Jennifer English is no stranger to putting herself in other character's shoes, having had roles in everything from Elden Ring to Baldur's Gate 3, but she still had a tough time playing a dual role in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 because, well, it's a two-in-one type of gig.

Spoilers ahead for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.

Clair Obscur is full of twists and turns, but perhaps no revelation is bigger than finding out that the world you've been exploring for hours is sort of 'fake' - it's painted. Not only that, some characters are actually just 'painted' doppelgangers of 'real' people on the outside.

That's the case for Jennifer English's two roles - Maelle and Alicia - which is what gave her some grief. "At the moment, I'm really reflecting on playing Alicia," the actor told GamesRadar+ at the Golden Joystick Awards. "It was hard because I had to find the subtlety of it being the same but different."

"And even though [developer Sandfall interactive] did effects on my voice, [I had to] find a very different cadence, a different personality, essentially, while also keeping it true to that core soul," she added. "And I think I’m quite proud of that, actually, but also every scene with my amazing castmates, because they’re all iconic."

Elsewhere at the awards show, Expedition 33's creative director Guillaume Broche said he doesn't want the studio to grow or change drastically in response to the game's commercial success and critical acclaim.

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 actors Ben Starr and Jennifer English worry the J’RPG wouldn’t be “as sexy” if it wasn’t French: “French people are just sexier”

Forget moustaches, novels, and heavily discounted PC components—November this year has been all about pirates. Earlier this month, piratical survival sim Salt 2 weighed its early access anchor and sailed into the 1.0-pen ocean, while this week saw the release of Captain Wayne: Vacation Desperation, a buccaneer-tinged blaster built in the original Doom engine.

Then there's supernatural seafaring adventure Davy x Jones. Originally launched in August, Davy x Jones is a roguelike FPS where you play a headless freebooter named Jones, battling through the underworld in first-person combat while accompanied by a chatty skull companion named Davy.

Davy x Jones enjoyed a pleasant, if quiet reception on its early access release, with players praising its imagination but criticising its rough edges. But the shooter has just had its hull thoroughly careened, with a massive update expanding and overhauling its fundamentals in significant ways.

Chiefly, the update doubles Davy x Jones' scope by adding a second mode of play, letting players helm a "living ship" as they explore the underworld in third-person sailing. Said ship is actually a hybrid with a wooden hull and a cosmic space whale. It's called Abby and looks utterly horrifying.

Your ship isn't just used for transportation, either. The sailing update introduces naval battles where you trade broadsides with other underworld vessels, as well as a crew system where you recruit fellow spectral scallywags that bring new weapons, attack types, and other abilities. It also adds a boss fight against the Kraken, which developer Parasight describes as "a dynamic fight that will push your strategic mind, your crew, and your ship's defences to the absolute limit."

This would seem sufficient for an update in and of itself. But the patch goes further still, extensively reworking the Jones side of Davy x Jones. First-person combat has been expanded with heavy attacks, rapid strikes and a "deeper" 5-hit combo system. Meanwhile, gunplay has been rebalanced with ammo limits and a "refined" reload system, melee attacks benefit from improved animations, and enemies have received AI tweaks to make them more entertaining to fight.

And that still isn't everything. The update completely redesigns the skill tree to accommodate the new crew recruitment system, adds a codex filled with tips and tutorials, enables support for Nvidia frame generation and FSR4, and throws in some Steam achievements for good measure.

It's an impressive-sounding update, though Parasight cautions that existing saves will be "corrupted and incompatible" due to the sheer number of changes made. If you're new to Davy x Jones and fancy giving it a whirl, the shooter is on a 20% discount until December 9, bringing the price down to $14.39/£12.