What makes this game so resonate with players?
it's good. simple as.
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>>729890329Normies love moviegames
>>729890451Yeah
Lune's feet.
>>729890329It's more movie than game.
>>729890329>it's le $40!>it's like AAA (it isn't) while being made by a small indie company! (it wasn't)>it runs well>it doesn't have a battlepass>it has a tolerable storyThere, I sumarized 80% of positive Steam reviews for you
what's the gameplay like?
>>729891110Turn-based JRPG
>>729890451FPBP
>>729890329resonates with low frequency individuals
>/v/ is still seething over this game
>>729892659it's fucking hilarious
>>729890329Normies are fated to eat their freemason masters slop.
>playersbots
>>729891110Press R1 to parry and that's literally it
>>729892659Oh no no no...
I just beat the game. does anyone like and argue in favor of it's story? I can see why people like the gameplay but the story was complete garbage.
>>729893164>but the story was complete garbage.are you one of those brainlet that thinks painted world = fake world?
>>729893117am I supposed to give a fuck?
>>729890329It's just a generic JRPG reskinned for americans.
>>729893117okay..?
>>729893308>asking a frogposter if he's a brainlet
>>729893396touche
>>729893343yes
>>729893308how can you assume anything else? all you know about the "real world" is that it's Paris but with very convenient magic that allow for the shitty bait and switch that sells out a setting of fight against mysterious force of nature for some gay cryptic family conflict.
>>729893471well i don't
It's for white, Aryan men like me
>>729893682are you sure you don't feel like seething and/or coping?
>>729890329SOVL
>>729893738not in the slightest square-enix are a joke
>>729893164>the story was complete garbage.was it asian tier?
>>729890727And what does that have to do with this game that has like ~5 hours of cutscenes and is ~100 hours long to 100%?
>>729893916I don't get it. is it /v/ tradition to turn every discussion about this game into east x west shit flinging?
>>729893530game tried for two acts explain that all the people in the painted world are their own individuals, not some automatons, NPCs or hallucinations. It's not bait and switch
astroturfed
>>729890329>unreal engine sloppa>unreal engine sloppa asset store bought assets and animations >netflix tier faggot writing about muh traumas and depressions>AI sloppathe only people this turd resonates with are those who hate video games and those who play them.
>>729894059chill out chang, your stance is obvious since you already mentioned the PAINTED WORLD OH MY OH MYI just want information
tendies mad
>>729890329>so resonateGood morning, sir!
>>729894339kek i didn't catch that
>>729892957>job to jump attacks>job to black and white filter attacksYou didn't play the game
>>729890451could you elaborate
>>729894110this doesn't hold to scrutiny though, they were just spawned on a whim by mysterious french magic and the game doesn't even begin to try to address this fact.
>>729894201It's better story than any game I can remember that came out since Witcher 3
>>729890727The ratio gameplay to movie is not ome of a moviegame
>>729894601>and the game doesn't even begin to try to address this fact.So your main gripe is that game didn't go into detail how paint magic works?
>>729894601>this doesn't hold to scrutiny thoughNothing does
>>729890329The truth is that E33's success is nothing new. Accessible takes on existing genres has existed for ages like League of Legends or WoW. This is just the latest case of that
>>729890451>>729890902These are the reasons.
>>729890451>we live in an era where an affordable good game at launch is something people get confused over
>>729894825no. this is just one of the details that add up to make the game's big reveal be a massive letdown.
>>729894965Most games are accessible though, but rare few are getting this amount of praise
I’m more convinced that the hate campaign is from weebs that are seething that a western studio beat Japanese devs at their own game. If the game had anime aesthetics, there would be no seething.
>>729895137what are other details. I want to know what actual problems you had with the storydid you hate Gustave death, that main quest kills everyone or that nothing mattered!!!
>>729895278It's true. If someone's crtitique is something like "baby's first JRPG" be sure it's a weeb seething
>>729895242Most games are not accessible. Anime aesthetic alone is enough to turn off massive amounts of players that would otherwise enjoy a title. A lot of JRPGs lack the quality of life enjoyed by random ass RPGMaker hentai games. A lot of titles have nothing in them that keep short attention spans that think 5 second enemy turns are too long.E33, regardless of its own quality is just the easiest JRPG to buy into in years.
>>729894671what did you (and others) like about it? I beat it recently and found it dull. admittedly, I haven't played many narrative games over the years to compare it to.it felt like the game posed a few ideas but didn't explore much, and act 3 just ignores most of act 1 and 2 especially the characters.also the gameplay is ass
>>729894965JRPGs is already in itself an accessible take on Western CRPGs.
>>729895739Then you meant "presentable", not "accessible". I thought you meant it's easy to play and get into
>>729895278I enjoyed it a lot because of how anime all the animations were, you could tell the frenchies really loved JRPGs. Seeing the credits having a bunch of koreans for animators suddenly made a lot of sense.The "weebs vs westerners" war is completely artificial.
