Summary
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33has an all-star cast made up of Daredevil’s Charlie Cox, Andy Serkis ofLord of the Ringsfame, and Jennifer English, best known among gamers as the actress behindBaldur’s Gate 3’s Shadowheart. That cast also includes the industry’s hottest acting property right now Ben Starr, and there’s an outfit for his character in Expedition 33 heavily inspired by the game that propelled Starr into mainstream video game fame.
Starr plays Verso in Clair Obscur, one of many prominent roles he has landed in video games since playing the lead inFinal Fantasy 16. Starr will forever be connected to the series he loves most after playing Clive Rosfield in FF16, as is demonstrated by one of the outfits you can unlock for Verso in Clair Obscur.
Even though Final Fantasy 16 and Clair Obscur aren’t made by the same studio, Sandfall Interactive managed to sneak the Clive homage in there. While they might not have been the first to discover the outfit or make the connection,BltzZhas not only shared a look at Verso in his Clive thread on Twitter, but they have also detailed where exactly you need to go on The Continent if you want to find it.
Clive Is Kind Of In Clair Obscur
Not Just The Guy Who Plays Him, But His Clothes Too
The area you need to head to if you want to (kind of) become Clive in Clair can be accessed via Monoco Station. Through there is a dungeon dubbed Frozen Hearts, and in that dungeon is an outfit called the Pelerin outfit that is almost identical to the red and black default gear Clive wears in Final Fantasy 16.
BltzZ doesn’t mention how grueling an area Frozen Hearts is. Finding that Clive outfit won’t be a walk in the park, nor should it be. Go prepared.
While Starr’s strongest connection to Final Fantasy is through Clive, it’s also very well known by his fans that he lovesFinal Fantasy 8, and Sandfall has snuck a couple of references to that game into Clair Obscur too. Verso lets players know he still likes trains, which is a reference to Final Fantasy 8’s Selphie, and you can also find two gestrals playing a game called Double Dyad, presumably a simplified version of Final Fantasy 8’s Triple Triad.
Clair Obscur has been taking the gaming world by storm and iscurrently the highest-rated game of 2025. There’s now an even stronger chance that translates to Sandfall’s first game being a Game of the Year contender, as on Friday, Rockstar confirmedGTA 6 won’t be here for at least another year.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
WHERE TO PLAY
Once a year, the Paintress wakes and paints upon her monolith. Paints her cursed number. And everyone of that age turns to smoke and fades away. Year by year, that number ticks down and more of us are erased. Tomorrow she’ll wake and paint “33.” And tomorrow we depart on our final mission - Destroy the Paintress, so she can never paint death again.We are Expedition 33.Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is a ground-breaking turn-based RPG with unique real-time mechanics, making battles more immersive and addictive than ever. Explore a fantasy world inspired by Belle Époque France in which you battle devastating enemies.
Final Fantasy 16
An action RPG from Square Enix Creative Business Unit III, Final Fantasy 16 takes place in the world of Valisthea. As Clive Rosfield, First Shield of Rosaria, you embark on a quest to find your missing younger brother.
