Larian Studios' Michael Douse chimes in on the controversy
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Especially when there’s stuff like Clair Obscur coming out for $50. Polished to perfection. All it needs is a proper visual indicator for when to dodge enemy attacks and it’ll be a solid 10/10 for me

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I completely agree. Clair Obscur feels genuine in a sea of live-service, in-game store laden modern AAA games. Almost like it was made for gamers and not investors.

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Basically my metric for finding a game to play lately is “how much did they spend on marketing?” My favorite games I’ve played in the last 5 years were Project Wingman, Hi-Fi Rush, Atlas Fallen, Eternal Strands, The Finals, and now Clair Obscur. The first time I’d heard of any of them was when I was downloading them.

Crazy how good a video game can be when it’s made entirely by people who like video games

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That said, there are some games that had an advertising budget that I liked. Sekiro, Nier Automata, Baldur’s Gate. The common denominator being a lack of monetization. If you’re selling the game, don’t sell cosmetics.

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