Julius Posted January 23 Posted January 23 (edited) Another one without a thread despite being announced a while back – but no more! A French JRPG could be so interesting - if nothing else the seemingly ever-present accordion in the trailers will be - though some of those menu screens...yikes, seems like a lot to take in! Love the airship solution and world map in particular Edited April 23 by Julius
Hero-of-Time Posted April 23 Posted April 23 Reviews for this dropped today and I'm kinda blown away by them. It's a game that wasn't really on my radar (Julius mentioned it a couple of times) but it's looking to be the real deal. Happy to see it's launching at a reasonable price as well. I may have to pick this up sooner rather than later. 1
Julius Posted April 23 Author Posted April 23 6 minutes ago, Hero-of-Time said: Reviews for this dropped today and I'm kinda blown away by them. It's a game that wasn't really on my radar (Julius mentioned it a couple of times) but it's looking to be the real deal. Happy to see it's launching at a reasonable price as well. I may have to pick this up sooner rather than later. I'd honestly completely forgotten I'd already made this thread and had been thinking of making one to highlight the game's great review scores, so I'm glad you bumped it Yeah, honestly, from what we'd seen and the impressions I'd listened to I was expecting it to be solid; not that I put too much stock into review aggregates, but I was thinking probably high 70s to low 80s Metacritic and the like. So the fact that it's currently at 90+ on both Metacritic and Opencritic I think has understandably caught everyone off guard: I think Xbox had a marketing deal for this, too, and it's also on Game Pass, which makes the curation issue I've mentioned before that they have even more confusing. Sending out an Oblivion remaster as a shadow-drop a few days ahead of this is WILD. Anyways, man, I've picked up a few games already this month, but I might need to pick this one up out of principle sooner rather than later. Like you say H-o-T, it's very fairly priced (<£40 some places!), and it has a physical release, too. If it's as good as these reviews seem to be suggesting – Square Enix, I hope you're watching!
Hero-of-Time Posted April 23 Posted April 23 Just now, Julius said: I think Xbox had a marketing deal for this, too, and it's also on Game Pass, which makes the curation issue I've mentioned before that they have even more confusing. Sending out an Oblivion remaster as a shadow-drop a few days ahead of this is WILD. Yeah, many are annoyed by this and I can see why. MS paid for the Game Pass release and then completely overshadow it by releasing a remastered version of Oblivion, one of the most beloved games out there (I hated it 😛). I can't imagine the developers of this being happy at all.
Julius Posted Friday at 05:19 PM Author Posted Friday at 05:19 PM 500k copies sold already: I'm sure it'll continue to sell as the year goes on, too. Still got to add a copy of my own to the tally! 1
Hero-of-Time Posted Friday at 07:02 PM Posted Friday at 07:02 PM I've done my part. Not sure when I'll get around to playing it but this is the type of game I want to support. New IP that is made brand a new studio, reviews stupidly well and launches at price that is reasonable. More of this, please. 1
Julius Posted Sunday at 09:19 AM Author Posted Sunday at 09:19 AM 1 million units in 3 days now: Good stuff!
Hero-of-Time Posted Sunday at 09:34 AM Posted Sunday at 09:34 AM I'm very eager to get started on it but I'm in the middle of playing other stuff and there are one or two games leaving PS+ next month that I wouldn't mind trying to get through as well. I need more time.
Nolan Posted Sunday at 03:21 PM Posted Sunday at 03:21 PM I’m one of those chuds playing in on gamepass lol. Enjoying it so far, lots to like I think.
Julius Posted yesterday at 02:22 PM Author Posted yesterday at 02:22 PM Only heard good things about this game's performance and visuals, and DF's tech analysis seems to back it up: Quote Yes, Sandfall Interactive's beautiful RPG really is as good as everyone says it is. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 delivers a remarkable experience and does so with an accomplished use of Unreal Engine 5 and all of its cutting-edge features. Oliver delivers the verdict on each and every console version of the game and while there are some noticeable cutbacks on Series S, the game looks and runs very well on every other system. Really shows that it's on the devs to optimise and ensure UE5 runs well, doesn't seem anywhere near as forgiving an engine as UE4 appeared to be.
Nolan Posted 12 hours ago Posted 12 hours ago Been really enjoying this. At a minimum it’s all around solid (but really I think it’s higher than that) but really it reminds me of some of the more obscure (heh) PS360 era RPGs that were trying to be unique but just lacked enough polish, focus or even just buzz. (The Last Remnant and Resonance of Fate both come to mind)
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