Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 | 9.7 user rating on Metacritic | Disscussion thread

[Chrkeller]

firebush03 said:

Chrkeller said:

Clair used AI and was the best game in 2025 and had a fraction of the budget Rebirth had...

^Not a fan of generative AI being used in place of e.g. artists, but AI is a tool that will substantially cut down on dev time and, thereby, risk & cost. Great for lowering the bar to entry for indie devs; great for AAA studios looking to be creative (and not play it entirely by-the-numbers/safe) in their projects.

Exactly, AI allowed Expedition 33 to put square on notice.  No way that studio could have spent $130,000,000 like square did with Rebirth.  Yet it is better than Rebirth.  AI will give small players more ability in the market place.