Clair Obscur Expedition 33 PS5

I don’t ever really have the desire or the time to write a review on a video game, but this was honestly one of the greatest experiences I ever had in gaming. I feel very strongly that this game is a generational defining masterpiece for the PS5 and Xbox Series X era. Everything between the music, the characters, the gameplay and the story is absolutely stunning. This game will make you cry, it’ll make you pissed off, it’ll make you laugh, and it’ll give you an existential feeling of dread. One part of the story made me almost give up playing because of how sad I felt, but I kept playing and finished the main story with tears. It’s really an emotional story with powerful characters. But my favorite aspect is the gameplay. I found it really addictive and nostalgic, echoing back to classic turn based RPG games. The music is some of the most beautiful songs I’ve ever heard in gaming, which is baffling considering the composer had never done video game music prior to this game. Clair Obscur Expedition 33 is a game that everyone needs to experience, it’s really THAT good of a masterpiece.

I’m honestly blown away by Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. I wish I had started this game sooner. From the very beginning, it pulls you in with its atmosphere, art direction, and unique tone. The world feels rich and thoughtfully designed, and the story has a weight to it that keeps you wanting to see what happens next. The combat is engaging and rewarding, striking a great balance between strategy and intensity. It feels fresh compared to other RPGs I’ve played, and it keeps me thinking instead of just going through the motions. The characters are memorable, and the overall presentation—from visuals to music—is top tier. And speaking of the music, the soundtrack is amazing! If you’re even remotely interested in story-driven RPGs, don’t wait like I did. This one is absolutely worth your time. It's no wonder it swept the Game Awards.

No Spoilers, all deserve to experience it for the first time on there own time. Between the gorgeous soundtrack, environments, designs and presentation and art direction. It's all accented to feel fitting for what is one of the most beautifully tragic, and also cinamatically well showcased and how intense the it all feels when you also account for such a brilliant combat system, that puts skill and intelligence all together in one. all the same fixing the rpg grinding issue where you can't ever dissengaged, you always are paying attention and dealing with the fights themselves more so onwards. And over all are some of the greatest fights in video games I have ever played.

Hands down the best RPG I've played in a decade. It's visually stunning, music is amazing, story is rich, Voice acting is top notch. I liked all the characters. Combat is fantastic and who would have thought that a couple simple changes would have made all the difference in a turn base game. Dodge, parry and block is a brilliant addition to turn based combat.

Amazing game. I played through a year ago on PC and was totally hooked. Never beat Simon though. I swore I would wait to buy it on physical media, but it never came out on PC disc. I ended up with a PS5 disc edition, and this was the first game I bought. The entire game is playable offline, no stupid download code in the box or anything - perfect for collecting. Replaying seeing all the story lore I didn't pick up on the 1st time is well worth it, and switching my secondary lineup to Sciel and Monoco creates new challenges. That said, I've encountered game-breaking bugs a couple times already that result in softlocks. One is fairly easy to activate on accident, where you end up targeting nothing with an attack that belongs to your teammate, another where Esquie just gets stuck on the main map and can't move. Gustave's mustache has a weird rendering bug where it looks like a greenscreen of sand. These were never present on the PC version I played, so there are bugs that require internet patches (PSN account). I will just suffer through not having those.

One of the best games ever made. Deep, thought provoking story and relationships as well as philosophical and existential themes. Gorgeous graphics and possibly the best original soundtrack in the history of gaming. Unique active/ turn based battle system with deep customization build options. This is a special game that would never have survived AAA focus groups and was made by a small French developer. A masterpiece in every way.

Had so much fun with this game. Great story and characters and awesome gameplay. Compared to BG# its really a 4.5 stars and bg3 is 5 but I cannot recommend this game more for rpg fans.

This is by far the best PlayStation game I have ever played. The storyline is brilliant, the graphics are breathtaking, and the fighting is downright addictive. Get the game.

Makes you feel something. Incredible music. A truly unique gaming experience. Can see why it won so many awards.

Super. Es war das perfekte Geschenk!

No me llamaban la atención los juegos con combate por turnos hasta que conocí este. Me tiene muy enganchado. Nunca había repetido la frase "si sangra es porque puede morir" tantas veces. Un10/10 en todo aspecto: música, historia, combate...

Tô gostando muito do jogo

Works as expected. No issues