Clair Obscur Expedition 33: A major update that disappoints players

Clair Obscur Expedition 33 is on everyone's lips. The Sandfall RPG is a real hit, and while there was little doubt about its wow factor when it was released, it's hard to imagine such a craze. Millions of players have embarked on the adventure and put the gameplay to the test. Clair Obscur offers a strong strategic dimension with a very interesting build structure. However, players have gone too far and even broken the game a little (a lot). With this big update, the studio is taking the opportunity to fix all that, even if it disappoints a lot of players.

Warning, potential spoilers for the game's gameplay!

An inevitable nerf for this new update of Clair Obscur Expedition 33

If you have completed Clair Obscur Expedition 33, you know that it is possible to exceed the damage limit set at 9999 at the start of the game. Once this is done, you can then deal legendary damage with your characters. Some heroes, like Maelle or Sciel, can even blow up opponents with damage counted in millions, hundreds of millions and sometimes even... billions.

One skill in particular allowed you to inflict very, very high damage for very little: Stendhal, an ability of Maelle's. The teenager could thus inflict colossal damage without much effort and thus pulverize the most powerful bosses of the endgame. Well aware of this, the developers decided to cut the legs of many builds and thus reduce the damage of the skill, much to the dismay of the players who, for many, are really disappointed because they had so much fun atomizing everything.

This decision was not taken lightly. Sandfall explained that they had unfairly boosted the skill after not really managing to balance it during development. The developers claim that the latter should therefore be powerful, but certainly not as much as it is today. Revising it downwards was therefore inevitable, although the studio did not intend to look at balancing until much later.

The full 1.2.3 patch notes

This will therefore be a first real big balancing for Clair Obscur Expedition 33 with this update available on all platforms. In addition, there are also plenty of bug fixes, some unique to each platform. We'll leave you with the patch notes just below.

PC and Steam Deck versions only

STEAM DECK

• Fixed various menu backgrounds not displaying correctly on the Steam Deck

Xbox Game Pass

• PC GAMEPASS: PS5 controllers are now compatible

Various fixes for widescreen displays

• Chiaroscuro Expedition 33 no longer becomes "zoomed in" after a cutscene on ultrawide resolutions
• The Options menu image will no longer be stretched
• The UI of Combat now scales correctly to ultrawide resolutions
• Chiaroscuro Expedition 33 will no longer minimize when changing settings
• Cutscenes no longer display letterboxed in 32:9
• The title screen now displays in full screen when the game is launched

Keyboard / Mouse

• UI button prompts in the Expedition menu are now visible and can be fully triggered with the keyboard
• Mouse buttons become unresponsive after the first use
• With the mouse cursor on-screen, using "WASD" or the directional arrows to navigate the UI or trigger any other feature will no longer hide the cursor instead of performing the intended action
• Left-clicking the mouse will no longer prevent the player from to use the keyboard to navigate menus
• Mouse input is not lost after the first jump counterattack if it is pressed only once

For all versions of Clair Obscur Expedition 33

Fixed stuckness when exploring the world map

• Fixed numerous bugs in the world map where players could get stuck in certain pieces of scenery.

Fixed situations where Esquie could get stuck (poor guy):

• When taking off from painted bridges, causing him to fall through the bridge
• When flying in the lower parts of levitating structures near Faces
• Near the entrance level of the Suspended Ocean
• Near a giant hammer when traversing near the Blade Graveyard level

Weapon and Skill Fixes and Adjustments:

• Fixed the "Lithelim" attribute scaling not working at high levels. The initial Vitality scaling has been reduced from A to C (it will still end at S at max level). Luck scaling has been added starting at D.
• Fixed the "Blizzon" attribute scaling not working at high levels. The initial Luck scaling has been reduced from B to C (it will still end at S at max level). Added Defense scaling from D.
• Fixed Medalum's third Lumina doubling all damage in Virtuous Stance instead of just doubling burn damage.
• Stendhal skill: Damage reduced by 40%.

Other fixes for Clair Obscur Expedition 33

• Fixed bug with some bosses in NG+
• You will no longer be stuck in the journal interface window after opening it for the first time in Spring Meadows
• Fixed inability to free-aim while exploring certain levels
• Lune and Monoco no longer spawn in the same location at the end of their level 6 relationship quests if they are completed without going to the camp
• Fixed a crash that could occur when doing the following: If you chose "remember objective" in camp, then quickly chose "go to sleep" and immediately afterward pressed "quit"
• You can no longer trigger the 2nd cutscene in the Old Light a second time in a row, thus splitting the group forever.
• Updated the ending credits of Clair Obscur Expedition 33

Source: official website of Clair Obscur Expedition 33