Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has more than piqued our interest over here at ol' PC Gamer, but while Sandfall Interactive's extremely stylish RPG shows a lot of promise, I've gotta admit I was surprised to find out that a live-action movie adaptation was already in the works.
The game isn't out until April this year. Developed by "a small team with an indie spirit", Clair Obscur is set in a fantasy world inspired by the Belle Époque, a French golden age sandwiched between the Napoleonic Wars and World War 2.
It's the era that gave us the Eiffel Tower, Moulin Rouge, the cinematograph and Art Nouveau. In Clair Obscur, though, instead of a spirit of optimism about the future, people are desperately trying to avert extinction.
See, once a year, a being known as the Paintress paints a number on her monolith, and then everyone that age «turns to smoke and fades away».
She's counting down. And every year, an expedition is sent on a mission to kill her. We'll play the crew of Expedition 33, who all have a year to live, rushing to stop the Paintress before she paints their number.