"Most RPG's follow a group of Teenagers trying to save the world." This game includes A 30 year old bean, a hooker, your dad with a sword, Dexter but fun, eth, edgelord, your excellency, and a slightly smaller bean.
The Hooker is called a Whore too, and I'm pretty sure Therion says "FUCK THIS" when you attack something with a sword, which I will no longer take as anything else because thats hilarious and matches his character lol
@@jazzy010 bought it. The price and the amount of content and its quality makes it sooo worth it. If you like playing jrpg, you will love this game . I absolutely love it
I've watched half a dozen reviews before deciding on Octopath and yours by far had the most polish, concise content, and level headed reflection about your personal likes & dislikes. Bravo 👏
I just want to say, that I really appreciate nintendo giving you a 3 hour demo to play. It convinced to buy this game. The demo being the hook that got me... smart move ;)
I never understood why demos went out of fashion. When I played the demo I didn't even think Octopath was the best game ever, I thought it was a solid game, but the fact that I, myself, played that solid game, made me buy it. I would rather play a game where I myself can confirm it's just solid than believe some promises.
As a fan of short story collections this sounds like it's right down my ally. I haven't played a classical style rpg in a decade plus. This is a very good incentive for me to buy a Switch.
I put over 100 hours into this game and absolutely loved it. The battle system is by far my favorite system I’ve played yet. It’s so satisfying breaking an enemy
Watched 3 reviews on this this morning. Got the next week off work and wanted to play a new game since I finished my grind to 60 on WoW and am waiting for the next content phase. You just totally helped me make up my mind. Time to delve into the past with this one! subbed :D
I really enjoy this game and I'm loving certain stories. I liked discovering secret bosses, advance jobs and secondary jobs as well. I found my favourite characters during chapter 2 of certain characters. I like the travel banter and I do get what you mean that with how open the game is in its structure that having the other characters appear in cutscenes would be a bit tricky because some people might not have anyone with them at all. It'd be a lot more stuff to add, it'd be really great if they could but part of me does think it was a budget issue. I can suspend my disbelief in some instances because I can let my imagination fill in the blanks by imagining them there but... sometimes it's a bit too immersion breaking. For example when Tressa showed up for a boss fight and was mocked for 'being alone' when I had all my other party members behind her. Because then it's like 'ok well what're they doing/where are they?' Because they're obviously there in combat. Just have a funny mental image of them chilling just outside like 'oh that's our cue, time to go fight' XD That being said, even with that flaw, I really do enjoy the game
I am about 25 hours in and I think this is a good review from what I have seen so far. You mentioned that the chapter 1s for each character are a bit formulaic, I would add that it can be slightly grindey. It's not horrible compared to some other games, but when you finish your first dungeon with your first character you will probably be around level 5-6, and their chapter 2 will require you to be level 20+. At this point it is more interesting to get more members for your party instead of grinding 15+ levels to solo the story of your main character, but each new character starts at level 1. While the boss of your second party member might require you to be level 5 I think, for your 8th character it will be level 12, so you will have to level that character a bit, although the other party members will carry them to some extent. So far I enjoy the game, I think it's a good game, but a few things could have been done slightly differently. I also want to add one more thing about the battle system: you have already explained the BPs and correctly pointed out that it is more strategic than many RPGs. One thing I also like so far is, that buffs and debuffs actually seem to matter and that even bosses have weaknesses. I have played many RPGs where bosses have no weaknesses and are immunie to debuffs and statuses. While boss battles should be highlights, this efefctively makes them more boring than trash mobs in many games, you just spam your strongest attacks, heal and hope for the best. In octopath Traveler the bosses have weaknesses and therefore you can still use strategy to beat them.
Solid review mate, really enjoyed how you took the time to explain all the pros and some commonly pointed out cons but did so without an obvious bias. Please continue to release densely packed informative videos :)
Such a nice name, Virgil. Glad my parents thought the same way, when i was born😉 Just for that alone, a sub and a like from me. Oh yeah, solid review btw😉
Music which is always 2nd to me after the tie of immersion and game play tie for first. Tho I may not play this as I am a Sony fan and have been since PS1 and will not have a PC for another year but when I get a PC this will be one of the first titles I play. Tho I will never complain getting both DQ11 and now the Trails of Cold Steel on my PS4 finally. again very solid review, with good sound and good editing.
