Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 | 9.7 user rating on Metacritic | Disscussion thread

[G2ThaUNiT]

LegitHyperbole said:

G2ThaUNiT said:

How does this game hold up for someone who has no nostalgia or plays JRPGs?

Outside of the first few gens of Pokemon and both Monster Hunter Stories games (primarily because they were like Pokemon in a lot of ways lol) I never played the inspirations behind Expedition 33.

I’ve seen many comparisons to FF9, but, I can’t identify with that lol. Game looks fun though.

Like someone said, this will be some kids FF7 moment. I got to the Shinra building in FF7 multiple times and always got stuck as a kid. I bought FFX for good graphics and ended up hating random battles. The best I can say about turn based before becoming an adult and finding Xcom, Divinity OS and Persona is I put up with the systems to advance stories and mildly liked it in a Stockholm syndrome kind of way now and then. I have zero nostalgia and this game is easily in my top 10 ever regardless of genre...maybe top 5 we'll see yet, they devs could come and take a shit in my house and I'd still love this game. So to answer your question, forget nostalgia, forget it being a turn based game, forget your bills, forget everything and do yourself the favour of playing this as soon as possible. 

Damn! That's quite the stamp of approval. I'll have to give it a go here soon!