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Octopath Traveler

Developers: Square EnixAcquire Publisher: Nintendo
13 July 2018
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Octopath Traveler is 1992's idea of a perfect game: beautiful and coherent HD-2D graphics, a turn-based battle system with just enough depth to keep interesting, and a diverse cast of main characters with individual stories that add up to dozens of hours of gameplay. The game's blunt selling points are accurate: you should play this if you enjoy turn-based RPGs and avoid if you don't. RPG fans should view Octopath as the idealized version of all the SNES RPGs that inspired it, just not the ones that truly surpassed the genre.

Octopath's flaws are fairly obvious, making it stranger why they weren't fixed ahead of time: the eight stories rely on cliches and rarely intertwine with meaningful party interactions. Battles are often too long and the difficulty curve requires XP grinding despite efforts to scale encounters based on your story progression. Octopath is worth your time but I'm expecting Octopath 2 to capitalize on feedback more than the typical sequel.

Music's fantastic too.
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Sothras Octopath Traveler 2024-01-08T19:26:39Z
Switch • XNA
2024-01-08T19:26:39Z
In collection Want to buy Used to own  
rapsodyofzephyr Octopath Traveler 2023-08-13T20:30:00Z
Switch • XNA
2023-08-13T20:30:00Z
5.0
In collection Want to buy Used to own  
lashdaddy32 Octopath Traveler 2023-07-08T03:42:45Z
Switch • XNA
2023-07-08T03:42:45Z
In collection Want to buy Used to own  
Xopher13 Octopath Traveler 2023-06-21T16:05:18Z
Switch • XNA
2023-06-21T16:05:18Z
In collection Want to buy Used to own  
Physical
Juju_88 Octopath Traveler 2023-05-20T19:00:10Z
Switch • XNA
2023-05-20T19:00:10Z
In collection Want to buy Used to own  
Wishlist Complete
Juicetown Octopath Traveler 2023-03-21T20:02:31Z
Switch • XNA
2023-03-21T20:02:31Z
In collection Want to buy Used to own  
ikiretara Octopath Traveler 2023-02-15T08:57:35Z
Switch • XNA
2023-02-15T08:57:35Z
2.5
In collection Want to buy Used to own  
wuggle Octopath Traveler 2023-02-13T14:36:02Z
Switch • XNA
2023-02-13T14:36:02Z
3.5
1
In collection Want to buy Used to own  
Greek_Gamer Octopath Traveler 2022-12-21T22:45:46Z
Switch • XNA
2022-12-21T22:45:46Z
In collection Want to buy Used to own  
seirhoes Octopath Traveler 2022-06-17T16:41:47Z
Switch • XNA
2022-06-17T16:41:47Z
3.0
In collection Want to buy Used to own  
Frezzibat Octopath Traveler 2022-05-27T02:43:34Z
Switch • XNA
2022-05-27T02:43:34Z
3.0
In collection Want to buy Used to own  
Metalhaven Octopath Traveler 2022-02-02T13:58:33Z
Switch • XNA
2022-02-02T13:58:33Z
4.5
In collection Want to buy Used to own  
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  • nymphetlobotomite 2021-10-19 14:44:51.47287+00
    Octopath Traveler, classic, havent played it yet
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  • Henbo 2021-11-03 23:42:22.966035+00
    This is one of the most fun and complex battle systems I’ve experienced in an RPG, plus the music and visuals are literally tippy top tier. The story is cliche as FUCK but I got past it bc gameplay is so fun. 9/10
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  • menges 2021-11-06 23:13:11.80204+00
    has anybody really played this?
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  • MouthfulofPaste 2022-01-05 22:36:16.453881+00
    Even though the stories of each character don’t really amount to much over all, I loved the episodic nature of the game - how you kinda “check in” on what each character’s doing
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  • bulletluckcharm 2022-07-22 05:14:16.160358+00
    does finding items in the over-world get any more complex than spotting a chest, then following a very brief path to go down and get it?
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  • anon123 2022-10-01 07:01:01.683446+00
    Loved the graphics and battle system, characters and story are cheesy slimy balls tho
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    • menoculate 2023-11-30 17:57:14.868891+00
      this is how i would describethis
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  • Pastellix 2023-06-12 22:49:54.035899+00
    Seeing the trailer for Octopath II and realising that they’d just genderbent the characters and switched some of their personalities around was kind of a black pill lol. I wanna like these games, but I don’t think they’ll ever go beyond being mediocre for me
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    • juicyjuicysweetie 2023-09-10 22:15:28.36283+00
      i thought this too then i played the sequel... never touching this game again
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  • juicyjuicysweetie 2023-09-09 21:29:11.155793+00
    the sequel makes this look even worse IJBOL
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