Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

[olive olive]

lorie is cool 🫵

[coarse phoenix]

https://tenor.com/view/cocktails-drinks-beach-zack-vodka-gif-7647423092581990460

[pallid gull]

excited

[green escarp]

[celest patrol]

👀

[fringe walrus]

HELLOOOO

[green escarp]

So I was at work when Lorie streamed but tbh I wanna go in completely blind

so not gonna watch the VOD this time

But also now I'm gonna have this and Oblivion R fighting me for my free time help 😭

[wheat tulip]

I want to try it but uugh idk

[pallid gull]

if you aren't sure, you can wait a bit more and see then! or watch the beginning of a stream / gameplay and see if it interests you

[wheat tulip]

Honestly im curious because its french and the notes on it are so good

I dont even know the story

Gonna wait for a sale on it i think

Even tho 44 euros for it rn is already quite good but i cant spend that much rn 😭

[pallid gull]

no that's totally fair, it can still be quite spensy

[wheat tulip]

Yup

Im just surprised since its the ps5 version

I thought the ps5 version of games were much more pricy

[pallid gull]

same actually

but it seems to have the same price as the one on steam

[wheat tulip]

Or maybe thats because its not an exclusivity on ps5? Eh idk but i take it if its cheaper to get😭

[coarse phoenix]

and 10% off with PS Plus

[pallid gull]

https://tenor.com/view/orange-cat-gets-flung-and-explodes-orange-cat-funny-cat-meme-explodes-gif-10706110874965244466

the music

visually speaking this is one of the most beautiful games i've ever played, i'm overwhelmed just staring at everything lol

[pallid gull]

prologue ||this world is stressing me the fuck out 😭 these kids left behind oh my god||

[wheat tulip]

Omg enjoyy

[pallid gull]

i think im still in the prologue

||omg this diva... i love the bun||

[wheat tulip]

Omg the game is so high quality

[pallid gull]

it's a beautiful game, yeah

[pallid gull]

https://xcancel.com/Devora_Wilde/status/1915331716954132917

i explodey

[wheat tulip]

Omg

The dev knew how to choose their vas 🙂‍↕️

[fringe walrus]

Yessss the bun

[green escarp]

Sooo, first time trying to boot the game, PC crashed with no message. Just straight to black screen then restart.

Second time, Steam says "running" but nothing happens

😨

[pallid gull]

oh wtf 😭

[green escarp]

3rd time's the charm

Life needs to stop validating the "Rule of 3" its gonna make me superstitious

Maelle is so cute

[wheat tulip]

Enjoyy

[green escarp]

Prologue spoilers:

||Jeez this game is going to hurt, isn't it ||

On a completely different note: Freckles, freckles everywhere,

Prologue:

Everyone is so pretty/cute

Prologue:
||I want to hug her ||

[green escarp]

||I was correct ||

||Also whoever composed the music, especially for when everyone vanished at the 33....who hurt you enough to weaponize music? ||

||(this is a compliment, ignore the tears in my face)||

[pallid gull]

the composer took inspiration from xenoblade 3's music too, it's so good

[green escarp]

Prologue: ||getting sassed by a child ||

[green escarp]

Title Drop!

(if you saw me link the wrong image before, no you didn't)

Act 1:
|| *** WHAT THE FUCK***||

|| NO SERIOUSLY, WHAT THE FUCK||

[pallid gull]

i can finally play again, i got distracted with things and stuff

[green escarp]

This is the most involved turn-based combat I've played in awhile. I'm not going to remember all the mechanics fast enough to avoid avoidable pain lol

But is very fun

[fringe walrus]

right?? i thought so too

like it's SO fun

[green escarp]

Omg, ||Lune floats!||

||Wheeeeeeeee!||

Wait wait wait, (gameplay mechanic)||Enemies respawn if you rest? What in the Fromsoft? 😭 ||

[pallid gull]

does anyone know if this game has a glossary

looking through the menu but i cant find anything

i missed some lore bits at the beginning, im sure they'll come back but i was wondering if there's some stuff for it

[fringe walrus]

hmm i'm not sure actually

[green escarp]

Raise your hand if you're bad at parrying so far 🙋

Thank you for not making me feel alone Aiden 😭
And Lorie lmao

[pallid gull]

lmaooo got my ass kicked in the first tutorial bc i was so confused

i got the hang of it in the rematch but im assuming that i'm gonna keep getting my ass beat

god this combat system is so fun

it's turn based which i love but it's so dynamic at the same time

act 1, just environment but this game is so insane

i just wanna stare at everything lmao

[fringe walrus]

no but dead ass, i stopped at the same spot and was like, "love when the sun shine through trees and create light that's so pretty. my favorite things trees do"

[green escarp]

It just clicked that this is probably how grinding is going to work in this game lol

||I legit just rested over and over at this one rest point to fight that golem enemy until I hit lvl 4 ||

[wheat tulip]

Im sorry why is there a parry function?? Isnt it a turn based game?😭

[pallid gull]

it's turn based but you can dodge/parry the enemy attacks

[wheat tulip]

HUH

Never played this type of turn based game ngl

Im so fucked

[pallid gull]

i think it has a story mode!

[wheat tulip]

Omg bless the devs 🙏

[pallid gull]

if you feel like you're gonna struggle, also there's some stuff in accessibility too cause i was curious

[fringe walrus]

rain, as a french person, u have to play it

[pallid gull]

you can make quicktime events automatic

[green escarp]

Well that didn't take long 🙃

[wheat tulip]

I knoow

[fringe walrus]

i was fighting for my life trying to figure out what they were saying... they said merde and french pussy or something and i was confused

[pallid gull]

putain

it's so fun

[fringe walrus]

i think i kept saying it too bc i was like what is a putain!!!!!

[wheat tulip]

The only devs i knew who were french before them were ubisoft so its still a weird thing to think french people can develops games (i know its weird to say)

[wheat tulip]

Chatte?

[fringe walrus]

nope, aiden said it!

putain

[wheat tulip]

Oh no une putain is basically a bitch

[fringe walrus]

then when someone in chat translated i was like ok why are we screaming pussy

oh wait did someone mistranslate

maybe i'm making it up then where did i get pussy from

[wheat tulip]

But we use it like english people saying fuck

[pallid gull]

the way i was reading the french flyers at the beginning and my nerd ass was like okay lemme see if i remember anything

[fringe walrus]

omg aiden's french coming back yaaas

[wheat tulip]

And merde is just shit lmao

[pallid gull]

can't wait to hear ben starr say putain and merde

[wheat tulip]

Honestly that what we say everyday so thats accurate

We use it for everything

[pallid gull]

im not even fully into act 1 and im just so obsessed

the french need to stop giving me the best hyperfixations

actually dont, make more

[wheat tulip]

Putain can be used as both positive and negative way 😭

[pallid gull]

the duality

[wheat tulip]

Your welcome i guess lmao

[wheat tulip]

Trully

[fringe walrus]

putain vs putain

[wheat tulip]

Like putaiin( congratulations) and putain fait chier( its so annoying)

[green escarp]

This one mob is kicking my ass help 😭

[wheat tulip]

Good luck shadow😭

[green escarp]

I stg I do not understand the parry timing

Then the game goes "you can lower the difficulty at any time!"
Screw you game if I can't beat a game on normal then what's the point, I have my pride! 😭

[wheat tulip]

Maybe you can adjust it in the settings?

[fringe walrus]

it seems to be mostly learning enemy patterns

[green escarp]

[wheat tulip]

What is pride !! I just want to know the story usually lmao

Im always on easy mode

Let me play without stressing out🙏

[wheat tulip]

I guess its not possible ckfkfk

[pallid gull]

that's probably the case, yeah. cause i initially thought it's based on colors cause ||maelle|| had a yellow glow during the tutorial but i realized that's just there and the other instances are intuitive < got my ass kicked on a random mob until i figured it out

[wheat tulip]

Oh cute name

[wheat tulip]

Oh i just reread this message i think its just like i said before its like english people saying fuuuck what is happening rn

[green escarp]

LETS GOOOOOO!!!

