{"id":47859,"date":"2025-05-12T12:33:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T03:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=47859"},"modified":"2025-05-13T10:13:38","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T01:13:38","slug":"stellar-blade-director-names-clair-obscur-expedition-33-his-game-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/stellar-blade-director-names-clair-obscur-expedition-33-his-game-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Stellar Blade director names Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 his game of the year\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Even with Stellar Blade\u2019s PC port in full production, game director and Shift Up CEO Hyung-Tae Kim still has time to play other video games. After recently completing <strong>Clair Obscur: Expedition 33<\/strong>, Kim took to social media to call it his game of the year.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"fr\" dir=\"ltr\">I finished Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 in 96 hours, and it&#39;s my GOTY! Thank you, SANDFALL Interactive!<br>J\u2019ai termin\u00e9 Clair Obscur : Exp\u00e9dition 33 en 96 heures. C\u2019est, sans aucun doute, mon jeu de l\u2019ann\u00e9e. Merci du fond du c\u0153ur, SANDFALL Interactive!\ud83e\udde1<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/33expedition?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#33expedition<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Sandfall?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Sandfall<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GOTY?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GOTY<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/injotHdXhd\">pic.twitter.com\/injotHdXhd<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Kim Hyung Tae, \uae40\ud615\ud0dc, \u30ad\u30e0\u30fb\u30d2\u30e7\u30f3\u30c6 (@jamm3rd) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jamm3rd\/status\/1921619047474753542?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 11, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Kims\u2019s playthrough of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 wasn\u2019t just a casual run, either. His PlayStation profile shows that he clocked in 96 hours and obtained all of the trophies, which means he collected all of the expedition journals, music records, and defeated the hardest bosses. While Clair Obscur features turn-based combat, it includes reactionary elements similar to those found in Stellar Blade.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On a related note, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 also features light jiggle physics for both the <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/l3Y6QQH79w0?si=C9l2PvakuQO47gHb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">male<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/TYr5DxMb7uI?si=YHsRyfEJU0UIkoHM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">female anatomy<\/a>. Considering Shift Up\u2019s own <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/goddess-of-victory-nikke-fans-lose-it-over-new-character-bready-figure-and-stretch-marks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Goddess of Victory: Nikke takes jiggle physics to the extreme<\/a>, Kim can appreciate Sandfall Interactive\u2019s attention to detail.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hyung-tae has a few other titles <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/for-stellar-blade-developer-shift-up-giving-employees-new-ps5-seems-to-be-a-recurring-thing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">installed on his PlayStation 5<\/a>, such as Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth, Stellar Blade, Astro Bot, Black Myth: Wukong, and Metaphor: ReFantazio. In addition to these games, a white icon can also be found beside Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, leading fans to speculate that there may be another Shift Up PlayStation project in the works.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is available for PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X|S.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hyung-Tae Kim, director of Stellar Blade and CEO of Shift Up, has hailed Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 his GOTY.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":47861,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[18],"class_list":["post-47859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-global-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Stellar Blade director names Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 his game of the year\u00a0 - 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