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Message: [QUOTE="CG4R12I4N, post: 186800, member: 2976"] Finished Expedition 33. Whew, it's beyond amazing. Had to say, it's way better than I ever hoped for initially and deserve every praise it gets. In short and minimum spoiler, it's about family and marital issues that affect the whole world: the game. And it does everything perfectly to support towards that kind of storytelling whether in the graphics, musics, voice acting and even the gameplay department which honestly the intriguing Soulslike turn-based gameplay is more a device to move the plot forward more than anything for me. Some probably might nitpick that the story beats went off kinda too fast and there're a few unexplained things that still are still unresolved in the end, which is fair and probably might even be intentional by the dev to be covered in other ways, whether in the material books/guides, a potential future planned DLC or even a sequel/spinoff. Hopefully. I won't say it's gonna be perfect experience for everyone because it still do have some minor flaws, but they're not getting much in the way of the game that I could ignore them and personally I would still highly rate it as something really close to perfection. It was a culmination of everything the dev loved in their favorite games and other entertainment medias that they added subtly you might only notice after a while, yet as a whole it could still stand as its own thing separate from those references. Truly showed what a love letter from actual passionate JRPG fans to other JRPG fans worldwide looked like. Explaining my minor gripes at it, I do lament that from second half it become a bit overreliant to parrying over dodging due to how late and optional bosses got way too much lenience to destroy you, even with full vitality + defense build than don't rely on parry/dodge. Maybe they should've added something like a guard command that could reduce 20% incoming damage and give 50% chance to get 1 AP for those who have bad reflexes? Without the map feature (which is intended by the dev), area exploration both in dungeons and overworld also can be easy to get lost to if you don't pay attention to your surroundings which could lead to missable treasure items. And there're some platforming + minigame hell that makes you wonder why they had to be there in the first place with how awkward the controls are and the rewards are not really beneficial, that sometimes I do think the level designer in this game might be a sadist who just want the players to suffer. But overall it's really just plain fun time and I would sincerely recommend this to everyone, even those who usually dislike turn based RPGs, because much like most Soulslike games the joy when you can finally overcome hard bosses by knowing their patterns after a few retries and executing perfect dodges/parries when you need it is absolutely exhilarating. With great graphics and unique designs, sublime music, immensely difficult but doable gameplay and relatably excellent story that's not your typical JRPG, and considering it was made by small studio as their debut yet can outright compete with the giants of the industry, it's not just a GOTY contender anymore to me but outright become one of my most favorite JRPGs of all time and probably be remembered for years to come by the next generation of gamers, which is kinda crazy for a game that's barely released 4 days ago. And I know I'm not the only one who think this if the high critic scores and reviews everywhere are any indication. Even if you might not enjoy it as much as I do, I feel like it would be a really different, unforgettable experience that you still can have fun in every single moment you interacted with it, which is really the most important thing because in the end aren't all games supposed to be fun? [I]"When one falls, we continue." "Even if we fail, we pave the way for those who come after... Right?" - Lune & Gustave, Expedition 33[/I] [/QUOTE]

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