Crimson Desert and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 don't copy other AAA titles, The Witcher 3 director says, so they stand out in an industry filled with people focused on "how to make money"

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Subscribe to our newsletter The director of The Witcher 3 is about to put out his own new game, The Blood of Dawnwalker, and he's throwing some kudos around at fellow blockbuster releases from the recent past.

Specifically, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and Crimson Desert, both of which he considers a breath of fresh air.Konrad Tomaszkiewicz, former vice president of title development at CD Projekt Red and now the founder and CEO of Rebel Wolves, speaks with The title Business about the hegemony in triple-A games.

"The problem in this industry sometimes is that people opening companies are thinking [too much] about how to make money.

This is a really cold approach for the games," he says."You cannot create art like this," he adds.

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In his mind, creating another studio means forging a different path.

"Opening a new company to do exactly the same things we did in the past is a problem, because we’ll not feel that we’re evolving, or developing ourselves," he explains.

"It was really important for us as artists ## Editor's Note The gaming community will surely have mixed reactions to this news. Source: [GamesRadar+](https://www.gamesradar.com/games/rpg/crimson-desert-and-clair-obscur-expedition-33-dont-copy-other-aaa-games-the-witcher-3-director-says-so-they-stand-out-in-an-industry-filled-with-people-focused-on-how-to-make-money/)