A new patch is available for Sandfall Interactive’s Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, offering some adjustments to Story Mode balance and even offering a rematch against the most challenging optional boss. Spoilers follow, so be warned.
Ver 1.3.0 increases the parry and dodge windows by 40 percent in Story Mode, making it much easier to survive attacks. If you do get hit, incoming damage has been reduced by 10 percent and is now at 50 percent. Whether this will let you tackle the toughest optional bosses or not, especially if you fail every single parry and dodge, remains to be seen.
As for the most challenging boss in the game, Simon, you can now rematch against him. However, from Act 3 onwards, players can also activate challenge modifiers to limit their damage to 99,999 or 999,999. Enemy HP can also be multiplied from x2 to x100 if you really want to push the limits of some fights.
Check out the full patch notes below, including examples of the 297 bug fixes. Sandfall Interactive is investigating issues with mouse sensitivity after this patch, so stay tuned for further updates.
Ver 1.3.0 Patch Notes
Simon Rematch
- Players can now rematch Simon after defeating him!
Story Mode Balancing
Story mode is our easiest difficulty setting.
- Parry and dodge windows increased by 40%
- Incoming damage reduced by 10% to 50%
Challenge Modifiers (Act 3 onward)
- At flag checkpoints, players can now:
- Limit max player damage to 99,999 or 999,999
- Multiply enemy HP by x2, x5, x10, x20, x50, or x100
Bug Fixes (297 total, notable examples below)
- Verso now gains Perfection correctly when in reserve
- Simoso weapon will no longer cause lag due to memory leaks
- General polish across collisions, terrain, and scripting
- Cutscenes scale properly on ultrawide and non-standard resolutions
- Fixed a bug where loading a save after resting at a different location would spawn the player at coordinate zero
- Placeholder textures removed near Chromatic Boucheclier and his battlearena
- Fixed performance drops from repeated resting on certain levels
- Crash after dialogue sequences resolved
- Fixed stability issues after extended play sessions
- French voiceover now plays correctly when selected
System & Settings
- Audio can now be muted or unmuted when the game is running in the background
- Mouse and joystick sensitivity improvements
- Manual save file renaming is now supported (EXPEDITION_XX format required. XX must be a value between 00 and 09.)
Localization
- Rolling credits updated (added creature VO, refined IOI section)
- Font size adjustments for Chinese, Japanese, and Korean
- New strings added and minor text corrections implemented
