Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 от Sandfall Interactive продолжает удивлять — французская RPG смогла превзойти собственный рекорд по пиковому онлайну во вторые выходные. Сегодня её одновременно проходили 129 тысяч человек в Steam — на 8 тысяч человек больше, чем 27 апреля.
It seems like Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is doing quite alright for itself, 'ey? The J'RPG was awarded Rock Paper Shotgun's coveted Bestest Bests badge by our own Nic in his review, and by all accounts it's been received well by most everyone else too. Not that sales matter much in terms of a game's quality, but the fact that it's done well there as well at minimum means the lights are staying on at Sandfall Interactive. In fact it seems things are going better than just keeping the lights on, as it sounds like the developer is considering more of it, whatever that might be.
Is Clair Obscur Expedition 33 the most unexpected surprise of the year so far? Blue Prince is certainly a contender, but hasn't quite hit the dizzying sales and player count heights. Conversely, something like Schedule 1 has exploded out of nowhere, but isn't going to be scooping up end-of-year awards. When it comes to being the complete surprise package, I think Expedition 33 takes it. The game is so popular that on Steam, despite it being a fresh IP and a debut game from a small studio, it has reportedly sold faster than some of the most notable JRPGs of the last 12 months, such as Metaphor Refantazio and Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth.
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Just when you thought the situation couldn't get any worse for the Steam Deck game rating system, Valve has just trodden on another rake. With Oblivion Remastered still somehow holding a Verified rating, despite widespread criticism of its performance, Valve has now changed the rating of Clair Obscur Expedition 33 from Unsupported to Playable, seemingly just because its settings have been locked on the Steam Deck.
While it may still be the best handheld gaming PC for most players, the Steam Deck and its rating system have come under fire multiple times in the last few weeks, and each time, it has all been entirely unjustified.
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