>>729895739Tbf, JRPGs have been in a bad state for a very long time. We’ve long passed their late 90s-early 2000s golden age, and E33 was basically just one of the first JRPGs in a long time to make something on that level of quality. The only reason JRPGs were able to slog along and survive until now was because of weebs and waifufags, but it’s lost the mainstream appeal they once had.
Boss me around mommy
>>729895865It's not black&white cartoonish for once which puts it above most vidya stories
>>729890329It has an emotional fabric that you don't find in many modern games, if any at all
>>729895278If it's true, then those people would be retarded. I'm one of the 90s kids that grew up with Final Fantasy (7 remains my all time favorite), among other things, and I fuckin love E33. You can feel the guys behind it genuinely love JRPG, especially Final Fantasy.
>>729895349as I said before the scale switching was pretty bad and it does make it feel like suddenly everything matters a lot less. Gustave's death wasn't great either, that was a character that had potential for a lot of development, instead they just instantly replace it with someone who you get no background on for most of the time, but at the very end are asked to care about. the endings are pretty shit too you either erase everyone who are supposed to be totally like normal people or you live in what's supposed to be a totally valid world expect none of the people that are supposed to be just like normal people seem to care about living on a painting with no prospects to anything while also not caring about their friend slowly dying irl or the memories of a dead nigga being forced to exist despite just wanting to disappear
>>729896036Yeah, no
>>729896058Its not true, theres no hate campaignits literally the most beloved game released in 2025
>>729890329They finally made a mature intelligent game for mature intelligent gamers.
>>729890329melodramatic narrative and fanservice aka pillars of successful modern rpg
>>729896045I really think the emotional sincerity of the game did it wonders. After more than a decade of irony-drenched quip fests, an earnest melodrama feels refreshing.
>>729896058Weebs whole identity hinges on convincing themselves that they consume superior media. E33 threatens that identity so they must fight back or admit that their weeb content is sub par
Omori was better but we're not ready to have that discussion about an actual indie game that's not Japanese since it'd destroy the E33 narrative.
>>729896283Which is something I’ve always found weird because a lot of anime, manga and Japanese games draw influence from western media. Osamu Tezuka for example was heavily influenced by Disney, and that’s just one example. On the game side, you also have Kojima who is honestly one of the biggest westaboos alive.
>>729896141weird how she looks so similar to gustave's sister
>>729896141>Your picMade for Nevron cock
>>729896580Was probably deliberate, similar to how Gustave looks like a cross between Verso and Renoir.
>>729890329>What makes this game so resonate with players?Good morning sir.
>>729896063>it does make it feel like suddenly everything matters a lot lessbut world didn't get smaller, it just you learned of things beyond it>Gustave's death wasn't great either,I hated it at first and coped that he will somehow revive later in game but after looking back it was genius move, game's main theme is grief so it forces player also experience it by killing MC and giving you Verso>who you get no background on for most of the time, but at the very end are asked to care aboutI found Verso to be most compelling character with enough background if you go through relationships and get journals.>he endings are pretty shit toothat's French game, of course they won't give you GOOD ending, you either sacrifice that world with all people you interacted in it to save a 16 yo drug addict or you let drug addict to just dull her pain until it kills her but it buys painting another 10-50 yearsexpect none of the people that are supposed to be just like normal people seem to care about living on a painting with no prospects to anythingBecause Alicia is shit painter so people have no color, so she turns vibrant world that lived by it's own world into her dollhouse that exists to make her happy
>>729890329>What makes this game so resonate with players?All I remember from the game is that, you have to parry everything, or jump if that yellow thing appears.Gustave died and his place was taken by a white knight Verso.Then some drama happens, and in act 3 you learn that the whole world is just a drawn shit to keep Verso alive and you have two bad endings.I maybe too autistic, but the only thing that made me feel bad is the fact that Gustave was just some random guy trying his best and gets fucked because of family problems.
>>729896641Good thing Cléa was not a pervert, geez...Imagine the things she could have painted
>>729897246>Because Alicia is shit painter so people have no color, so she turns vibrant world that lived by it's own world into her dollhouse that exists to make her happybut then that implies that the painted world people aren't just like normal people after all, and they're just complete products of their painter instead which basically invalidates the first half of the game
>>729897704If frogs were ballsy enough to include sexual frustration angle in her paintings it would've been even better.
>>729897246Are people really surprised the game is tragic? Even putting aside the fact that France has a long history of writing depressing stories, the music and general vibe throughout the game should have told you this was a game that was taking itself super seriously and was operating on melancholy as its main vibe.
>>729897749no, because Aline is such a great painter she can create fully functional people that are in all aspects no different from real humans
>>729897704I love my absurdist/Nietzschean wife
>>729890329I know very little about this game but I assume the success was due to the novelty of a Western-styled narrative with tried and true JRPG gameplay. Not saying it was the first game to do that, but the first for many people maybe.
>>729898101Button up that shirt, hussy!
>>729897942that doesn't change much, it's like you're describing a better version of an AI>>729897925the problem for me is not that it's tragic, it's the scope of the tragedy. I was sold in world ending. not as much in fate of a crippled girl
>>729894671better then Elden Ring? :o
>>729898123The narrative is JRPG styled too. Really the main difference is that they swapped the eastern aesthetic for a western one.