Every review I've watched mentions how the stories don't link together, but solely thanks to you mentioning the party banter mechanic sounds like a good enough save for me. I'm finally down to play it!
I want Final Fantasy Tactics done in this style *drool* - Nice Review, seriously considering purchasing... Might wait for the Switch version for my bday.
What an awesome review. I've never played Nintendo before, and I'm thinking of getting the Lite, n this is one of first ones I wanna play. Thanks buddy!
@@iamkurogane fire emblem three houses is also really good! You should look into it though because the school exploring stuff/student interaction might not be for you. I normally don't enjoy that kind of stuff but I really like it in that game
All right, honest question: out of all the reviews I've read/watched, only one of them correctly called BP boost points. Everyone else has some other name for it. Is it different in Japanese or is something else going on?
ブースターポイント、バトルポイント。It could either be booster points or battle points in Japanese since both versions of the english words battle and booster can be understood and are found in some Japanese texts.
Just started this game as it showed up on Xbox Game Pass, and I like it a lot. The visuals, the battle mechanics and the story all feels like a nice throwback to earlier jrpgs and I love that enough to try and finish it
I am not really into SNES kind of JRPG graphics and knowing I am so skeptical on Octopath Traveler since its announcement and release, but man just started playing the game today and for 2 hours, I'm hooked right away. Indeed, don't judge a book by its cover. The music is essentially one of the factors that kept me playing the game in Ophilia's story. I am still at level 6 lol, but the narrative flow is doing great, so far.
The review was very well done! I'm looking forward to playing this on the PC. I'm glad games are becoming more accessible on all platforms (looking at you Red Dead).
I just bought my first switch because I really wanted this game, heard so many good things about it. The graphics are amazing. The main thing I don’t like is that it is very easy to get lost. There’s WAAAY too much terrain that they allow you to explore too early. I don’t think these areas should be available at anytime, they should be locked. There’s WAAAY too many pathways and the signs DON’T help at all. Why do they point you in so many different directions?! And these areas don’t even hint to where you are trying to get to. And so many save points I don’t even know where to save because I keep getting lost. I’m looking on the map for one of the lands and they are showing every other land accept the one I need to get to. Why are these signs so confusing? I’m at the very beginning trying to find victors hollow. I’m stuck walking ALL OVER THE PLACE through these desert areas, long paved roads, encountering caves that I shouldn’t even be going into yet because it’s too early. They tell you to follow the green thing to continue the main storyline, yet it already vanished off the mini map smh. How do you guys play this game?!! It’s so confusing!! This is really discouraging me from continuing the first character’s journey. Like why is this so difficult?!! I enjoy figuring RPG’s out, but getting stuck this early in the game shouldn’t be happening. And the side quests? How the hell do you even do those? Why does it take forever to level up and build money for better equipment? Why are the normal enemies so damn powerful and difficult to destroy? So hard to run away from? This takes up way too much time!!
I hear a lot of Mixed Opinions on this game but it makes me think "Really? it's a bad game? I thought it was pretty good." I had a good time with this game but hearing the bad things about this game makes me feel like I'm the only one who likes it I mean sure it has flaws but Let's hope the sequel improves on it but I have to ask is it REALLY that good or am I just blinded from the SNES JRPG era?
I wouldn't say that the soundtrack is absurdly good, it can get quite repetitive, at least I think so. Brillian review btw, nailed every aspect without it having to be an hour long and you could see that you played the game through it's entirety
Love octopath, i just got it a month ago and beaten in a month ontop of that i still play it....my other favorite Jrpg is legends of dragoon, good ass game
*Technically* it isn’t about saving the world.... Also I don’t think other characters are supposed to be present in prologue chapters as there isn’t any travel banter.
