'You have the creativity of the french' Emmanuel Macron celebrates Expedition 33, devs says they didn't feel threatened by Oblivion Remastered.

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One week after the release of "Clair Obscur: Expedition 33" and more than a million games sold, Emmanuel Macron paid tribute on Instagram to Sandfall Interactive.

A success deserved and welcomed by the President of the Republic himself on 1 May:

"One million copies and to date one of the highest-rated games in history: and yes, it's French. (...) (...) You showcase French-style boldness and creativity," the head of state wrote in a comment in response to a studio publication.
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"You have the boldness and creativity of the French": Emmanuel Macron salutes the success of "Clair Obscur: Expedition 33"

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Kepler says that Xbox helped 'change the view' of what Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 was after featuring the game in its Summer Showcase last year.

The hit RPG, developed by French studio Sandfall Interactive, sold over one million units in three days. It was heavily backed by Xbox, with the game featuring in two of the firm's digital events, as well as launching within Xbox Game Pass subscription service.

"[During the Summer Showcase] our game was placed alongside Gears of War, Fable and products that are very traditionally known as AAA products," Kepler's senior portfolio manager Matt Handrahan told The Game Business.

"It let people understand what it was in a way that I think we would've struggled to do if we weren't allied with Xbox in that way. We couldn't have done it through a Steam demo alone, for example. It helped us to kind of claim this AA territory in a much more confident way. Because it's a vague space that exists somewhere between small games and extremely big games, and there's a lot of ground that that covers."
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Xbox's support for the game was significant, but what was perhaps less helpful was the surprise release of Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. Microsoft decided to announce and release the game, which is also an RPG albeit in a different style, just days before Expedition 33 was due to launch, and also made it available within the Game Pass service.

"We always knew that Expedition 33 had a very specific identity," Handrahan said. "When I was in the press, I saw the Western-style RPG and the Japanese-style RPG as having quite different appeals and audiences. I knew plenty of people that would play an Elder Scrolls game that wouldn't necessarily play Final Fantasy and vice versa.
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Expedition 33 publisher: "Elder Scrolls: Oblivion didn't seem to harm us at all"




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devs says they didn't feel threatened by Oblivion Remastered.

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Of course they shouldn't.....this just my taste but to me Oblivion is UGLY ass game even with graphical update the character models just horrifying as ever.
 
The French are creative, but moreso than that I think EX33 shows clearer than ever before that a lot of talent is being suppressed in these AAA studios. I hope we get to see a sort of AA games renaissance going forward.
 
Before trying to claim this studio's success, style and creativity for the country, why don't you put your money where your mouth is and create tax breaks and government funding for French Game studios, Macron?

Fund French Videogames development and unleash the country's wealth of creative talent on the world.
 
Watching this guy try to get photo ops with Mbappe who clearly didn't want to be within a million miles of him made my testicles cringe up in to a vagina.
 
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Paid Clair Obscur developers to showcase their game on the Xbox platform, while surprise dropping Oblivion Remastered within the same week. Phil loves cucking his development team.
 
Has an American POTUS every celebrated a video game launch? this seems weird lol

I will say, it is a GREAT GAME, well priced, runs well, is innovative in what it does (turn based RPG yet souls like ish) only 30 people made it, did not take a decade to make.

This is how gaming should be
 
This game is going to linger in RPG discussions for a long, long time. Few games I've been so absorbed in the past five years or so.

CrimsonTide said:
Has an American POTUS every celebrated a video game launch? this seems weird lol
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Been a good while since we've had a successful original American game.
 
Klosshufvud said:
This game is going to linger in RPG discussions for a long, long time. Few games I've been so absorbed in the past five years or so.


Been a good while since we've had a successful original American game.
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Might be true on that. lol Just feels odd to see a President get involved, but good on him for that, I am sure the devs are all eating really good today.
 
SlimySnake said:
Our President just got involved with the fucking NFL draft after everyone passed on a nepo baby. Different priorities.
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Well the NFL is one of the biggest money makers America has, also Deion called in a favor for his son.

Nepo babies arent going anywhere. It is FAR FAR more apparent in fields that require less skill. Like acting in Hollywood, or some no show business job.

Sports, it happens no question, but it does not take long for them to be exposed on the national stage. Sanders will get his shot in the NFL, no one will be able to fake it for him, unlike making a shitty movie no one saw.
 
Everything an American ever made is because of the creativity of America.

Ever heard of Wilbur and Orville Wright?
 
One successful AA game, and that got the president celebrating?!? damn! that shows how far French culture has fallen....this is the country that gave us Monet, Renoir, Degas, Cezanne, Rodin, and now they have to settle for a successful AA video game

sad
 
Kotaro said:
One successful AA game, and that got the president celebrating?!? damn! that shows how far French culture has fallen....this is the country that gave us Monet, Renoir, Degas, Cezanne, Rodin, and now they have to settle for a successful AA video game

sad
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French Fries too right?!
 
Kurotri said:
The French are creative, but moreso than that I think EX33 shows clearer than ever before that a lot of talent is being suppressed in these AAA studios. I hope we get to see a sort of AA games renaissance going forward.
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Yeah, I remember being impressed with the art design in Remember Me as well, which I am pretty sure was French as well.
 
wow thats pretty cool, honestly
game deserves all the accolades.
the colossal bore fest that is oblivion cant even come close to it
now inject some of that creativity of french to ubisoft and we are all good.
 
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I like Oblivion Remaster a whole lot more but good on both of these AA budget games that managed to get a huge amount of CCU by AA standards while still being on game pass.
 
Deserved. I wish we' see more similar JRPG games like this instead of the anime shit we've been fed for the last 20 years.
 
I hope they won't become too big over time because magic will be gone (and corporate bullshit will show up).
 
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