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

For those that have gotten to play some. Is the parry mechanic and the windows really hard/unforgiving? I saw some people complaining about it in the Steam forums, but I usually chalk that up to the player being bad.

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This will likely get me crucified, but VIII was a better experience than VII for me. I played both for the first time as an adult on PS3, so no nostalgia or blinders. VIII's story was so whacky and fun and all over the place, and that gave it a certain charm. Its world was way more fun to explore than VII's too.

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VIII is my all time favorite and I think VII is the most overrated. Played and beat both as a kid. Admittedly VIII was my very first FF and RPG altogether so it holds a special place in my heart, I refused to play the remaster because I didn’t want to ruin my memories of it as a kid.

Anyways, I’m in Act 1 and just grinding at the first check point. It is similar to souls in that you can have flags (campfires) that you can heal at and apply attribute and skill points after leveling, however if you back track to a flag the enemies ahead of it will respawn. Being able to heal at these flags unconditionally provides easy grinding opportunities

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For those that have gotten to play some. Is the parry mechanic and the windows really hard/unforgiving? I saw some people complaining about it in the Steam forums, but I usually chalk that up to the player being bad.

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Playing on expert. Dodging is easier than parrying. The window for dodging is a lot bigger, parry has to be perfect, but if you hit it then you get a counter attack. For dodge you just simply avoid damage. On expert, if you mis time more than 1 or 2 dodged or parries you’re dead. I’ve been mostly playing it safe and dodging, but some single hit attacks are easy to parry if you know it’s coming. Battles are going to be all about timing and seeing the attack patterns of the enemies a few times before getting it down

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For those that have gotten to play some. Is the parry mechanic and the windows really hard/unforgiving? I saw some people complaining about it in the Steam forums, but I usually chalk that up to the player being bad.

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Even on Expert, I found the timing windows to be very generous.

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For those that have gotten to play some. Is the parry mechanic and the windows really hard/unforgiving?

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Once I realized the on screen text gave you hints as to the timing of the next strike, I've found it to be fairly easy. And I typically suck at parrying in any game.

This prologue....I'm not crying you're crying

I’m starting to get a bit of a hang of the parry and dodge.

Playing on expert. Died a few times already.

Reading some things saying that some of these devs are ex-ubisoft devs. Possible since French based.

Lol at ubi if true.

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Reading some things saying that some of these devs are ex-ubisoft devs. Possible since French based.

Lol at ubi if true.

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Makes you realize how much good talent is wasted in the giant corporate game companies.

I still can’t get the timing on the mime’s hammer attack.

Punch attack is easy to parry.

I do like fighting with Luna. Probably need to pay more attention to stains, but it doesn’t seem to be a big factor yet.