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Clair Obscur is really good. The storytelling and writing have been fantastic, the graphics look great (and the art direction is beautiful), the music is good,

by bigstrat2003 2y ago

Clair Obscur is really good. The storytelling and writing have been fantastic, the graphics look great (and the art direction is beautiful), the music is good, and even the voice acting is good. It's also fun to play (though some fights are too hard like I mentioned in another comment). Honestly, I hope that it wakes up the devs at Square Enix because this is what Final Fantasy should have been for the last 25 years instead of the hot mess they have made of it.

ReDeiPirati 2y ago
have you played Final Fantasy VII Rebirth?
- cwizou 2y ago
  Not op but having played Rebirth, while overall very good, it suffers from the classic case nowadays of adding repetitive "chores" to do around maps, to artificially increase the length of the game with little purpose. So far (only 6 hours in, but some friends who went further confirmed), Expedition 33 seems to steer away from that, being a lot more story driven. It also has, by far, the greatest prologue I've seen in a game. Worse thing so far, the UI in the menu does take a second to get. Particularly the selected state is way too subtle and a bit confusing at first.
  - lenova 2y ago
    Agreed, I've only played FF7 Remake (which I'd waited patiently for years while it was being developed), and just did not enjoy playing the game. It felt like it 20 hour game stretched out to 70 hours with repetitive fetch quests. It lacked the charm and fun of the original, and it sounds like this Clair Obscur game has learnt from this experience.
- bigstrat2003 2y ago
  No, but that is because I played Remake and thought it was really bad, genuinely one of the worst games I've ever played. As you might imagine I did not drop my cash on the follow-up to a game I hated that much.
- imbnwa 2y ago
  Played Remake and put that down after a few hours. The combat was just not appealing; it was packed with filler for anyone who actually played the original FFVII; the VA was just typical JRPG wooden quality. Would rather not invest another $70 for Rebirth.
- zamderax 2y ago
  FFVII Rebirth is perfection. Best battle system ever, great voice acting, great music.
- havblue 2y ago
  I think a bunch of people would have been more interested in the ff7 remake had it been able to wrap up the story in a single game that's only 30-60 hours.

ReDeiPirati 2y ago

have you played Final Fantasy VII Rebirth?

cwizou 2y ago
Not op but having played Rebirth, while overall very good, it suffers from the classic case nowadays of adding repetitive "chores" to do around maps, to artificially increase the length of the game with little purpose. So far (only 6 hours in, but some friends who went further confirmed), Expedition 33 seems to steer away from that, being a lot more story driven. It also has, by far, the greatest prologue I've seen in a game. Worse thing so far, the UI in the menu does take a second to get. Particularly the selected state is way too subtle and a bit confusing at first.
- lenova 2y ago
  Agreed, I've only played FF7 Remake (which I'd waited patiently for years while it was being developed), and just did not enjoy playing the game. It felt like it 20 hour game stretched out to 70 hours with repetitive fetch quests. It lacked the charm and fun of the original, and it sounds like this Clair Obscur game has learnt from this experience.
bigstrat2003 2y ago
No, but that is because I played Remake and thought it was really bad, genuinely one of the worst games I've ever played. As you might imagine I did not drop my cash on the follow-up to a game I hated that much.
imbnwa 2y ago
Played Remake and put that down after a few hours. The combat was just not appealing; it was packed with filler for anyone who actually played the original FFVII; the VA was just typical JRPG wooden quality. Would rather not invest another $70 for Rebirth.
zamderax 2y ago
FFVII Rebirth is perfection. Best battle system ever, great voice acting, great music.
havblue 2y ago
I think a bunch of people would have been more interested in the ff7 remake had it been able to wrap up the story in a single game that's only 30-60 hours.