re: Clair Obscur Expedition 33 Thread;No Spoilers 92% metascore

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You don’t necessarily have to rush toward the monolith. Though you’re right that the game pushes you forward

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I’m used to the ludonarrative dissonance of a game pushing you forward when it’s actually better to help every old woman find her cat; what I’m less used to is how… irksome? Doing so would be. Not allowing fast travel between regions heavily disincentives backtracking unless it’s to go get a specific item, which I’m trying to avoid delving into.

Ok, so I know gunslinger Verso is the meta, but I’m enjoying the frick out of a melee based glass canon “frick it, I’m immortal: one HP and a dream, baby!” Verso

I just started a few days ago. Still on Act I and recently picked up Maelle.

Ya, the music is amazing. I have it on easy mode because I care more for the story than the combat. I've got Maelle far enough along now that she's wrecking shite.

Nah, I'm using IGN's page (carefully) to make sure I don't miss any optional bosses, mimes, etc.

I usually thoroughly explore an area, and before I leave, check the IGN page to make sure I didn't miss anything. Using it and a couple other sites for builds as well.

Oh, and frick that jumping puzzle on the first Gestral Beach.

Obviously play as you will, but I wouldn’t suggest that for a first play through, especially on story mode. What I ultimately decided to do was to play through once, mostly avoiding side content unless I stumbled onto it, on Expedition. Then, I’m going to replay on expert (or whatever it’s called) to do all the side content. That way, I avoid spoilers, don’t burn myself out, and get the “optional” content at a harder difficulty, but after I’ve gotten more comfortable with the game.

If you’re playing on story, just play the story, in my opinion.

Yeah.

I read that the girl who wrote this story was a banker, and this is the first game she has written

This game, while not without it's flaws, is such an incredible achievement

Took them down by just straight overpowering them and hitting enough parries to avoid a TPK.

That fight is going to be a bitch when I come back around on Expert

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That fight is going to be a bitch when I come back around on Expert

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When you say final boss you mean that as in.. act 3, correct?

As I mentioned earlier it’s very easy to over-level as (unless they changed it in a patch) there’s no scaling. If you ran straight through the story without doing any side content I’d expect it to be difficult. If you do it after clearing most of the optional dungeons it might be a lot easier, even on expert.

Of course you can handicap yourself if you just want the challenge.

ETA: If he meant Simon that’s a whole different ball game. He’s the actual final boss for sure.

I was level 95 before i fought the end credits boss so it was an absolute joke lol. As somebody earlier in the thread said i kinda wish i would have done that first before doing all the end game side stuff so it would have been more climactic of an ending