Clair Obscur solely will get higher within the postgame

Amidst all of the Summer season Sport Fest bulletins and shadow drops, there’s nonetheless one sport holding my consideration like none different: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. Particularly, its postgame, which incorporates extra content material than some AAA full releases.

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is split into three acts (missed alternative to not have 33 acts), however there may be a lot extra to do after you beat the story’s remaining boss. When you can discover the continent and all its late-game reveals instantly after Act 2, the beneficial route is as an alternative to go straight to Lumiere and its climactic showdown. The story’s remaining boss received’t scale with you, so should you wait and degree your crew up some extra, what needs to be a problem turns into a trifle, particularly with how highly effective Maelle turns into (even post-nerf).

After seeing one of many sport’s two endings (or each — simply go forward and reload a current save to make a unique ending alternative), the sport will put you again outdoors the ultimate boss’ enviornment. From right here, you’re free to discover the continent, additional Verso’s relationships with companions at camp, battle the sport’s hardest fights, and uncover a number of secret story bosses. Clair Obscur has a large postgame hiding behind its “Act 3” descriptor.

Now that Esquie can fly, there are many sky islands to search out floating across the fractured continent — and loads of them will likely be crimson “hazard” areas as you’ve got a lot of leveling as much as do if you wish to battle the whole lot. Fortunately, the Countless Tower is right here for that. The Countless Tower — whose location was proper there teasing you as flightless Esquie might solely swim previous it earlier — is now accessible and delivers on its title. It presents 33 (in fact) battles of accelerating problem. My social gathering’s ranges began within the low 70s once I entered and wanted to be slightly below 90 for me to complete the Tower, making the battles a enjoyable method to grind in addition to to get Nevron ft for Monoco and a few high-level Pictos. And grinding you’ll have to do if you wish to battle all the sport’s bosses (and accumulate all of the trophies); the boss on the backside of Renoir’s Drafts is undoubtedly the hardest within the sport, and can nonetheless show fairly the problem if you hit degree 99.

A fading model of Clea stands sentry within the Countless Tower. After popping up throughout the flashbacks following Act 2, she lastly will get to turn into extra of a personality within the postgame. Her voice shines in dialogue with Maelle on the Countless Tower, teasing her sister whereas later providing her view on the grief that has consumed the Dessendres.

Clea, or slightly yet one more model of her, once more makes an look upon finishing the Flying Manor, a high-up sky island not too far-off from the Countless Tower. Just like the Countless Tower, the Flying Manor has a number of robust boss fights to tackle earlier than you’ll be able to work together with Clea (and take heed to her theme, which is likely one of the soundtrack’s greatest). The model you meet is sort of tragic and is sweet for one of many sport’s harder boss fights, and positively some of the enjoyable. For those who thought the tears had been performed flowing after rolling credit, you’d be incorrect; be ready for some very heavy emotional story content material on the finish of the Flying Manor.

Even down on the bottom, there’ll be a couple of new areas Esquie can now attain. By the exit to Forgotten Battlefield, you’ll discover two journal entries which are a number of the extra illuminating entries within the sport. After beginning as a grimy liar, Verso might have spilled a lot of the beans to your crew at this level, however there are a couple of main occasions from his previous he’s holding near his vest, and the “Julie” and “Verso” journals will construct out his character and lay his coronary heart naked. Don’t miss them.

As Verso, proceed talking with companions at camp. Not solely will you unlock probably the most highly effective gradient assaults, however progressing their storylines — notably Maelle’s — proves important to getting probably the most out of Clair Obscur. Plus, you don’t wish to depart Noco hanging, so get speaking to Monoco!

However not the whole lot in Clair Obscur’s postgame is doom and gloom; there are nonetheless loads of gestral retailers to search out, a remaining gestral seashore to beat, and Petanks to interrupt. Even after credit are rolled, Clair Obscur received’t cease. Like its expeditioners, it’s relentless in urgent ahead and providing up new content material so that you can take pleasure in. When you can greatest its remaining boss after 40 or so hours, Clair Obscur has nearly one other sport’s value of content material to take pleasure in after its credit roll. The battles will problem even the most effective of gamers, and new story revelations will present extra context to the video games’ narrative — alongside extra emotional intestine punches. Regardless of how arduous a postgame enemy hits, Clair Obscur’s narrative hits even more durable.