Octopath Traveler Bundle Impressions

AlexMCS · Friday at 7:01 PM

Here's hoping we get Octopath Traveler: Champions of the Continent offline eventually, as that game is also very nice.

Rudy69 · Friday at 7:14 PM

AlexMCS said:
Here's hoping we get Octopath Traveler: Champions of the Continent offline eventually, as that game is also very nice.

I really enjoyed it but after a while the repetitive grind that's expected to get the current gear got old.

AlexMCS · Friday at 7:31 PM

Rudy69 said:
I really enjoyed it but after a while the repetitive grind that's expected to get the current gear got old.

That's because it's a gacha, we need it to be adapted to a regular game.
Character power creep is also a serious issue there, but it's a fun game either way.

LexDG · Friday at 8:36 PM

AlexMCS said:
Here's hoping we get Octopath Traveler: Champions of the Continent offline eventually, as that game is also very nice.

I want the opposite. Bring 1 and 2 to mobile. I have a switch but my phone is more and more my RPG system since retroarch arrived.

gaga941021 · Friday at 8:41 PM

Impressons on a BOGO deal. Jesus

AndorfRequissa · Friday at 8:56 PM

gaga941021 said:
Impressons on a BOGO deal. Jesus

slow times in the video game news industry lol.

church_foster · Friday at 9:23 PM

Will Square Enix continue this series? Because I heard SE will be more selective in making games.

AkiraKurusu · Friday at 11:26 PM

Eh, I've played more enjoyable, and better looking, JRPGs than this. Not really an Octopath fan, myself.

Bravely Default, even as flawed as BD2 was, is still a much more fun experience than this - and that series has three games instead of just two.
The Persona series - 4 Golden, 5 Royal, 3 Reload - is also way more satisfying than Octopath, having a cast of great characters and a wonderful mix of social-sim and turn-based battle elements.
And even outside of official games, try Pokémon Crystal Legacy, which is a fantastic mod of Crystal - and, if you want, since it's based off the Crystal decomp, you can tweak it further to your liking. Or try SacredGold, BlazeBlack and BlazeBlack 2.

I've never once had the motivation to finish either Octopath game, yet all those others I mentioned? I've finished multiple times (aside from the still rather new P3 Reload, anyway) due to how FUN they all are.

gaga941021 · Saturday at 5:15 AM

AkiraKurusu said:
Eh, I've played more enjoyable, and better looking, JRPGs than this. Not really an Octopath fan, myself.

Bravely Default, even as flawed as BD2 was, is still a much more fun experience than this - and that series has three games instead of just two.
The Persona series - 4 Golden, 5 Royal, 3 Reload - is also way more satisfying than Octopath, having a cast of great characters and a wonderful mix of social-sim and turn-based battle elements.
And even outside of official games, try Pokémon Crystal Legacy, which is a fantastic mod of Crystal - and, if you want, since it's based off the Crystal decomp, you can tweak it further to your liking. Or try SacredGold, BlazeBlack and BlazeBlack 2.

I've never once had the motivation to finish either Octopath game, yet all those others I mentioned? I've finished multiple times (aside from the still rather new P3 Reload, anyway) due to how FUN they all are.

Sounds like you just don't like traditional JRPGS.

AkiraKurusu · Saturday at 6:52 AM

gaga941021 said:
Sounds like you just don't like traditional JRPGS.

Depends on what you mean by "traditional" JRPGs - all the other games I mentioned have turn-based combat, and Pokémon was first released in the 90s. Bravely Default is a spinoff from the Final Fantasy series.

AlexMCS · Saturday at 2:26 PM

LexDG said:
I want the opposite. Bring 1 and 2 to mobile. I have a switch but my phone is more and more my RPG system since retroarch arrived.

Get a switch emulator and enjoy.

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AkiraKurusu said:
Depends on what you mean by "traditional" JRPGs - all the other games I mentioned have turn-based combat, and Pokémon was first released in the 90s. Bravely Default is a spinoff from the Final Fantasy series.

Yeah, his comment is weird considering those are all traditional JRPGs.
And I get you not liking it since I hate persona.

It's just a matter of tastes.

gaga941021 · Saturday at 4:10 PM

AkiraKurusu said:
Depends on what you mean by "traditional" JRPGs - all the other games I mentioned have turn-based combat, and Pokémon was first released in the 90s. Bravely Default is a spinoff from the Final Fantasy series.

Traditional JRPGs. Games with japanese themes by japanese studios with turn based combat.

osaka35 · Saturday at 5:13 PM

AkiraKurusu said:
Eh, I've played more enjoyable, and better looking, JRPGs than this. Not really an Octopath fan, myself.

