Octopath Traveler (Switch)

This looks fantastic!

Yeah, this game looks awesome.

Please God do not let this be the final name...

I'm a big fan on traveling octopaths. I'm glad they get their turn in the spotlight.

Just finished downloading it now, Can't wait to get into it.

This is one of my most anticipated titles of 2018! Can't wait!!

The demo is superb...if a good beginning bodes well....

The demo is fantastic, but there are quirks to the game. It's very pretty in a retro way, but the outlying areas of the screen look muddy. Also, some characters have little quips after they use their specific abilities. Use the ability repeatedly (such as pickpocketing townspeople) and you will get the quip 30 times in ten minutes.

Game is great, but it is a massive battery drain in handheld/desktop.
Played it for 30mins and battery down to 75%

This game is fab. Im 25 hours in and Im still loving it

Just crossed 60 hours, still gold...

Overall I liked the game. The story wasn’t that interesting. I’d rather have a large story than the vignettes but the gameplay is superb and I love the art style. I’ve got about 80 hours in. Didn’t beat it but I played extensively

I need some help in chapter 3 Tressa I need to get the Edbart’s Shield . Gone to merchant next to the weapon shop with green tag above him , tried to buy the shield but when I press the Y button all of the choices are all in red and I can’t buy the shield can someone please help me .

Octopath Traveler is essentially a successor to the 2D Final Fantasy games of the ’90s. (Personally I would have preferred a successor to Chrono Trigger, but it looks like Square-Enix is satisfied with leaving that legacy idle.) The narrative is a mash-up of 8 separate medium-length JRPGs, each with its own focus on the personal life of its main protagonist. While some stories seem completely unrelated, in others there are hints that something bigger is happening on the periphery. Some plot events are more engaging than others, but all are serviceable to move you from dungeon to dungeon. And while all of the boss battles in the main stories are excellent, there are many more optional dungeons with challenging battles that are part of side-quests. In fact, the game is so expansive you may not need to purchase another traditional JRPG this generation due to the sheer amount of content offered.
Octopath Traveler falls short of being a perfect experience due to its narrative presentation, but it’s still fair to call it a masterpiece. It’s signature “HD-2D” graphics and engaging battle- and job-systems are the new standard for the “modern/traditional JRPG hybrid” genre. The story-telling mechanics fall unfortunately short due the enormous scope of its world’s history, but if you like traditional JRPG battles its a forgivable shortcoming. The knock is mainly that there’s seemingly no grand “save-the-world” presentation, but the backstory is there if you invest the time to understand how the characters fit into it. Seeing it through to the end, including all of the optional post-game content, is a 100-plus hours experience that won’t leave you disappointed.

Score: 9/10