section_path: Reception/Critical response
section_name: Critical response
paragraph_text: Critical response
  
  Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 received "universal acclaim" from critics, according to review aggregator website Metacritic. It was also highly rated by users of Metacritic, and as of May 2025, was the highest-rated game of all time by users. OpenCritic reported a top critic average score of 92% across all platforms; as of April 2025, it is the highest-rated game of 2025 on the site.
  
  Edge described the world as spacious, the art and worlds as "dreamily intoxicating", and the score as immense and "operatic". They conceded that the ability to do side quests, leveling the player up by a lot, could make the boss fights too easy to pose a satisfying challenge — they admitted it was "imprudent" to suggest such an alteration to what they felt was a "masterpiece".
  
  Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 received "universal acclaim" from critics, according to review aggregator website Metacritic. It was also highly rated by users of Metacritic, and as of May 2025, was the highest-rated game of all time by users. OpenCritic reported a top critic average score of 92% across all platforms; as of April 2025, it is the highest-rated game of 2025 on the site.
  
  Edge described the world as spacious, the art and worlds as "dreamily intoxicating", and the score as immense and "operatic". They conceded that the ability to do side quests, leveling the player up by a lot, could make the boss fights too easy to pose a satisfying challenge — they admitted it was "imprudent" to suggest such an alteration to what they felt was a "masterpiece".