Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 director Guillaume Broche has heaped praise on Persona 5's user interface design, calling it "the best game in the world" in that regard. His comments were offered along with some additional insights into how Atlus's iconic JRPG influenced Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.
With a 92 average rating and a 97% reviewer recommendation rate on OpenCritic, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is currently the highest-rated game of 2025. It has received immense praise for a wide variety of elements, including compelling turn-based combat design that's reminiscent of contemporary Persona games, featuring cinematic camera movement and a straightforward UI that maps actions to buttons rather than forcing players to scroll through a menu every time they need to decide whether to attack, use a skill, pull out an item, or perform some other action on their turn.
One of Baldur’s Gate 3's Performance Directors reveals the real reason why Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 features an easy difficulty option.
In a recent interview with Japanese outlet Denfaminicogamer, Sandfall Interactive CEO Guillaume Broche confirmed that the game's Persona 5 similarities are very much intentional, identifying the 2016 JRPG as part of the "long list" of inspirations that...
