Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

С первых минут мир буквально завораживает: эстетика ар‑нуво вперемешку с мрачной, почти сюрреалистичной стилистикой создаёт очень узнаваемое настроение. Всё выглядит как ожившая картина — от локаций до дизайна врагов. При этом мрачность здесь не ради мрачности: она отлично подчёркивает эмоциональную подоплёку истории. Сюжет подаётся постепенно, через записки, диалоги и события, и в нём много личных драм: у каждого члена экспедиции есть своя история, свои страхи и надежды. Мне особенно понравилось, как игра балансирует между масштабной угрозой и маленькими человеческими трагедиями — из‑за этого персонажи ощущаются живыми. Боевая система — это крепкий тактический гибрид. Здесь есть пошаговые элементы, но с активной реакцией на действия: нужно вовремя уклоняться, парировать и использовать способности, чтобы не потерять темп. Поначалу кажется перегруженной, но буквально через пару часов всё складывается в чёткую систему, где каждое решение имеет значение. Плюс прокачка гибкая: можно собирать разные билды и экспериментировать со стилями игры. Исследование мира тоже радует: локации не просто красивые, а продуманные, с секретами и дополнительными заданиями, которые раскрывают лор. И при этом нет ощущения «пустого» гринда — каждый бой или находка что‑то добавляют к общей картине. Из минусов могу отметить разве что редкие мелкие баги и местами затянутые переходы между крупными сюжетными моментами, но они не портят общего впечатления. В итоге Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 — это стильная, глубокая и по‑настоящему атмосферная игра, которая отлично подойдёт тем, кто любит вдумчивые сюжеты и тактические бои. Однозначно рекомендую.

The hype is real

No denuvo. Good fps.

Wow...just wow. I've never left a review for a game before, but this isn't a game, this is art. And that's coming from somebody who really dislikes smug artsy-types. You'd think a game would either have great gameplay, or a great story, but this has amazing gameplay and somehow an even more amazing story. The graphics are superb and the soundtrack is even better. I stopped many times to just star at the environments and go "wow". My wife heard me listening to the soundtrack and now I randomly hear her say "Alexa, play the Clair Obscur soundtrack." The ending is haunting, but better yet, I actually did a deep dive and researched the lore. The more I look into it, the deeper and better it becomes. This is truly a once in a generation game and I cannot possibly recommend it enough.

Expedition 33 is the best game I have played since Red Dead Redemption 2. The story is incredible, the art and music are amazing, the gameplay is great, and there is a ton of content. Easily in my top 5 favorite games now.

很好玩

Jogaço

This is a masterpiece. What [i]Dragon Age: Origins[/i] or [i]Final Fantasy 7[/i] were to their respective eras, this is to this era. While I will almost certainly play the next game the studio makes, it just won't be as good as this. [h2]The good[/h2] [list] [*]Music. Wow. [*]The camera work during combat is novel and really well done. [*]The worldbuilding including story and art are phenomenal and truly unique. [*]The combat is new. The dodge mechanics end up working well (but see below for an early drawback), and there are a fair amount of synergies and counters that are fun to discover. [*]The overworld. This took a bit of time to grow on me, but it's really well done. It harkens back to old school SNES/Genesis era RPG overworlds but with a modern sensibility. It gives the world a depth and life it would otherwise lack. And like the rest of the game it's beautiful. [*]No minimap. Yes some players will complain but it's far too easy to use minimaps as a crutch. Wonderful to see a game drop it and do it well. [/list] [h2]The bad[/h2] [list] [*]The various dodge/parry mechanics have weak tutorials. The game pauses and tells you what button to push, but it takes a fair bit of time to figure out how the mechanics actually work. A bit more guidance would have helped early on. [*]More generally tutorial cards are just thrown at you when you first encounter core mechanics and basically forgettable. Not useful. There needed to be a better in-game guide to reference things you need to know. [*]Beyond that, some mechanics go almost entirely unexplained despite the tutorial cards. Overall, this game relies on looking things up online, which is a shame. [*]Combat with flying enemies are pretty repetitive , very little variety. [/list] [h2]The ugly[/h2] [list] [*]There are some bugs and UI issues that have not been addressed even a year after release. With such an otherwise polished game I am surprised by this. [*]Minor issue. Occasional weak/lazy translations. Don't get me wrong the core writing is great, but sometimes something is just off. [*]Minor issue. Occasional "way too obvious" asset reuse issues here and there. Seems like an oversight given how the variation and hand-crafted placements of all objects in this game. [/list] Buy it, play it, enjoy it. Oh yeah, this one is not for kids.

Definitely the most overrated game of the decade, without a question. Unfortunately Steam doesn't have a 'neutral' review, but i definitely wouldn't go solely into the 'recommended' territory with this game. Upon completing the main story and some of the optional content, i can confidently say that the combat is absolute dogsh*t and i was on the verge of falling asleep, wishing the combat encounter would just end as fast as possible, and sometimes just avoiding combat entirely, especially when you have to fight the same 2 enemies 10 times in the row. But the worst part about the combat is most definitely the fact that despite how 'complex' it may seem, it's just the most generic parry slop. All that building your characters, weapons and finding the best pictos combinations does is make the combat last shorter, but it's a completely optional mechanic, you can just skip ALL OF THIS and just parry and you'll be fine. On the other hand, you're absolutely ♥♥♥♥♥♥ if you even dare to miss one parry (especially in act 3), which for someone playing on PC can be QUITE frustrating, considering that more times than not, your parries don't even get registered. Outside of combat, the gameplay 'loop' and exploration is extremely bland, you're just collecting the same 3 or 4 materials, which majority of them you won't even get to use. The story itself was actually very good and enjoyable, but by act 3, it started to fall off hard, and it's nice that you get to decide the fate of the characters at the end. As for the characters, they are all pretty likeable, which helps a lot in a story driven game. There's luckily not too much dialogue, which is common in modern games, and mainly, the dialogue isn't half bad. I also liked the hangout events with the characters, definitely helped in making the characters likeable. Overall, there's not much woke stuff in this game either, except for the very dysgenic NPCs (you will see a LOT of black people when walking around Lumière, which isn't exactly accurate to how France looked like BACK THEN) Probably the best part about the game is the music and visuals. Undeniably, the game is very pretty, and i most definitely agree that the music in this game is top notch. Despite all the positives, i wouldn't recommend this game to anyone solely for the terrible combat. If it was purely a story game without the AWFUL combat, then sure, it would be a much better game. But even then, it is most definitely not worth all the praise it got. And this is absolutely NOT an indie game, so the fact that it won both 'Best Independent Game' and 'Best Debut Indie Game' at TGA is very undeserved and also proves that Geoff Keighley is a sellout hag. If this is considered the best turn based RPG ever, then you all must have lost your mind, absolutely ridicilous that people call this 'one of the best games made EVER' 😭🙏 Definitely wouldn't buy this for full price, even the 18€ i spent feels like a waste. There's so many other better games(even some that came out in 2025), so there's no reason for this game to be glazed THIS hard. I think people forget that gameplay is the main element of videoGAMES.

great game