attack
nova temple
I don't know, give me your account, I guess?
halcyon elbow
Early act 2 ||https://fixupx.com/alionabaranova1/status/1931448487419302069 ||
nova temple
I love them
exotic ember
Oh yeah I beat Act 3 || Simon || earlier today!
exotic ember
Thanks!
Same tags || I do feel a little bad because Gommage did skip phase 3. I was very tempted to close the game in hopes it didn’t save progress and start over. But I decided to take the win.Team would have been erased on the next attack.
That said, Gommage apparently did 55 million damage ||
nova temple
I mean, you could load an earlier save if you wanted to beat your head against it some more
fallow geode
NG+ and replay the whole game to get back like a Real Gamer ™️
dawn spindle
Okay, I'm trying that one enemy once more but with my old controller which is slightly more responsive (I'm not coping)
fallow geode
when I want to lock in I switch to my good headphones
dawn spindle
Lol no ok i have a new controller that cannot get drift
But the buttons are very slightly clunky
Except the triggers which feel better
I can't usually tell but I'm desperate
Okay guys
It wasnt the controller (surprise)
nova temple
Do you... want to stream it? I am not sure if backseat gaming can help, but that's a wild pickle you've gotten yourself in, seems like
dawn spindle
Lol
Maybe tomorrow, I'm not gonna keep playing today
(I just needed to do a quick coping stop on the old comtroller)
exotic ember
NG+ and replay the whole game to get back like a Real Gamer ™️
That’s the plan. After Sekiro
dawn spindle
Those baguettes being so floppy make me uncomfortable in ways I cannot describe.
nova temple
Hate it when my baguette is flaccid
halcyon elbow
I will note, Ben Starr's baguette was rock hard
Probably inedibly so
Looked stale
dawn spindle
I will note, Ben Starr's baguette was rock hard
blinks
I was trying to go to sleep.
halcyon elbow
And.... bread? is preventing that?
scarlet trout
MONOCO BEST SONG CONFIRMED
halcyon elbow
Act 3 ||Monoco is extreme quality clair, Alicia is extreme quality obscur||
exotic ember
Everything related to this game can't help but be peak
halcyon elbow
Act 2 ||The "there will be a lot of fighting -- good -- good -- good" etc scene was improvised by Maxence (as Verso) and Guillaume Broche (as Monoco) to buy time for someone else to say their line||
As Argent has said several times so much of this game seems so impossibly unreal
Surreal, even
Sandfall also found the Maelle mocap actress on Instagram, because of course they did
analog tiger
I mean ngl
I think that the thing that is most unreal or surreal about all of this is a studio taking these chances in the first place
because like the thing is, as good as these people are, there are plenty like them out there that will go unrecognised because studios won't take a chance on them
if you browse social media enough, you'll find competent and skilled people in all kinds of crafts
fallow geode
I think that the thing that is most unreal or surreal about all of this is a stu...
Well that parts easy.
Broche got bored at Ubisoft and went off to do his own thing that no studio would ever take a chance at
"would never take the chance" is where it started
dawn spindle
It does still seem an incredibly huge amount of leaps of faith though.
Even if I understand why once they decided to take the first one the rest just came to them naturally, but I agree with Naru it does feel kind of surreal.
halcyon elbow
Broche would be the first to tell you that what he did is not an easily replicable path to success
Whether he stumbled into a BiS hire like Lorien Testard or he found an aspiring voice actor who turned out to actually be an incredibly talented writer like Jennifer Svedberg-Yen
dawn spindle
That's good, I hate when people start acting like what they did can be easily replicated and has no measure of luck
halcyon elbow
He consistently and loudly credits a ton of luck with how Sandfall came together
exotic ember
if you browse social media enough, you'll find competent and skilled people in a...
So true. Epic the musical was also all cast through TikTok auditions
Yeah the story behind the making of this game is incredible
Looking forward to the full making of doc. Should be really cool to see
dawn spindle
He consistently and loudly credits a ton of luck with how Sandfall came together
Good, extra points in my book
nova temple
https://youtu.be/S62i9f6CSb8
I am sORRY, is this A Thing in France??
dawn spindle
if that is wine, then yes
analog tiger
Even if I understand why once they decided to take the first one the rest just c...
that's not me tho 😭
dawn spindle
?
analog tiger
I'm not the one saying it's surreal, I'm saying that while it does feel surreal it's pretty mundane
the uniqueness here is that someone took the chance; there's not only one Lorien Testard, there is just one Lorien Testard who was given the chance
dawn spindle
You literally said "it's surreal they took the chances" word by word, I am agreeing with that, because people don't take this chanecs, not because it's surreal that they'd find talent.
exotic ember
Yeah there’s so much untapped talent out there
dawn spindle
all right imma go beat my head against that guy a gain a couple of times and otherwise go roam around.
So imma stream for a little while. (Mid Act 2 spoilers)
I got 1 combo right! One!
exotic ember
I got 1 combo right! One!
One step closer to victory!
A couple early birthday presents from my girlfriend! 🥰
exotic ember
Same!
shell minnow
Act 1, though I'm in Act 3 ||I've decided to try to fight Golgra... 😭 ||
||I'm making it about halfway through on Lune, but she's still one-shotting me if I get hit, which is annoyiiiiing||
nova temple
||I think you can't outlevel that until very very late in the game. I think I was in my mid-80s when I could tank individual hits, and still not full combos||
shell minnow
Act 1 ||Ah... she has a phase 2 
WELP okay, probably best to let that one go tonight. I gotta get to bed anyway...||
nova temple
Heh
exotic ember
Act 1 ||Ah... she has a phase 2 <:ShallanOhNo:812828847078506557> WELP okay, pro...
|| Yeah I took her on when I was around level 60. I think I took her on with Monoco first so I could use his fortify ability to give himself shields in order to not get immediately one-shot at all times. Just to help learn the patterns.