Parried every single strike that time

[pallid gull]

does she know im in love with her

[fringe walrus]

this diva

[wheat tulip]

Im not even surprised honestly lmao

[pallid gull]

my one complaint is that i gotta rely on the autosave system which isn't bad bc it's been working fine so far, i just have anxiety

[wheat tulip]

Understandable...

Theres no save other than this one?

[pallid gull]

as far as i've seen, no

maybe i'm just doing something wrong though

but i couldn't find anything for it

[green escarp]

I don't see a save option anywhere. I assumed the rest point saves when you rest, do they?

[pallid gull]

yeah, i think so

also random autosaves

[wheat tulip]

Mmh it can be quite dangerous tho if a files becomes corrupted

Hope there will be no issue with it😭

[pallid gull]

yeah, it's been working fine so far! it's just that i'm an obsessive person when it comes to saving so i'm like when i close the game lmaoo

[green escarp]

Just pretend it's an MMO where saves are completely out of our hands xD

Like ff14, lol

[pallid gull]

true

[wheat tulip]

Does it helps?😭

I thought everything was saved on ff14 tho

Isnt it a live server game?

[pallid gull]

oh yeah since it's a live service you don't need to worry about the game getting saved

[wheat tulip]

Oh i see

Anyway if yall doesnt understand a word i will be here😭

[green escarp]

Act 1 zone 2(?)

||Prettyyyyyyyyyy ||

||But also thalassophobia ||

[wheat tulip]

Omg pretty

I want to play this game aah

[green escarp]

https://tenor.com/view/do-it-star-wars-emperor-palpatine-palpatine-gif-799657800635657398

[wheat tulip]

Its already sold out here on amazon ugh

Its at 40 euros in my supermarket but i need to move i dont want too

[green escarp]

Game Mechanics (still act 1?) ||Oh no now there's a jump 😭 ||

I just met ||Noco ||

[green escarp]

Act 1 optional enemy ||Nobody likes Mimes||

||The short hair on Maelle is cute but I like her default better||

I don't wanna be responsible and go to bed because of work, I wanna keep playing

At least tomorrow is Friday...

[pallid gull]

my first game over... got my ass beat

[pallid gull]

this combat is kicking my ass but im having the time of my life timing these parries

[pallid gull]

i finally did it but the way they look after is taking me out

[wheat tulip]

What is going awn lmaoo

[wheat tulip]

I just saw a tiktok about the gameplay in the game , the comments: people are still playing turn based game in 2025?? Ugh i hate people

[pallid gull]

oh yeah, there's a lot of turn based haters, i remember when bg3 won goty and people were dunking so hard on the battle system lmao

[wheat tulip]

Wtf

And then i saw the same people saying why cant i hate it? Im like you can hate it in your corner not saying it in the comment section of a video showing it come on BE SMART

[low steppe]

close enough welcome back dragon age origins

[rain widget]

eee i started this game yesterday and am currently in act 1,, it's so beautiful i wanna cry

started for her

[fringe walrus]

https://bsky.app/profile/mitchyd.bsky.social/post/3lnmbudfqq22y

Mitch Dyer (@mitchyd.bsky.social)

Expedition 33 you were worth it for Lune alone.

Bluesky · Apr 25, 2025, 3:30 AM

Obsessed with everyone universally agreeing that she is everything

[wheat tulip]

Oh cute shes named moon

[fringe walrus]

What is with me liking characters that are astrology/space themed

[green escarp]

I love that she's the mage of the group

Elemental spells go brrrrr

[low steppe]

nothing like being confronted with Your Type

[wheat tulip]

Lmaoo

[wheat tulip]

As you should i think

[pallid gull]

when a woman with dark hair tells me what to do i simply listen who am i to contradict her

[rain widget]

please i love herrr

i saw lune in promo stuff and it was over from there anything for you

[green escarp]

||Was that the first optional boss because omg same. That was the one I spent like 5 or 6 attempts because any time I missed a parry or dodge they got flattened 😭||

[pallid gull]

yes LMAO

i was so stubborn, i refused to move on

[green escarp]

No but this is me too!

In every rpg lmao

"Come back when you're leveled more or lower the diffi-" "NO"

Dammit I wanna playyyyyy

But I'm still at work

But I'm on the last stretch of this job, kids are all done with pictures just gotta wrap up the staff

[rain widget]

act 1 (?) - ||i love the convos between gustave and maelle so much their dynamic is very sweet to watch might've sobbed when they reunited and saw him give her the biggest hug||

this game really makes you feel 😭

[rain widget]

i feel like i made good progress having played more hours of story,, then i got stuck on a boss and decided it was time to log off for today

i shall make my 4th attempt without help tmrw since i'm stubborn 🙂‍↕️

[pallid gull]

you got this 👏

[green escarp]

PSA: Youtube is a spoiler minefield.
I've already seen the last boss because people are content farming dickbags

[pallid gull]

https://xcancel.com/Dexerto/status/1915893913203646801?t=tHT_4-TsCebpvmmGB5CFBg&s=19

https://xcancel.com/expedition33/status/1915905352639418848?t=ccQjcxP9Zva7xMvoxTO5PQ&s=19

what they deserve i fear

[wheat tulip]

👏

[pallid gull]

still act 1, environment

i can't with this game

could someone tell me how to equip luminas they did tell me in the tutorial but i think i zoned out so now im like how da fawk

wait i think i did it

[pallid gull]

https://xcancel.com/expedition33/status/1915735158788915621?t=hbvtWkUDpd4MYjY2Jf_mEQ&s=19

[pallid gull]

i think im experiencing a visual glitch and im kinda obsessed with it

diva

[wheat tulip]

Omg green beard

[fringe walrus]

Radioactive beard omg

[pallid gull]

he had it in battle too for a while

i loved it lmao

wanna listen to the ost so bad but im scared of getting spoiled no music for me

[rain widget]

i spent 15 mins fighting for my life cause i was stuck in a tree,, then gave in and used auto save and hoped it wouldn't boot me back really far 😭

[rain widget]

i love that you can listen to music during the rest points when camping

[pallid gull]

kinda regretting not getting the deluxe bc i would've loved some more outfits

im glad i can make them my barbies

[rain widget]

yeah me too honestly i love dressing them up,, it's igniting my nikki hyperfixation lmaooo

i'm just tryna find different outfits through exploring but i keep missing them

[pallid gull]

im probably missing them too so far i only got a hairstyle

[rain widget]

how far are you through act 1 ??

wait are you still in act 1

[pallid gull]

i think so

i got another title card but the act hasn't changed...maybe

[rain widget]

ohhh i think i know what you're talking about but can you tell me the part you're at specifically ?? i don't wanna accidentally spoil you 😭

[pallid gull]

||on my way to the gestral village!||

hopefully im not spoiling you either 😭

[rain widget]

nono you're fine!! i'm a little bit ahead of you

there's something early act 1 exploration related i was thinking about but i'm not sure if you want me to mention it

to clarify it's related to the finding outfits convo but i know some people wanna explore without any hints

[pallid gull]

is it about an area that i've been to already? because if i've missed an outfit in an area that i've already been in, you can tell me! i'll probably go back anyway bc i have a feeling there's a lot more splorin i gotta do in some parts

[rain widget]

yeah it's pretty early into the story but: [early act 1 exploration] - ||somewhere off the main story path in spring meadows there's a mime (an optional boss) that gives you the outfit they're wearing|| 🙂‍↕️ this is kinda the area where you encounter a lot of the tutorials too so i completely missed this ksdjsnj

[fringe walrus]

https://bsky.app/profile/adashtra.bsky.social/post/3lnpyomr6ck2f @wheat tulip

Ash Parrish (@adashtra.bsky.social)

Broke: J'RPG
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Bluesky · Apr 26, 2025, 2:56 PM

I’m fucking crying LMAOOOOO

[wheat tulip]

Im sorry should i inow what is koden?😭

[wheat tulip]

Lmaooo i understand now

I saw the j'rpg but i still dont understand this one why the '?

