The levels of praise for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 have been off the charts since it launched a few weeks back, and now that more people are rolling credits on the RPG, it's getting some additional Game of the Year talk.
Case in point: Kim Hyung-tae, director of Stellar Blade and founder of its developer, Shift Up, has taken to social media in order to express his love for Sandfall Interactive's debut.
A new Baldur’s Gate 3 mod brings Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 content to the popular Larian RPG for free on PC.
Sandfall Interactive co-founder and technical director Tom Guillermin looks back on how Unreal Engine 5 helped bring Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 to life and help it reach over 3.3 million units sold in its first 33 days.
CG writes: The Stellar Blade PC demo dropped yesterday and here are two gameplay videos running at max settings in 4K using an RTX 4090. The gameplay feels polished but somewhat dated in our opinion (as are the UE4 visuals). The game seems like a cross between Bayonetta and a souls-like without the punishing deaths. However (and PS5 fans can attest), the fan-service is “refreshing” in a sea of Western developed titles shying away from sexualized lead characters. Bravo SHIFT-Up, take our money when the game releases June 11th.
They do look dated, though...
It's 4k, but everything looks like it's from last generation hardware. The problem isn't that this is dated, it's that we don't call it out for being dated in other major games.
In some ways I disagree about dated, as the modelling for objects, (not saying Eve herself), is done better than the highest end graphical games. I'm talking about examples like chairs and bottles and shops, etc. The aspect proportions in this game are way more accurate than any other game I've played.
@Christopher they absolutely are. Give me another game accurately size beer and wine bottles.
"Dated visuals? What in the hell?"
It´s powered by eleven years old tech. The rest self explanatory.
@Redgrave
"I suppose you'd be the one true expert on things powered by old tech, huh"
Yes
old tech doesn't matter, some older games look better than games made today. Examples, COD Advance Warfare, InFamous Second Son.
@yeastori
I`m gonna make it easier for you to understand.
By comparison, Clair Obscur, which is a *cheaper* ($50) AA UE5 powered game, will absolutely destroy some AAA UE4 powered games like Stellar Blade, Redfall or Lost Soul Aside ($60).
It is what it is.
The open world areas are alright and fairly intricate in their design. There are not that many athmospherical effects nor deptjh of field or other prost processing effects, however the game is fun. Imagine Devil May Cry in space with a decent upgrade system for moves and weapons. Some fights are a bit frustrating and need to be won following a certain strategy. Characters are alright, feel a bit stiff at times. The game is definitivellty worth a look. Played on PS5 basic and quite enjoyed it.
how are they dated, I played it on PS5, and it looks great, some of the textures are blurry but only close up
the character models are very good
FromSoftware games have dated graphics, but why do they get such high scores, they all look last gen and many several gens old
This website typically reviews P games or lewd gachas/mods. This particular review has to be a move made to garner traffic by speaking negatively about Stellar Blade while not being completely off brand from the usual fare.
I love the visuals and I think they look absolutely great. Games don't need GPU breaking lighting models in order to be fun.
The year isn’t close to over so it’s a little premature to be calling for GoTY already.
I still have to start the new dynasty warriors game, get doom, looking forward to lost souls aside, playing south of midnight and honestly Clair definitely set a standard that’s going to be tough to top. But, it’s not impossible for sure
i do too, this game, fuck me sideways.
only a few games give me that sorta feeling, i couldnt stop playing.
the music, fuuuck so good.
the story, the characters, fhe battles ,so good.
i love this game so much ha
This is my GOTY so far. Ghost is a day 1, i still have to finish ds1 so i probably wont be there day 1 for ds2. I kno Ghost is gonna be amazing, but its gonna be hard to top this as my goty.