"Most Popular" Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Mod Is Going To Make Life A Lot Easier For You

Published May 12, 2025

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One of the most ed mods for Expedition 33 features a turn-based combat system, similar to the Final Fantasy or Persona series, combined with real-time action gameplay elements, like dodges and parries, akin to a game like Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. The window to successfully pull off dodges and parries might be too much for more traditional turn-based players, so this aims to give more difficulty customization.

Created by Caites over on Nexus Mods, the mod is simply called "Easier or Harder and Parry," and it has five different choices for changing the defensive mechanics of the game. Four of them make dodging and parrying easier, while one of them makes them even more difficult to pull off. As noted by Qurupeke on Reset Era, the mod is the "most popular" mod available for Expedition 33 right now. It currently has over 100,000 s on Nexus Mods.

Some Players Think Clair Obscur Is Too Action-y

The Game Can Be Overwhelming For More Traditional Turn-Based Players

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 released to glowing reviews, becoming the highest rated game of 2025 thus far, and also selling over two million units in less than two weeks. Most players and critics have praised the game's unique take on turn-based combat, but some players feel the game's defensive mechanics are a bit overwhelming. Gilo from Reset Era also pointed out what they want turn-based games to be: less action, more planning, saying "But I like turn based games being just about strategy, if I want to use my skills, I play an action game."

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Expedition 33 has three difficulty settings: Story (easy), Expeditioner (normal), and Expert (hard). The difficulties do make adjustments to the parrying and dodging input windows, but some players wish for less action and agency. The mod choices and how they affect the game are as follows:

Slightly Easier	30 percent increase to the parry and dodge windows.
Easier	100 percent increase to the parry and dodge windows.
Even Easier	200 percent increase to the parry and dodge windows.
Disgustingly Easy	450 percent increase to the parry and dodge windows.
True Expert	Even less invincibility frames when playing on the Expert difficulty.

Our Take: This Game Could Use Different Ways To Play

The Game Can Be Quite Challenging

Expedition 33 is a pretty challenging game throughout most of its runtime, though the game can be busted wide open and made incredibly easy in the game's final act if you choose to. Having another way for fans to enjoy the game, though, is not a bad thing. The challenging bosses of Expedition 33 can be frustrating for players who are new to action games or parrying systems, so this mod seems to be a great way to allow more fans to enjoy the game.

Having even more ways to play will likely only get more people interested in this 2025 hit game. There's no need to gatekeep, especially with such an impressive game as Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, so hopefully, fans find this mod is exactly what they need to enjoy the title even more.

Source: Caites/Nexus Mods, Qurupeke/ResetEra, Gilo/ResetEra