If I wasn’t already on board for the incredible voice cast led by standouts like Daredevil actor Charlie Cox, Baldur’s Gate 3 ’s Jennifer English, and Clive Rosfield himself, Ben Starr, I would have been pulled in by Expedition 33 ’s tragic premise.

When Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 was revealed last year at the Xbox Games Showcase, I thought my prayers had finally been answered. But after spending four hours hands-on with a recent preview build of the game, I found that it's not exactly the turn-based RPG I was longing for. Instead, it's something even more exciting.

Can a modern turn-based RPG be sexy? An unusual prospect to ponder, certainly, but it’s genuinely the question I had prior to dipping into Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 for roughly three hours. Trailers and gameplay demos have shown how Sandfall Interactive’s stylish genre take has the goods in terms of visuals,