I think it took 4+ hours to beat her with all characters. Most of that time being spent getting that first win ||
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The fact that I just finished the Act 3 content on PC this weekend and yet I’m still like “well, I could do it all again on PS5 now”
runic surge
Act 2 ||On the Masked One fight||
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Act 2 ||On the Masked One fight||
Good luck!
halcyon elbow
Act 1 ||Ah... she has a phase 2 <:ShallanOhNo:812828847078506557> WELP okay, pro...
Act 3 (with some side stuff) ||https://youtube.com/shorts/qjyQnoS7aDc ||
halcyon elbow
A sequel (act 1 only) ||https://youtube.com/shorts/pitt-9PA-6A ||
nova temple
"I hate you" is right
merry lance
Woolie's started co-piloting an LP using the French dub
https://youtu.be/5OXjLUHNN5w
halcyon elbow
nova temple
Great, I can suffer again
exotic ember
Oh hell yeah!
nova temple
There's a really nice QOL update, where you can limit your own damage and/or increased the health of all enemies. Would've been nice for when I was demolishing story bosses 😅
halcyon elbow
I do know streamers getting pictos that are too good or accidentally overleveling the main story has a loud contingent of "fans" who get mad at them for "playing the game wrong", this is probably aimed at that
exotic ember
There's a really nice QOL update, where you can limit your own damage and/or inc...
Oh wait, for real? That’s great
Must resist urge to replay act 3 content on PS5
Can’t wait to NG+ on PC
After Sekiro though
nova temple
I do know streamers getting pictos that are too good or accidentally overlevelin...
Oh, I feel like this has been a problem since like day 3
I doubt Sandfall can react to this kind of feedback quickly, I'd wager this has been cooking for longer than the big streamers have been playing the game
exotic ember
Technically act 3 spoilers.
|| 100x enemy health. That’s wild. I love it ||
Omg
That’s actually amazing. No more little cutout in the middle of the monitor with a ton of empty space above and below?
merry lance
Technically act 3 spoilers.
|| 100x enemy health. That’s wild. I love it ||
||Time to die to Ultra Simon!||
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||Time to die to Ultra Simon!||
|| Just wait until the 9999 damage cap 100x health Simon no-hit on NG+ ||
nova temple
I mean, I'm sure someone is going to do it
halcyon elbow
dawn spindle
I'm very curious as to what it is
merry lance
https://tenor.com/view/why-huh-but-why-gif-13199396
Act 3 ||To maximize musical up-time, of course!||
exotic ember
https://tenor.com/view/why-huh-but-why-gif-13199396
I wouldn’t
I have some measure of sanity
halcyon elbow
X
nova temple
Act 3 ||Flying Manor full|| ||I... sure, I guess?||
analog tiger
act 3 ||okay I did not expect the wargreymon ngl ||
merry lance
||2B's fine though||
analog tiger
act 3 ||she has white hair, a sword and trauma, she fits right in||
exotic ember
Was looking through available mods for the game after seeing people saying NG+ is too easy with high level builds and there are mods to scale the game to be harder. Just thought I’d save that for whenever I hit NG+.
But as I was browsing I saw this. Act 3 end game spoiler
nova temple
Oh yeah, I saw that too, and went "haha, no."
halcyon elbow
Was looking through available mods for the game after seeing people saying NG+ i...
Act 3 ||https://youtube.com/shorts/2ESdsGZt6eE ||
shell minnow
Act 2, this got me feeling some kind of way about it ||https://www.tumblr.com/milchreste/785630551807770624/have-my-only-clair-obscur-fan-art-had-to-get-this?source=share ||
dawn spindle
I need to continue playing
I must know what is making Feather "feel some kind of way" 👀
shell minnow
It's technically end of act 1 but it's a really big end of act 1 so I figured putting act 2 was safer 😉
dawn spindle
Aaah
I can click
Aaah, I understand exactly what kind of way you mean 👀
With these type of images I'm always thrown to this rather gorey Luis Royo illustration that I think I can't even post on yp
But it gives me the same vibe in... "some way"
Oh I guess I could post it as a link
exotic ember
Act 3 ||https://youtube.com/shorts/2ESdsGZt6eE ||
Cool editing! Timelapse really shows how she was going through it haha. As we all do with that fight
halcyon elbow
Cool editing! Timelapse really shows how she was going through it haha. As we al...
||"Maelle removed Simon from the Canvas"||
nova temple
I like describing the demand as "massive"
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||"Maelle removed Simon from the Canvas"||
|| Yeah my gommage that ended Simon and skipped phase 3 apparently hit for 50 million damage ||
exotic ember
I like describing the demand as "massive" <:LUL:731391902397628486>
Not at all surprising! I can’t wait to get my hands on it!
dawn spindle
I like describing the demand as "massive" <:LUL:731391902397628486>
There just are certain things that must be described as massive 
analog tiger
With these type of images I'm always thrown to this rather gorey Luis Royo illus...
oh? 👀
dawn spindle
I'll dm you when I'm home
dawn spindle
I finally have the time to play, but my body has decided to give me migraine instead 
nova temple
Parry it!
fallow geode
Don't Die!
exotic ember
Oooooo. Clairrrrr obscuuuuuuuuuuuuu
dawn spindle
I'm watching this streamer do the volleyball thing
it went from pure rage to "hehehe" when he got ||the sciel swimsuit||
nova temple
it went from pure rage to "hehehe" when he got ||the sciel swimsuit|| <:LUL:7313...
