Let's Install - Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 [Xbox Series X] #gaming
2Geek Aloud's #LetsInstall of #clairobscur #expedition33 by @sandfallgames on the @xbox Series X. This install was from a digital copy of the game. Internet connection speed is 900MB/s down, 40MB/s up.
From the@wikipedia(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clair_Obscur:_Expedition_33):
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is a 2025 role-playing video game developed by Sandfall Interactive and published by Kepler Interactive. The game was released for PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S on 24 April 2025.[1] Upon release, it received critical acclaim, and sold 500,000 units within its first day of release.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is a turn-based role-playing video game that includes real-time aspects such as quick-time-events and timing-based actions both in offense and defense.[2][3] In defense, all attacks can be either dodged or parried.[2][3]
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 takes place in a dark fantasy Belle Époque setting. Every year for the past 67 years, the people of the isolated island of Lumière suffer an event called the "Gommage", where a goddess called "the Paintress" (Tracy Wiles) paints an ever decreasing number and all humans with an age above that number disappear. Every year after the Gommage, Lumière sends an Expedition of volunteers to head to the mainland in an effort to slay the Paintress before she can paint a new number. Expedition 33 is the latest expedition to set out.[2][4]
Members of Expedition 33 include: Gustave (Charlie Cox), a resourceful engineer who only has a year left to live; Maelle (Jennifer English), the youngest member of the Expedition and Gustave's foster sister; Lune (Kirsty Rider), a brilliant scholar and mage; and Sciel (Shala Nyx), a calm and cheerful warrior. As the Expedition traverses the mainland, they encounter various individuals, including: Renoir (Andy Serkis), an old man driven by ruthless determination; Verso (Ben Starr), a mysterious stranger who keeps watch of the Expedition; Monoco (Rich Keeble), a Gestral who lives in the mainland and is associated with Verso; and Esquie (Maxence Cazorla), a local mythical creature also living in the mainland.[3][5][6][7][8]
Sandfall Interactive is a French video game developer.[5] According to CEO and creative director Guillaume Broche, one of the goals of Clair Obscur was to create a high fidelity turn-based RPG, which he felt had been neglected by AAA game developers.[2] According to Broche, Clair Obscur takes inspiration from Japanese role-playing games, with Broche noting the Final Fantasy and Persona series specifically.[9] The development team consists of about 30 people.[4][6]
Development initially began in Unreal Engine 4 but later switched to Unreal Engine 5 to take advantage of Unreal Engine 5's improvements in rendering and animation.[4][6] The switch to UE5 was motivated by its Nanite- and Lumen-features, allowing for higher fidelity assets and more-realistic lighting respectively.[10] The adoption of Lumen necessitated reworking the lighting for most environments.[10] Additionally, UE5 brought better character creation support, allowing them to switch from Character Creator.[10] The developers also make use of ready-made assets for background objects such as rocks, which allows them to focus on creating ‘hero assets’, ie. large scale assets that make an impression on the viewer.[10]
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 received "universal acclaim" from critics, according to review aggregator website Metacritic.[11][12][13] OpenCritic reported a top critic average score of 91% across all platforms; as of April 2025, it is the highest-rated game of 2025 on the site.[14]
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 sold 500,000 units within its first day of release.[15]
In January 2025, Story Kitchen announced a live-action adaptation of the game with developer Sandfall Interactive.[16]
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