If they didn't have time, skill, or budget for robust character interactions, they shouldn't have made a game where eight characters is the sole focus (to the point of being the actual title).
I'm 20 hours in this game and just reaching my 8th and final traveller. I haven't started any second chapter at this point. I like the game's visual style and the combat system is very good but I'm a bit more reserved about the story ...it's okay but nothing really jaw-dropping in my opinion. I'm just assuming it starts getting interesting in the following chapters as all I've actually done at this points are the character introductions. But 20 hours is kind of a loooong introduction XD
I wanted to complete this game because I liked the unique character set up, different from a group of teens-early 20s saving the world. I also loved the art and music. But it got too grindy in Part 2 and the bosses took a long time to defeat....maybe I'll give it another try because I was really enjoying it up to that point.
That last line about doing yourself a disservice by skipping out on Octopath if your an oldschool jrpg fan made me laugh. He said it RIGHT after pointing out how oldschool jrpg's don't have a track record of being brief in story! If your an oldschool fan of jrpgs then you are likely a fan of and expect those big stories that feel like your getting to play a game with novel-level story writing! This game has no story, the idea of calling the story elements bite-sized is hilarious, they are paper-thin, short to the point of having no impact, and half of them are boring. The characters never communicate outside of when your doing they're personal story missions, they build no comradeship or anything of the like, they are basically just silent recruit-able NPCs with a mission to complete before getting them. That last line should be that if your an oldschool fan of JRPG's avoid the hell out of this game unless you just want the jrpg mechanics with none of the storyline that makes it feel like you have a REASON for exploring and fighting all these baddies. This is a great example of amazing mechanics with an asleep-at-the-wheel story team. Square Enix should have never put they're name on this.
I first heard about Octopath Traveller thanks to a cover. Thought nohing of it. The day before yesterday, I wanted some music while I was working and I found it's ost. I was so thrilled! I almost wanted to buy the game just because of that. But I saw one sentence in the comment talking about the lack of "natural" interaction between the characters... Relationship plays a big part in a story, at least for me. Your review explains it well but still, I don't know... To spend 60€ seems too much...
Who honestly wants Cyrus as a hunter??? He was my protagonist and I gave him the Cleric job. Also I got almost every job close to after getting each character.
I found the 'bite-sized' chapter system being a bit shallow overall, especially paired with the repetitive format and dungeon setup as you mentioned. I never found myself hooked by or caring much for the npcs I met, and longed for the mid-to-late adventure synergy and events that other jrpgs tend to have. I also found the combat and job systems fun but a little limited compared to Bravely Default or Bravely Second. Overall I thought it was an enjoyable game with an interesting presentation and a great musical score like you mentioned. But stuff like the cleric's "save the kid who went into the woods" chapter, and other scenes made me feel like they might have rushed putting this game out.
I’ve been thinking of restarting this. The only thing is I burned out on the game because of how much grinding had to do. That’s really my only complaint with the game.
I liked mostly everything about the game: the graphics, the characters (most anyway), the music and the gameplay. But one major criticism I have is the chapters started getting really repetitive halfway through the game. Each chapter started to feel like a copy of each other, just switch out the chapter’s main character and dungeon type/boss. I do hope the sequel will fix that.
Yup this game is fantastic. Everything about my favorite moments in jrpg's. I haven't played much but I was hoping there r summons. Their solution for this is for a character to specialize in summons
Ik I'm really late to this, but I'm replaying the game since the 2nd one is said to be released in a year. While watching the video, at around 4 minutes, you said change the characters to the one in the story so it's more natural, but idk if it's because I got the game on xbox...( probably is why) but to switch the first character you picked, you must beat ch 4 for them to take them out of the party, so Cyrus was with me for awhile...
Wow. Now that's a well written review. Good job. Hear that, IGN? That's how you do a review. Love the game
Dont get their attention... they will copy the review and add a logo to it
The ign review of this wasn't even that bad
IGN: “wow nice review... my review.”
