Edited on: September 25, 2025
Posted on: September 25, 2025
EchoOfMidgar
Игр: 644 Отзывов: 42
Great experience, unfulfilled potential
I admit it, I do not own a GOG version and I will not buy this game again for its full price. I have it on Steam and I spent with the game several nice dozens hours. I will eventually buy it on GOG - my favorite place actually - but maybe like for 50% off. Clair Obscur is an unique game when it comes to its dreamy atmosphere and an unique battle system. However being unique does not automatically equal being good, let alone perfect. Clair Obscur is a cinematic game - it relies on cutscenes - however it tries to be sad in every bloody cutscene, in every bloody moment so awfully hard, that sooner or later it will get on your nerves. Yeah, the world ain't a happy place, but why the characters have to act as if the game was a soap opera? Everybody cries, everybody looks sad, everybody has a gloomy look. IMHO it's just too much for its own good. Yeah, Clair Obscur tries hard to be as emotional as it can get whenever it is possible, but it overdoes it. The battle system, cursed yet interesting. IMHO if it is something turn based, it should rely on statistics, or vice versa, if it is action based, players' reflexes should be the main key to success. Clair Obscur wants to mix both worlds together while maintaining both worlds equally important. There had been turn based games when players' input mattered to some degree but it always was just to make the system a bit evolved, or to spice combat up. If you failed, it did not mean the end of the world. One example for all - The Legend of Dragoon. However, if you fail in an action segment in Clair Obscur, it often means death, or a significant damage to tell that real-time actions in a turn-based system aren't just an add-on. If only the action based parts did not have such a significant impact, I would have liked the combat much better. Basically, the atmosphere and the combat are two things I wanted to comment on, because these are two key elements of the game. Otherwise, the game is pretty linear, it has not that much interesting level design, it contains optional superbosses, several awful minigames that feel totally out of the place (really, if your game is not a platformer, why is one of the minigames based on platforming?!) and several not that interesting (and frankly, pretty short) sidequests. But to end on a positive note, the music here is absolutely phenomenal. Easily, one of the best soundtracks ever made for a video game! 83%
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