This made it seem not too bad https://youtu.be/ba0IxfKnTJo?si=C90lJMbjuIFhUz1x&t=2703, I almost went back to give this another go
dawn spindle
the guy i was watching did get it in like 10-15 minutes
which is kind of gross
but admitedly the rhythm isn't that hard to learn
nova temple
Also, I can't say that I'd noticed how caked up Sciel is 🙈
dawn spindle
lol
you've seen me play, it should piss you off that I could do it =P
I'm once again in some area that I shouldn't be
||The Crows||
nova temple
mhm
dawn spindle
||more fliers ||
nova temple
mhm
dawn spindle
Act 2 ||got the cinematic you mentioned ||
nova temple
heh
dawn spindle
huh Act 2 ||Sirène|| ||This place is suspiciously full of flower petals? And it didn't exist before the fracture. I have no idea what to do with that information though||
halcyon elbow
Huh
dawn spindle
hmmm Act 2 ||got Verso's swimsuit 👀 ||
halcyon elbow
Jiggle physics
nova temple
||How poetic. You have the bright side (clair), the dark side (obscur), and also the middle that's just naked||
dawn spindle
Act 2 ||Sinister Cave|| ||This is once more illegally pretty||
I think the ss doesn't quite capture that
nova temple
Yes, but I don't like this area 😅
dawn spindle
I am a sucker as soon as ||I'm underwater||
Like, if there's anyway you can sell me anything that's it
I have found what clearly is a shiny friend
Update: it doesn't like me
nova temple
how very Moana of you
dawn spindle
I'm not familiar with it so I'll believe you
dawn spindle
yup. I've seen a few memes from the movie and nothing else
nova temple
Well, it's important for you to know the memes!
dawn spindle
Jiggle physics
There are jiggle physics you are right 😳
halcyon elbow
I figured it was important you knew
dawn spindle
you alwys got my back 😌
this has by no means prompted me to think how those physics would look on Ash or, ahem, Excalibur
dawn spindle
Yes, but I don't like this area 😅
like visually? Otherwise i feel I must have missed something 🤔
dawn spindle
hmm, i see
halcyon elbow
this has by no means prompted me to think how those physics would look on Ash or...
I expect someone at DE knows, intimately, the answer to this question
dawn spindle
I'd say I'd expect Rebb to know
but it being Rebb I figured it'd have leaked if that had been the case
like, do you think she could keep this to herself?
exotic ember
Sigh. Saw some people saying Clair Obscur and Like a Dragon:Infinite Wealth have some strong similarities in combat system. Now I’m going to have to check that out too
dawn spindle
Oh Spooky, you're setting yourself up, Clair Obscur has reached a positive popularity enough that everyone's going to say "it has similarities to XXX" at some point. Just like at some point every game was dark souls, etc
(idk if this is the case for that game)
nova temple
Enjoying Clair Obscur? Try STAR CRAFT: BROOD WAR
halcyon elbow
Both have high reflex elements in what is otherwise a more strategic setting
nova temple
Act 2 ||Grosse Tete?||
dawn spindle
I mean ||It seems to have been fire but I had definitely done far more fire damage before...||
dawn spindle
Act 2 ||Grosse Tete?||
yeh
nova temple
||You don't kill it, you just have to survive 12 turns||
dawn spindle
Oh
halcyon elbow
||A specific number of bounces (157, iirc?). Has nothing to do with your damage and everything to do with hitting the parry button||
||Or dodge I guess||
||There is another Grosse Tete later on if you forgot to bring Monoco for the foot, but that one requires more bounces as well||
nova temple
||Oh, does the other one die on its own too?||
halcyon elbow
||Yeah. I killed that one that way, killed the first one with damage ||
dawn spindle
well... hmmm
that was very boring
I'm pretty sure I had done it almost all the previous times.
||my screen said I did 157 parries||
halcyon elbow
Nailed it
dawn spindle
Aha
Act 2 ||Got the Frost Eveque without taking any hit||
That one was fun
perfect parry 😌
I'm not sure what else do i have around that I'm willing to do before moving forward
There is, I need to mention, a very edgy issue I am having at the moment.
Act 2 ||With Verso in basically underwear, errr, I mean, bathing trunks, when he takes damage he gets covered in blood and it's very sexy, it doesn't help. I guess I didn't carry Lune around in a bikini enough for this to trigger in my brain ||
I should obviously fix that
uhm...
WE HAVE ANOTHER PROBLEM
Act 2 ||Sciel on a swimsuit with the Inverted skill on just looks completely naked 😳 ||
nova temple
You sure are running into a lot of gamebreaking issues, huh
dawn spindle
okay, time to move forward
dawn spindle
Act 2 ||Sirene|| ||Fine, I've changed my build to actually do things on free aim 🙄 ||
||ofc immediately I don't need this ||
dawn spindle
man shooting non stop is just so 💤
dawn spindle
fully unplayable even
I jinxed myself...
Act 2 ||Sirène|| ||😭 this was the first try too||
nova temple
||He was just minding his own business||
fallow geode
||He was just minding his own business||
Act 2 ||Sirene|| ||Death to all Nevrons||
dawn spindle
||So he was, but apparently so was the game itself...||
dawn spindle
||So he was, but apparently so was the game itself...||
it just gave up on life
I get it, but damn it's not supposed to do that
Also this area is very easy now, I can tank a lot of damage without having any health. I know I've overleveled myself but it's slightly bothersome.
halcyon elbow
I had the same issue
nova temple
I feel like I see this a lot
dawn spindle
The main story stuff is certainly made so that you can go through without doing side content
which... I get it
But I feel this should be a bit tuned at least in expert
halcyon elbow
You can turn up the HP briefly if you want to see more
nova temple
I think only in Act 3
halcyon elbow
I will say that soon after this the curve started catching back up
dawn spindle
There's an enemy in this area that I have not seen its attack of
halcyon elbow
I think only in Act 3
Oh yeah that's true
dawn spindle
There's an enemy in this area that I have not seen its attack of
like at all
Maybe I should skip turns just to satisfy my curiosity
nova temple
I think that's also an issue with this area in particular
dawn spindle
I am finding it rather boring
which is a shame and also a first
It's visually great mind you, of course
halcyon elbow
Act 2 ||I think they should have just mandated Visages and then Sirene, being able to choose adds nothing and seems to have cost a certain amount of the game's balance||
dawn spindle
That'd be able to solve a bit yeah
This is my first though
Which has me thoroughly worried about how easy will the other one be then
nova temple
Well, again, this area is uniquely easy, in larger part because of the fliers
You are still going to find the rest of Act 2 on the easy side, I think, but once you are in Act 3 you can at least give the enemies a health bump
dawn spindle
I had NEVER found a game too easy before
and I do usually play in normal
I'm kinda baffled
halcyon elbow
Act 2 (NOT safe for Usha) ||I did find that the Monolith caught up in a fairly big way in terms of difficulty||
dawn spindle
whew I almost clicked on auto
nova temple
NSFU
halcyon elbow
I had NEVER found a game too easy before
Powergamer alert
Powergamer alert
Powergamer alert
dawn spindle
Powergamer alert
Powergamer alert
Powergamer alert
You would know, I've no clue.
