Crimson Desert and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 don't 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"

Kliff from Crimson Desert asleep.

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 game development at CD Projekt Red and now the founder and CEO of Rebel Wolves, speaks with The Game 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.