HARVEY RANDALL × CLAIR OBSCUR: EXPEDITION 33

Every piece Harvey Randall has written about Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.

29 articles spanning Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's coverage, newest first.

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3 JUL
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PC Gamer·3 Jul
Clair Obscur is flawed on purpose, says director: 'Games that try to be perfect, that try to fix all their flaws—they're usually just really boring'
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8 MAY
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PC Gamer·8 May
Andy Serkis says 'there has always been that snobbery' when it comes to videogame acting, but the times are changing thanks to games like Expedition 33
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19 MAR
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PC Gamer·19 Mar
Clair Obscur's narrative lead says while it's 'a painful process' to write, AI has never tempted her: 'The whole point of writing is to express what I have in my head'
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21 JAN
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PC Gamer·21 Jan
Painkiller's creator jokes that Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's team of newbies has 'ruined' his worldview: 'I don't know what to believe anymore'
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7 JAN
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PC Gamer·7 Jan
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's lead says they messed up a little by putting a ton of great endgame content next to a final boss you can easily outlevel: 'We weren't sure if our game was going to be that good'
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22 DEC 2025
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PC Gamer·22 Dec 2025
How Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 made some of us fall in love with parrying, and as our resident parry sicko, I won't say 'I told you so'—actually no, wait, I will
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12 DEC 2025
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PC Gamer·12 Dec 2025
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 developers are so thankful for the awards, they dropped a big stonking DLC for free that you can go play right now, with some clutch quality-of-life updates, too
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8 AUG 2025
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PC Gamer·8 Aug 2025
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's director had 2 scrapped scenes from the game's ending, gives props to mocap actors who 'saved' it at the last minute
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4 AUG 2025
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PC Gamer·4 Aug 2025
'I’d prefer working as a small team'—Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 devs think their studio is 'just the right size', with no real plans to expand it yet
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28 JUL 2025
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PC Gamer·28 Jul 2025
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 uses a plugin called KawaiiPhysics, a free engine built to 'cutely animate things' that's used in a ton of popular games from gachas to soulslikes
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25 JUL 2025
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PC Gamer·25 Jul 2025
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 devs are the new popular kids on the RPG block, visiting both Hideo Kojima and Final Fantasy creators Square Enix for 'a creatively rich exchange of visions and ideas'
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22 JUL 2025
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PC Gamer·22 Jul 2025
Gustave's voice actor, Charlie Cox, admits he needs to 'play the game' after asking if Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's goofball sidekick is the 'big baddie at the end'
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23 JUN 2025
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PC Gamer·23 Jun 2025
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's VA for Gustave jokes that he feels 'like a total fraud' since he spent just 4 hours in the booth—and while 'fraud' is way too harsh, Gustave's mocap actor does deserve laurels, too
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11 JUN 2025
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PC Gamer·11 Jun 2025
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 makes its Story Mode even easier—or, if you feel like a true sicko, enough optional modifiers to make killing superboss Simon take over 2.8 actual years
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2 JUN 2025
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PC Gamer·2 Jun 2025
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's tremendously messed-up endings aren't what I'd hoped for—and I hope Sandfall keeps it that way
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28 MAY 2025
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PC Gamer·28 May 2025
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 sells 3.3 million copies in 33 days, in case you needed any more evidence we're living in a simulation
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