[fringe walrus]

I think they’re just making all the titles French-y

[green escarp]

Suikoden joke

[pallid gull]

oh that's interesting?? ||i fought that guy and got a hairstyle instead 👁️ 👄 👁️||

[wheat tulip]

Oh i see lmaoo

[rain widget]

no wait a minute ||they give both a hairstyle and an outfit so i think you might have to throw hands again 😭 ||

[pallid gull]

heeelp not that

||maybe i flopped so hard he only gave me the hair for maelle i guess 😭 ||

this combat is so fun, nothing more satisfying than seeing "expedition 33 performs a counter"

[green escarp]

I need to play more today aaaaa

I couldn't yesterday because I was so tired

[rain widget]

wait aiden ||there are mimes in multiple different locations 😭 the hair you're talking about, the one for maelle, is given by the mime in flying waters jsnjs,, you fought a diff one||

[pallid gull]

im backtracking then

i need my barbies to look pretty or silly while they're getting their asses kicked

[rain widget]

nono it's okay,, i'm literally reading all this off of a walkthrough cause i'm so confused

[pallid gull]

actual story, act 1 ||the gestral having actual french voice acting is my favorite thing, it's so charming lmao||

[green escarp]

||THERE'S MORE THAN ONE OF THOSE CREEPY FUCKERS??? 😭||

[pallid gull]

getting overwhelmed again because im thinking about the different combat music and the cool animations for the counters and how fun the combat is and

https://tenor.com/view/orange-cat-gets-flung-and-explodes-orange-cat-funny-cat-meme-explodes-gif-10706110874965244466

[wheat tulip]

[rain widget]

yeah 😭 ||they're like, scattered in different zones with different fits or hairstyles it's so funny||

||apparently there was one in the prologue that gave a music record??? what is going awnnn||

[green escarp]

Omg new cat exploding gif dropped xD

[pallid gull]

nooo i missed it

[rain widget]

i missed it too i'm so sad 😭

[pallid gull]

its my new hyperfixation gif

i need to be more diligent while splorin

i keep thinking im going everywhere but im missing a lot

[rain widget]

no literally,, i get distracted constantly 😭

[pallid gull]

i also get lost a lot

[rain widget]

on the topic of exploring,, lune is so much fun to run around with she's so floaty

i rarely switch out of her whenever i'm just following paths and stuff

[pallid gull]

sameee

she's so fun to explore with

i worry about her toe beans though

[rain widget]

i just think lune is perfect

she's so gorgeous in every cutscene it makes me unwell

[pallid gull]

when she smiles.... truly in love with yet another beautiful woman with dark hair... many such cases

[rain widget]

we have the same type i fear

https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/1320524695270981643.webp?size=100&animated=true

[pallid gull]

🤝

good taste 🙂‍↕️

[green escarp]

Fighting optional bosses be like:

[pallid gull]

truly

[wheat tulip]

Oh damn

The blood on them 😭

[pallid gull]

they're stinky

[wheat tulip]

Oh i just saw theres only english and french dub?

[pallid gull]

yeah, i remember a french dub was mentioned a while back

act 1 (i think?) still

||my ass got scammed wtf ||

[green escarp]

OMG
I found a vendor on the world map and (hairstyle spoiler):

||There's one for Lune too but I like Lune's default hair on her better||

||but aaaaaa daughter with long hair down||

[wheat tulip]

Oh no I meant its the first time seeing only two dubs in a game😭

The game is sold out everywhere i want to scream

[pallid gull]

act 1 spoilers ||im so dead||

game of the year

[green escarp]

Dumb question but, can't you just purchase it digitally?

[wheat tulip]

Its pricier and just for a digital edition i dont like it

[pallid gull]

not me lying ||i thought it sounded like french initially but now im like hold awn i think this is a made up language 😭 probably took inspo from it that's why it sounded familiar||

[green escarp]

How much is it in France on PSN out of curiosity?

[wheat tulip]

50 euros

But its cheaper in physical edition 😭

[green escarp]

You're on playstation network france?

[wheat tulip]

Yup

[pallid gull]

it's always spensier on the ps store for some reason

[wheat tulip]

Honestly i thought it was worse

[green escarp]

@wheat tulip add me as a friend on Discord. Won't let me DM you

[wheat tulip]

Oh okay!

Done!

[pallid gull]

the amount of love that went into this game's ost

https://tenor.com/view/daladada-cat-crying-cry-scream-gif-24748831

[green escarp]

All according to keikaku

[wheat tulip]

Shadow😭😭

Thank to shadow i can get the game i dont know what to say!!

[green escarp]

Just have fun is all I ask in return

[wheat tulip]

I will

Im sorry to ben starr and the others vas but ill probably play in french😭

[pallid gull]

valid 🙂‍↕️

[wheat tulip]

Its so rare to get a good french dub je vais en profiter🙏

I need to finish kh2.8 fast so i can get more spaces aaah

[pallid gull]

act 1 (again not sure) ||the way they keep calling the baby gestrals patates 😭 im obsessed||

outfit spoiler

https://tenor.com/view/fake-smile-awkward-awkward-smile-not-happy-prentending-gif-7142315

[wheat tulip]

Thats... something !!

[pallid gull]

outfits spoiler

im losing my mind

sure... what the hell

[wheat tulip]

Lmaoo

Un petit trop en avance sur la tendance but why not

Im sorry im going all out with the french here its a french game!!

[pallid gull]

i support it

[wheat tulip]

Thank you aiden

[pallid gull]

i love this combat system but they're giving me a new tutorial right now and im just

https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/754643305240723547.webp?size=100&animated=true

i'll have to come back to it later when i have the spoons

[green escarp]

Me wanting to explore off the beaten path and the game is like "Why the fuck are you here?! Go back to following the critical path! Shoo!"

But but...exploration 😭

[wheat tulip]

No autorized expedition i guess 😭

[pallid gull]

yeah, i ended up just following the story for now which im also stressing about bc i keep missing outfits and hairstyles

[wheat tulip]

Oh no not the fashion

How dare they !!

[pallid gull]

tempted to buy the deluxe upgrade

i shouldn't later

[green escarp]

Area spoiler (following main story)

Sheeeesh this game is pretty

[wheat tulip]

How does this works when you already have the original game tho?😭 do you need to buy the whole edition again?

[wheat tulip]

Reminds me of paris in summer

Ah pollution

[green escarp]

The way I was like "aww" and then I saw pollution and was like "wait..."

[pallid gull]

no, just the upgrade!

so it would be like 11 euro or smth

[green escarp]

Its purely cosmetic anyway. Outfits and such

[wheat tulip]

Lmaoo paris weather is so ew in summer and you want to die

[wheat tulip]

Oh thats fine

[wheat tulip]

Oh yeah i saw outfit for maelle and Gustave i think?

It was included on the psn

Idk what is la collection fleur but i like the name

[green escarp]

Optional bosses: ||man I hate fighting mimes. and for what? incredibly goofy outfits 😭 ||

[wheat tulip]

Accurate representation of france , fighting clowns to get the clothes you want

Even tho it can be said for the world in general

[green escarp]

Me in every zone so far

[wheat tulip]

Lmaoo

[pallid gull]

||i think some of them might give some serious stuff too, i got a maelle hairstyle fighting a random one||

[green escarp]

||yeah I got that one too, but the other ones have been "baguette" fits 😭 ||

[pallid gull]

i need to get to the other ones

i only found one so far

i'm still mad i missed the ||prologue music|| like wtf

[green escarp]

||its so evil ||

||I almost started a new game but I'm just gonna deal||

[wheat tulip]

And you are not happy?! Smh

[green escarp]

If I wanted the characters to look like clowns I'd just search DeviantArt

[wheat tulip]

[green escarp]

Also, MAELLE? ARE YOU OK?

