DO NOT BUY Clair Obscur： Expedition 33

Hello, welcome back to a new video.

So today we're playing a brand new game

called Clair Obscur Expedition 33.

I have no idea what that stupid name for

the game means, something about being 33

years old, and today we're going to be

reviewing it.

And as an avid fan of RPG games, I knew I

just had to play this game.

Unfortunately, so far it's been extremely

bland and boring.

Lacking in a certain kind of luster and

uninspiring.

They are not wearing any underwear.

I'm going— so in this game, basically,

you— it's like a turn-based combat system

with a heavy narrative focus on the story,

but the game is extremely glitchy.

I'm playing on a gaming laptop with an RTX

4050, and the performance this game is

just lacking in certain losses and

glitches, frame rate issues, very poorly

optimized.

And I'm running this on a gaming laptop,

like I said before, 16GB RAM, RTX 4060,

4050.

And, uh, yeah, even on performance mode,

game doesn't really seem to be super

smooth, as with graphics down to low.

And also I had to put the resolution down

to 1980x1050p,

and I'm just not really impressed with the

performance of the game.

So this is what the combat is like in the

game.

It's kind of like Final Fantasy,

turn-based, extremely boring.

So basically you just choose your skill,

select the enemy, and then you carry out

the attack.

It's an extremely dull and boring combat

system.

And for some reason it's extremely

unforgiving, so I just got one-shot killed

in one turn basically.

Let's leave it alone, Gustav, it's

dangerous.

And that's the combat system.

I mean, you got skills, you got items.

If you ever played Final Fantasy games or

turn-based RPGs, you basically know what

you're gonna get.

The other annoying thing is I have no idea

what to do and there's no

map or any waypoints.

I don't know, it was just— oh, here we go.

We're just in this big gathering.

Head to the harbor.

Okay, whatever.

So, so far the game's been extremely

boring

and it's got too many cutscenes, but

thankfully you let— you are able to skip

them.

I don't know what the story is about.

I think they turn 33 and then have to die

die, I'm guessing.

I don't know, it's like one of those Final

Fantasy ripoff games,

but it's made by a French company

apparently.

I guess the graphics and the lighting is

kind of cool even on low settings.

Like, you've got dynamic lighting,

and I quite like the character models.

They look realistic but not boring.

I do like how you hold R trigger to sprint

instead of clicking down the left

thumbstick, which I hate.

Having to click down left thumbstick is so

inconvenient.

Yeah, okay,

I don't know why this is just— let me skip

it.

Blah blah blah.

Does anyone ever care about stupid NPC Oh,

the ham looks pretty cool.

Yeah, it's kind of annoying every time I

get a new game,

my laptop struggles to play even on low

settings.

But I don't want to shell out thousands of

pounds to upgrade my computer to play shit

games like this.

These games are not even worth spending

all the money.

I don't know, maybe if I had a good system

I would enjoy the game more.

I'm just— I feel like most of the reason

why I'm not enjoying the game is because

it just runs badly.

I mean, it's okay now.

I mean, look at this, you got a smooth 50

frame rate and it looks good enough.

Just can't really justify it,

buy a new computer when I already bought

this laptop

end of 2023 after Christmas.

So it's been a year and nearly 5 months,

so nearly a year and a half I had this

laptop.

It would be not very good value for money

if I upgraded it and replaced it within 4

years.

I'd say after about 4 or 5 years, then

yeah, you're looking for an upgrade.

And I don't know if I'm going to get

another laptop or a desktop.

I'm thinking my days of traveling around

Asia being a digital nomad are over, so I

don't really want to get an expensive

laptop.

I'd rather just get a mid-range desktop

and have better performance.

And if I do go traveling, I can just bring

this laptop because I'll still have it.

So yeah, I'll probably invest in a desktop

at some point.

Oh my god, there's just so much fucking

dialogue.

I don't care.

What am I supposed to— it doesn't even

tell you what you're supposed to do.

Like, what am I supposed to do?

Just let me kill stuff.

Very slow start and boring.

I guess I go to the boats.

They seem to have really big heads and

small bodies as well.

I don't know why you can't just skip all

this dialogue.

I don't even know what I pressed.

Oh, another fight.

I guess I'll go for a skill overcharge.

Why is his arm so tiny?

Yeah, this is what the combat's like.

I didn't think— I thought it'd be like

Lies of P, like Dark Souls style.

It's just turn-based, very disappointing.

And for some reason you take so much

damage,

and I've got no potions.

So what— well, there's aim do?

Oh, I can just shoot her in the head.

Okay, and I can still do a skill.

I ran out of points.

Okay, the basic attack does more damage

than the skill for some reason.

And I'm dead again.

I don't know why I keep dying.

There's literally nothing I can do because

I've got no potions.

My health bar is so tiny.

Am I supposed to be dying?

I don't get it.

Is that like intended death?

I don't even know what

I'm supposed to do.

Am I supposed to beat her?

Maybe you're not allowed to leave this bit

until you level up or something.

But there's nothing to grind.

There's no like little monsters or

anything.

How am I supposed to get stronger?

It's just such a weird game.

You need to go away.

Don't worry.

Yeah, I'm definitely refunding this.

It's boring.

You wanna— it's my last after tomorrow.

I've never liked turn-based combat.

Maybe later.

The only fun thing about turn-based combat

is slowly seeing the numbers get bigger

and bigger, I guess.

But there's just no combat satisfaction

with things like timing and feedback,

because it's all just, you know, you press

a button and you watch it happen.

Yeah, this is boring as fuck.