After Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, It’s Time For Xbox Game Pass To Fix Its JRPG Problem

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is another win for Xbox Game Pass's increasingly strong catalog, but it also highlights one of the service's biggest weaknesses. Although Clair Obscur was developed in France and portrays a fantasy world inspired by the nation's Belle Époque period, it's frequently been lumped in with Japanese RPGs. The game employs plenty of JRPG staples, falling in line with games like Sea of Stars, Cosmic Star Heroine, and Anachronox that make an argument for JRPGs as a genre defined by style rather than place of origin.