Overview
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has drawn wide acclaim for its modern spin on turn-based design and now holds the record for most Game Awards nominations.
- Creative director Guillaume Broche says Lost Odyssey directly informed Expedition 33’s timing-based, action-forward turn-based combat.
- Broche praises Lost Odyssey as “one of the best games of its kind” and says it was “the last game that made me cry,” highlighting its emotional impact.
- He characterizes the 2007–08 Xbox 360 exclusive as a cult classic limited by platform alignment and Western press favoring open-world trends at the time.
- Lost Odyssey is playable on modern Xbox hardware via backward compatibility, though no remaster has been announced despite Broche’s public appeal.