The RPG based on a new IP, new characters, would have a very hard time getting approved at big companies like Ubisoft, says Sandfall boss, and added it would have taken 25 years to develop.
You’d think the hype has died down, but nothing could be further from the truth. As it turns out, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 was among Steam’s Top 3 best-sellers in May 2025. And it is not stopping!
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Yup and that's exactly why i liked it a lot.. i still think this game is nowhere near a 9.7 user score or anything like that but it was really good. It's a high quality super streamlined game and it's only 50 bucks.
Id give it an 8. A good game for sure but not an all time great game like a 9.7 would suggest
Oh yes. Passion projects and especially turn based are a no no to the big heads. Sandfall really showed em what's up
Hopefully this is a wake up call for the big publishers to revive the AA model.
Stellar Blade was another great example just a year ago
This game just had that magic for me.
Same feeling I had playing Astrobot. This I my GOTY so far
That’s because ‘Big Companies’ are led by know-nothing greedy money-suits these days, who make all their decisions purely on monetization and industry buzz-words …
yea thats what i thought actually.
the big issue is how much time and nust how many leople "need' to approve every little shit.
im glad the game turned out the way it did cause this is definitely my game of the year