analog tiger
I fully support Usha's humblebrag arc 🙏
dawn spindle
Oh ffs
silver pawn
Got this game today! Excited to see what all the fuss is about 😎
halcyon elbow
nova temple
This, pretty much, is what this fuss is all about
silver pawn
Let’s go!
halcyon elbow
Act 1 and 2 music ||https://youtu.be/sUY7DCmAwIw ||
I've found a disappointing amount of the musical videos about Expedition 33 to be kind of just "mmm oh my god this is so good", which, while true, I can do for myself. Patti Rudisill's videos have been excellent especially since she leans toward chamber music and so much of Expedition 33's music is chamber music
She also puts some of her thoughts as text on screen in post instead of talking over the music, which I do appreciate
shell minnow
https://tenor.com/view/gustave-morning-gustave-gustave-expedition-33-expedition-...
Full game ||Putting "be happy" on the game about the intense cycles of grief in losing family members and the broken responses people have trying to deal with loss is just so mean||
nova temple
Act 1 and 2 music ||https://youtu.be/sUY7DCmAwIw ||
I've found a disappointing a...
there better not be 250 of these
nova temple
People picking up on thematic connections between tracks feels like it lives in the same spoiler territory as people who understand French 😒
cheaters
Man, I love it so much when people are good at things, or know things
silver pawn
Prologue ||Umm, excuse me. But who gave this game the right to hit me so hard in the feelings, so soon? Wowee.||
nova temple
||Yess, give in to your feelings||
silver pawn
^||it’s cold here, and my tears are fogging up my glasses! I need to take a break to defog haha 🤓😅||
nova temple
dawn spindle
Prologue ||Umm, excuse me. But who gave this game the right to hit me so hard in...
||Yeah, I knew before hand and still got hit in the feelings ||
dawn spindle
I want to click all the things! Gah
I should try to finish Act 2 today, I expect I won't have a looot left. But I also need to do nightwave (WF) why are days this short
halcyon elbow
You have more act 2 left than you think
dawn spindle
I knew someone was going to say that
Act 2 all (just to be safe for others) ||I'm expecting I have the 2 axons then attempt to go to the monolith then something happens||
Loosely
I suppose the last bit I mentioned could be very short or very long
||oh, I suppose i'm still missing the supposed heart||
||I am expecting I will reach the monolith in Act 2 because I don't think that is the end of the game, so I don't think that's Act 3 stuff||
but that's fully hunch based
Today on, why is Usha's mind always in the gutter, Act 2 (of the game) ||post station|| ||Monoco just said "good stuff" and I heard "Gustave" but said very sensually ||
fallow geode
Today on, why is Usha's mind always in the gutter, Act 2 (of the game) ||post st...
||Gustave, but it's to the tune of https://youtu.be/nB5FTZkfXDs ||
dawn spindle
Act 2 ||Sirène|| ||So i went through one out of 3 tunnels and it seems to have been the correct one so I'm back tracking now... also i found a merchant and i couldn't buy a thing i wanted... meh||
||whew this petank was a bit close||
exotic ember
Prologue ||Umm, excuse me. But who gave this game the right to hit me so hard in...
I’m sorry mon ami
halcyon elbow
Prologue ||Umm, excuse me. But who gave this game the right to hit me so hard in...
Much Love and Respect, Be Happy, Bonjour
dawn spindle
Act 2 ||Sirene|| ||Attempt number 2, now that I cleared the other stuff and bought the missing stuff||
Why are my keyboard accents not working?
nova temple
They learned English a little too well
dawn spindle
but my keyboard is spanish and it's in spanish mode!
nova temple
It forgot its native language
nova temple
Game not so disappointingly easy, huh?
dawn spindle
Nah, done
Act 2 ||Sirène|| ||very cool animations for the attacks, though hard to tell apart at times||
||Oh Verso, you're a big fat liar||
dawn spindle
Wait what ?
Act 2 ||Camp stuff post Sirene|| ||Why does my french jrpg have sex in it?!||
||WHY DID SCIEL LEARN A MOVE CALLED "DOOM" FROM IT? hhahahahaha||
fallow geode
||WHY DID SCIEL LEARN A MOVE CALLED "DOOM" FROM IT? hhahahahaha||
||La Petite Mort||
halcyon elbow
Act 2 ||Camp stuff post Sirene|| ||Why does my french jrpg have sex in it?!||
Because its French?
||It would be weirder if there hadn't been some kind of dalliance||
dawn spindle
||La Petite Mort||
I was more thinking that it was so bad that... yeah
dawn spindle
*Because* its French?
I was mostly joking, I was expecting that sooner or later.
dawn spindle
I was more thinking that it was so bad that... yeah
Admitedly your reasoning is a bit better
Act 2 ||That's one axon down||
halcyon elbow
Act 2 ||Doing the Axons in the hard order like a true powergamer||
dawn spindle
OMG OMG Act 2 ||I need this yesterday||
||It must say "I am speeeeeed" when you press on it||
exotic ember
||It must say "I am speeeeeed" when you press on it||
What about || “Let us get wet” ||
dawn spindle
||See, I really don't need that anywhere near me or I will giggling like a teenager every few seconds as I do every single time Esquie says that...||
exotic ember
||See, I *really* don't need that anywhere near me or I will giggling like a tee...
|| Honestly Equie’s voice actor must have had so much fun in the studio. Everyone must have been dying all the time ||
halcyon elbow
OMG OMG Act 2 ||I need this yesterday||
They are making one
dawn spindle
|| Honestly Equie’s voice actor must have had so much fun in the studio. Everyon...
||I do not have any self control and my brain has no reins when it comes to innuendos, it just flies free, unhinged||
dawn spindle
They are making one
That is terrible news
exotic ember
||I do not have any self control and my brain has no reins when it comes to innu...
