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Clair Obscur only gets better after you beat its final boss

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17.06.2025

Amidst all the Summer Game Fest announcements and shadow drops, there’s still one game holding my attention like none other: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. Specifically, its postgame, which includes more content than some AAA full releases.

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is divided into three acts (missed opportunity not to have 33 acts), but there is so much more to do after you beat the story’s final boss. While you can explore the continent and all its late-game reveals immediately after Act 2, the recommended route is instead to head straight to Lumiere and its climactic showdown. The story’s final boss won’t scale with you, so if you wait and level your crew up some more, what should be a challenge becomes a trifle, especially with how powerful Maelle becomes (even post-nerf).

After seeing one of the game’s two endings (or both........

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