DAUGHTER, WHERE ARE YOUR LEGS

[wheat tulip]

She will needs some ibuprofen i think

[wheat tulip]

In her back lmao

[green escarp]

WTF happened 😭

[wheat tulip]

Shes not straight ( )

[pallid gull]

i love the random glitches

yesterday i jumped in the wrong place so gustave got stuck and he just kept jumping until i got out

also he had a radioactive neon beard while i was in the second area

[wheat tulip]

I saw a tiktok about gustave going deja vu in the back it was funny

It was a french tiktok so yall probably cant understand it cifjgkf

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNd2H4GPs/ if someone want to try understanding it😭

[pallid gull]

LMAO the outfit 😭 and the zoomies

[wheat tulip]

Trully the zoomies lmao

[green escarp]

Oh my god every time I get into a boss fight and they have a unique piece of music and aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

ITS ALL SO GOOD

[pallid gull]

literally

like sometimes i just sit there when it's my turn and listen to the whole song

[wheat tulip]

With xenoblade, nier and zelda as music composer fav games im not surprised

Idk a thing about hollow knight but it was mentioned too

[pallid gull]

i need to play that

[green escarp]

Act 1 story spoiler ||Gestral Village||
||Why is she kinda...||

||Yes I am refering to the suspiciously well sculpted living paintbrush lmao||

[pallid gull]

u're right and u should say it

[green escarp]

Further into act 1 spoilers:
||"And he's in Nevrran infested territory, right?"||
||"Oh no he's right next door"||

|| FUCKIN, LMAO ||

||For such a serious story, this game is surprisingly funny||

[rain widget]

this one area is so confusing- i feel like i keep running in circles 😭

but that could just be me

[green escarp]

No that's me too

And my game crashed

[rain widget]

act 1 story progression location - ||the yellow harvest area has me going through it 🥲 more so than any previous area i've been to ||

act 1 main story environment/sub-area (?) - ||so prettyyyyyyy ||

[wheat tulip]

Ouuh the purple

[rain widget]

wait rain did you start the game

[wheat tulip]

Not yet but i dont know anything about the game so the areas are not really spoilers to me!

[rain widget]

ohhh i see 🙂‍↕️

[wheat tulip]

I just know some of the characters aaand thats all lmao

[rain widget]

i hope you enjoy when you do!! it's such a lovely game

[wheat tulip]

Thank youu

Ill start it when ill finish kh 0.2 and x to free some space on my ps5

[rain widget]

that's fair,, so many good games

[wheat tulip]

Yuup

Im hyped for clair obscur!

I wonder how different the game will be in french

[green escarp]

||Their sibling dynamic makes me want to cry ||

[green escarp]

⚠️ UBER SPOILERS (WAIT UNTIL ACT 2 TO CLICK) ⚠️
||I MADE THIS MEME JOKINGLY! APOLLO JUST BELTED ME IN THE FACE WITH THE DOGEBALL OF PROPHESY||

||I'M SO FUCKING UPSET. WHY?!?! GUSTAVE ||

⚠️ UBER SPOILERS (WAIT UNTIL ACT 2 TO CLICK) ⚠️

[green escarp]

⚠️ Act 2 ⚠️
|| Verso is cool and I'm happy Ben Starr finally joined the party but...he uses Gustave's weapons...which means we're definitely not getting him back are we ||

||Maelle...I feel so bad why does this game hurt so much ||

[green escarp]

Oh shit its 4am

Good game is good

I should sleep tho...I don't wanna but I'm already pushing it even though its the weekend (plus Sunday so...religious obligations ™️ )

[pallid gull]

https://cdn.betterttv.net/emote/617973321f8ff7628e6b424e/2x.webp

me on my way to boot up the game as soon as i wake up

[pallid gull]

general character stuff ||gustave being such a dad is making me so weak and emotional like that's his daughter ||

[pallid gull]

getting my ass beat

[wheat tulip]

You can do it aiden!!

[pallid gull]

got my ass beat by another thing

[wheat tulip]

😭

[pallid gull]

oof i was so close

it's an optional boss that is 100% above my level ||and every hit is an instakill unless you dodge or parry||

i've learned the patterns at least

https://cdn.betterttv.net/emote/617973321f8ff7628e6b424e/2x.webp

back to being stubborn

[wheat tulip]

Kckdfkdk good luck

[rain widget]

thisssss 😭😭😭

[rain widget]

also me LMAO

today we tackle moving through an area that confuses me

[pallid gull]

you got this 👏

[rain widget]

eeeee i love your pfp!!! best girl indeed

and thank youu

[pallid gull]

whenever she smiles i go thru it she's perfect

[fringe walrus]

https://bsky.app/profile/culturecrave.co/post/3lnssy5625s2a

Culture Crave 🍿 (@culturecrave.co)

Charlie Cox’s first-ever video game role is Gustave in 'Clair Obscur: Expedition 33' 🎮

It’s now the highest-rated game of the year and sold 1M copies in just three days

Bluesky · Apr 27, 2025, 5:52 PM

[wheat tulip]

...who?

[rain widget]

he voices daredevil i think

[wheat tulip]

Oooh

[green escarp]

Plays him in Live Action, actually :D

[rain widget]

ahhh

[green escarp]

He's been acting since at least 2002 but none of his roles are what you'd call A-list, until you get the Marvel Cinematic Universe where he plays Matt Murdock, aka Daredevil. Now he's a major character in one of most well received RPGs to date as his first voice acting role.

Big props to the man

https://bsky.app/profile/beneceadraws.bsky.social/post/3lnsuahwkcc2u @pallid gull

💜 Bene 💜 DoKomi 3D16 (@beneceadraws.bsky.social)

Working on charms for #Expedition33 #ClairObscurExpedition33 and of course Lune had to be the first! I wanna draw every playable character for now 🙏

Bluesky · Apr 27, 2025, 6:15 PM

[pallid gull]

she's so pwetty....

[fringe walrus]

AHHHHH love her

[rain widget]

her little peeeeets

[green escarp]

Act 2: ||How is this game still throwing new combat mechanics at me ||

[pallid gull]

i need to play more... was getting my ass kicked when i stopped last time

[rain widget]

i dunno if i can get to act 2 today i'll try njdsjs

[wheat tulip]

Enjoyy

[green escarp]

Act 2 side content spoiler:
This isn't story related btw but, Lune fans, get good at parrying
||because there's an outfit tied to a challenege||

||incidentally, MY HANDS ARE SWEATING SHEEESH||

[wheat tulip]

||Is she dancing with it tho? ||

I like that some words are not translated tho

[green escarp]

||I mean, the challenge to get it is related to dancing in a way (trying to be vague because spoilers)||

[wheat tulip]

Oh i see thats why then

[green escarp]

---

wanders into an area marked "Danger"
"Eh, how bad can it be?"
entire team gets grated like cheese
"Oh. That bad"

I wish there was an easier way to tell just how underleveled you are for an area xD

[wheat tulip]

Lmaoo

Honestly if i see an area marked danger i run away😭

[pallid gull]

this optional boss is rough

but i refuse to move on now that i'm here lmao

[pallid gull]

i wonder if we're in the same area LMAO

[green escarp]

Did you hit act 2 yet?

[pallid gull]

nope

[green escarp]

Then no, lol

[pallid gull]

oh i just walked into a random zone

[green escarp]

Yeah the "Danger" comes up if you're underleveled for that zone as far as I can figure

[pallid gull]

like i dont think it has anything to do with the story 😭 it was labeled danger and got my ass beat but i dont wanna go

[green escarp]

Yeah I'd managed to stubborn my way through some early side zones but there's one in act 2 that is waaaaaaaaaay beyond my team atm lol

Like enemy health bars barely budge and I was like " "

I suffered through one fight of normal enemies for like 15 minutes and my team jumped 5 levels and I was like "ok I am coming back much later!"

