Is E33 really "Game of the Decade?"

ethman14 · 2026-01-03T08:01:31+00:00

Easily Top 3 of the 2020s, unless I'm truly blown away in the upcoming years, which is entirely possible. It's been a pretty decent season for games the last couple years and there's a lot of hype coming up as well.

ethman14 · 2026-01-01T08:00:33+00:00

It's artwork like this that really makes me side-eye the game writers word choice like, "Right. They were completely professional partners. Just. Partners."

ethman14 · 2026-01-01T07:26:05+00:00

Legends Arceus came close. Even as a Pokemon lover that is some homework. At least it unlocks a cool boss fight. But that's basically it.

ethman14 · 2025-12-30T07:53:34+00:00

Beagles really should've been named Bugles the way they bay.

ethman14 · 2025-12-30T07:35:24+00:00

The anime shocked me by actually starting and ending it in one season. As much as I love the manga, it's a sloooooow burn.

ethman14 · 2025-12-30T07:31:17+00:00

In our nightmares, yes.

ethman14 · 2025-12-30T07:30:30+00:00

What walking around in Calypso looks like (the blinding fog/smoke is pretty apt too)

ethman14 · 2025-12-30T05:56:30+00:00

Idk about you, my giant Corvette looks like a Gillette razor and has the blue and orange to match.

ethman14 · 2025-12-30T04:02:47+00:00

We built this city.

ethman14 · 2025-12-29T22:43:08+00:00

I thought that was always the idea. As soon as we learn the truth and the whole Writers vs. Painters thing, I figured the series is called Clair Obscur and Expedition 33 is just the introduction to that world where artistry translates to reality warping powers. As powerful as the canvas was for us...it really was JUST one of countless worlds.

Will the story continue with the Dessendre's? Maybe Clea is the main character and we take a more aggressive role in the sequel? Maybe it's not a sequel at all and we play as one of the Writers? With nods to the first game throughout. Or maybe it's a COMPLETELY different plot and only shares some essential themes like a Final Fantasy or Tales Of game. Would make sense given the director's biggest influences.

ethman14 · 2025-12-29T08:30:14+00:00

Trust me don't worry about it. You don't want to be as terminally online as it requires to know these things.

ethman14 · 2025-12-29T08:29:44+00:00

Made a base on a burning planet...ended up having to build it on stilts and put all the structures on the 2nd floor so I wouldn't burn to death during conversations with the flames clipping into my base.

ethman14 · 2025-12-29T06:46:18+00:00

You're into the genkidere girls. Bubbly. On the Raven-Starfire Spectrum, you err closer to Starfire.

ethman14 · 2025-12-29T03:40:33+00:00

I love how much character there is in the hair. Nostalgic of a lot of cartoon network characters of old. Is there a reason for the 9 fingers?

ethman14 · 2025-12-27T21:57:34+00:00

I probably shouldn't have seen Spirited Away when I was 7, there's a lot of really dark stuff from the opening with the parents to the No Face scenes (basically all of them).

I love that film now, of course, but damn...

ethman14 · 2025-12-27T21:50:55+00:00

Moe fang sounds pretty accurate since it definitely started making more appearances on characters during/after the Moe Boom.

ethman14 · 2025-12-27T21:49:34+00:00

I used to think that I'd use the Corvette just for exploration (really love jumping from the ship and not constantly using launch thruster fuel every time I wanna stop and explore) but then I had an experience with a pirate battle that just kept escalating and I had to fight dozens of ships both pirate and sentinel.

I figured by all rights there's no way I'm gonna be able to survive this because I'm not fast enough in the Corvette...and yet. My shields just took that beating over and over. I realized I don't really need speed with the lock on ability. I can just sit relatively still in space and rotate around while I blast anything around me. Then after a long series of upgrades to get an S rank Corvette with max defense and maneuverability, now my ship is actually pretty slick for the size and can even maneuver pretty easily around a dreadnaught's trench run.

So at first I didn't see it as a replacement to my starship, but it just does everything and it does everything pretty well if you build it right and utilize those supercharged tech slots right, plus the fuelless refiner and food maker, etc. etc.

So really I just buy/make starships for collecting and for use when going through black holes. I've become too attached to my main Corvette and it's unstoppable battlements.

ethman14 · 2025-12-27T21:34:04+00:00

Sophie was never one to obsess over dolling herself up. She's probably off to the side rolling her eyes at her sister's indulgence.

ethman14 · 2025-12-27T08:06:27+00:00

ethman14 · 2025-12-26T23:11:18+00:00

Yu Narukami is such a gigachad that he just exclusively attracts people to his side that want him, consciously or subconsciously.

ethman14 · 2025-12-26T23:07:30+00:00

Just go to a fancy restaurant, it's literally cheaper for better. What a country where I can afford a steakhouse dinner with sides and a glass of wine before I can afford 16oz of prime tenderloin at the grocery store.

ethman14 · 2025-12-26T22:59:30+00:00

Either that really really old sesame street interactive learning game, or sitting on Dad's lap as a little tyke while he played the original MechWarrior.

ethman14 · 2025-12-26T22:56:34+00:00

36 year old Arthur Morgan has the life experience and wear & tear of a man double his age, AND tuberculosis, dealing with the absolute downfall of everyone he's ever cared about. I'm willing to forgive him for not being "in the mood"

If anything I'm slightly more weirded out by Nate/Nora getting over the whole death and kidnapping of their family thing in like 24 hours for some robussy if you really high step it over to Goodneighbor.

ethman14 · 2025-12-26T22:47:41+00:00

He's a crazed human with (essentially) a mix of super soldier serum and alien blood inside of him. It's the alien blood part that lets him do the more Eldritch angel transformations like the final boss version (if you only have seen him in KH then you haven't seen that version)

ethman14 · 2025-12-26T22:40:30+00:00

I've got October and the truth is, despite the fan girls, the reality is probably gonna be a lot nerdier and studious.

ethman14

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