It's not just Final Fantasy and Persona – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is also inspired by my favorite JRPG gem Shadow Hearts, confirming a theory I've been sitting on for weeks

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Sciel, Marielle, Gustave, Lune, and Monoco approach the Paintress in the Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 key art, cropped for our thumbnail
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It's been said on several occasions that the JRPG-inspired Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has been inspired by the genre's finest – Final Fantasy, Persona, you name it. However, creative director Guillaume Broche has revealed some of the game's more lesser-known inspirations, and one of them essentially validates a theory I had about the game's combat.

Speaking to DenfaminicoGamer, Broche reaffirms his love of greats like Final Fantasy and Persona while also revealing he was inspired by the Atelier series, Suikoden, Lost Odyssey, and Shadow Hearts.

Iain Harris
Iain Harris
News Editor, Games

I joined GamesRadar+ in May 2022 following stints at PCGamesN and PocketGamer.Biz, with some freelance for Kotaku UK, RockPaperShotgun, and VG24/7 thrown in for good measure. When I'm not running the news team on the games side, you'll find me putting News Editor duties to one side to play the hottest JRPG of 20 years ago or pillaging the depths of Final Fantasy 14 for a swanky new cloak – the more colourful, the better.

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