James Ratcliff joined Game Rant in 2022 as a Gaming News Writer. In 2023, James was offered a chance to become an occasional feature writer for different games and then a Senior Author in 2025. He is ...

Nahda Nabiilah is a writer and editor from Indonesia. She has always loved writing and playing games, so one day she decided to combine the two. Most of the time, writing gaming guides is a blast for ...

Sometimes, it feels like every game imaginable is describing itself as a Soulslike, even deck-builders now. Soulslikes are defined by their intense difficulty, opaque storytelling, and labyrinthine ...

"Clair Obscur: Expedition 33" blends turn-based strategy with real-time reaction windows, making split-second decisions the key to success. Perfect parries, gradient dodges, and status effect ...

After his humiliation at the hands’ of his colleague Lucy, Kurt faces the challenge of using nothing but parries to beat four warriors, each with increasing difficulty, at the Hidden Gestral Arena.

GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. Parrying is about subtlety. It’s the act of scrutinizing fisticuffs ...

The Story difficulty in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 will involve more manageable battles, as a new patch included dodge and parry time adjustments to make the windows for reacting larger. There are ...

Shane Limbaugh is a Contributor at DualShockers who began covering games professionally in 2025. A longtime gamer with a Bachelor’s Degree in Game Design and Criticism, Shane brings a design-focused ...

A Canadian who has worked in the gaming industry for over two decades, Beck grew up on games such as Final Fantasy and Super Mario Bros. He specalizes in roleplaying games, but covers titles in almost ...

What are the best Expedition 33 attributes? Like most RPGs, Clair Obscur includes a leveling system that lets you invest points into a character's stats to improve their health, attack power, and so ...

Karan is a writer at DualShockers. Having been gaming since he was 5 years old, his passion for it still remains the same. He has a knack for finding patterns in games and that is why he enjoys ...