[pallid gull]

optional boss in ||spring meadows||

i was so close 😭

We Continue

https://cdn.betterttv.net/emote/617973321f8ff7628e6b424e/2x.webp

[wheat tulip]

You can do it aiden!!

[pallid gull]

it's def doable, i just gotta lock in

[wheat tulip]

Omg love the gameplay already

Omg they speak real french not translated 😭😭

Oh wow directly like that

||rip 33 years old people😭||

The amount of references kckfkckx

Not the omae wa mo shindehiru 😭

[green escarp]

NANI

[wheat tulip]

Lmaoo

[green escarp]

(couldn't resist lmao)

[wheat tulip]

HELP

||not people moaning ???||

[wheat tulip]

Oof i thought the ||mime will kill me there😭||

[pallid gull]

the way everyone found that guy except for me...i gotta backtrack

[wheat tulip]

😭

I was worried i would miss something thats why i found it honestly

Oh wow maelle is so small??

||omg gustave is already a dad i love that for him ||

[rain widget]

pls i didn't find him either,, you're not alone 😭

[wheat tulip]

Omg the obscur outfit mmh i love it

[pallid gull]

i killed it and i think i just jumped like 6 levels

something tells me i was nawt meant to try this now but that was fun so it's okay

oh... the points don't go to inactive party members... fawk

[wheat tulip]

Congrats !!

||feet jumpscare 😭😭||

||lune why!!||

[pallid gull]

is there a ||mime|| in ||spring meadows|| does anyone know

early act 1 area

[wheat tulip]

Im still in the prologue sorry😭

[pallid gull]

no worries rain!

[rain widget]

yeah that's the one i mentioned yesterday 🙂‍↕️

[pallid gull]

okay just making sure but i forgot if it was the first area or not 😭 thank u!!

i need to find it 🏃‍➡️

[rain widget]

no problem !! if you have trouble finding him i can always double check to see where he's at

[wheat tulip]

I just got the title help ckfkfkfk im so slow

[rain widget]

noo you're not slow 😭 😭 some of us have been playing for several days now

[pallid gull]

yeah, take it at your own pace!

[pallid gull]

i would appreciate that, i think i'm lost

[rain widget]

like i haven't done any side content... just story and i'm still in act 1

[wheat tulip]

True jfkfkf

[rain widget]

it's very confusing so i don't blame you at all 😭 😭 looking it up now

[wheat tulip]

||not the you are old??? Lmaoo||

||nevermind he decapitated the person who said that ||

||thats.. something ...everyone is dying because of an old man😭 i guess he didnt like that sentence||

[rain widget]

@pallid gull i hope this helps 😭 ||"After reaching the "abandoned" house in Act 1: Gustave and dropping down to Grand Meadow, the player must face the Expedition Flag nearby and head left to where a lone Lancelier is heading. Follow the grapple points from there and you will reach a platform where the mime stands."||

[pallid gull]

thank you sm!! 🙏

[wheat tulip]

||Omg my gustave has a flower on his head ||

[pallid gull]

ohhh you have the deluxe edition!

[wheat tulip]

I think yeah

Its the one at 60 euros right?

Love the flowers but damn this is sad

||putain de merde; yup thats french alright lmao||

||poor gustave i want to hug him😭||

[pallid gull]

they're a fambily

outfit spoilies

[wheat tulip]

Lmao

You can add jumpscare to it i think 😭

[pallid gull]

lmaoooo

i love it, it's so silly

[rain widget]

yippeeee you got it!!

[pallid gull]

now i gotta pay attention so i wont miss these guys again

[rain widget]

gotta sniff all the corners

[pallid gull]

it's important for barbie dress up purposes

[wheat tulip]

Its a french game its above all else of course!

[rain widget]

omgg sarahkey is streaming e33 for the first time for anyone interested 🥹 love seeing people experience this gameee

[wheat tulip]

I need to take a picture since the ps5 doesnt let me !! Spoiler act 1

When photo mode

[rain widget]

he looks so pretty the flower

[pallid gull]

im saur excited to watch lor play it

glad i can be ahead so i wont get spoiled

[wheat tulip]

Saame

[wheat tulip]

Yes

[rain widget]

has she started yet ?? i've been a bit behind on streams and mostly lurked recently

[pallid gull]

she has!

[rain widget]

eeee running to the vod

[pallid gull]

she's focusing on finishing xenoblade x first though

but she got the chance to play it in early access and she enjoyed it so much that she's making it a full playthrough after xenoblade x

[wheat tulip]

Omg

So ready to try translating the slurs lmao

[rain widget]

can't wait to watch her experience the story in full it's such a special game

[wheat tulip]

I still cant believe its an indie game wtf

Its so pretty

||"this monster looks dangerous" okay run away||

[rain widget]

hahajsjs waitt watching the vod and seeing everyone freak out in chat about how fun the combat looks real!!

[wheat tulip]

Gonna stop in front of ||the white big thing speaking|| 😭 its already so late

[rain widget]

rest well rain!!

[wheat tulip]

Thanks im watching lories vod of the start of the game now kfkckx

Its gonna become an obsession isnt it?

[rain widget]

lol me toooo,, and yeah you'll get addicted i fear 😹 😹

[green escarp]

There are so many things I've experienced that I can't wait for Lorie to get to

I can practically see her reactions in my head

[green escarp]

I think they do just not as quickly? I've had levels and attribute points go to the party members I'm not actively using

[rain widget]

help i ended up exploring a completely different area unrelated to the main story and had no idea 😭 looked at the map and accidentally went the long way when i could've just had it easier

[pallid gull]

getting lost again

https://tenor.com/view/orange-cat-gets-flung-and-explodes-orange-cat-funny-cat-meme-explodes-gif-10706110874965244466

outfits spoilers

im screaming this is so silly

charlie cox popping awf

act 1 (far into it) ||gustave apologizing for being rude and getting embarrassed... want him so bad||

||the whimsy of this game got me in such a chokehold, i love how it feels like im experiecing a fairytale||

[wheat tulip]

||a dark one but yeah same!||

[pallid gull]

i cant tell if im experiencing a bug or i dont know what im doing

probably the latter

it was the latter

[wheat tulip]

😭😭

[pallid gull]

big spoilers for late act 1 ||i gotta say that the mime costume during the nightmare cutscenes work so well with the aesthetic lmao||

i kinda love that so far my experience is ooo love this story, love these characters, ohhh im getting my ass beat, ooo love this story, oh im getting my ass beat

rinse and repeat

[wheat tulip]

Lmaoo😭

[green escarp]

At work waiting for the kids to arrive for their picture day and I just keep thinking about this game

I wanna plaaaaay

At least I'm off tomorrow so once I get home and finish adulting I am going to binge this game so hard

[wheat tulip]

Good luck shadow!

[low steppe]

https://www.instagramez.com/reel/DIxaRm8syjG/?igsh=MXZkcmpyZzkwdjh0Yg==

[green escarp]

That's incredible xD
Unfortunately wouldn't work for my job. Even when you can prove you're hospitalized they write you up

[green escarp]

@pallid gull since I know you're past this part (Act 1)
||https://youtu.be/qVaRBnuY2dA?si=uMMYwvcsO58Zy1Lk||

https://tenor.com/view/robo-dance-moves-gif-17481790

[pallid gull]

YESS

this was one of the songs where i was like lemme pause during combat and shake my ass

[green escarp]

I love how varied the music is in this game. You think it's gonna stick to one style then BOOM!

Soken would be proud

[pallid gull]

is it true that they had nier inspo for the music as well?

because i can def hear it in some parts

it's so good

[green escarp]

I dunno personally, but I wouldn't be surprised if so

[pallid gull]

there's a behind the music video for it but im scared of spoilies (not the video itself but rather my algorithm) so i guess it'll have to wait

[wheat tulip]

Idk if its an inspo but the composer liked it😭

Omg it was so cool (spoiler act 1)

[pallid gull]

makes sense 🙂‍↕️

[wheat tulip]

||im only at act 1 and i feel like they said merde and putain at least 50 times already lmaoo||

Omg i got a glimpse of gustave green beard , so sexy

||oh no gustave i know you are worried for maelle but im sorry lune is totally right 😭😭||

||is that a black hole??||

Someone know on what should i shoot to unlock this?😭

Nevermind i got it im just blind

[pallid gull]

it's okay i also got stuck there at first

||i thought the locks were the symbols on it so i kept trying to shoot symbols and match them up, literally struggling like a dumbass ksdjfhfsd||

[wheat tulip]

Same kfkfkfk

I was like of course it doesnt works...

