Every Friday, A.V. Club staffers kick off the weekend by taking a look at the world of gaming, diving in to the ideas that underpin the hobby we love with a bit of Game Theory. We’ll sound off in the space above, and invite you to respond down in the comments, telling us what you’re playing this weekend, and what theories it’s got you kicking around.

The first thing that struck me when I finally got around, this week, to loading up Clair Obscur: Expedition 33—the new and extremely French turn-based RPG from Sandfall Interactive that everyone you know online has been losing their minds over since late April—was that the acting didn’t suck.

This isn’t entirely surprising, given that the game stars Daredevil charisma machine Charlie Cox, and features supporting performances from the likes of Jennifer “Shadowheart from Baldur’s Gate 3” English. But that non-suckage is enough of a rarity in the gaming space—reminder that I’m fresh off Doom: The Dark Ages and The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy, neither of which ever get past “serviceable” in this department—that it still made me sit up and go “Hey, holy shit.”