5/5 ★ – Ash_Ketchum's review of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.

This is my game of the year, and it's not close. I got so invested in the story and characters that whenever I wasn't playing this game, I couldn't stop thinking about it. I'm a turn based game hater, but holy shit man, that story really got me so invested. I forgot all about my hatred for turn based combat. The music made this game feel like I was a character in an epic, and the environments felt like nothing I've seen before in a video game. Especially the boss music during the final fight with Renoir just made the fight feel super tense and like it was the final epic fight for the conclusion. That last boss fight did feel a little unfair at times, but when I finally persisted and saw the final chunk of health, a huge wave of excitement washed over me knowing I could finally see the end of this amazing game. This game is fucking incredible, an absolute modern masterpiece of gaming.