{"id":1195367,"date":"2026-02-18T02:46:40","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T02:46:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/digitalfoundry-2025-clair-obscur-expedition-33-pc-tech-review"},"modified":"2026-02-18T02:46:40","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T02:46:40","slug":"clair-obscur-expedition-33-pc-tech-review-a-patch-or-two-away-from-greatness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/clair-obscur-expedition-33-pc-tech-review-a-patch-or-two-away-from-greatness\/","title":{"rendered":"Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 PC tech review: a patch or two away from greatness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/clair-obscur-expedition-33-pc-tech-review-a-patch-or-two-away-from-greatness.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>Recent indie darling <a data-keyword=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/clair-obscur-expedition-33\">Clair Obscur: Expedition 33<\/a> is more polished on PC than you might expect from the size of its core development team, but it still has some presentation issues that conflict with its narrative focus and some PC-specific problems that make the PC release arguably the least polished version of the game. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/digitalfoundry-2025-clair-obscur-expedition-33-pc-tech-review\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/digitalfoundry-2025-clair-obscur-expedition-33-pc-tech-review\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recent indie darling Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is more polished on PC than you might expect from the size of its core development team, but it still has some presentation issues that conflict with its narrative focus and some PC-specific problems that make the PC release arguably the least polished version of the game. 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