Bravely Default, even as flawed as BD2 was, is still a much more fun experience than this - and that series has three games instead of just two.
The Persona series - 4 Golden, 5 Royal, 3 Reload - is also way more satisfying than Octopath, having a cast of great characters and a wonderful mix of social-sim and turn-based battle elements.
And even outside of official games, try Pokémon Crystal Legacy, which is a fantastic mod of Crystal - and, if you want, since it's based off the Crystal decomp, you can tweak it further to your liking. Or try SacredGold, BlazeBlack and BlazeBlack 2.

I've never once had the motivation to finish either Octopath game, yet all those others I mentioned? I've finished multiple times (aside from the still rather new P3 Reload, anyway) due to how FUN they all are.

bravely default is in my top 10, easy. i am setsuna was a good switch game.

I also stalled out on octopath. I kept forgetting who was who, and where i was with each of them. which is why usually in other games/stories, you collect members as you go, so you can keep track. but i also have a shiet memory and always blamed my lack of motivation on that.

AkiraKurusu · Saturday at 6:32 PM

gaga941021 said:
Traditional JRPGs. Games with japanese themes by japanese studios with turn based combat.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but the early Pokémon games were based on areas in Japan - hell, Kanto is a place both in PKMN and IRL.

And Persona games specifically take place in Japan, albeit fictional places in Japan - though P5 does have its own version of Shibuya. The Persona games also incorporate Japanese themes, like origami folding in P4G, rebelling against the usual 'listen to authority' thing typical in Japan (when the authority is corrupt) in 5R, and Akechi's miserable childhood is also how 'bastard' children are usually treated in Japan.

I'm also pretty sure Pokémon, Persona, and Bravely Dedault were all made by Japanese devs.

gaga941021 · Sunday at 11:22 AM

AkiraKurusu said:
Correct me if I'm wrong, but the early Pokémon games were based on areas in Japan - hell, Kanto is a place both in PKMN and IRL.

And Persona games specifically take place in Japan, albeit fictional places in Japan - though P5 does have its own version of Shibuya. The Persona games also incorporate Japanese themes, like origami folding in P4G, rebelling against the usual 'listen to authority' thing typical in Japan (when the authority is corrupt) in 5R, and Akechi's miserable childhood is also how 'bastard' children are usually treated in Japan.

I'm also pretty sure Pokémon, Persona, and Bravely Dedault were all made by Japanese devs.

You are correct. And we also didn't contradict each other.

Idaho · Sunday at 1:40 PM

Can't really understand how this game got a sequel in the first place, it was boring to death...

AkiraKurusu · Sunday at 2:23 PM

gaga941021 said:
You are correct. And we also didn't contradict each other.

To be fair, I don't find "traditional" JRPGs like proper Final Fantasy or Dragon Quest that fun, so I guess your original reply to me was correct in some way.

Bravely Default was a very welcome evolution from FF, with a loveable party quad and the Job/sub-Job providing a lot of flexibility, not to mention the memorable villains and supporting cast - and it never throws in forced minigames or anything, unlike some FF games. BD is just what I want out of FF, basically.
I lost interest in classic FF7 from having to keep track of all the needless side-content; I lost interest in FF9 after the party was split up for too long; dropped FF3 as it's too archaic with minimal characterisation and stuff. I've finished FF4 DS and 12: TZA before, but have never felt any desire to return to those either...Bravely is just everything I like from FF, honestly.

Dragon Quest...eh, I don't like Toriyama's (I believe that was Akira's family name) art style much, for one thing, and the more 'open-world' overworld isn't something I like much - part of why I don't like SMT5 compared to Persona, actually, and why I dropped Tales of...Vesperia, I believe it was? The one with Yuri and Princess Estelle, that is.
Arise wasn't as open-world-ish, and I liked that game a lot more, come to think, along with other reasons...anyway, where was I?
Oh yeah, DQ11. I played a fair amount of it, but I just lost interest as it just wasn't compelling to me, compared to Persona or Xenoblade Chronicles, or even Kingdom Hearts (which is...eh, okay, passable, not at all my favourite series).

I guess I just have not-that-traditional tastes, at the end of the day.

CyberPal69 · Sunday at 10:25 PM

So do you HAVE to purchase the bundle in order to get the Extra Battles feature in OT2?

gaga941021 · Sunday at 10:30 PM

CyberPal69 said:
So do you HAVE to purchase the bundle in order to get the Extra Battles feature in OT2?

Why don't you read the details of your purchase before finalizing it?

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