[pallid gull]

tbf the tutorial is quite confusing on that one 😭

[wheat tulip]

Yeah😭

[pallid gull]

i think it's like one line or something

[wheat tulip]

Yup

||find 3 keys to open the rare box||

||should of said shoot 3 balls in the air it would have been better😭||

[pallid gull]

act 1 area, far into it

crazy how i'm playing one of the most visually stunning games ever and only like 30 people worked on it

[fringe walrus]

editing my first video and laughing so hard bc (intro spoilers) || i found out sophie was 33 and was like, "ON HER DEATHBED CONFIRMED" making a joke about her age and not realizing she was lidolly on her deathbed......... ||

[pallid gull]

heeeeeeeelp

i need to watch that vod so bad 😭

literally u

[wheat tulip]

||The vod was something to watch i was like ermm does she knows...? ( of course i know you didnt 😭)||

||maelle not the smell mention??||

[pallid gull]

stinky

[wheat tulip]

They were but ||not maelle saying oh yeah thats gustave smell for sure fkfofkf crazy , girl||

[fringe walrus]

|| editing that part and now i'm crying again LMAOOOO ||

[pallid gull]

||them starting with that cs...they wanted to kill us dead fr||

[wheat tulip]

Trully

||they were sadistic from the start of the game 😭||

[rain widget]

||the opening was so brutal 😭 ||

[fringe walrus]

prologue spoilers || the way they all moved on but i'm still having a mental breakdown ||

[pallid gull]

evil game

[green escarp]

It's like they saw all the ||30+ is one foot in the grave|| jokes online and were like "bet"

[wheat tulip]

Ffidkfkz

I think the dev are that age so idk

French people do have dark humor tho so maybe

[rain widget]

||still not over the prologue how could they ||

[wheat tulip]

||fuck why are there so many jumpscare its not an horror game😭||

[green escarp]

||:)||

don't mind me just enjoying peeps' reactions to stuff I've experienced already hehe

[wheat tulip]

||"dont run into the big menacing monster" me exploring, finding big menacing right in front of me: ah- ||

[wheat tulip]

Lmaoo

[green escarp]

I said I was gonna binge this game after work but I've only managed a few hours. I'm so tired

Curse this frail vessel of flesh

[pallid gull]

anyone else fighting for their lives trying to catch these lil mfs

[green escarp]

Oh fuck that one in particular

[pallid gull]

right

im fighting for my life

[wheat tulip]

Gonna stop now i think but aah obsessed with this game

I think ||i just stopped right in front of a boss battle but thats okay lmao||

[pallid gull]

girl me too

[wheat tulip]

We were going through it cjfkfkf

[pallid gull]

the way i watched this scene again and i cried with lorie like yeah same

pige kjdfshjksdfhs

[low steppe]

for the full immersion experience this is my ringtone
https://youtu.be/35cGU379zFo?feature=shared

[pallid gull]

im deeead

love it 😭

[fringe walrus]

back to editing and prologue || i cannot believe i said, "why do i feel like so many of them aren't gonna make it" ||

me reacting to my reactions aksjdsak

[wheat tulip]

😭😭

[fringe walrus]

after title drop || me saying "what an explosive opening" before the actual explosions.... can't make this shit up ||

[green escarp]

The dodgeball of prophecy belting Lorie in the face, bouncing off a wall only to hit her again xD

Truly though, ||Prologue takes no prisoners ||

@fringe walrus , Sarah is playing E33 and I just want you to know she's jumping around and she said "this jump is so different from my Xenoblade jump"

You two really are just the same person

[wheat tulip]

Lorie predicting everything just before experiencing it 😭

[wheat tulip]

https://fixupx.com/Am4n0_/status/1916820030781640917?t=BQVJuxMDmiF9clxilz9XtA&s=19 screaming 😭

Amano (@Am4n0_)

C'est pour vos isekai au nom interminable ça

Citation de ⛩ Ryo Saeba | Japon XYZ ⛩ (@Ryo_Saeba_3)
︀
Au Japon aussi Clair Obscur: expedition 33 est populaire et se vend bien mais il y a beaucoup de joueurs qui ont eu du mal à prononcer "Clair Obscur" et qui ont commencé à surnommer le jeu なんとか33 "nantoka33" ("machin truc 33") 😭
︀︀#Japon #ClairObscurExpedition33

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FixupX · Apr 28, 2025, 11:41 AM

[fringe walrus]

Can u translate, rain?

[wheat tulip]

Oh yes sorry

[pallid gull]

"in japan, clair obscur: expedition 33 is also popular and sells well, but there are many players that can't pronounce "clair obscur" and they started calling the game "thingy/whatever 33"

[wheat tulip]

And the repost said " thats for your isekai with long ass names"

[fringe walrus]

Thingy whatever 😭

[wheat tulip]

Its a really hard name for them so i understand lmao

[low steppe]

i thought "clair obscur" was a french term 💀

[wheat tulip]

Term in what sense?

Its just an oxymore i think

[pallid gull]

pige means the origin

it's an italian term

[low steppe]

oh

[wheat tulip]

Oh really?

[pallid gull]

chiaroscuro

it's an art technique

[wheat tulip]

Oooh

[low steppe]

ohhh i know of that

[wheat tulip]

Makes sense with the peintress

[pallid gull]

yeee, i think it's combining two very contrasting colors? like dark/light specifically

[wheat tulip]

Makes sense too

[pallid gull]

but it's translated in all languages, it just happens to have originated in italy i think

[wheat tulip]

Oh i see

[pallid gull]

oh yes my explanation was off 😭 but almost there lmaooo

[wheat tulip]

Can we translate it as dark light?

[wheat tulip]

Oh interesting ||thats what happened when the peintress wake up every colors faded to only left black and white||

[pallid gull]

i looked it up and it doesn't seem like it has a translation in english, people just say chiaroscuro

but light/dark or clear/obscure probably works either way

[low steppe]

language is cool

[wheat tulip]

Oh i see!

I didnt studied that much of the artistics movements so i didnt know

[pallid gull]

i was curious about the name bc i assumed it might reference something but yeah, the motifs of light/dark are very prevalent in the game, makes sense! really cool

https://tenor.com/view/cat-crunch-cranch-meow-cute-gif-17368992236901678436

me eating this game

[wheat tulip]

Same aaah

I saw i missed some dialogues in the beginning with multiple playthrough of it

[pallid gull]

i missed ||the mime|| in the prologue still mad about that

i've tried to talk with everyone as much as i could but i'm sure i've missed some npcs myself

[wheat tulip]

Oh noo

Even tho i dont think the reward is a big of a difference ngl

[pallid gull]

i haven't gotten ||any music for my camp yet||

that would've been the first one

[wheat tulip]

Oh i see

This one is really good too

[rain widget]

have you done the ||"uniform for richard's son"|| side quest aiden ?? [prologue related]

[pallid gull]

i have, yes!

||i got the crimson uniform ||

[rain widget]

yeah i missed that 😭 i must've been too distracted by everything, the music was hitting

[pallid gull]

understandable ||very mean of them to give you all these npcs and tokens and random convos after ur gf fawkin died 😭 ||

[rain widget]

||i did get all the tokens and exchanged them which is something ||

[pallid gull]

sameee, i was so glad that i was able to

[wheat tulip]

Thats the one i missed 😭😭

[rain widget]

😭 😭 i get it though

i might play some more today,, yesterday i wasn't really feeling it but i feel more energized so maybe

[wheat tulip]

Theres a movie announced for clair obscur??