>>729898214flaming turd has better story than Elden Ring
Guys, I think I’m in love with Sciel. How do I cope with this feel?
>>729897482>Then some drama happens, and in act 3 you learn that the whole world is just a drawn shit to keep Verso alive and you have two bad endings.so, it's one of those it was all a dream stories.
>>729898268better than rdr2?
>>729898123
>>729892869>he STILL doesn't understand the difference between a publisher and developerYou've had it explained to you a dozen times.It's time to stop posting.
>>729898358she looks more non-white than a blackie from the depths of afrika
>>729898405Elden Ring story is better than Rdr2
>>729890329There are several hooks early on right after each other. Same shit the older FF games had.
>>729890329It doesn't. It's butt shit, I've been telling you. The only people who like it are all faggots, that's all you need to know to know it's shit, tourist.
>>729890329>so resonate>क्लेयर ओब्स्कुरः अभियानः ३३.jpgYou're brown. You wouldn't get it.
>>729894671TW3 is pure garbage tho.
>>729894671You retards don't play video games.Play Return of the Obra Dinn.
>>729898358You can't...I tried
>>729898358>Forgot about her husband the moment she saw VersoWoman moment
>>729898489>Grommage>Renoir oneshotting the team>Gustave attempting suicideAll sufficient to hook the average gaymer to play through the game to the end of Act 1 where another hook occurs. Once Act 1 ends the sunk cost fallacy more than likely kicks in.
>>729898725good game
>>729898725>play this completely different unrelated gameLmao why didn't you suggest to play football
>>729898679Silence, botchling.
>>729898489>>729898765Frankly, that’s just what good writing does. If there’s not at least one thread of intrigue established early on, then your audience isn’t going to have the patience to sit through the beginning of your story. A lot of JRPGs fail this test because they fall into the “it gets good 20 hours in” trap.
>>729890329>>729890451Nothing. It's a shilled industry plant. Even now you make threads and reply in them yourself.Kys.
>>729898936>use cheapest hooks imaginable>all copies from popular JRPGs and animeThat's not good writing tho. It's Harry Potter-level.
>>729890329 all white cast
>>729898192>that doesn't change much, it's like you're describing a better version of an AIdevelopers did everything to convince people that people in painting just as real as outside. But someone people just hear "painted" and default to "they are not real so they don't matter">it's the scope of the tragedymore personal the tragedy, more impact it has
>>729898839Nta, but Return of the Obra Dinn has one of the best stories, it hooks you instantly.I think it’s the only game that’s made me feel that way when it comes to story. Curiosity, curiosity and more curiosity.
>>729890329Looks nice, sounds nice, plays nice despite some balancing issues. The story is nice too until Act 3 starts tripping over itself to rush to an obligatory tragic end that shits on what the majority of the game is actually focused on.
>>729898748>Sorry Verso, but I will trade you for Pierre in a heartbeatanon, did you even play the game?
>>729898996No trope is original and it comes from somewhere. The point is that E33 achieved the bare minimum of what a good story should do in its opening hours and it paid off in spades in terms of player engagement. It’s amazing how many modern writers simply don’t know how to write.
>>729898956meds
>>729898358Maybe by getting some taste.
>>729899080>But someone people just hear "painted" and default to "they are not real so they don't matter"we are literally talking about their behavior is manipulated in the game. what?
>>729890329I got bored and quit at the start of Act 2
>>729894791Then what games are moviegames
>>729898936>A lot of JRPGs fail this test because they fall into the “it gets good 20 hours in” trap.I have played exactly 2 JRPGs that actually gets good 20 hours in. One is atrocious enough I wouldn't rate it higher than 2/5, the other is my second favorite game of all time.
>>729899315Movie game has kind of lost its meaning here and its generally just used for “game I don’t like”.
You can already tell it'll be one those games that leaves no lasting cultural impact no matter how well it sells
>>729890329Its a strict SinglePlayer.No multiplayer, no battlepass, no in-game store.>>729891110Has the most basic Turn-based combat of a fucking NES game. And you can parry/block every attack of a Giant robot with one button vs the movesets of Devil May Cry / Nier Automata
>>729899429I think the fact people are still talking about it fairly regularly almost a year after its release is something noteworthy. Most games nowadays are forgotten after a month at best.
I wonder how many more months of cope and seethe we're in for.
>>729890329>FilenameYou are subhuman
>>729899429I agree, no one will remember the goty, or the other prizes, or the ratings or costumes or music...I mean! I already forgot myself!
>>729899284Yeah, same. After Gustave died, I was like, meh. It's one of those games. miseryporn or whatever.I play RPGs to kick ass, or struggle a lot and then kick ass.
>>729899283Because Painters are gods in that world, gods that can create retarded 20 IQ creatures like Gestrals or fully functional humans
>>729899428What was the original meaning
>>729898474publisher funds the game. they are the root of the scam. you have no argument wumao.
