Clair Obscur Playthrough | Part 8
Added 2025-08-09 17:00:11 +0000 UTCEarly ad-free access for part 8 of our Clair Obscur Expedition 33 Playthrough. Taking on Renoir and the Paintress
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Thank you for sharing this!
Bethany and Ken
2025-08-12 18:57:07 +0000 UTCNo, it is definitely loopy, I think we lucked into a couple of guesses early on that just took us down the right path.
Bethany and Ken
2025-08-12 18:56:31 +0000 UTCThanks for this tip!
Bethany and Ken
2025-08-12 18:55:44 +0000 UTCHaha, yes we're absolutely interested. Thank you!
Bethany and Ken
2025-08-12 18:53:58 +0000 UTCWow... this is indeed incredible, thank you for pointing this out!
Bethany and Ken
2025-08-12 18:52:54 +0000 UTCAwwww..... ๐ถ๐ฅน
Bethany and Ken
2025-08-12 18:52:01 +0000 UTCA small detail I wanted to bring up that can add some context to a later conversation. You missed one thing in the manor while playing as Alicia, there are 2 dogs sleeping by the fireplace, their names having some importance. One is named Monoco the Third, and the other is named Noco.
Akio Senpai
2025-08-11 14:47:38 +0000 UTC2:29:48 Imagine what this would look like from Lumiere. Edit: Speaking of Lumiere, someone just pointed out the incredible symbolism of this shot (2:26:50) to me. The Paintress (Aline) comes in to fight between the tower of Lumiere and the party to symbolize how she's trying to protect the city's people from Expedition 33 (and by extension the real Renoir/the Curator) . It also depicts the tower as filling the gap in her giant mannequin's face, representing how Aline uses the town of Lumiere to fill the void of the real Verso's death.
JT
2025-08-10 11:12:19 +0000 UTCWanted to bring more attention to Clea because there is an entire story surrounding her that happens under this game's hood through optional content. To experience it in full requires besting two super hard bosses, both of which are optional and significantly harder than the final boss. They're located in extremely dangerous areas, one being the Flying Manor and the other being Renoir's Drafts. I have a couple of lore videos that will lay the story all out for ya, but I can't share 'em until after you've finished the main story. So before we get to that point, I had a question: would you two be interested in watching videos of these two bosses? I would normally encourage ya to try tackling them for yourselves, but ... yeah... nah. Story mode won't save ya'll lol.
JT
2025-08-10 00:35:46 +0000 UTCAs you have deduced, there is a fair bit more left if this journey in Act 3. A good portion of it is made up optional content, namely side missions that are locked behind the party's relationship levels and the campfire dialogue. While none of these will change the actual events of the game's ending, I highly recommend doing them. This is especially true of Maelle's quest. I would rate it the same way I rate the Ambrosia side quest in FF16, in that it's optional when it really deserves to be part of the main story.
JT
2025-08-10 00:19:45 +0000 UTCSeems you two have a better hold on things plot-wise than I did at first during this part of the story. Won't lie, the amount of revelations and twists threw me for such a loop that I didn't manage to grasp everything going on only until after I finished the game (after looking at a story explained video). Perhaps I'm just a simpleton idk
JT
2025-08-10 00:07:54 +0000 UTC2:26:35 *me having flashbacks to Dragon Quest 8*
JT
2025-08-09 22:41:54 +0000 UTC1:52:58 This here song is titled "Une vie ร t'aimer (A Life of Loving You), which some have been deeming as this generation's One Winged Angel. I'd say the song's legacy and recognition still have a long way to go before that sentiment becomes valid, but I can agree that it's definitely THE vocal track of this game. I do like it a lot, but I honestly wouldn't call it my favorite battle theme in Clair Obscur. A couple of fans took the liberty of translating the song in full. Turns what sounds like a battle cry into a sad struggle between Renoir and Aline. https://lyricstranslate.com/fr/clair-obscur-expedi-une-vie-taimer-english
JT
2025-08-09 22:07:54 +0000 UTC
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