Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

Item: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Rating: 92
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-04-25

Summary

Innovative and engaging combat system stands out
Visually stunning with a unique art style
Exceptional and immersive soundtrack enhances experience
Captivating world encourages rewarding exploration
Frustrating quick-time events and parry/dodge system
Lacks mini-map and clear guidance for players

Reviews (sample size): 2000
Helpful reviews: 71%
Unhelpful reviews: 28%
Protest reviews: 0%

92%
Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
8%
Helpful reviews with negative sentiment

Positive points: 4235
Negative points: 1021
Gameplay points: 451
Perf. points: 298
Rec. points: 994
Misc points: 145

Point	Description	Importance
Innovative, engaging combat system Description The combat system blends turn-based mechanics with real-time elements like parrying, dodging, and QTEs, creating a dynamic and engaging experience. This innovative approach makes battles more interactive and strategic, rewarding skillful play and precise timing. Many reviewers note that the combat system revitalizes the turn-based genre, making it enjoyable even for those who typically dislike it. Importance 97%	The combat system blends turn-based mechanics with real-time elements like parrying, dodging, and QTEs, creating a dynamic and engaging experience. This innovative approach makes battles more interactive and strategic, rewarding skillful play and precise timing. Many reviewers note that the combat system revitalizes the turn-based genre, making it enjoyable even for those who typically dislike it.	97%
Visually stunning, unique art style Description The game features stunning graphics, a unique art style, and detailed environments, often drawing comparisons to Belle Époque art and titles like Bloodborne. Reviewers highlight the effective use of Unreal Engine 5, even by a smaller development team, to create a visually immersive and captivating world. The game's aesthetic is consistently praised as a major strength. Importance 88%	The game features stunning graphics, a unique art style, and detailed environments, often drawing comparisons to Belle Époque art and titles like Bloodborne. Reviewers highlight the effective use of Unreal Engine 5, even by a smaller development team, to create a visually immersive and captivating world. The game's aesthetic is consistently praised as a major strength.	88%
Exceptional, immersive soundtrack Description The game boasts an exceptional soundtrack that enhances the overall experience. Reviewers praise the music's emotional depth, atmospheric quality, and seamless integration with the game's world and story. The soundtrack often features a blend of orchestral, classical, and modern elements, creating a unique and memorable audio landscape. Importance 85%	The game boasts an exceptional soundtrack that enhances the overall experience. Reviewers praise the music's emotional depth, atmospheric quality, and seamless integration with the game's world and story. The soundtrack often features a blend of orchestral, classical, and modern elements, creating a unique and memorable audio landscape.	85%
Captivating world, rewarding exploration Description The game features a well-designed and captivating world that encourages exploration. Reviewers praise the unique environments, detailed level design, and overall atmosphere. The game rewards players for exploring its world, uncovering secrets, and immersing themselves in its lore. Importance 73%	The game features a well-designed and captivating world that encourages exploration. Reviewers praise the unique environments, detailed level design, and overall atmosphere. The game rewards players for exploring its world, uncovering secrets, and immersing themselves in its lore.	73%
Good optimization, reasonable price Description The game is well-optimized and runs smoothly on PC, even with high graphics settings. Reviewers also note that the game is priced reasonably for the quality and content it offers. This highlights the developers' commitment to delivering a polished and accessible experience. Importance 66%	The game is well-optimized and runs smoothly on PC, even with high graphics settings. Reviewers also note that the game is priced reasonably for the quality and content it offers. This highlights the developers' commitment to delivering a polished and accessible experience.	66%
Compelling, emotionally resonant story Description The game features a compelling and emotionally impactful story with well-developed characters. Reviewers praise the narrative's depth, mature themes, and ability to create a strong connection with the characters and their struggles. The game's prologue and opening hours are often highlighted as particularly strong, drawing players into the world and story from the beginning. Importance 45%	The game features a compelling and emotionally impactful story with well-developed characters. Reviewers praise the narrative's depth, mature themes, and ability to create a strong connection with the characters and their struggles. The game's prologue and opening hours are often highlighted as particularly strong, drawing players into the world and story from the beginning.	45%
Excellent voice acting, well-written dialogue Description The game features excellent voice acting and well-written dialogue, bringing the characters to life and enhancing the narrative's impact. Reviewers praise the performances of the voice cast, noting their ability to convey emotion and create believable interactions. The French voice acting is often singled out for its quality and authenticity. Importance 17%	The game features excellent voice acting and well-written dialogue, bringing the characters to life and enhancing the narrative's impact. Reviewers praise the performances of the voice cast, noting their ability to convey emotion and create believable interactions. The French voice acting is often singled out for its quality and authenticity.	17%
Enjoyable, plays well with controller Description The game is enjoyable and plays well with a controller. Some reviewers enjoyed the game so much that they purchased it after playing it on Game Pass to support the developers. This indicates a highly positive experience and a desire to support the game's creators. Importance 3%	The game is enjoyable and plays well with a controller. Some reviewers enjoyed the game so much that they purchased it after playing it on Game Pass to support the developers. This indicates a highly positive experience and a desire to support the game's creators.	3%