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HOW COULD I FORGET THE BEST ONE

sakapatate > sac à patates (potato sack)

re: clair obscur - I haven’t seen anyone else really talk about this, so in case non-French speakers haven’t looked the info up, I’d like to point out some of the enemy names (they translated a few in the English version but left most of them in French) Some of them are plays on words or reference the appearance/power of the enemy.

-Jar - the French name is ‘amphorien’, which is a type of vase

-Moissonneuse - ‘reaper’ or ‘harvester’ (they attack with a scythe) The move ‘moissonneuse vendange’ could be translated as ‘reaper harvest’. This is specifically the feminine form of the word as well (I noticed the nevrons tend to have feminine versions of names such as ‘chevalière’ instead of ‘chevalier’ (both mean ‘knight’). I’m wondering if this is because they were made by Clea, but the moissonneuse is on an axon island so apparently created by Renoir therefore idk if this theory holds any weight)

-Boucheclier - combination of ‘bouche’ (mouth) and ‘bouclier’ (shield) - this enemy’s shield is shaped like a face

-Évêque means ‘bishop’ (which fits their appearance)

-Échassier - this is a type of bird with long skinny legs (the enemy has skinny pointed ‘arms’ that they walk on)

-Glissando - the verb ‘glisser’ means ‘to slide’ (and the thing is like, a worm/snake)

-Grosse Tête - literally just ‘big head’ (self-explanatory)

And my absolute favorite:

-Pétank - the verb ‘péter’ means ‘to explode’ (which they do when defeated), but it also means ‘to fart’ edit: apparently this is a reference to a sport played in southern France (Pétanque), which is unfortunately less funny 😄

There are obviously some gibberish names as well - pretty sure ‘goblu’ doesn’t mean anything - but these are just some of the ones I noticed and wanted to point out because I think it’s neat (and I’m a language nerd)

(Also the gommage is called that because the verb ‘gommer’ means ‘to erase’ - and I’m shutting up now)

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i love the phrase "sex pervert" like. as opposed to what? abstinence pervert?

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Joyful Moissonneuse from Clair Obscur.

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re: clair obscur - I haven’t seen anyone else really talk about this, so in case non-French speakers haven’t looked the info up, I’d like to point out some of the enemy names (they translated a few in the English version but left most of them in French) Some of them are plays on words or reference the appearance/power of the enemy.

-Jar - the French name is ‘amphorien’, which is a type of vase

-Moissonneuse - ‘reaper’ or ‘harvester’ (they attack with a scythe) The move ‘moissonneuse vendange’ could be translated as ‘reaper harvest’. This is specifically the feminine form of the word as well (I noticed the nevrons tend to have feminine versions of names such as ‘chevalière’ instead of ‘chevalier’ (both mean ‘knight’). I’m wondering if this is because they were made by Clea, but the moissonneuse is on an axon island so apparently created by Renoir therefore idk if this theory holds any weight)

-Boucheclier - combination of ‘bouche’ (mouth) and ‘bouclier’ (shield) - this enemy’s shield is shaped like a face

-Évêque means ‘bishop’ (which fits their appearance)

-Échassier - this is a type of bird with long skinny legs (the enemy has skinny pointed ‘arms’ that they walk on)

-Glissando - the verb ‘glisser’ means ‘to slide’ (and the thing is like, a worm/snake)

-Grosse Tête - literally just ‘big head’ (self-explanatory)

-Pétank - the verb ‘péter’ means ‘to explode’ (which they do when defeated), but it also means ‘to fart’ edit: apparently this is a reference to a sport played in southern France (Pétanque), which is unfortunately less funny 😄

There are obviously some gibberish names as well - pretty sure ‘goblu’ doesn’t mean anything - but these are just some of the ones I noticed and wanted to point out because I think it’s neat (and I’m a language nerd)

(Also the gommage is called that because the verb ‘gommer’ means ‘to erase’ - and I’m shutting up now)

Edited to add (bc I forgot):

-Sakapatate - pronounced like ‘sac à patates’ (potato sack) this one is my favorite

-Pèlerin - means ‘pilgrim’ (and their ‘outfits’ resemble colonial pilgrim clothing)

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I’m sorry but this is all I can to stop myself from drawing late game spoilers.

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the game making you beat up Renoir 4 different times

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Expedition 33 brainrot is real because tell me why I thought about François and started crying. He just wants to play. He's just a child's favourite toy, but that child grew up 😭

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CLAIR OBSCUR: EXPEDITION 33 (2025) dev. Sandfall Interactive

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We'll trade you. Urrie for this, uh... lovely portrait of yours.

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im such a big far of the enemy design in clair obscur. just like mama fromsoft used to make... ,,

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Verso being able to get Gustave's haircut is unfortunately something I find very funny. "Hey Maelle. You know how you're still grieving the recent, brutal death of your guardian, who was both brother and father figure? As I picked up his burned-out prosthetic from beside his lifeless murdered body I could not help but notice that his hairstyle was fresh as hell. Do you remember what products he used?"

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"I want my first concert to be yours"

CLAIR OBSCUR: EXPEDITION 33 (2025) BY SANDFALL INTERACTIVE

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There, there

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expedition 33 is a beautiful, earnest, deeply tragic game about moving through grief and loss and despair and you can play the entire game with a baguette strapped to your back. GOTY for real