First Playthrough Day 5 | CLAIR OBSCUR: EXPEDITION 33 Second Axon (Let's Play, Commentary)

Gonna try Expert Mode because everyone keeps asking about it AND will also try to kill the second Axon.... what could go wrong twitch:   / biggestgeekever   bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/biggestgeeke... Clair Obscur: Expedition 33  is a 2025 role-playing video game developed by French studio Sandfall Interactive and published by Kepler Interactive. Taking place in a dark fantasy Belle Époque setting, the game follows the volunteers of Expedition 33 as they set out to destroy the Paintress, a being causing the yearly Gommage, which erases those at or above an ever-decreasing age. In the game, the player controls a party of characters from a third-person perspective, exploring areas and engaging in combat. Coupled with its turn-based mechanics are real-time aspects such as quick time events and timed actions in combat. The project originated in 2019 with Guillaume Broche, a Ubisoft employee, who left the following year during the COVID-19 pandemic to form Sandfall with friends and contacts, steadily establishing a 30-person core team that came to be supported by various production partners. Inspired by Japanese RPGs that shaped their youth such as the Final Fantasy and Persona series, the developers at Sandfall sought to create a high-fidelity turn-based role-playing game, which they felt was neglected by AAA studios. Development began with Unreal Engine 4 and later switched to Unreal Engine 5, providing rendering improvements. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 was released for PlayStation 5, Windows and Xbox Series X/S on 24 April 2025, as well as available from day one on Xbox Game Pass. The game received universal acclaim from critics for its narrative, art direction, game direction, original soundtrack, gameplay and voice acting, and has been nominated for and won multiple awards including Game of the Year by the Golden Joystick Awards. By October 2025, it had sold over 5 million units.