Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is a contemporary tackle the basic JRPG components that takes inspiration from early Ultimate Fantasy video games, however developer Sandfall Interactive is not shy to take notes from the Souls sequence for its surprisingly demanding fight. Now, it is including basic Studio Ghibli films to the pile of inspirations.
Speaking to Large Bomb (timestamped right here), artistic director Guillaume Broche mentioned many of the crew at Sandfall are “tremendous huge followers” of Studio Ghibli’s work and estimated that they’ve watched the entire films “25 occasions.” I have to say although, very frankly, these are rookie numbers, Sandfall.
Particularly, Broche mentioned that Clair Obscur composer Lorien Testard was closely impressed by the legendary Japanese composer and musician Joe Hisaishi, who scored Princess Mononoke, My Neighbor Totoro, and Kiki’s Supply Service amongst many different high-profile credit.
In the meantime, Clair Obscur’s artwork and world have been explicitly impressed by Spirited Away and Howl’s Transferring Fortress, with Broche including that Sandfall is hoping to seize the identical “sense of surprise” that you just get watching these seminal anime films.
We wish to anchor Clair Obscur to its JRPG inspirations as a result of that is the place Sandfall appears to have discovered its core construction, however the recreation is a mishmash of components from varied genres, with studio co-founder François Meurisse not too long ago telling GamesRadar+ there are tidbits in all places from deckbuilding video games to that particular twentieth century Belle Époque artwork type that defines its visible themes.