|| Big same ||
halcyon elbow
That is terrible news
Sandfall coming for that wallet
With quality wares
How dare they
dawn spindle
Well I haven't bought the OST yet
I've spent too much money this year on random crap that isnt within the "needed" category
halcyon elbow
"Yet" seems to be doing some heavy lifting there
You are deep enough into the game that the soundtrack is likely to be full of spoilers for you
exotic ember
Oops I forgot I can’t say that word here
exotic ember
Well I haven't bought the OST yet
Oh snap same
dawn spindle
And I am going to Celsius in July with a friend and knowing him and myself we're gonna end up spending
So I'm waiting for after that
dawn spindle
"Yet" seems to be doing some heavy lifting there
I will surely buy it eventually
exotic ember
And now I have bought the soundtrack. Thanks for the reminder
Turns out iTunes is still a thing
Go figure
dawn spindle
You *are* deep enough into the game that the soundtrack is likely to be full of ...
You know I can mostly understand french, but sung it requires enough effort that I can purposely not understand it minus random words
halcyon elbow
Even the track names, I should note
dawn spindle
Hrrrrmm.
halcyon elbow
I'd at least get through the end of act 2
dawn spindle
Idk if this is helpful or unhelpful but noted. I should have finished the game by the time I'm back
That'd be 20th of July when I can assess my wallet
exotic ember
Omg wait. Act 2 general (safe for Usha) || Monoco and Fran Fran were the same voice actor ||
halcyon elbow
Rich Keeble understood the assignment
Fantastic work
Act 2 ||Ben Starr is also several randos in the prologue||
nova temple
Jen's girlfriend being like 3 NPCs in the same area is also really funny to me
dawn spindle
Oh I didn't know any of those things
exotic ember
Prologue || I’ve heard that if you talk to the life enjoyers 33 times you get something and they tell you to stop being a creep ||
I really need to find out if this is true
nova temple
it is
halcyon elbow
Prologue || I’ve heard that if you talk to the life enjoyers 33 times you get so...
||The game director is one of the life enjoyers||
exotic ember
||The game director is one of the life enjoyers||
|| Aren’t we all? ||
nova temple
That's what I did too
exotic ember
||I do not have any self control and my brain has no reins when it comes to innu...
Oh I just realized you must be crashing out every time (Act 2) || Monoco says “My, what lovely feet” || huh?
dawn spindle
We Continue
dawn spindle
Act 2 ||Visages|| ||Why does this chromatic asshole just "attack again" nonstop? (no i don't want answers)||
||So it was the fact that I'm not counterattacking, ugh, ok||
nova temple
mhm
dawn spindle
||that mortal hit was deadly, who'd have thought?||
merry lance
Act 2 ||Visages|| ||NGL, because you were counting the hits, for a while I thought this was the fight you were on when you were dealing with Chromatic Gault||
dawn spindle
oh, this combo is far far shorter and far easier
i am done
I just got ||augmented counter and glass canon pictos, were these made for me? Yes, yes they were||
my fps are dying in this area lol
dawn spindle
Act 2 ||I also finally got Verso's baguette!||
Is my team not absolutely fantastic???? (Act 2 spoilers)
my guy, what you looking at huh?
Act 2 ||Visages||
nova temple
Act 2 ||I also finally got Verso's baguette!||
dawn spindle
<:spraybottle:1373458025012138045>
I meant the outfit, of course. 😇
I have to say Act 2 ||That I love Visages over Sirene by like a lot, visually and all, the other one was really cool and impressive but it didn't tickle the right places. Surely unrelated to having Verso's baguette now||
Act 2 ||Visages + Sirene|| ||Second Axon down, the attack sequences were cooler in the Sirene though but still much liked Visages better||
halcyon elbow
I have to say Act 2 ||That I love Visages over Sirene by like a lot, visually an...
Act 2 ||I think I liked Visages the dungeon better than Sirene, the boss aesthetic about equally with Sirene getting the edge due to Poeme D'amour being an absolute banger, and preferring the Visages fight as a fight||
||Aria Pour Un Masque De Tristesse is a banger as well but is not the boss fight theme||
halcyon elbow
||Aria Pour Un Masque De Tristesse is a banger as well but is not the boss fight...
||I also like the Nocturne version quite a bit||
analog tiger
Act 2 ||I also finally got Verso's baguette!||
heh 😏
dawn spindle
Omg
Act 2 ||post Visages, cam stuff|| ||I CAN'T beat Monoco, gah||
nothing like whining to get it done
halcyon elbow
Act 2 ||Very worth figuring out, you get his second limit break for it||
Oh well there you go
Whinge and ye shall receive
dawn spindle
Literally harder than every fight I've done in the last 5 hours.
This game is so duuuumb
Act 2 ||camp stuff||
||Maelle wanting company but in silence is very relatable 😭 ||
Act 2 ||Post Visages and Sirene camp stuff|| ||Uhm instruments is not what I want to play with Lune 😳 ||
exotic ember
I have to say Act 2 ||That I love Visages over Sirene by like a lot, visually an...
Hmm act 2 || I thought visages had the cooler dungeon generally because the flying enemies in Sirene were cakewalks. But sirene’s fight I think was so cinematic and beautiful. Visages first phase was cool though. But Sirene also had the tisseur and the other mini boss which was cool. So I think each does specific things really well ||
exotic ember
Act 2 ||Post Visages and Sirene camp stuff|| ||Uhm instruments is not what I wan...
