Video game review | For those who come afterwards

It is difficult to describe the majesty of Clair obscur: Expedition 33. Not in what it is, but what it represents, especially when the interlocutor looks into the game world from the outside. The debut title of Sandfall Interactive -which is 30 people strong and mainly consists of former ex -ubisoft employees – Clair obscur: Expedition 33 It has become a bright beacon on a hill that had held many, from fans to developers. The game can be inspired by the classic 3D Final fantasy Title like VII And X For a wildly inventive and creative environment and a strong narrative (strong on France and French culture, how the sand fall is based there), it looks like more modern hits Persona 5 For a base template for your fight and manages to improve with both such a style and serenity, it is difficult to imagine that something like this has not yet happened.

The basic premise is the following: 67 years ago, the pain woman drawn the first number 100, and since then every year has been reflected every year. With every new number, every person of this age dies in a flood of petals and ashes. And an expedition is organized with every new number. It consists of those who only remain a year of life, and it is the task of the expeditioners to hunt the pain and prevent them from painting a new number. Nobody has ever returned.

The open hour is a master class on how to attract the player with the premise and the strong presentation and promise to be an adventure full of puzzles, trauma and the value of hope in view of the apparent inevitable. Then the Titular Expedition 33 starts on the continent and the world begins to open.

The fight is the name of the game here, with most of the time Clair obscur fought against the various dangers against the occupation. How Persona 5The fight is round -based, with a helpful schedule on the left on the screen, whereby the player lets the player know who comes to the turn. With every new curve, the signs create an AP point that you can output to use spells or skills for more damage or different effects than the basic attack. As soon as the player has chosen an attack, he should not sit back and look at the pretty animations. While the animations are pretty Clair obscur Revitalizes the gymnastics base formula by adding the player's attacks to increase the damage or special effects, and the ability to manually avoid or parry the attack of an enemy. Timings are tight, and parabolic and dodging are skills that are 100 percent required for survival. I played on normal and with two of my three characters was spent 15 minutes in a boss fight before I finally won. I carried out 129 parcels in this fight and otherwise I would not have won.

The fight is tight and challenging, but that is only half of the equation for what makes a good RPG. So what is the line -up?

Fantastic.

Great writing and strong performance seem to be in short supply these days, but but Merehdoes Clair obscur have both in spade. Casting includes Charlie Cox (by Marvel's Daredevil TV show) as Gustave; Jennifer English (Schattenheart von Baldur's goal 3); Andy Serkis (yes, Gollum and Caesar are in this game); and Ben Starr (Clive Rosfield von Final Fantasy XVI) – 15 hours later I didn't hear a bad attitude. The only criticism that I have is that some of the facial authorities outside of the special cutscenes have some shaky lip synchronization, which is the nitpickige thing in a package that is so good. Otherwise, the characters have weight to them, which feel significantly human, and you just can't help but integrate them into them if they strive to stop the painful. Clair obscur Also use its M -rating fully, and I think it is necessary to take up a trigger warning for early representations of graphic violence and attempted suicide. None of this is there for shock, but it's there, so they are warned.

I played on a PC with a 4070 super and 32 gigs RAM in high settings across the board and had only a butter consecrated experience. I had some screen at the beginning of my playing through, but the moment I turned Vsync on my PC, it never came back.

As the last degree ,, Clair obscur: Expedition 33 If my personal game of the year is cheaper than the vast majority of the new main publications this year with 50 US dollars and is available on all consoles -bar The Switch.