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You already know which sport it’s.
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This 12 months, Destructoid is giving out its personal awards to varied video games which have made a major mark within the business.
Nonetheless, we needed to ask you, our readers, to crown your individual king of 2025’s online game realm, and the result’s unsurprising.
With an awesome majority of 90 p.c, Destructoid’s group, that’s you, named Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 as its final Recreation of the Yr. That coincides with our personal alternative, since we additionally gave Expedition 33 that prestigious title, crowning it as the last word sport of all video games launched in 2025.
I can’t say I didn’t anticipate this to occur. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is among the finest video games of all time, revolutionizing the JRPG style and making some extent about video games as an artwork type. From its music, designs, and sheer artistry, Expedition 33 drives dwelling the concept that sure, video video games are a type of artwork that’s worthy of appreciation.
Once I first performed the sport again whereas I used to be nonetheless at Dot Esports, I instantly knew it could be a success. I solely had 4 hours to work with on the time, provided that it was a restricted preview, however I got here off it considering that the sport would take the business by storm. And I used to be precisely proper.
My pals on the time didn’t imagine me. They thought no JRPG can ever grasp the business in such a means, in addition to that Clair Obscur doesn’t scratch that “itch” for conventional JRPG followers. It’d be an oddity, a curious title that has many qualities, however one which in the end fails on the highway to greatness. Properly, I assume they missed the mark on that one.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is a wonderful sport, and everybody appears to acknowledge that now. It swept away your entire Golden Joysticks final month, and I’ve little doubt it’s going to do the identical at The Recreation Awards tonight.
Revealed: Dec 11, 2025 02:30 pm