Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 - Our Drafts Unite goes METAL

🥖 En garde!! "Our Drafts Unite", Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's first battle theme goes metal!

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I just finished Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and "Our Drafts Unite" aka "the first battle theme" is still my favorite non-boss battle track from the game. It goes so hard, yet it only plays twice in the entire game. Very intense piece of music for a tutorial hahaha! I really love how it references "Alicia", the game's title screen theme and my favorite song from the soundtrack. Gives me chills every time!

MINI REVIEW (no spoilers):
Great game overall! Not perfect but certainly amazing! The combat system and the story definitely were the highlights of this game for me! I loved the hybrid between traditional turn-base mixed with the dodge/parry mechanics. I played a lot of RPGs (especially JRPGs) over the years and this fresh take on combat truly is what made this game shine. The story was also very good, though because it shared a lot of similarities to other games I played, I sadly predicted a lot of things past Act 1's ending and was kinda sad I did manage to do so afterwards. I also wish some party members had a bit more depth to them (backstories) and had a greater impact on the story. Some of these characters were just... kinda there? I do get that it's hard to achieve in shorter game like that.

But aside from that, I truly think it's remarkable that the game was made by about 30 people and from France too! Gave me a great sense of belonging as a french Canadian from French descendance. It was really fun to hear French in songs throughout! I believe that this game made in Unreal Engine with more "realistic" visuals can and will definitely act as a prefect gateway into the world of JRPGs for a lot of people who usually wouldn't have played those games!

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Composed by: Lorien Testard