'We Got Expedition-Like Genre Now' — Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Fans Say Sword and Fairy 4 Remake Is a Little Too Close for Comfort

The debut trailer for Sword and Fairy 4 Remake is retired successful the chaotic — and it looks a batch similar Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.

Developed by Chinese workplace Up Software and published by Cube Game, Sword and Fairy 4 Remake is simply a single-player turn-based role-playing crippled made successful Unreal Engine 5 owed retired connected PC and consoles astatine immoderate point.

The authoritative trailer, dubbed “Unpredictable Divine Will,” has already drawn comparisons to Clair Obscur: Expedition 33’s eye-catching conflict system, from the dynamic idiosyncratic interface to the enactment dense parry system. Even the camera position and the mode the camera moves during conflict rekindles memories of Sandfall Interactive’s hugely fashionable RPG.

Sword and Fairy 4 Remake - Official Trailer “Unpredictable Divine Will” is here! Developed by Up Software and published by Cube Game, this single-player turn-based RPG is reborn successful Unreal Engine 5 with the latest technology.
Set disconnected connected a travel to find the immortals with Tianhe… pic.twitter.com/dKlfnDJsta

— Cube Game (@CubeGameCN) December 29, 2025

“Set disconnected connected a travel to find the immortals with Tianhe Yun’s team,” reads the authoritative blurb. “In the meantime, a hidden information that has been sealed for a agelong clip is revealing itself.”

The Legend of Sword and Fairy is simply a Chinese video crippled franchise that encompasses 9 mainline Chinese mythology/xianxia-themed role-playing machine games. The archetypal crippled launched successful 1995 for PC and enjoyed captious and commercialized occurrence crossed China. Many sequels and spinoffs person followed successful the years since.

The Legend of Sword and Fairy 4 is successful information the 5th installment successful the mainline video crippled franchise, and acts arsenic a prequel to the 3rd game. The latest game, The Legend of Sword and Fairy 7, came retired successful 2021 arsenic the ninth mainline introduction connected PC, with an English mentation released for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X and S successful 2022 nether the sanction Sword and Fairy: Together Forever. It was seen arsenic an alternate to the caller mainline Final Fantasy games, which of people inspired Clair Obscur: Expedition 33’s development.

Fans are drafting a enactment from Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 to Sword and Fairy 4 Remake, and immoderate are accusing its developer of copying Sandfall’s game. “Totally not transcript and paste combat, style, parry, from Clair Obscur Expedition 33,” said 1 commenter. "Is this DLC of Expedition 33?" said another. "We got Expedition-like genre now," added different fan. Others, however, are saying Sword and Fairy 4 Remake conscionable looks similar a modern turn-based RPG successful the Persona style, and are pointing to erstwhile entries successful the bid arsenic grounds of its credentials.

The archetypal E33-like is already connected its mode from China and it's done the announcement of the remake of "Legend of Sword and Fairy 4". pic.twitter.com/jfiVnNn42X

— Dream's Longest Day (@Dreamboum) December 29, 2025

Cube Game has said an English mentation of the trailer volition beryllium revealed successful the coming days by a “regional publisher.” We’ll hopefully larn much astir Sword and Fairy 4 Remake then.

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, meanwhile, is enjoying a caller surge of involvement disconnected the backmost of a record-breaking haul from The Game Awards 2025, wherever it took location the coveted Game of the Year. At the awards, Sandfall shadow-dropped Clair Obscur DLC.

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