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Expedition 33’s big open world is so worth exploring, if only for the ability to ‘slay’ like never before
It only makes sense that Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's characters would have a wide array of glorious fashion styles to customize with. The French sure are stylish. The turn-based RPG game has a massive array of costumes and haircuts to collect, from the ridiculous and silly to serving looks in the most serious manner possible, and I've been having a blast in the open world trying to buy and collect all of them. Screenshot by Destructoid After sticking with default looks throughout the game's storyline so as not to sully the base experience, I have gotten way more adventurous with my party and have been serving looks while serving parries and dodges against all sorts of nasty Nevrons as I edge towards the end game. As I rushed through the story to finish my review of the game, I remained laser-focused on the main missions and content without straying too much from the linear path, but everything changes when you get to act three and unlock the ability for Esquie to fly. I won't say anything more than that for story spoilers, but being able to openly explore the map is where some of the most fun can be had, and definitely some of the most exciting and audacious outfits to collect, like the Danseuse outfit for Lune and Sciel. I found Lune's Danseuse skin and immediately fell in love with it after getting it as a reward from a Nevron teaching dance moves in the Frozen Heart dungeon. I had to successfully parry about 15-20 of her moves in succession in order to get it, so now I'm going to wear it with pride. But also, it's an incredibly ethereal look. Combined with the French Bob hairstyle, Lune is winning the competition for best-looking Expeditioner in my crew at the moment, but that can change at any time. The odds-on favorites among the community thus far are the swimsuit costumes, for obvious reasons, but I imagine that may change over time as more are discovered. Screenshot by Destructoid I can't suggest enough to really get into the weeds and clear out the map, especially as you advance towards or even pass the climax of the story. No worries, there's no "point of no return" here either. Once you finish the story, you go back to the checkpoint right before the final mission and can do whatever you like in the open world. And honestly, you'll want to finish the story before exploring the map anyway, because some of the enemies found in dungeons and wandering the map itself are way too difficult to fight until you're fully leveled up. The Continent is filled with mysteries and lengthy dungeons bursting with various valuable items. Frozen Heart had everything from multiple boss fights with rewards, specific Pictos, and other items like Colour of Lumina to pick up. But there was also a vendor who had another costume to sell me, so I am now obsessed with searching every corner of every point of interest on the game's big map. The sheer amount of costumes in the game, along with the fact that they are free to find and unlock (other than a handful included in the Deluxe Edition), is such a refreshing thing in 2025, as is seemingly everything else about the game. And because of this, I want to look as good as I can while nailing satisfying parries across the continent. I'm well on the way towards maxing out the levels of my characters to maximize our "joint slay" both when it comes to fashion and one-shotting enemies with powerful parries, and I really don't see myself quitting the game any time soon, although I finished the story over a week ago. Screenshot by Destructoid As you can see above, I have had Sciel let her hair down, I gave Verso a beret and sunglasses along with a bad-ass red and black outfit, Maelle has gone pure white along with some short white hair, and Monoco is looking devilishly handsome in a Gestral tuxedo. I love them all so much. But now it's your turn. Show me your Expeditioner fashion. Sound off in the comments below with your favorite outfits and haircuts for our heroes. The post Expedition 33’s big open world is so worth exploring, if only for the ability to ‘slay’ like never before appeared first on Destructoid.
It only makes sense that Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's characters would have a wide array of glorious fashion styles to customize with. The French sure are stylish.
The turn-based RPG game has a massive array of costumes and haircuts to collect, from the ridiculous and silly to serving looks in the most serious manner possible, and I've been having a blast in the open world trying to buy and collect all of them.
After sticking with default looks throughout the game's storyline so as not to sully the base experience, I have gotten way more adventurous with my party and have been serving looks while serving parries and dodges against all sorts of nasty Nevrons as I edge towards the end game.
As I rushed through the story to finish my review of the game, I remained laser-focused on the main missions and content without straying too much from the linear path, but everything changes when you get to act three and unlock the ability for Esquie to fly.
I won't say anything more than that for story spoilers, but being able to openly explore the map is where some of the most fun can be had, and definitely some of the most exciting and audacious outfits to collect, like the Danseuse outfit for Lune and Sciel.
I found Lune's Danseuse skin and immediately fell in love with it after getting it as a reward from a Nevron teaching dance moves in the Frozen Heart dungeon. I had to successfully parry about 15-20 of her moves in succession in order to get it, so now I'm going to wear it with pride.
But also, it's an incredibly ethereal look. Combined with the French Bob hairstyle, Lune is winning the competition for best-looking Expeditioner in my crew at the moment, but that can change at any time. The odds-on favorites among the community thus far are the swimsuit costumes, for obvious reasons, but I imagine that may change over time as more are discovered.
I can't suggest enough to really get into the weeds and clear out the map, especially as you advance towards or even pass the climax of the story. No worries, there's no "point of no return" here either. Once you finish the story, you go back to the checkpoint right before the final mission and can do whatever you like in the open world. And honestly, you'll want to finish the story before exploring the map anyway, because some of the enemies found in dungeons and wandering the map itself are way too difficult to fight until you're fully leveled up.
The Continent is filled with mysteries and lengthy dungeons bursting with various valuable items. Frozen Heart had everything from multiple boss fights with rewards, specific Pictos, and other items like Colour of Lumina to pick up. But there was also a vendor who had another costume to sell me, so I am now obsessed with searching every corner of every point of interest on the game's big map.
The sheer amount of costumes in the game, along with the fact that they are free to find and unlock (other than a handful included in the Deluxe Edition), is such a refreshing thing in 2025, as is seemingly everything else about the game. And because of this, I want to look as good as I can while nailing satisfying parries across the continent.
I'm well on the way towards maxing out the levels of my characters to maximize our "joint slay" both when it comes to fashion and one-shotting enemies with powerful parries, and I really don't see myself quitting the game any time soon, although I finished the story over a week ago.
As you can see above, I have had Sciel let her hair down, I gave Verso a beret and sunglasses along with a bad-ass red and black outfit, Maelle has gone pure white along with some short white hair, and Monoco is looking devilishly handsome in a Gestral tuxedo. I love them all so much.
But now it's your turn. Show me your Expeditioner fashion. Sound off in the comments below with your favorite outfits and haircuts for our heroes.
The post Expedition 33’s big open world is so worth exploring, if only for the ability to ‘slay’ like never before appeared first on Destructoid.
