Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 News

Только три человека из команды создателей Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 работали в Ubisoft, остальные — абсолютные новички

В сети часто пишут, что Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (наш обзор) создали люди из Ubisoft, уставшие от корпоративной культуры французской компании. Однако в действительности только три члена студии Sandfall Interactive работали в Ubisoft — остальные никогда не трудились над другими играми и являются абсолютными новичками в индустрии. Интересным фактом поделился геймдиректор Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Гийом Брош.

Don't miss your chance to get Clair Obscur Expedition 33 for just $8

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is one of the most innovative turn-based RPGs of recent years. It takes the gameplay and flair of the beloved Persona series and combines it with the narrative strength of earlier Final Fantasy games, yet is wholly original in its approach to the genre. It's an easy contender for Game of the Year already. If you want to see what all the fuss is about, you should take a chance to get it for just $7.99 / £7.15.

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EDGE оценил Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 на 10 баллов из 10 — это 28 игра в истории авторитетного журнала с такой оценкой

EDGE оценил Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 на 10 баллов из 10 возможных — это 28 игра в истории авторитетного британского журнала, удостоившаяся такой оценки. В обзорном материале нашумевшую RPG назвали невероятно затягивающей — буквально каждое новое место в ней манит визуально, музыкально и геймплейно.

Clair Obscur Expedition 33 dev warns of potential scams, plans official merch

Clair Obscur Expedition 33 is very much in fashion right now; Sandfall's creation is at once a love letter to some of gaming's best JRPGs, and a powerful step forward for the genre in its own right. It's won our hearts at PCGamesN with its stunning world and cast of instantly likable characters, so of course the promise of official merchandise for them has perked my ears up. In a new post, Sandfall teases that it's currently looking into creating an Esquie plushie, as it warns of potential scams from "suspicious websites."

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 was originally set in a steampunk England with aliens and zombies

All creative work goes through several iterations before arriving in its final form. This very post, for example, began as a little notice of the release of The Midnight Walk, before I realised Edwin had already done that. Now it's instead about Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, an RPG which Nic definitely described in his review as "operatically, hauntingly, and slightly unhingedly French".

Turns out it wasn't always so, as early in development Clair Obscur was set in "a steampunk Victorian England", and there's some early footage of it in action.