[Insert spray bottle emoji argent used earlier here]
dawn spindle
Hmm act 2 || I thought visages had the cooler dungeon generally because the flyi...
||I just liked it visually a lot more, the enemies, too. Sirene mobs were 💤 just really bad, they could have mixed the fliers with the non fliers really but nope, it was just literally all dead in the 1st turn of my first character. I do think the Sirene fight was cinematically beautiful but that's the only bit in which it wins over the other one. Also conceptually the masks and all that it implies was far cooler||
dawn spindle
<:spraybottle:1373458025012138045>
Like you don't agree with me.
nova temple
Don't make this about me
dawn spindle
Well I don't see you pointing that thing at yourself!
nova temple
It's unergonomic
dawn spindle
Act 2 ||I am not in the mood for everyone to be sad, game pls, stop that||
OKAY thanks for listening to me game
Also Act 2 ||camp stuff|| 
analog tiger
I wish I could use off server emotes 😔
nova temple
Act 2 ||I am not in the mood for everyone to be sad, game pls, stop that||
Well, you picked the wrong game then
Oh wait, you are bring it up because this is not a server emoji 🙈
I thought it's just a native emoji, I've been using it without care!
halcyon elbow
nova temple
Mine owne weapone against myself?!
merry lance
Quick, someone start a conversation about it in #17s so Argent doesn't need to stand in the corner anymore
dawn spindle
I can only imagine that emote will be used every other sentence in yp, it won't even need me to be around!
nova temple
Well, now that I've realized it's illegal for me to spray you, I won't anymore 😅
dawn spindle
That's a sentence! That I'm very much holding back from making the obvious inappropriate joke.
nova temple
I am sure I can make exceptions when you are being extra inappropriate
reef iron
nova temple
I have it all under control, don't worry
dawn spindle
Act 2 ||post Sirene + Visages camp stuff|| ||i too would like some alcoholic Esquie vomit||
merry lance
I do think there'd be some utility to adding it, especially considering we don't have a bonk, but I don't feel strongly enough one way or the other to actually bring it up for consideration
exotic ember
||I just liked it visually a lot more, the enemies, too. Sirene mobs were 💤 jus...
That’s very fair
dawn spindle
In fact, I do have a very nice wine
Imma go open that, since the game's too easy as is anyway 😌
nova temple
tsk tsk
exotic ember
That's a sentence! That I'm very much holding back from making the obvious inapp...
Oh no saving image doesn’t work as well
analog tiger
I have mulled wine Prayge
exotic ember
Imma go open that, since the game's too easy as is anyway 😌
Parry everything, run glass cannon, at death’s door, and the one that makes parrying generate AP at the cost of doubling damage taken. Voila, difficulty increased
dawn spindle
Parry everything, run glass cannon, at death’s door, and the one that makes parr...
Uhm... that is what I already run basically
not the parrying for AP at double damage, no point
exotic ember
Oh you see have you tried being bad at games?
exotic ember
not the parrying for AP at double damage, no point
And the doubling of damage taken could be a big one for difficulty increase
fallow geode
I just run the one that doesn't have that downside instead
dawn spindle
got this instead
Now then, Act 2 ||Monolith time|| ||I have legitimately no clue what to expect||
nova temple
||At least a single lith||
dawn spindle
no way?
dawn spindle
Now then, Act 2 ||Monolith time|| ||I have legitimately no clue what to expect||
This has been interrupted because there was a ladybug in my room which the cat found unacceptable and she almost dismantled my desk. We don't continue.
The wine is safe, the ladybug, too. We Continue.
exotic ember
I just run the one that doesn't have that downside instead
But the one with the downside is 10 less lumina and you get the extremely positive upside of a basically guaranteed death if you get hit, which leads to torture a more fun gameplay experience
~~help me ~~
dawn spindle
Act 2 ||Monolith|| ||Solid 5/7 fight||
||okay, I'm inside now 👀 ||
||Got destroyed by a thing called Clair... tsk||
dawn spindle
||A chromatic burgeon?? this seems like my worst nightmare...||
nova temple
yumyum
dawn spindle
uhm...
||Monoco has rendered this fight completely virtually irrelevant...||
||I have a skill on him that makes his entire break bar get full in one hit and it costs 2AP... that was so anticlimatic...||
nova temple
||2AP or 2 gradient charges?||
dawn spindle
AP
||the one that is the little guys from flying waters that have a floating mine||
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||Oh, probably fills the bar just because of how much damage it does, not because that's what it does||
dawn spindle
nova temple
yeah, that makes sense
dawn spindle
yup
||It does make sense i just didn't expect it to fill the entire bar, after struggling so much with the burgeons so far I absolutely don't mind though ||
dawn spindle
||Got destroyed by a thing called Clair... tsk||
||very in line, I got obliterated by Obscur now||
nova temple
Feels like I should write down a prediction...
fallow geode
Feels like I should write down a prediction...
Act 2 All ||What is this, some kind of Clair Obscur?||
nova temple
Let's not get silly
dawn spindle
👀
halcyon elbow
Yo dawg I heard you like Clair Obscur
halcyon elbow
Still too easy?
dawn spindle
Its in the "normal" spectrum now
Which is perfect
Act 2 ||Monolith|| ||I don't like having to take Monoco in the party though||
halcyon elbow
Act 2 ||Monolith|| ||I don't like having to take Monoco in the party though||
||There are no missable feet here, if that's your concern||
dawn spindle
eh... But there are things I didn't have
||i get you are saying I will likely have a new chance at them but it bothers me nonetheless cause it's there and I don't have it||
nova temple
||I find that the Monolith is a good place to catch up on feet||
dawn spindle
It'd seem so
nova temple
Act 2 non-spoiler ||damn, Andy, you liked playing Renoir, huh? https://x.com/TylorHepnerArt/status/1933600937056100466 ||
X
reef iron
:o
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X
Black & gold is the superiorest color scheme, don't @ me https://x.com/shivawalkerart/status/1930657401083994589
X
full game all game epilogue endgame the end final ||https://x.com/Cathianedraws/status/1932908919325593841 ||
X
dawn spindle
Act 2 ||Monolith|| ||I don'0t think I'm int he mood for clair mime obscure ||
dawn spindle
Act 2 non-spoiler ||damn, Andy, you liked playing Renoir, huh? https://x.com/Tyl...
||This character is so badass|| Act 2 ||monolith || ||can't wait to find out this entire thing game happened because Renoir's wife filed for divorce||
silver pawn
Prologue || I’ve heard that if you talk to the life enjoyers 33 times you get so...
Dammit! I wish I’d known this yesterday
halcyon elbow
You're.... welcome?
analog tiger
Act 2 non-spoiler ||damn, Andy, you liked playing Renoir, huh? https://x.com/Tyl...
