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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's deeply frustrating minigames make harsh parries look like a breeze in contrast, and it's all Final Fantasy's fault

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 director's first experience playing a JRPG was getting stuck on Final Fantasy 8's first boss because he and his brother "couldn’t read"

"The only thing we knew how to do was just auto-attack, which is really bad"

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 gets its first big patch, as the RPG's devs say "this is the first in a series of patches we are looking to do over the coming months"

"We are still investigating many feature requests and issues for future updates"

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's big Maelle nerf is even worse than we thought, as it turns out one of her best weapons was never meant to be so powerful in the first place

Medalum has been bugged all along

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Amid Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's turn-based hype, Square Enix asks JRPG fans "what's the best combat system" in its catalog and shares "some games with brilliant battles"

Can I interest anyone in a little Final Fantasy?

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 devs to issue its first nerf to an ability that does 2 billion damage: 'We gave it a big damage boost—and clearly overdid it'

Stand down, Stendhal.

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 players find a way to do 2,177,438,000 damage, which is enough to kill the hardest endgame superboss over 45.8 times

Simon says? No, Simon dies.

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Analyst claims Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is selling twice as fast as any other recent JRPG has on Steam—and it's got me wondering what the secret sauce is

Looks like PC gamers love Clair Obscur (hi, I'm PC gamers).

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'He's very good at finding really cool people': Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's director found its composer on Soundcloud and lead writer on Reddit

Soundcloud is pretty goated to be honest.

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Games almost never pull this off, but Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 managed a JRPG miracle: hitting an even higher Steam player peak weeks after launch

And that's not even counting the Xbox Game Pass players on PC

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Your eyes do not deceive you, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has penis jiggle physics

I've spent 14 hours in Expedition 33, and while only a few minutes were dedicated to observing bulges jiggling they've made quite an impression

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 head was "bored" at Ubisoft and hungry for a JRPG, and made the highest-rated game of 2025 – "Somehow it worked, which still makes no sense to me"

"We have, I think, an amazing team mostly of junior people," Guillaume Broche said

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Ex PlayStation boss says $50 Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is the "perfect balance" of AAA ambition, AA budget, and "independent vision" – "This is the path the industry should be pursuing"

"I hope the game gets the success it deserves, because it’s time for AA games to regain their market share"

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"You are a shining example of French audacity and creativity." Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 praised by French President Emmanuel Macron

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's success has even drawn the attention of French President Emmanuel Macron, who praised the developers on Instagram.

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French President Emmanuel Macron gives a shout-out to Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 on Instagram: 'You are a shining example of French audacity and creativity'

Macron congratulated Sandfall Interactive for making "one of the best-rated games in history."

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 lead writer says "chances are good" that the JRPG banger gets DLC at some point

"Based on the responses so far, I'd say the chances are good"

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More than 40 hours in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and its staggeringly beautiful world have made me a turn-based combat convert

I’ve immersed myself in the staggering beauty of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 for more than 40 hours, and love everything about its combat, world, and story.

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 passes Metaphor: ReFantazio's 85,000 player Steam peak - it's now in the same league as its heavyweight JRPG inspirations

The new turn-based homage pulled in more than 87,000 Steam players at the same time

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"Speechless": Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, the first game from a studio filled with ex-Ubisoft devs, is officially the best-rated game of 2025

Sandfall Interactive's debut RPG beats Blue Prince, Split Fiction, and more

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GOTY contender RPG Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 sells 500,000 copies faster than the devs "ever imagined" despite launching in the shadow of Oblivion Remastered

And it dropped on Game Pass day one

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Fans worried Oblivion Remastered could drown out Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, but Bethesda itself is cheering it on with 7 Adoring Fans: "We can't wait to play"

Clair Obscur seems to be doing just fine

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Obscurvion hits gamers as Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 publisher pokes fun at its unfortunate collision with Oblivion remaster's shadow drop: 'omg it's like Barbenheimer'

Oblivion Remastered's shadow drop landed right in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's launch window.

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'Expedition 33' Carries on the Spirit of Classic Final Fantasy

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is clearly inspired by Final Fantasy, but in particular, it really carries forward the design ethos of Hironobu Sakaguchi.

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Baldur's Gate 3 publishing director throws support behind JRPG Clair Obscur as Oblivion Remastered threatens to bury it: "This game was made by a team that has fewer people than I have years"

"It's so brilliantly attuned"

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 mime locations and how to beat them

Find the mimes scattered across the continent and work out how to damage them.

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