Former PlayStation Exec Shuhei Yoshida Told Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Developers Not to Call It a Turn-Based RPG
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Former PlayStation Studios head Shuhei Yoshida advised the developers of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 to abandon the "turn-based RPG" moniker early on in the game's presentation. He believed the classic genre designation could have alienated potential audiences. Yoshida played an early demo of the project at the GDC conference approximately two years before release. He praised the battles, which featured a turn-based structure... The post "One Ad…
Former PlayStation boss Shuhei Yoshida recognized potential early on in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. However, he feared that a concept of role playing could be a disaster. What kind of advice was that? Shuhei Yoshida recommended Sandfall not to market her game as a turn-based RPG or JRPG. As a consultant to the publisher Kepler Interactive, the former PlayStation boss had played a demo version about 2 years before the release of Clair Obscur: Ex…
Former PlayStation exec Shuhei Yoshida told Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 developers not to call it a turn-based RPG
Turn-based RPGs never really went away, but if there's a game that brought them back into the mainstream in a big way, it's Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. Sandfall Interactive's incredible debut wears its JRPG influences proudly, and it's clear to see them if you watch the gameplay or have played it yourself. However, even if that appreciation is clear, former PlayStation exec Shuhei Yoshida wanted the developers to hide it while promoting the gam…
The RPGs in turn never completely disappeared, but if there is a game that has brought them back to fashion big time, that's Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. Sandfall Interactive's incredible debut proudly looks at their JRPG influences, and that's clear if you see the gameplay of the game or have tried it yourself. However, even if that influence is evident, the executive PlayStation Shuhei Yoshida wanted the developers to hide it when promoting th…
NewsGaming.net Shuhei Yoshida had advised Kepler not to describe Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 as a turn-by-turn RPG Clear Obscur: Expedition 33 is today celebrated all over the world as one of the most acclaimed RPGs in recent years, which he owes in part to his very successful combat system. A gameplay that will draw its influences from the cadors of the genre, like Lost Odyssey, and which may have made the turn allergics want to try at this typ…
Former PlayStation boss says it's "really funny" turn-based JRPGs are so in-demand after he advised Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 devs not to use the term
Turn-based JRPGs never went anywhere, but with games like Baldur's Gate 3, Metaphor: ReFantazio, and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 scooping up GOTY awards like XP in a dungeon, their staying power has perhaps never been more clear. That wasn't the case just a few years ago, when former PlayStation boss Shuhei Yoshida advised Sandfall Interactive to avoid describing Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, now among the most awarded games of all time, as a tur…
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