Topic: Octopath Traveler

Hrm, yea I would say that's not normal. Do you have Cyrus' ability on that lowers your rate of random battles? I'd turn that off - the battles you get in going from A to B are obviously nice in terms of extra leveling. Are you equipping all available skills? Updating your gear before heading out of towns? Finding the class shrines and making your party members two classes at once?

I did a few of the optional dungeons along the way but nothing major and never really had an issue with dungeons and boss fights. Regardless, I think you need to do some grinding and make sure you're utilizing/equipping class skills. I can see how some people, especially those not super familiar with JRPGs, might miss some of that stuff.

@Eternalfalcon I think you will struggle a bit later on with bosses. Overall, a decent game if you are a fan of turn based games.

I think you will struggle or have an easy go depending on the main character you first choose. There's 4 that seem overpowered and 4 that seem weaker. I had Olberic as my main and he could take out a good deal early on with his attacks. While overall I never thought the game was hard it was still fun in many ways.

If after you get a full squad of 4 and still feel the same way I doubt you will enjoy it. It's not one of those that grab you the more you play. You either love the art style and gameplay from the early on or you don't.

@Eternalfalcon
The difficulty will raise, especially if you do the normal rpg stuff of seeking out the upgrades and tackling some of the optional dungeons.

HOWEVER, if you're not a fan of the pacing early in the game, I would say you probably won't end up enjoying the game as a whole. The vast majority of chapters are paced the same way and become very, very predictable. I did like the game, but I didn't love it, and that was probably the main reason. It was just too predictable.

@Eternalfalcon glad to hear it. All this talk is making me want to do another playthrough.

@Eternalfalcon
Glad you like it! Like I said, I did enjoy it, but the sameness of the chapters got to me after awhile. It became one of those games where I just kind of plunged through the last dozen hours because I just wanted it to be over (I think I clocked in at like 50ish hours).

Advice needed🙃

I'M quite a way into the first levels. I have seven characters at level 22 or below. So far so good, plenty of grinding, mostly by default, because I can't move far without being put into enemy battles.

The graphics are good, Square has done a good job there, the battle system is one of the best and I have the golden axe which helps.

My problem is this.... I'm board. Battling/grinding, and reading pages of dialogue. Nothing changes, except moving to a new area or town which looks good, but then more pages of dialogue that does nothing but distract from the gameplay, and battles.
Am i missing something? Or is repetition part of what others enjoy?
I wonder how many players have 100 % finished it.

I think I've reached my limit, unfortunately.

@zool I know how you feel I started the game when it first came out got so far into it and then just got bored with it cause it seems like it's the same thing over and over. I tried to go back to it recently but forgot what I was doing what was going on and really don't want to have to start over just to get to the same point and get bored again and stop playing.

@zool
Unfortunately, that's kind of it.

It's definitely "old school" in terms of the grind, and the lack of a single cohesive storyline can be tough to deal with. Like I said a few posts back (but a long time ago), most of the chapters felt pretty formulaic for me. If I didn't really enjoy some of the individual characters, I probably wouldn't have stuck it out through the entire game.

It is fun to hunt for the shrines and optional stuff, but again, that's just asking for more grind.

So, yea, unfortunately the clouds don't part and reveal a massively different section of game from what you've been experiencing so far.

It pains me to know that there's a mobile prequel to the game, but it's Japanese exclusive with Gacha mechanics.

@VoidofLight I'd like a prequel (with more of a story), but not on mobile haha.

@komodo182 no, I mean the prequel game’s real, but it’s confined fo mobile with gacha mechanics..

@VoidofLight I would take it on the switch with no gacha.

@komodo182 Same honestly.

I bet there's a bit of a chance to get it on Switch eventually.

@rallydefault I hope so

Finally getting around to playing this. I just finished the last person's first chapter. I'm enjoying it so far. It became a lot easier once I got my fourth member. I don't know how it's possible to just do one person's first four chapters before moving on to the next person as I've heard some people do. I've finished all eight Chapter Ones and my first person (Cyrus) still isn't up to his recommended Chapter Two level. I'm looking forward to seeing where it goes as I don't to think there is a single main character that I dislike. The gameplay routine is a little too samey with not much different between the chapters, but I'm still having fun with it.

Just finished the demo... kept getting to the load game screen only to have to pause for three minutes to let the music finish... its just too good.
I can't recall this ever happening before and i've been playing games a long, loooong time.

I finally "beat" the game. I finished the final Chapter 4 and completed everybody's story, so I am good with that. I looked up the FINAL dungeon/boss, and it does not sound like fun. I do not want to do a 9-fight boss rush in one sitting. Does anyone think it's actually worthwhile to do, rather than just watching a video so I can see the "true" ending? I also found it really weird that four of the stories (Cyrus, Ophilia, Therion, and Olberic) connect in the end, another two (Alfyn and Tressa) connect to each other, and then Primrose and Ha'anit have no connection to any of the others whatsoever. Are more connections made in the final dungeon or certain side stories that I didn't do? Because that is really weird. (Actually, I think while looking things up I actually saw that a certain monster actually used to be someone else who does connect, but I never learned that in my playthrough.

@Xyphon22 Primrose’s quest is kicked off because her father has knowledge about the gate and the organization that killed him (whose founder is tied to ophelia). Ha’anit’s final boss is the first attempt at a vessel for the true boss. They all have some connection to each other even if the connection was established before the characters were born. One of the things that I love about the series so far.