Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

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初めて数時間でこりゃおもろいって感じたの久しぶり。 BGM・ストーリー・キャラへの没入感・戦闘システム等文句ないと思う。 まだまだクリアしてないのでこの先が楽しみ。

This game is a true work of art if you like connecting with characters, feeling empathy, and seeing a unique story. This alone makes it one of the more memorable games I've ever played. The story is so interesting. If you sort through and really work at understanding what is going on (which takes too much effort...there are still points I feel a bit in the dark about and will probably sleuth answers on the Internet), it will move you to tears. Gameplay, I'm honestly looking for more. The battles are rather redundant. Thankfully, the characters have a ton of variance to them which gives you a good amount of experimentation you can do with each character having their own interesting wrinkles in their systems of how they do combat. The #1 game design complaint I have is how there are so many times where it looks like you can climb a rock and there's a barrier that is invisible in the way. That is such a bad experience in this day and age. Maybe a personal subjective issue, but it was really irritating to me. I'm so down to see what Sandfall does next. They absolutely blew me away with this game and stand with Larian as a game developer who is pushing the envelope, creating unique experiences, and really making games for players to love.

French Final Fantasy but it's also Elden Ring. I can fully vouch for this game, even at full price - This game is a masterpiece. One minor criticism about the game: you hit the damage ceiling fairly early, eg by ~1/2 way through Act II without necessarily optimizing or power-leveling all that hard, but you don't get the ability to go over the damage ceiling until closer to the end of the game.

amazing game. I have only played for 8 hours, but it has been so much fun! The graphics are beautiful. The characters (so far) are well written and the combat is engaging. Thanks for an awesome game :D 💛

Cinema

changed my life 10/10

This game was very fun, but its not a 10/10 masterpiece. How you feel about the constant dodging/parrying will determine whether or not you will enjoy this game. Overall its a very fun turn based rpg, and there are some very fun mechanics with each of the playable characters, but the dodging/parrying completely overshadows everything in combat. Go watch any clips of the 'hard' fights and its dodging 10 or so attacks in a row. The music overall is great, I especially like Monoco's theme and the 'Gestral Summer Party' song, they are completely unlike any other typical video game songs. But I found the world exploration song got very annoying because it plays constantly when exploring the overworld. Its difficult to talk about the narrative elements without spoilers, but I will try to do so anyway. I almost held off on playing the game because some clips of the prologue made it look very depressing. I ended up giving it a try, and the narrative deals heavily with grief and how people process it. However the story kinda pivots away from the premise in the prologue. Overall its a complicated recommendation due to the Parrying mechanic. If Steam had a "Recommended, BUT" option I would select that. If you like turn based games and want something with more player input than just selecting attacks, but not as much as say paper mario, then I'd say give this game a shot. Don't expect the Game of the Decade, but do expect a good game overall.