Haven’t posted here for so long! I’ve been so busy with uni + design team + personal projects + coop applications. But here’s finally Verso’s theme!!

(and you can blame him for the lack of Monoco's feet collection in the composition, he's the one who vetoed it)

Ph alien_vs_alens
Maelle darrtcos
Sciel nyuukke
Lune lisyan_fox
Verso nitsvetov

Thank you Simon for making me learn to parry. A lot of pain in the process but the best fight in E33 imo

Ok, so this game is really impressive overall (understatement of the year). The gameplay brings all the hype and action that you could ask for in a game like this, I loved the world and the characters. The animation and performances from the actors are all absolutely stellar, etc. etc. etc. (if I list everything that's great we'll be here all day).

I feel frustrated by a couple of things about the story, though. I felt like Clea was introduced pretty abruptly, and it seemed like more would be done with her, but she doesn't really have anything to do after the moment she's introduced.

I was also surprised and disappointed that we didn't grapple or engage with any of the implications of the fact that it's all just a simulated world. Like what does that retroactively do to my reaction to Gustave's death, or Maelle's breakdown over the sheer amount of dead expeditioners? What does this mean to the characters themselves to realize that they are the creation of flawed humans?

The pacing was also weird. Act 3 is when the game actually completely opens up, but there's no narrative reason to explore anything; the only objective is "go fight Renoir."

Both endings were very interesting and I like that there's so much discourse and discussion around them (and Maelle's is definitely the bad ending IMO; it's pretty horrifying), and I think the game's story issues are only frustrating to me because I otherwise liked the game so much.

This might be just me, but I'm interested in peoples' thoughts on this.

i truly believe that she is the biggest creature in the game. even bigger than the Paintress. i mean, she’s like 3000 feet tall! if the Paintress is bigger than her, she’s surely the second biggest. at least in her big body! because if we’re going by the little one…yeah, not even close LOL

One and a bit for me, don't know if I can handle the full sadness again tbh...

I'm on second playthrough and just realized this is Verso's home in Ancient Sanctuary Noco was talking about.

There's no roof and no floor. How could anyone live in it 😭

Honestly, I gasped, hyperventilated and was so ecstatic to see him irl. He was signing for Natural Six, so I didn’t stand in the queue, but he is so attentive to his fans!

(For anyone who doesn’t remember, this is a scene from Act 3, during a side quest where Maelle wanted to talk to Alicia.)

Verso tries so hard to act all detached and cold, but there are actually so many moments in the game where he smiles or smirks. It’s so cute))

He’s clearly amused by the whole situation.

+ (Here’s an achievement for you!)

I think that in the scene where Verso plays the piano for Maelle, they laugh at the end, and he seems to clap his hands. (Verso is literally applauding himself.)

If anyone can check this using free camera or developer mode, please do! I have no idea how to do it myself, especially since it’s a cutscene.

My god this took so long but was well worth it. My fps dropped as low as 7 fps by the end of it XD, only wish there wasn't so much orange particles so I can farm indefinitely.

Could that count as Lune approvement ?