@@KyuuteAnimeGrill I didn't say this particular game review of theirs was shit. I'm saying that in general
@@CaptainPupu Yeah, I should have worded it better. I guess I meant "wasn't really that bad"
That music is absolutely gorgeous. And well done showing how to fix the shadow corner issue.
Thanks man! Felt good to flex those AMV muscles for that transition.🤣
"Most RPG's follow a group of Teenagers trying to save the world."
This game includes A 30 year old bean, a hooker, your dad with a sword, Dexter but fun, eth, edgelord, your excellency, and a slightly smaller bean.
Y O U R E X C E L L E N C Y !
Lmaooooo
The Hooker is called a Whore too, and I'm pretty sure Therion says "FUCK THIS" when you attack something with a sword, which I will no longer take as anything else because thats hilarious and matches his character lol
@Codinhammer, how did you get “Fuck this” from “Take this” 😂
A bean? 😸
The music in this game is some of the most beautiful sounding, well made music ever in an RPG.
I agree! Absolutely love it.
ehhhhhhhhhh i seen better
Better than chrono trigger and cross?
@@Pikachu-qr4yb Hmmm you make a good point those are on par if not better, I didn't say it was the best, just one of the best.
Who's here after the 50% sale on switch?
Ahmad Riaz did u buy it? i’m planning to but i still don’t know
@@jazzy010 bought it. The price and the amount of content and its quality makes it sooo worth it. If you like playing jrpg, you will love this game . I absolutely love it
@@Skryzeeful i bought it already!! I guess i just went thru the first boss fight it's cool
@@jazzy010 Good to hear! If you're into games like this i highly recommend Dragon quest , or if got a ps4 , persona 5
Because of this comment I actually realized it was half off and I just bought it, thanks bro! :)
i know Dragon Quest takes the spotlight right now but ill definitely get Octopath Traveler, thanks for the review !!
Thank YOU for watching!!
Finally, a review by someone who actually played the game for longer than 15 hours! Great review.
For a relatively new channel your videos are really high quality. Love the octopath video
Thank you! I really appreciate that.
Just played the demo for 2 hours with Therion and nooooow, its bought and downloaded. God is it a good game. Im so excited
I've watched half a dozen reviews before deciding on Octopath and yours by far had the most polish, concise content, and level headed reflection about your personal likes & dislikes. Bravo 👏
YES CYRUS IS THE BEST BOY
I just want to say, that I really appreciate nintendo giving you a 3 hour demo to play. It convinced to buy this game. The demo being the hook that got me... smart move ;)
Same here!
Demo is not available anymore. I wonder why.
Андрей yes it is... I just downloaded it lol. Check again, maybe change your region.
@@haiku_king yeah it's still there. I missed it first time somehow
I never understood why demos went out of fashion. When I played the demo I didn't even think Octopath was the best game ever, I thought it was a solid game, but the fact that I, myself, played that solid game, made me buy it. I would rather play a game where I myself can confirm it's just solid than believe some promises.
I just finished all the introduction missions. I can’t wait to see what happens next.
Really great opinions. Those corner shadows were bothering me too, but I didn't realize until you pointed it out.
Imagine FFVI remade in the artstyle of Octopath Traveller...
You convinced me, my ps4 broke down, so now I bought a Switch with this game. I'm so excited! Great review btw!
I really like the experimental nature of the game, I hope this becomes a series and they improve on it. I absolutely loved it
They're releasing a prequel. But sadly its only planned to come out on mobile :(
joesaiditstrue and only in Japan :/
@@Rexis102 That means it must not have sold well in the US. Well damn.
What I heard was they were working on an actual sequel to the game but the mobile prequel was sort of to just fill the Gap in between now and then.
It's a series now! Excited? I'm getting OT2 day one!
As a fan of short story collections this sounds like it's right down my ally. I haven't played a classical style rpg in a decade plus. This is a very good incentive for me to buy a Switch.
