There have been loads of unbelievable trailers on the Xbox Video games Showcase, however Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 stood out to me for its stunning areas, cool struggle scenes, and actually convoluted antagonist backstory.
The reveal trailer reveals us quite a bit about this new world from Sandfall Interactive. Set in what seems to be like a destroyed civilisation with one thing that resembles the Arc de Triomphe reduce in half, right here lies a handful of survivors who reside in fixed worry of somebody referred to as The Paintress.
This god-like being and presumed villain of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 wakes every year to color a brand new quantity, counting down every time, and this yr’s digits are, you guessed it, 33. Now, these numbers aren’t only for present, apparently: as soon as The Paintress attracts a quantity on her canvas, everybody who’s of the identical age simply disintegrates into mud as if Thanos simply snapped his fingers.
To attempt to cease her from killing the subsequent set of individuals, who might be 32 or 33, I am not fairly positive, an expedition must be despatched out throughout the ocean to The Paintress’ lair with the intent of killing her and breaking the cycle. Whereas it does appear to be an odd factor to sink so many individuals and sources into, because it seems to be like extra individuals die on these journeys than The Paintress truly kills, at the very least it means we are able to discover what seems to be to be a surprising setting.
The world seems to be like a fairytale gone bloody with flower meadows, icy tundras, and foggy forests, and every place appears to host a brand new form of artistic boss. There are many fights proven off within the reveal trailer, with each trying completely different from the subsequent. My favorite to this point is the golden knight, who wields two brightly colored swords.
The motion additionally resembles DMC’s combo fights as gamers dodge, parry, and assault simply on the proper moments to hit more and more extra highly effective assaults. One of many fights additionally has some fast time occasions, which can presumably provide the probability to assault extra or hit more durable.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 presently has a launch window of someday in 2025, so hopefully, we’ll be capable of study extra concerning the story and fight within the the rest of 2024 or early 2025 if we’re not so fortunate.