Shadow of the Erdtree or Clair Obscur

Buy both, what the heck is wrong with you?

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I know Obscur is the latest thing here, so hopefully I'll get some objective opinions

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Coming from someone who never really played JRPGs like Final Fantasy growing up, I wouldn’t call myself a turn based kind of guy… the combat system with expedition 33 is unbelievably fun and gives you a lot to think about with strategy and stress with the parry system.

You’ve played and beat Elden Ring, so getting the expansion is obviously going to give you more of the same, whereas expedition 33 will be a wholly different experience. I personally would advocate giving something new a shot because I’m really glad I did. But you can’t go wrong with erdtree if you’re already big into Elden ring and souls like games.

I’d say get Clair obscur. Apparently that game is amazing. I love Elden ring and really like the DLC but it’s not as good as the original game

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Clair Obscur, turn based has never been my thing, I don't hate it but I never stick with it long. But I hear great things about the parry aspect of the combat, and I played the first part of the game when I had a gamepass trial and the story seems fascinating.

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I had never played a turn based game until a couple months ago when I started playing Clair Obscur.

I'm on my 3rd play through.

It's incredible.

About a month before EX33 came out I finally beat Elden Ring. I told my wife that It was one of the best gaming experiences of my life and might be my favorite game of all time.

Then I bought EX33 shortly after and it dethroned Elden Ring. And it wasnt a “I really need to think about this one” decision. No, It was a “kthnxbye Elden Ring” type of decision.

I won’t go into much detail about why I feel the way I do but I lost my mother, step father, uncle, nephew, and the wife had a miscarriage all within the last two years.

I’m not going to say this game “saved” me, but the game did help me get through a lot of suppressed emotion.

I thought Elden ring was an unforgettable experience…now all I can think about is Clair Obscure.

Thank you brother. We are doing okay!

Hated to even put it out there but I felt I would be doing a great disservice to something that really helped me during a rough time.

Also, had none of those events happened in my life. I still would have it as my number 1.

Ooofff that’s there with one of the “better” movies experienced I have heard.

The other…when my sister was pregnant the BIL took her to go see the hills have eyes. The whole breast feeding scene. Yeah.

Similar deal with me for Witcher 3. I had gotten away from gaming for a few years and was partying really hard in my mid 20s to the point where it was obvious i had a problem. My dad had an intervention with me and it just happened to be around the time Witcher 3 came out. I decided to buy an Xbone and get back into gaming to keep from going out drinking. Landed on Witcher 3 to go along with it. That whole summer all i did was work, gym, and play witcher 3 and it kept me from drinking the whole summer of 16 and allowed me to get my head back on straight. The game itself was incredible and is my #1 game of all time but it also holds a special place in my heart because it came along at a time i needed to step back from the outside and work on myself

As good as Shadow of the Erdtree is, I don't think it's anywhere as good as the base game besides the boss fights. I think my overall enjoyment was slightly higher with Clair Obscur, so that's what I'd go with.