Death Inevitable in Clair Obscur—And That’s Okay!
The following piece contains heavy spoilers and assumes the knowledge of the ongoing central themes and narrative of the game. It acts as an inquiry into morality and collective effort. Let's struggle and thrive. Clair Obscur, without a doubt, is one of -if not the- most talked-about games this year. It is safe to presume it will remain a topic of discussion moving forward. Part of this is intrinsically tied to a proposed moral dilemma. Clair Obscur deviates from classical JRPG narrative tropes. It is certainly a character-based narrative however it doesn't act as a journey of a hero fated (not destined, we'll get there) to defeat an external force whose most often deemed as evil. Here, some might argue Expedition 33 was destined to battle an external force. Come Lumiere, a small residency in a smaller land of the continent, some of its folk didn't even know what existed beyond as the Lumiere was the only thing they ever knew. Others fought and failed. They knew the ...