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Thanks again for the recommendations. Blue Prince looks refreshingly good and different. I did hear quite a bit about Clair Obscur, but turn based gameplay never appealed to me. I did not play Baldur’s Gate 3 for the same reasons, in spite of it being so well received.
I agree with your criticisms about Ghosts of Tsushima, and have made similar observations as well. However, Ghost of Tsushima and Spider-Man are my comfort games where I just soak in their music and atmosphere while I do something else like talk with someone.
Clair Obscur has active combat elements injected into turn based combat. Attacks require QTEs to pull off successfully and most importantly - enemy attacks can be dodged or parried in real time. It feels much more like playing Dark Souls than a traditional turn based game. The gameplay designer uses to be a Sekiro speedrunner, and it shows. I will again almost insist on you giving it a chance, it's very rare for games to come around that are works of art in this manner.
For what it's worth: I don't think BG3 is as good or as important to play. I think BG3 has a lot of flaws and doesn't deserve the hype of "best game of all time". It's a fun game to play, but that's it. It's writing is "okay for a videogame" territory, but nothing more. It also falls apart in the third act in several ways.
Clair Obscur does imo deserve the hype. It is gaming as an artform in a manner that's rare to see in a AA+ budget format. It also has a very strong prologue, which should fairly easily fit under Steam's refund window. I suggest giving it a shot.
I wasn’t aware about the similarities with Dark Souls, and about the designer’s previous interests.
I guess what I needed was a strong recommendation. Just purchased the game on Steam after checking for its compatibility on ProtonDB (it is platinum).
Thank you for the recommending the game, and for taking away the chore of deciding what to play this weekend.
Again, I am really glad we had this conversation.
No problem, I love to espouse my opinions as I'm sure you can tell and I love talking about games in general. I especially love getting to recommend great games to other people, I get such second hand enjoyment from it every time.
To circle back to the very start of this conversation: I did eventually cave today and started NG+ of Mandragora. It's so much more enjoyable than grinding out the last couple of areas of Blasphemous. Though now I worry my lack of discipline will lead to me never coming back and finishing it.
Very curious to hear your thoughts on Clair Obscur, for me it was one of the best gaming experiences I've had the past decade or so. It won't beat Disco Elysium as my favourite game of all time, but it might well make a strong case for the number two spot.