I put over 100 hours into this game and absolutely loved it. The battle system is by far my favorite system I’ve played yet. It’s so satisfying breaking an enemy
Fantastic review, thank you! I'm so glad SE just announced this is coming to PC in June, really looking forward to it ^_^
Sabin1981 Thank you for watching! I’m happy more people are going to get to play this amazing JRPG.
Watched 3 reviews on this this morning. Got the next week off work and wanted to play a new game since I finished my grind to 60 on WoW and am waiting for the next content phase. You just totally helped me make up my mind. Time to delve into the past with this one! subbed :D
I really enjoy this game and I'm loving certain stories. I liked discovering secret bosses, advance jobs and secondary jobs as well. I found my favourite characters during chapter 2 of certain characters. I like the travel banter and I do get what you mean that with how open the game is in its structure that having the other characters appear in cutscenes would be a bit tricky because some people might not have anyone with them at all. It'd be a lot more stuff to add, it'd be really great if they could but part of me does think it was a budget issue. I can suspend my disbelief in some instances because I can let my imagination fill in the blanks by imagining them there but... sometimes it's a bit too immersion breaking. For example when Tressa showed up for a boss fight and was mocked for 'being alone' when I had all my other party members behind her. Because then it's like 'ok well what're they doing/where are they?' Because they're obviously there in combat. Just have a funny mental image of them chilling just outside like 'oh that's our cue, time to go fight' XD
That being said, even with that flaw, I really do enjoy the game
Octopath Traveler was the first game I purchased on the Switch.
I am about 25 hours in and I think this is a good review from what I have seen so far.
You mentioned that the chapter 1s for each character are a bit formulaic, I would add that it can be slightly grindey. It's not horrible compared to some other games, but when you finish your first dungeon with your first character you will probably be around level 5-6, and their chapter 2 will require you to be level 20+. At this point it is more interesting to get more members for your party instead of grinding 15+ levels to solo the story of your main character, but each new character starts at level 1.
While the boss of your second party member might require you to be level 5 I think, for your 8th character it will be level 12, so you will have to level that character a bit, although the other party members will carry them to some extent.
So far I enjoy the game, I think it's a good game, but a few things could have been done slightly differently.
I also want to add one more thing about the battle system: you have already explained the BPs and correctly pointed out that it is more strategic than many RPGs. One thing I also like so far is, that buffs and debuffs actually seem to matter and that even bosses have weaknesses.
I have played many RPGs where bosses have no weaknesses and are immunie to debuffs and statuses. While boss battles should be highlights, this efefctively makes them more boring than trash mobs in many games, you just spam your strongest attacks, heal and hope for the best. In octopath Traveler the bosses have weaknesses and therefore you can still use strategy to beat them.
Completely agree with everything you said! Except the corner shadows only bothered me 5% of the time. Really hope we get more games like this!
Solid review mate, really enjoyed how you took the time to explain all the pros and some commonly pointed out cons but did so without an obvious bias. Please continue to release densely packed informative videos :)
Thank you so much!
Such a nice name, Virgil. Glad my parents thought the same way, when i was born😉 Just for that alone, a sub and a like from me. Oh yeah, solid review btw😉
Great review and great production for such a small channel. Compliments!
I appreciate that! Thanks for watching!
It's almost like a short anthology collection game with the same overworld/towns, and I'm all here for it
Wish more developers would utilize this art style
Music which is always 2nd to me after the tie of immersion and game play tie for first. Tho I may not play this as I am a Sony fan and have been since PS1 and will not have a PC for another year but when I get a PC this will be one of the first titles I play. Tho I will never complain getting both DQ11 and now the Trails of Cold Steel on my PS4 finally. again very solid review, with good sound and good editing.
Every review I've watched mentions how the stories don't link together, but solely thanks to you mentioning the party banter mechanic sounds like a good enough save for me. I'm finally down to play it!
I’m typically not into jrpg, but I love this game.
I'm so happy that I found this gold mine of a game. I haven't gotten it yet, but I am SO going to buy it and I'm so excited.
What I like about this game is when you're in combat "defend" is very useful.
Here after it was released on pc
The music certainly gives me the best vibes. Love it in both OP games so much! ❤
fantastic review, thank you for this.
