Some games have officially pretended to be dead and disappeared a year after they were launched; some games are still selling season tickets, passes, and your second life. “Clair Obscur: Expedition 33” chose the third path – not to engage in large-scale DLC, nor to prolong long-term operations, but to send a wave of free updates on the first anniversary as a return gift to players.
The development team Sandfall Interactive announced that to celebrate the game’s one year on the market, it has launched a new 1.5.5 update, which features the character’s first-anniversary limited hairstyle, plus several corrections and adjustments.
This update is not a big one, but at least it is sincere. In this day and age, the word free itself is worthy of being included in the title.
After becoming popular in the first year, it is still making moves. This dark horse has not been forgotten.
When “Clair Obscur: Expedition 33” was first launched, many people originally just had a wait-and-see attitude. After all, it is not easy for a new studio’s first game to make a splash in today’s highly competitive RPG market.
As a result, after the game was launched, it quickly became popular due to its art style, combat system and narrative performance. It not only achieved outstanding sales results, but also won many annual awards. For a new studio, this is no longer a stable start, but an instant entry into the industry list.
Now that it’s one year old, although the official hasn’t released a large-scale expansion pack, at least they’re not pretending that it doesn’t happen.
The content of the free update is released, and the first anniversary hairstyle becomes the protagonist.
The main new content of this 1.5.5 update is the addition of “1st Anniversary Haircuts” commemorative hairstyles for the main characters.
Players can obtain through in-game merchants:
Gustave’s first anniversary haircut, available at the Gestral Merchant near Stone Wave Cliffs. The first anniversary hairstyles for Verso, Maelle, Lune, Sciel, and Monoco can be obtained from the merchant near Grosse Tête on the world map.
To put it bluntly, this is not a major update that changes the gameplay, but gives old players a reason to log in again, and at the same time, let the character come back and take pictures with a new head.
Officials have long said they won’t make large-scale DLC, so the story probably ends here.
Sandfall Interactive has stated many times in the past that the story of “Clair Obscur: Expedition 33” hopes to be completely included in this chapter, and does not plan to continue to add large DLC or expansion content.
Some people are disappointed with this decision, while others appreciate it. I’m disappointed that I haven’t played enough yet, but I appreciate that someone finally dared to let the work end properly. There are too many games on the market today that cut the story into season passes and split the content into update files. Instead, the complete game has become a rare species.
The team has invested in a new work, this may be the last content update
The report also mentioned that Sandfall Interactive has already confirmed that new works are under development, and the company has no intention of significantly expanding, so most of the manpower is likely to have been transferred to the next project.
In other words, this first anniversary update is likely to be the last new content level update for “Clair Obscur: Expedition 33”.