I've been playing through the first Octopath Traveler as well. I'm really enjoying it, and I've tended to give up on JRPGs in the past due to complexity/boredom nn. This one seems to find the right balance. Though H'aanit's beast Linde feels almost too powerful at points? Slashing through entire groups of enemies is a boon, lemme tell you.
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Yeah, H'aanit felt pretty OP in the early game. I've been avoiding doing her second chapter because of her annoying dialect but I only have two chapter twos left before moving onto the chapter threes. I wonder if chapter three will actually bring the difficulty and the alleged grind because I'm simply not experiencing these things. I've grinded up each of my bench characters to the required levels to do their chapter twos but otherwise I haven't had to grind at all. And given how generally easy the chapter twos have been, I might not have had to do that but I don't want to screw over any character.
The secondary job system is tasty. It makes swapping characters in and out not annoying at all.
It is fun though, and always adds a bit of variety to the games. I always enjoy that when it pops up in a JRPG.
You get to experience it again in the sequel!
Yeah, especially if I'm a fan of the battle system. The way I wore out FFVII R's.
What a game.
I only have to do Cyrus's Chapter 2 in Octopath Traveler and then I can move onto the Chapter 3s. I thought everybody's story got much more interesting in their Chapter 2s. Except for Ophelia's. Her story is such a sleeping pill but she stays in my party because she is a powerhouse in battle. She's a cleric/scholar combination and she straight up destroys shit.
I'm hoping the Chapter 3 bosses bring more challenge without being a cheap difficulty spike. But half of my characters are very overleveled. Probably 5-7 levels above their Chapter 3 recommended levels.
I'm hoping the Chapter 3 bosses bring more challenge without being a cheap difficulty spike. But half of my characters are very overleveled. Probably 5-7 levels above their Chapter 3 recommended levels.
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I did end up enjoying it in Octopath. They did it pretty well and I was engaged.
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A Pastel Pink to go with the Pastel Blue from the ACNH edition.
I may get the Pastel Purple set too since the Pastel Green is actually the opposite joycon to the one in the ACNH edition set (but it also looks slightly different so might not even be the same shade of Green).
Kidding, they look nice.
Why do I want these…
Octopath 2 surpassed 1 million copies sold.
Hopefully this leads to yet another game in the series. In the beginning of my Octopath 1 playthrough, I would have said they should continue to make stories connect more but I don't feel that way now. The focus on single characters differentiates Octopath from other turn-based RPGs.
I'm currently making my way through the chapter threes and I have to say that the stories are all quite good now whereas some were a bit slow to reveal themselves. Alfyn's Chapter three had a very strong conflict. Not sure why the storytelling in this game gets so much flak. It's better written than a lot of RPGs out there and I like that they keep the stories simple, though I do love me some convoluted stories too.
I loved loved loved it but it's not a traditional JRPG by any means (and that's part of the selling point). The whole thing benefits a little bit from marveling at it being a game from the early 90s. It's so ahead of its time and so unique.
It's 20ish hours to get the full ending but it's a very amazing ride on an hour-to-hour basis. TL;DR if you're looking for a Chrono Trigger or Final Fantasy game, look elsewhere, but if you're looking for a really creative take on the genre, definitely play it.