Thanks for watching! :)
The class system reminds me of Final Fantasy V.
This review is near perfect 👌 9.5/10 great video :D
Thank you!❤️
I want Final Fantasy Tactics done in this style *drool* - Nice Review, seriously considering purchasing... Might wait for the Switch version for my bday.
.....so played the Project Triangle Strategy demo yet?
@@watchergirl9 Thank you for the recommendation =)
Incredibly good review, I've watched 3-4 other reviews of this game and this was leaps and bounds the best one.
Scott Smith thank you man! I really appreciate the kind words.
What an awesome review. I've never played Nintendo before, and I'm thinking of getting the Lite, n this is one of first ones I wanna play. Thanks buddy!
Thank you for watching! The Lite + this game would be a hell of a good combo. ^_^
@@JRPGCentral Just ordered the Lite! Can't wait to get started
@@iamkurogane fire emblem three houses is also really good! You should look into it though because the school exploring stuff/student interaction might not be for you. I normally don't enjoy that kind of stuff but I really like it in that game
Scholar is such a great class, either make Scholar asap or recruit Cyrus first...
Also you can turn off the vignette effect in the settings tab.
Yeah, but as I talk about in the video that messes up the lighting pretty badly. So you have to tweak some other settings to make up for it.
I got up to your logo screen (1min in?) and the FF sound effect was enough for me to subscribe
I just recently started playing this game and I was hooked from the beginning, right away I pre ordered my copy of the sequel for ps5
All right, honest question: out of all the reviews I've read/watched, only one of them correctly called BP boost points. Everyone else has some other name for it. Is it different in Japanese or is something else going on?
This is a good question that I don’t have an answer to. They’re totally boost points. Don’t know how I landed on “battle points”.
@@JRPGCentral you're certainly not the only one. Thanks for the video! I've been loving the game as well, just have the final dungeon to go.
Thanks for watching! Yeah, that boss is brutal man.
ブースターポイント、バトルポイント。It could either be booster points or battle points in Japanese since both versions of the english words battle and booster can be understood and are found in some Japanese texts.
@@abefinance109 interesting, thanks for the information!
Just started this game as it showed up on Xbox Game Pass, and I like it a lot. The visuals, the battle mechanics and the story all feels like a nice throwback to earlier jrpgs and I love that enough to try and finish it
I need to go back and finish this game, it’s pretty fun.
I am not really into SNES kind of JRPG graphics and knowing I am so skeptical on Octopath Traveler since its announcement and release, but man just started playing the game today and for 2 hours, I'm hooked right away. Indeed, don't judge a book by its cover. The music is essentially one of the factors that kept me playing the game in Ophilia's story. I am still at level 6 lol, but the narrative flow is doing great, so far.
The review was very well done! I'm looking forward to playing this on the PC. I'm glad games are becoming more accessible on all platforms (looking at you Red Dead).
This bumped FF6 to my number 2 spot for ATG JRPG
Best Boy Cyrus
This is a fantastic review! You encouraged me to pick up the game. This is the first video I have seen on your channel but 4 mins in and I subscribed.
Hey, I really appreciate it! Hope you enjoy what’s to come!
I enjoyed this review SO MUCH !! Thank you for making this video!!
I can't wait to try the game myself!! >u
I’m so glad you liked it!! That makes me so happy. :,)
Waiting till the price drops
And now the style have been implemented into classic JRPG remakes starting with Dragon Quest III
cyrus is indeed best boy
Just dropping in to like video! I’m on chapter 2 right now for Therion so I’ll watch the review after I’m done! Loving the game so far.
I appreciate that dude!!
