Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 News

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is Out Now

Once a year, the Paintress awakens to inscribe her cursed number on the monolith. And everyone of that age vanishes, turning to smoke, and fading into nothing.

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Each year, the number decreases, erasing more lives. Soon, she will mark “33.” When she does, we will embark on our final mission—to destroy the Paintress and end her deadly cycle for good.

Embark on the Expedition of a lifetime with Gustave (Charlie Cox), Maelle (Jennifer English), Lune (Kirsty Rider), Sciel (Shala Nyx), and Monoco (Rich Keeble), alongside incredible characters such as the powerful-yet–lazy Esquie (Maxence Carzola), the mysterious Verso (Ben Starr), and the brooding force that is Renoir (Andy Serkis).

Let the world once again watch the sun rise without the shadow of her cursed figure, and may the wind of renewal take you to the ends of the earth.

Tomorrow comes, thanks to you.

Expedition 33.

Best Clair Obscur Expedition 33 settings for PC and Steam Deck

What are the best Clair Obscur Expedition 33 settings for PC and Steam Deck? This cinematic turn-based RPG is very pretty at its best, but sometimes suffers from sluggish performance if you want to maintain high image quality. This exciting new game is also a complete non-starter on Valve's handheld gaming PC.

The Clair Obscur Expedition 33 system requirements aren't too intimidating, especially for an Unreal Engine 5 game, but as you'll see from our testing, the more power your gaming PC can offer, the better. That's not to say you're not going to need the best graphics card, but running Clair Obscur Expedition 33 on dated PC hardware is going to be tricky.

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Clair Obscur Expedition 33 review: avoir le coup de foudre

Impasto is a technique used in art whereby paint is layered on, thick and textural, with enough mass that you can use your brush or knife to sculpt shapes. The word comes from the Italian for ‘dough’ or ‘mixture’, referring to the way artisans would ‘knead’ or ‘paste’ their materials to make the paint come alive. To use their tools to create something that defies the two-dimensional form and give the impression of something deeper. Perhaps, even, more profound.

When I first laid eyes on Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, I knew it could be special. That said, I never anticipated such an ambitious swing from first-time developer Sandfall Interactive, one that is both a love letter to the turn-based RPGs of yore and a potential vision of the genre's future.

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (PS5) Review

It might be on-the-nose to say that a game which is so strongly focused on literal art has reminded me of the potential of video games as an artistic medium, but that’s exactly what Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has done.

The beauty of video games is their potential to bring every aspect of art—visual art, music, drama, writing—to bear through a technological medium, and give players the ability to interact with and control these experiences. And this debut title from France’s Sandfall Interactive excels in all of these departments, providing a feast for the eyes, ears, and soul alongside a stimulating gameplay experience.

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is a beautiful hybrid of several genres. At its heart, it is a turn-based RPG following strongly in Persona 5’s footsteps, but featuring prominent action-based prompts—Quick Time Event-like inputs to increase the power of certain attacks, or precise reactions to avoid being attacked in return. Exploration feels reminiscent of... Read more