Act 2 ||he is kinda a daddy ngl||
exotic ember
Yeah it uhh, doesn’t fill it all later on, that’s for sure
exotic ember
Act 2 non-spoiler ||damn, Andy, you liked playing Renoir, huh? https://x.com/Tyl...
Oh that’s such a sick art piece, dang
nova temple
Artist has the other characters too
exotic ember
Oh no
dawn spindle
Act 2 ||Monolith|| ||I might be able to slide in the clair mime obscure fight before my rpg session today 👀 ||
dawn spindle
There is one song that starts very very similar to one Ori song
and then another that very strongly reminds me of a HK song
but since I don't want to delve into the OST as per Kon warning... I'll come back to this after I'm done with the main story I guess
dawn spindle
Act 2 ||Monolith|| ||I might be able to slide in the clair mime obscure fight be...
||I realize that in left to right this group should be called "Obscur mime Clair||
Which slightly bothers me
aaand that one's done too
quaint gale
Sciel Relationship scenes spoilers all ||There's concept art of Esquie saving Sciel! The art director's artstation has a lot of cool concept art actually, I'm gonna need to browse through it all when I have the time. (Sorry if this has been shared before.)https://cdna.artstation.com/p/assets/images/images/088/045/636/large/nicholas-maxson-francombe-esquiesciel.jpg?1747300751||
nova temple
This specific one has one, but the link to the artist - and the art blast - has
lots of great concept art
nova temple
https://youtu.be/6BYW-Ko-yMQ
Act 2 ||"If [Verso] is the next boss and we didn't get his bathing suit because he dies, I am gonna be livid!" ||
I don't like her very much, but it gets better
halcyon elbow
I think she's mostly a Soulslike streamer and that particular community mixed with a healthy dose of Expedition 33 tourists telling her she's playing the game wrong seems to have gotten her on the defensive side from the jump
She starts moving the chat off her screen for story moments and you can immediately tell she starts having a better time
dawn spindle
21 hidden achievements are a lot of achievement
very small bug, I couldn't press the "Continue" button with either keyboard or controller
I guess we don't continue
gave me a scare cause i thought it was my controller at first
which is only a couple of months old
Act 2 ||Monolith|| ||I just got Aline's journal, huh||
dawn spindle
I love feeling I definetely went through the hid area to find out that was the main path.
Now we're talking
I guess I'll at least learn it
reef iron
that is the ONLY pictos I refused to learn
dawn spindle
that is the ONLY pictos I refused to learn
It's fine if you just don't take damage!
nova temple
Act 2 ||Monolith|| ||Guys I got punched by a train||
Happens
nova temple
She starts moving the chat off her screen for story moments and you can immediat...
Yeah, near the end of act 1 and beyond it definitely gets better
dawn spindle
lmao
dawn spindle
Act 2 ||Monolith|| ||Not the Chevalieres again!||
this is the most 😭 thing in the entire game so far
gaaah
screw this
dawn spindle
I have to say, of this specific area ||really cool, and obviously reuses all the previous areas/mobs for a purpose I haven't discerned yet, but it feels more like a mob rush than exploring, and that's something that tires me out a bit||
dawn spindle
omg, I am getting just annoyed at this
dawn spindle
Act 2 ||Monolith|| ||Not the Chevalieres again!||
I'm still on this fight, though I did take a quick break to make dinner
ofc, complaining did the trick
nova temple
always
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dawn spindle
ooooh claaaaaiiir
I think imma hear this a lot right now aren't I
rather ironic, I hate this 😍
exotic ember
It’s so much fun though, isn’t it?
The most fun sections are the ones that wreck you, leaving you feeling incredible senses of victory when you finally get it
fallow geode
classic souls player cope
exotic ember
~~classic souls player cope~~
I beat Clair Obscur before beating any souls games
Alas now I am playing Sekiro when at home and lies of p when at my girlfriend’s place
And then eventually I’m going to give Elden ring another try
So uhhh
Yeah. Sekiro did give me some immense sense of victory recently when I finally got a boss I had been fighting for 3 days (non-consecutively)
The souls-likes have pulled me in
dawn spindle
The most fun sections are the ones that wreck you, leaving you feeling incredibl...
||the chevaliers and clair obscur are kind of frustrating cause I don't see myself improving just getting lucky rng||
halcyon elbow
Alas now I am playing Sekiro when at home and lies of p when at my girlfriend’s...
Many such cases
exotic ember
Many such cases
?
halcyon elbow
A lot of people have gotten sucked into the Fromsoft hole as a result of Expedition 33
And, a lot of people have been sucked into classic FF for the same reason
Expedition 33 is doing sort of a reverse Dark Souls
Every game for 10 years was The Dark Souls Of [Genre/Aesthetic]
Now Expedition 33 has roots in seemingly every game made in the last 40 years
exotic ember
Ahh yeah fair for sure
silver pawn
Act 1 ||Spring Meadows|| ||ok so, I’m guessing the lyrics of this music are telling me that the continent is frozen in time. And looking out towards the Paintress, looks like the world is sort of frozen, mid-explosion.
Trying to theorise and put some pieces together, what is it that Gustave was saying to Lune? “We’re already dead. We’re just catching up?” Or something along those lines. Like is that the whole schtick here?Has the Paintress actually frozen Lumiere like outside this massive explosion, and she’s given these people more time? Like she’s actually protecting them, they’re living on borrowed time? HMMMMMMM||
halcyon elbow
Act 1 ||In that instance, Gustave is quoting someone you can run into in the prologue, and it is mostly an expression of despair||
silver pawn
Ahh yes! I knew I’d heard it somewhere else!
nova temple
Delicious, delicious speculation
boreal galleon
Endgame All Spoilers ||"Man, honestly I thought Simon would be a harder fight, I gu- Oh. OH. I'M DEAD||
halcyon elbow
Act 3 ||https://youtube.com/shorts/2ESdsGZt6eE ||
You are not the only one
dawn spindle
Going home to some clair obscur (heh)
silver pawn
Act 1 ||Maelle’s Nightmare|| ||
Wooooah! Was that the paintress? What’s up with Maelle? Questions questions!||
dawn spindle
Attempt #5 of today.
