The Shadows Dance: A Review of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
There are games that impress you with scale, and there are games that impress you with precision. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 sits comfortably in the latter category, tightening its focus on six distinct characters and using them as the vessel for its drama, its charm, and its ferocity. While most modern RPGs sprawl outward, obsessed with offering an endless buffet of quests, here the developers have chosen restraint. What results is an experience that feels curated and exacting, a narrative and mechanical lattice where every detail supports the whole. It is not a game that sprawls aimlessly—it cuts, it sharpens, and then it lingers in your memory long after the credits fade. A Party That Breathes The real heart of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is its cast of six, each one written with the kind of clarity that makes their presence feel lived-in rather than fabricated. Too often in party-driven RPGs, characters settle into archetypes: the brooding loner, the comic relief, the noble le...