There were many reasons why Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 cleaned up at The Golden Joysticks, The Game Awards, my personal Game of the Year list, and likely every single award show between now and next December. Its immaculate character design, excellent acting, stunning narrative, and attention to detail have all been cited as reasons why Sandfall Interactive's RPG is generational, even if controversy has been brewing around it over the last few days.
It's one of those rare games in which the lore runs so deep that discoveries are likely to continue to be made long after its release. To prove that point, six months on, one player has discovered that the cape of one of Expedition 33's bosses is actually made from failed expedition flags.
Spoilers for one of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's boss fights ahead.
The Forgotten Battlefield is one of the most memorable areas of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. It's an area rich in lore, strewn with the corpses of previous expeditioners who had tried to pass through. Both Expedition 57 and Expedition 41 abandoned hope as they traversed the area, with Expedition 41 agreeing they would compete to take down as many Nevrons as...