I just bought my first switch because I really wanted this game, heard so many good things about it. The graphics are amazing. The main thing I don’t like is that it is very easy to get lost. There’s WAAAY too much terrain that they allow you to explore too early. I don’t think these areas should be available at anytime, they should be locked. There’s WAAAY too many pathways and the signs DON’T help at all. Why do they point you in so many different directions?! And these areas don’t even hint to where you are trying to get to. And so many save points I don’t even know where to save because I keep getting lost. I’m looking on the map for one of the lands and they are showing every other land accept the one I need to get to. Why are these signs so confusing? I’m at the very beginning trying to find victors hollow. I’m stuck walking ALL OVER THE PLACE through these desert areas, long paved roads, encountering caves that I shouldn’t even be going into yet because it’s too early. They tell you to follow the green thing to continue the main storyline, yet it already vanished off the mini map smh. How do you guys play this game?!! It’s so confusing!! This is really discouraging me from continuing the first character’s journey. Like why is this so difficult?!! I enjoy figuring RPG’s out, but getting stuck this early in the game shouldn’t be happening. And the side quests? How the hell do you even do those? Why does it take forever to level up and build money for better equipment? Why are the normal enemies so damn powerful and difficult to destroy? So hard to run away from? This takes up way too much time!!
Awesome review, subscribed.
Wouldn't mind seeing you do some reviews of past releases as well
After octopath now you should focus on DQ XI it's look very awsome
Oh, you KNOW it! I’ll be doing a shorter impressions video a couple of days after it launches and a full review for that one. :)
I hear a lot of Mixed Opinions on this game but it makes me think "Really? it's a bad game? I thought it was pretty good." I had a good time with this game but hearing the bad things about this game makes me feel like I'm the only one who likes it I mean sure it has flaws but Let's hope the sequel improves on it but I have to ask is it REALLY that good or am I just blinded from the SNES JRPG era?
The main issue of people about this game is that for them the price is too high for its graphics
@@whyhe11othere yeah well the main issue I hear people had with it is that the main characters don't interact with each other.
Thanks for a great review.
I wouldn't say that the soundtrack is absurdly good, it can get quite repetitive, at least I think so. Brillian review btw, nailed every aspect without it having to be an hour long and you could see that you played the game through it's entirety
If you are into Jrpgs its great.
I loved it and the whole game is there. No game cutting DLC.
Really reminds me of the job system of FFV I really wish they'd use this artstyle in a remaster of V and VI.
Well, you sold me into this. They need to sponsor you lmao.
Octopath boldly kicks these trends
Me:*Slowly hides ophillia*
Perfect as always!😆💕
Thank you thank you!❤️☺️
@@JRPGCentral ❤
Love octopath, i just got it a month ago and beaten in a month ontop of that i still play it....my other favorite Jrpg is legends of dragoon, good ass game
*Technically* it isn’t about saving the world....
Also I don’t think other characters are supposed to be present in prologue chapters as there isn’t any travel banter.
Well, if you do the post game dungeon...you're technically saving the world.
kurisu3000
That’s what I meant.
Kind of spoiled the surprise of the job system and how it is unlocked.
If they didn't have time, skill, or budget for robust character interactions, they shouldn't have made a game where eight characters is the sole focus (to the point of being the actual title).
I'm 20 hours in this game and just reaching my 8th and final traveller. I haven't started any second chapter at this point. I like the game's visual style and the combat system is very good but I'm a bit more reserved about the story ...it's okay but nothing really jaw-dropping in my opinion. I'm just assuming it starts getting interesting in the following chapters as all I've actually done at this points are the character introductions. But 20 hours is kind of a loooong introduction XD
Can we get a full retro 3d game because if they did with the sequel that'd be amazing
I wanted to complete this game because I liked the unique character set up, different from a group of teens-early 20s saving the world. I also loved the art and music. But it got too grindy in Part 2 and the bosses took a long time to defeat....maybe I'll give it another try because I was really enjoying it up to that point.
Support Skills are awesome!
That last line about doing yourself a disservice by skipping out on Octopath if your an oldschool jrpg fan made me laugh. He said it RIGHT after pointing out how oldschool jrpg's don't have a track record of being brief in story!
