PARIS, April 30 — With sales of more than one million copies in three days after its release, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has taken even its creators by surprise in the cut-throat video game market.
The role-playing game set in a post-apocalyptic era, which has garnered rave reviews, is the first from Sandfall Interactive, a small team based in the southern French city of Montpellier.
“The game has exploded way beyond our forecasts,” co-founder Guillaume Broche told AFP on Tuesday.
Clair Obscur is the best-rated game on review aggregator Metacritic this year at 92 out of 100, in particular for its storyline and graphics.
“It’s a masterpiece,” wrote one player on the online platform Steam, with another “totally blown away”…