Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's story mode just got a lot easier, so more people can enjoy the year's best J'RPG
33 Extra Big Eclairs aka Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 aka still my game of the year so far got patched last week, the headline items being a generous increase to parry timing windows and big damage reductions on its easiest difficulty. Frankly, this rules and I'm surprised it took so long. I enjoyed how tense these RPG battles can get, but I got the sense a fair few people didn't fancy nailing reaction timing and just wanted to enjoy the story. My ideal solution would be more freeform customisation, because I reckon the game does some really clever and compelling stuff with buildcraft that got overshadowed by the Sekiro comparisons, but this is still a great fix. Read more


33 Extra Big Eclairs aka Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 aka still my game of the year so far got patched last week, the headline items being a generous increase to parry timing windows and big damage reductions on its easiest difficulty. Frankly, this rules and I'm surprised it took so long. I enjoyed how tense these RPG battles can get, but I got the sense a fair few people didn't fancy nailing reaction timing and just wanted to enjoy the story. My ideal solution would be more freeform customisation, because I reckon the game does some really clever and compelling stuff with buildcraft that got overshadowed by the Sekiro comparisons, but this is still a great fix.