If your an oldschool fan of jrpgs then you are likely a fan of and expect those big stories that feel like your getting to play a game with novel-level story writing! This game has no story, the idea of calling the story elements bite-sized is hilarious, they are paper-thin, short to the point of having no impact, and half of them are boring. The characters never communicate outside of when your doing they're personal story missions, they build no comradeship or anything of the like, they are basically just silent recruit-able NPCs with a mission to complete before getting them.
That last line should be that if your an oldschool fan of JRPG's avoid the hell out of this game unless you just want the jrpg mechanics with none of the storyline that makes it feel like you have a REASON for exploring and fighting all these baddies. This is a great example of amazing mechanics with an asleep-at-the-wheel story team. Square Enix should have never put they're name on this.
Decisive battle 2 is a mood
I bet it looks ten times better if bloom, depth of field and motion blur can be disabled
I first heard about Octopath Traveller thanks to a cover. Thought nohing of it. The day before yesterday, I wanted some music while I was working and I found it's ost. I was so thrilled! I almost wanted to buy the game just because of that. But I saw one sentence in the comment talking about the lack of "natural" interaction between the characters... Relationship plays a big part in a story, at least for me.
Your review explains it well but still, I don't know... To spend 60€ seems too much...
This game is Dope!
Kinda old skool too!
I want this but ugh.. So expensive
I got it when it was on sale, 30 bucks off.
Its on sale now! Im getting it today.
@Stan Britain Dude, why pirate when it's probably to be on sale for PC?
@@SassyRiolu Lmfao on pc its $84
Just bought the game! I’ll keep you posted on if you were right lol
Was he right?
Who honestly wants Cyrus as a hunter??? He was my protagonist and I gave him the Cleric job. Also I got almost every job close to after getting each character.
I thought he looked awesome as a hunter.😆
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Guess it just baffles me a tad bit since he hits like a wet noodle and has the lowest physical defense in the game.
I mostly threw it on him for the physical attack types. I’d basically Break everything in the game and then wipe them out with magic.
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I see... Although,I’m pretty sure the job lowers his Elem.Atk.
Great review 🙂 I love this game so much!
Sargent Grey Thank you! Me too. :)
Of course it is
Travel banter alone even with just 1 set
Ophillia and h'annit
I found the 'bite-sized' chapter system being a bit shallow overall, especially paired with the repetitive format and dungeon setup as you mentioned. I never found myself hooked by or caring much for the npcs I met, and longed for the mid-to-late adventure synergy and events that other jrpgs tend to have.
I also found the combat and job systems fun but a little limited compared to Bravely Default or Bravely Second.
Overall I thought it was an enjoyable game with an interesting presentation and a great musical score like you mentioned. But stuff like the cleric's "save the kid who went into the woods" chapter, and other scenes made me feel like they might have rushed putting this game out.
I’ve been thinking of restarting this. The only thing is I burned out on the game because of how much grinding had to do. That’s really my only complaint with the game.
I liked mostly everything about the game: the graphics, the characters (most anyway), the music and the gameplay. But one major criticism I have is the chapters started getting really repetitive halfway through the game. Each chapter started to feel like a copy of each other, just switch out the chapter’s main character and dungeon type/boss. I do hope the sequel will fix that.
Review Crosscode. It's a 2D action rpg that came out on the PS4 and Switch recently and I think you'd enjoy it
Nice we share the same name buddy....ow yeah, this game is awesome!
Heck yeah.😎
Yup this game is fantastic. Everything about my favorite moments in jrpg's. I haven't played much but I was hoping there r summons. Their solution for this is for a character to specialize in summons
Quality content as always! I'm assuming we can look forward to DQ11 in the near future?
You know it!😉
Ik I'm really late to this, but I'm replaying the game since the 2nd one is said to be released in a year. While watching the video, at around 4 minutes, you said change the characters to the one in the story so it's more natural, but idk if it's because I got the game on xbox...( probably is why) but to switch the first character you picked, you must beat ch 4 for them to take them out of the party, so Cyrus was with me for awhile...
I would like a dragon age in this art style
I'm enjoying the game so far.
Comment on the shadows on the edge of the screen - xbox one in the options has a way to minimize this.
Its currently on sale 50% off!!!