Also I believe this is the enemy null said you can parry 2093842309843092 times and sitll have time to parry correctly
I hate it
noooooo
I was doing so well and I forgot it was enraged and I alt tabbed
nova temple
Well, that's 100% on you
dawn spindle
||I wish the game saved after changing teams||
Act 2 ||Monolith|| ||Clair Obscur's silencing combo will be the death of me... oh wait... it already is, every time||
nova temple
You can sometimes force a save by swapping outfits, weapons, or pictos
dawn spindle
hahahahaha
Act 2 ||Monolith||
REALLY
||It's okay I got the second team but damn||
done but lol that was frustrating
I did it perfectly all the way til that point
halcyon elbow
I guess now is when I tell you that this is actually an endgame lumina farm
dawn spindle
oooh ||I got a pretty nice Verso weapon, though it is useless while I have the cap on||
dawn spindle
I guess now is when I tell you that this is actually an endgame lumina farm <:LU...
huh... I'm not sure I'm goint to be interested in doing anything of the sort tbh
halcyon elbow
No but that's why its there, it has a very high chance of dropping 5 lumina
dawn spindle
||I just encountered a random group of clairs and obscurs and damn, they're so easy to parry now ||
||If only I could say the same of the ceramic cheavlères||
halcyon elbow
||I just encountered a random group of clairs and obscurs and damn, they're so e...
The git guddening continues
silver pawn
Lying in bed, trying to sleep but can’t because I can’t get the theme music out of my head 🫠
nova temple
Welcome to the next month of your life
The only thing that changes is which track plays
silver pawn
Right now it’s the song that plays on the title screen
fallow geode
Dammit Kon
dawn spindle
Act 2 ||Post Station|| ||I really like Monoco, truly but decidedly these are too many skills, I already have to keep in mind 4 entirely different skill trees with their mechanics and their synergies accross characters for me to try to make Monoco into anything usable, it's just too much||
Act 2 ||Monolith|| ||Uhm what is this giant ball/sun thingy... surely I should touch this||
dawn spindle
That's me!
Except I'm far nicer, funnier and entertaining and hot than Holden!
I'd say less obnoxious too but I can see an argument made for that
Unrelated. Act 2 ||Monolith|| My cat made this scene very serious
nova temple
secret boss
dawn spindle
she truly is
she just changed to small window mid fight and I died
truyl beginner's luck, I did ||Phase 1 in one try with perfect parries the first time and now I can't get past the 1st attack brain why||
halcyon elbow
That is how it be sometimes
exotic ember
Not for me
It’s a progressive uphill battle for me. No successful parries on first attempt. Just failure
dawn spindle
hmmm, the actual improvement is progressive ofc but there are some fights where I get them perfect first time then die then I'm unable to get them right until after I practice
Which is to say, my brain functions relatively well on instinct and it's generally dragged down by itself trying to think through the motions
This has happened multiple times in my life, I remember one of the best matches I did while playing smite competitive I was so completely wasted I barely remembered even playing
so there's clearly a reaction time that functions well, and then me thinking over it which confuses the senses or some crap
shell minnow
Act 1 ||Spring Meadows|| ||ok so, I’m guessing the lyrics of this music are tell...
liiiiinen and cotton blend! 🎶
dawn spindle
last attempt for now I guess
okay, last attempt for reals since that lasted 10 seconds
fallow geode
so there's clearly a reaction time that functions well, and then me thinking ove...
I feel like this is everyone
It's definitely me
dawn spindle
It is definetely not an uncommon thing
Act 2 general (?) that I noticed now for obvious reasons ||the gradient parry only does damage from one of the characters which is kind of BS? A regular parry from the entire expedition is doing around 30k of damage and a full expedition gradient parry is doing 10k... ||
nova temple
^ ||I feel like that doesn't come into effect often, most gradient attacks target a specific expeditioner||
dawn spindle
Yeah except right now which is coming to effect constantly
||It still feels inconsistent with the game though, I was certainly not expecting for it to be like that||
||on the other hand this fight would have been over if that had been the case so it might aswell be a balancing thing, you get to attack the entire expedition but not take 30k back||
this fight is pretty fun though there are a couple of movements that are annoying in an unfun way
fallow geode
||it's definitely inconsistent. It seems almost random whether a given gradient attack will damage [a single party member/the whole party] and whether it will be parried by [one/everyone]||
dawn spindle
||it's definitely inconsistent. It seems almost random whether a given gradient ...
||It has been exclusively parried by one person thorough this entire fight and it has a lot of full expedition gradient attacks||
||But yeh it didn't feel quite right||
nova temple
That didn't take you long, gamer
nova temple
Oh, time does fly, I guess
halcyon elbow
I had to put it down and come back the next day
Actually no wait
That's what I should have done
I was up until like 2:30
dawn spindle
Lmao
halcyon elbow
Doing this and the next and the following cutscenes
Whole sequence took me about 4 hours
Maybe a little longer
dawn spindle
||yeah Maelle, how did you do that ||
dawn spindle
I have many thoughts
dawn spindle
Whole sequence took me about 4 hours
Are the sequences that long?
halcyon elbow
About an hour of more or less interrupted cutscenes
dawn spindle
Act 2 ||Verso does look with this suit, please give me this suit for the women too, thanks||
I hope this was included in your mental Usha-will-like-this notes
nova temple
Act 2 ||Verso does look <:rockchefskiss:1053746900135858277> with this suit, ple...
Unfortunately, the game is going to disappoint you here
analog tiger
Act 2 ||Verso does look <:rockchefskiss:1053746900135858277> with this suit, ple...
act 3 not safe for usha oh nvm Argent just said lmao
nova temple
Yeah, something like that feels fine to me
https://x.com/teethymai/status/1932856754640916807 also feels fine to me
X
dawn spindle
Unfortunately, the game is going to disappoint you here
I figured...
But that's all right I can let my imagination fly