[pallid gull]

oh yeah, i forgot about that

there is

[wheat tulip]

Just saw a notification about it i was like HUH

Co produced by the sonics movies directors it seems

[pallid gull]

inch resting 👁️ 👁️

[wheat tulip]

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNdj14Qwr/ OMG I DIDNT KNOW THERE WAS AN END TO THIS ONE

SCREAMING

Its the ||sex one||

[wheat tulip]

Not the ||" before all that , being 30 years old was being young " SCREAMING||

[wheat tulip]

Omg yess i loved his suit

[wheat tulip]

Lets goo || just won over my second mime||

[wheat tulip]

(manor house second part spoiler)

[hoary nacelle]

Hello i just bought the game !!!!

[wheat tulip]

OMG ENJOY BLOSSOM

Btw ||putain : fuck and merde: shit ||

[hoary nacelle]

Can I read that

[wheat tulip]

Mmh not for now

[hoary nacelle]

Ok 🫡

[wheat tulip]

After one hour of story you can!

Its not spoilery but it is a bit? Idk

Its just a language thing

And for others i dont know i play in french😭

[hoary nacelle]

Omgg the menu music is so good screaming

[wheat tulip]

🙂‍↕️

[hoary nacelle]

This game has polish text but no polish dub so im gonna play in en cause I don't like when the text and dubbing isn't the same language jfkdkslls

[wheat tulip]

Understandable !

Im just so used to it now😭

[hoary nacelle]

This game is so pretty aaaaaaa

We're all gonna be learning French from this game fr 🔥

Other than rain ofc cause he already knows it lmao

[wheat tulip]

X to doubt honestly lmao

French is so hard even for native speakers

[rain widget]

omg enjoy!!! the game is saur goood

[hoary nacelle]

|| HELPP I LOST THE REMATCH DUEL TO MAELLE IN THE FESTIVAL 😭 😭 || Prologue spoilers

|| u can rematch her ok cool i want to win this lmao ||

|| I DID IT !!! (barely she nearly won again) ||

[wheat tulip]

In what difficulty are you in?

[hoary nacelle]

Just the normal one i just suck lmao

[green escarp]

Don't feel bad, ||Lorie did too ||

I'm afraid of what this game is like past normal which is the "intended" difficulty

I've already fought enemies that you basically have to be perfect at dodging or parrying or you get mulched

[hoary nacelle]

The dodging and parrying is really hard...😭

I'm sure practice will help but I've never been good at perfect dodge/parry mechanics ndkdjdklsls

Ill probably drop the difficulty down if im struggling too much later in the game so im not crashing out 24/7

[wheat tulip]

Oh then thats understandable !

[wheat tulip]

Im already on easy mode personnally gkfkck

This game is HARD

[hoary nacelle]

I may be joining you there in the near future 🫡

[wheat tulip]

Like its not an exageration

[green escarp]

Far(?) into Act 2 game mechanic/status effect
||WHAT DO YOU MEAN THIS GAME HAS DOOM????||

||FINAL FANTASY PTSD ||

[wheat tulip]

Good luck!

[pallid gull]

not to sound like a weirdo but the character models look so good when they're all messed up post battle

[wheat tulip]

Gkflfkdif i understand it adds so much

[pallid gull]

‼️ huge spoilers for the end of act 1 and beginning of act 2 || WHAT THE FUCK WHAT THE FUCK WHAT THE FUUCK ||

||I FEEL SIIICK WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS GAME||

||i need to go hug my dad im about to throw up 😭||

||im having a mental breakdown||

||me, through tears: nice||

||stressing the hell out rn and wondering if the real protag is actually verso because what do you mean friendship level increased, why didn't gustave have this mechanic 😭 i miss him so bad||

this is all huge act 2 spoilers btw

hairstyle spoiler ||not the fuckin time 😭 ||

[wheat tulip]

I want to read but i cant

[pallid gull]

yes dont it's huge spoilers 😭

[pallid gull]

more act 2 spoilers ||incredibly diabolical good lord||

[green escarp]

@pallid gull you can read this now || ||

[low steppe]

glitchxcity is ON IT
https://youtu.be/yZy74oogx78?si=_qFcRR34qLgpk8R0

[green escarp]

||but yay, I can finally cry about this with someone because waaaaaaah ||

|| this game is merciless especially with the music accompanying these scenes I just-||

[pallid gull]

||pls it was so evil, i didn't expect it 😭 i thought he had plot armor||

[pallid gull]

||predicted it fr 😭 ||

[rain widget]

need to play more wanna get to act 2 so bad but also don't wanna rush 😭

[pallid gull]

yesss take your time!

[pallid gull]

act 2 and also outfit spoilers (?) ig

https://tenor.com/view/speechless-smoking-man-old-man-smoking-old-guy-smoking-old-man-cigarette-gif-16836230630449212567

||need him so bad||

[pallid gull]

the ||mimes|| in this game...... im filled with hatred

[wheat tulip]

You can do it aiden 😭

[pallid gull]

https://tenor.com/view/orange-cat-gets-flung-and-explodes-orange-cat-funny-cat-meme-explodes-gif-10706110874965244466

every day im getting my ass beat

[hoary nacelle]

Helpp this gif is taking me out fjkdkdksklsd

[pallid gull]

i love it sm lmaooo

[wheat tulip]

Lmaoo

[wheat tulip]

Litterally crashing out damn

[pallid gull]

outfit and hair spoiler

i did it, fuck this ||mime||

https://tenor.com/view/rrane-battal-rrane-battal-kızgın-battal-kızgın-gif-25355985

[wheat tulip]

Lmaoo

Congrats !

[pallid gull]

thank u

[wheat tulip]

https://x.com/expedition33/status/1917648884660154606?t=bS10FM7FWUnbPH5o8vbckA&s=19 oof

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (@expedition33) on X

By popular demand, we are also raising visibility of the alternative strategy:

"Keep dying over and over until you get it right".

That's fine too.

X · Apr 30, 2025, 6:34 PM

[pallid gull]

they did this for me <3

[wheat tulip]

😭

[pallid gull]

i think only shadow can read this ||the way im nervous that some outfits are still not visible to me despite having seen all of them (verso included) so im like who the fawk are the last expeditioners||

[green escarp]

Oh right now that I'm home I can talk about this with Aiden too ⚠️ (End of Act 1 Spoilers) ⚠️
||So emotional damage is one thing but it being proceeded by absolute "WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT?!"||

||WHAT IN THE ABSOLUTE NIGHTMARE, NOPE NOPE NOPE ||

JUST, ||NOPE NOPE NOPE!!!||

[pallid gull]

||when maelle jinxed us and second phase started... shaking in my boots||

[green escarp]

||That and there was no victory screen so my years of gaming experience was making my brain go "wait a minute..."||
||And sure enough! 😭 ||

[pallid gull]

anyone else just

get really emotional playing this game

and i don't mean bc the game has sad themes

i mean looking at how fuckin cool and pretty everything is and just going "can't believe 30 people made this" and then feel like crying

https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/666248012942802955.webp?size=100

[wheat tulip]

I understand aiden

[rain widget]

MEEE this is so me

i get you 🤝

[wheat tulip]

Waait what i didnt know

[green escarp]

That is wild

And the music is so good, Sandfall casually finding a prodigy

[wheat tulip]

We should take it with a grain of salt since its tiktok but damn

||https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNdjMCYoo/ || omg shrek ref

[green escarp]

God there's so much I want to talk about but I am so far ahead in the game I'm afraid of even putting it in spoiler tags 😭

I went on playing way too long last night (nearly screwed myself over on sleep for work, oops) and just so much happened

This game is incredible

[pallid gull]

im continuing now but i got distracted by a lot of optional areas

[green escarp]

https://tenor.com/view/spider-man-we-one-gif-18212100

[pallid gull]

idk how to even describe it cause idk who has seen it yet or not but optional area ||the gestral beach is beating my ass 😭 ||

