One of many largest surprises on the Xbox Video games Showcase was actually Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, a visually gorgeous turn-based RPG from Sandfall Interactive that’s coming to Xbox Collection X, Xbox Collection S, PS5, and PC in 2025.
A trailer for the upcoming recreation – narrated by Ben Starr (who you would possibly recognise because the voice of Last Fantasy 16‘s Clive Rosfield) – debuted on the Xbox Video games Showcase, displaying off the title’s attractive visuals combined with snippets of gameplay that demonstrated exploration and its fantastic-looking turn-based battle system.
Very like Paper Mario: The Thousand-Yr Door and Xbox 360 traditional Misplaced Odyssey, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33’s turn-based battle system options some real-time components. These embrace hitting quick-time occasions to increase assault combos in addition to performing blocks and parries.
When it comes to story, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 sees the celebration insurgent in opposition to an entity generally known as the Paintress, who governs the idea of loss of life. On the finish of a technology, the Paintress appears to wipe civilization and begin from scratch. As the sport’s official web site states, the setting is impressed by Belle Époque period France, and certainly, we see what seems to be a warped and destroyed model of Paris within the trailer.
I am a specific fan of the trailer’s soundtrack, which mixes haunting, Nier-like vocal performances with a sprinkling of rock and orchestral soundscapes. Here is hoping the remainder of the sport’s soundtrack is simply as sturdy.
A extra concrete launch date has but to be revealed for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 past its obscure ‘2025’ window. Nonetheless, you at the moment are capable of wishlist the sport in your platform of alternative.