Published Mar 20, 2026, 1:43 PM EDT Patricia is the former editor-in-chief of  Kotaku , where she spent a decade writing and editing. Prior to that, she served as the Culture Editor at  Polygon , and as a reporter at  The Verge . Hernandez specializes in Pokémon TCG, Nintendo, and offbeat internet culture stories. No one at Sandfall Interactive thought the RPG would reach a Metacritic score of 92 Expedition 33 devs bet on their review scores, but every single one of them lost "" data-is-feature-img="true"> Image: Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive Sign in to your Polygon.com account Nearly a year after sweeping every Game of the Year award possible and sending the gaming industry into a tizzy of self-reflection , it's hard to imagine Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 as anything but a force of nature. But there was a time before the epic RPG had any accolades — a period before release where no one on the development team knew what to expect.…