[green escarp]

I just finished a work conference call so I'm wrapping up dailies in other games then diving back in

[wheat tulip]

Enjoyy

Just saw the lyrics of lumière ost its something 😭

[pallid gull]

https://xcancel.com/NeoWokio/status/1917536412909371900?t=ZAX0Acp9Jj9FIO8ZGI5FDA&s=19

literally me

i had some enemies where the parries were on point and i felt like a gamer then immediately after i got the floor wiped with me

[green escarp]

There's truly no middle ground. I either feel like a god seeing "Expedition 33 does a parry" or I'm getting flattened into paste

[pallid gull]

act 2, big spoilies ||verso's skills are so damn cool but having a character whose skill advacement depends on me being good at dodging and parrying makes me feel like a loser whenever i fuck it up and he's still on rank C LMAO also missing gustave's overcharge i felt so safe with how easily it would break enemies... missing gustave, period||

[green escarp]

||I love Verso's gimmick because its like, the perfect translation of what would happen if you put a Devil May Cry or Bayonetta character into a turn based game ||

||But yes, Gustave is still missed ||

[pallid gull]

act 2 big spoilers ||i would appreciate if this game stopped making me cry to the point where i almost frow up thanks||

[pallid gull]

more huge spoilers for act 2 ||having a major mental breakdown once again just because of these camp conversations and interactions but i have to say that not in a million years did i expect the plot to take this turn where it's revealed that gustave was never the protagonist to begin with. that he's in fact the one that will haunt the narrative and serve as motivation for all of them to continue. it's brilliant storytelling because i feel that grief tenfold now that i've gotten to know him. sophie hurt but we barely knew her, but we got attached to gustave and he was such an established character and now each time he is talked about i feel sick ||

[green escarp]

I have unknowingly bricked my playthrough 😭

I can't say what it is or why, but there's a thing I thought was the natural progression of things and there was actually choice involved

And now I feel stupid

(Its not really bricked but its "bricked" and someday I will elaborate)

[pallid gull]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/1305129673751007232.webp?size=100

fear

[green escarp]

Aiden I'm actually tempted to give you a pointer if you'll allow it

Gonna DM you real fast

[hoary nacelle]

Making my way through act 1 and omgg this game is so gorgeous like i truly can't get over the visuals

[pallid gull]

super beautiful game

[hoary nacelle]

Been really enjoying the story so far as well im very intrigued 👀

Also the voice acting is like actuslly incredible??!!

[wheat tulip]

La crème de la crème

[languid gyro]

IT IS TIME

(though realistically I will only have time to play like...1-2 hours total tonight)

(or ruin my sleep entirely for tomorrow, we'll see if my self-control wins out lmao)

[wheat tulip]

Omg enjoyyy

[languid gyro]

Not me getting emotional just from the title screen bgm

[wheat tulip]

Profites bien

(Im going all french here and no one can say anything!!)

[languid gyro]

The way I cannot unhear Shadowheart at all every time Maelle speaks 😭

[wheat tulip]

A lot of people said that yeah lmao !

[green escarp]

Anything

#dadjokes

[wheat tulip]

[green escarp]

[wheat tulip]

screaming internally

[green escarp]

My work here is done 😎

Gonna go sleep early. More E33 tomorrow

[wheat tulip]

Good night shadow!!

[languid gyro]

(I'm really enjoying the small character conversations just walking through this bit of town)

||was about to fight this one lady telling Sophie she was selfish for not wanting to have kids though||

[wheat tulip]

Honestly the dialogues are so good and quite realistic

Both characters can be right on that😭

Thats on the point of view of course

[languid gyro]

[Prologue] Xenoblade?? 👀

[languid gyro]

No I get it

Also wow is this game gorgeous

[fringe walrus]

Plssss I said that too LOL not bc of the NPC but general vibes of the prologue

[languid gyro]

I mean that too

It’s very XC3 for sure

Can’t wait to experience several existential crises going through this game

[wheat tulip]

[languid gyro]

Very early AoT in a way too

[wheat tulip]

Yup

Kh2 👀

I dont know a thing about ff8 tho so idk if its a good thing😭

[languid gyro]

Damn that ||Mime|| got hands

Was good parry practice though

[wheat tulip]

The demons of the game ngl

[languid gyro]

Honestly conceptually I really liked the idea of ||mimes forming invisible walls/weapons to actually defend/attack with||

I was a bit worried but so far parry window is surprisingly generous, and enemy attacks are pretty reasonably telegraphed

Granted I’m still only in the prologue so maybe it’s hard as hell later lmao

[wheat tulip]

Aiden been crashing out since a while now lmao

[languid gyro]

||The Gommage scene 😭 ||

||I'm amazed that at the emotional reaction I had to seeing the random NPCs I spoke to for 1-2 lines of dialogue through town during that cutscene too; just a great set up all around||

[languid gyro]

I’ve known ||Lune|| all of 2 seconds but… I think I love her

Honestly excited to get to know the cast in general

[languid gyro]

||WELL FUCK ME I GUESS||

Officially done with the Prologue, seems like the perfect place to stop for the night

Very impressed with the game so far though

I tried to go in basically as blind as possible, and I'm very glad I did

[pallid gull]

omg amphy is playing peak

welcome

when you learn an enemy's patterns only to discover that the hp bar doesn't budge when you parry

https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/1320524695270981643.webp?size=100&animated=true

[wheat tulip]

Oh...

Good luck 🙏😭

[pallid gull]

i usually just leave those enemies behind, i can brute force a lot of things just by stubbornly learning patterns but if the hp bar doesn't move then it's not worth it 😭

that's the game telling me "that's too high level dumbass" </3

[wheat tulip]

True lmao

Not the dumbass tho

You are not

[pallid gull]

act 2 ||MONOCO'S OST THE JAZZ OH MY GOD||

i feel like im moving too fast

help how do i make this game last forever

https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/666248012942802955.webp?size=100

[wheat tulip]

I wonder how many acts does it have

[pallid gull]

i'm not sure either, i'm still in act 2

there's a lot of optional things i still have to do but i just like the story so much so i forge ahead

[wheat tulip]

I saw marcomeatball already finished it i was like what...

[pallid gull]

[wheat tulip]

Honestly thats a game you can just rest still and listen to the osts

[pallid gull]

true, it's very vibey

[pallid gull]

act 2 spoilers ||i wonder if there's a hidden affinity system based on how much you keep party members in your party because i just got 2 lune interactions at camp? while none with sciel||

[pallid gull]

act 2 spoilers ||gotta say, verso is one of the best protags because how is he so hardened by life and yet so soft at the same time 😭 he's like the opposite of toxic masculinity in every way and it got me fucked up. hurting himself just to make the girlies smile and asking esquie for a hug when he feels down UGHHH im in love fr||

[languid gyro]

https://x.com/rw2bi/status/1916813199598289147

Rawabi (@rw2bi) on X

#ClairObscurExpedition33 This game is beyond beautiful

X · Apr 28, 2025, 11:14 AM

[green escarp]

||"Hi! I'm a pair of legs that can talk"||

[wheat tulip]

@coarse scarab

[green escarp]

I keep experiencing things. Been doing a bunch of side stuff. Found things I dare not spoil.
Just omg this game. You can tell Sandfall are a bunch of passionate RPG lovers, there's just so much love for the genre and gaming in general

I knew this game was going to be good back when it was announced but I didn't expect it to be this good

I had some contenders for game of the year but they all just got dropkicked by this game lmao

Also oops, I woke up too early (like 2am or so) and now its 7am sooooooo I need to go back to bed (thank god this is a day off from work or I'd be hosed)

[pallid gull]

go rest 🙂‍↕️

[wheat tulip]

Good rest!!

[pallid gull]

ignoring the "danger" warning and going in anyway and then gasping when im getting my ass beat

[wheat tulip]

Aiden

Please😭😭