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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 doesn't require reflexes, says player who beat the game without dodges or parries (www.rockpapershotgun.com)

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[–] bblkargonaut@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago

My hard wall came at the end of act 2, I then grinded out a few levels and pictos and was smooth sailing after that. I would first learn the attack patters with Dodge and then try to Parry, but I really just got through using Lune to res and heal the party and tossing all skill points into health and defense.

[–] sevan@lemmy.ca 2 points 14 hours ago

I loaded up Story Mode + as many gameplay mods as I could find and am making progress. I might finish it in the next month or two at my current rate.

[–] technomad@slrpnk.net 4 points 22 hours ago

Oh fuck off with that technicality bs.

Lol

[–] Numberone@startrek.website 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

I couldn't come close to beating the first optional hand holding battle ( literally against a little girl) on standard. I can't imagine how they beat the game without dodging and I can't imagine it was fun.

[–] technomad@slrpnk.net 3 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

One of the videos I watched said a good way to get better is to practice timing your dodges on enemies first (since the window is more forgiving), then once you start hitting those 'perfect' dodges you can swap over to using the parry mechanic. I've managed to get a little better at it since doing that. Admittedly though, some enemies can still be pretty difficult (that trumpet/horn enemy is a fucking asshole...)

[–] Numberone@startrek.website 2 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Dude absolutely. I accidently got cornered by it so I couldn't progress till I beat trumpet dude due to how it would reload (assuming i'm thinking of the same guy). I probably fought that bastard 15 times before I beat it. I'll say I REALLY like the game. It's absolutely beautiful and i'm loving the slow release of the lore. Even the battles (that can be really frustrating) are great because you can get absolutely wrecked 10 times, but then get the timings down and absolutely dominate the bastard. It's really simple, but also real rewarding, I find.

[–] technomad@slrpnk.net 1 points 13 hours ago

I got stuck too, for a few rounds at least. I learned you can run past him and there's a grapple point just past. Nice work finally beating him though!

I meant to mention earlier too, if anyone doesn't know, there's also an audio cue as well for the dodge/parry timings.

[–] markovs_gun@lemmy.world -1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Skill issue

[–] Numberone@startrek.website 5 points 1 day ago

Probably, though also arguably dodging skill didn't matter, because the comparison case was not dodging at all. It was my first time playing, but I can't imagine scaling up the experience from there to some of the bosses I've fought since, all without dodge/parry.

[–] lobut@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

Skill issue

Anyone else hate this lazy response to anything gaming related?

[–] Dotcom@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 day ago

The game’s difficulty is really front loaded. If you can grind through the first couple dungeons I believe you could brute force the rest

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Lol my brother said its all about dodge and parry.

[–] Chronographs@lemmy.zip 2 points 11 hours ago

Yeah I 100%’d it on hard and stuff will one shot you regularly. You don’t have to parry everything but you do have to parry most of the attacks.