A video game praised by Macron. Why everyone is talking about Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

The newly opened independent studio is already creating an open-world role-playing game with a 20-30 hour playthrough in its debut project. Moreover, this is a game in the JPRG (Japanese role-playing game) subgenre, which is also obviously inspired by many hits from the Land of the Rising Sun like Dark Souls, Sekiro, and Nier: Automata. In addition to this, the novelty has an original universe inspired by the culture of France.

In nine out of ten cases, the quality of the end result would range from "complete failure" to "not a bad idea, but it needs more work." However, Sandfall Interactive is one of the rare exceptions when a developer produces an event game on the first try.

Critics and gamers of give Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (COE) with an average score of 92 and 97, respectively. In less than two weeks, it has sold over 2 million copies, and its success has been hailed by French President Emmanuel Macron. LIGA.Tech has found out the reasons for such a resounding success.