OCTOPATH TRAVELER™ Reviews

great battle system! decent story telling..

After five years, this game still holds up to this day. Although the story can get campy and one dimensional in certain places, the character chapters are genuinely interesting and the combat gameplay actually provides a certain amount of progress to the story. All in all, this gets a 8 out of 10 from me, not perfect but certainly a good game.

I started playing JRPG's in the 90's, with Chrono Trigger.... I didn't play another one until I recently got back into it with Final Fantasy 6, and online opinions seem to say that if you like those games, you'll like Octopath Traveler, and I agree. I've only played 9 hours, but so far it's awesome!

This game looks like a cool game, and i got it because of the high ratings, but been playing for 2.5 hours and 85% is dialogue/cut scenes. that's the absolute WORST even on an RPG where it's expected to have some cut scenes. it's so unbearable i had to skip most of the last characters dialogue so now i don't know what's going on. i need a refund asap.

Great RPG with great arts and soundtracks. Heartwarming storytelling and simple game mechanics. Going through every side quest is rewarding.

I haven't gotten all 8 characters yet but I already know that I should have started the game with Primrose the dancer. Even though you can pick 1 of any 8 "paths" which is essentially your starting character - you still get to play all 8 "paths" to win the game. However, I feel like most people are more "connected" to whomever they pick 1st. Not really knowing anything - if it's your 1st playthrough... pick Primrose. You will be MUCH more motivated throughout your adventure to win. Her story is by far the best at the beginning. Maybe other characters have better Chapter 2's, 3's, etc... but by the time you get there - if you aren't invested is doesn't matter. She's the one that made me want to burn the world down in vengence to save the day, while some characters are just "jobs." There is a HUGE difference. As far as battle goes. It's your basic turn based RPG with elemental resistance except you need to hit X # of times with a weakness to "break" their turn & then they freeze. Basically, it's the exact same thing as Sea of Stars mechanic. Then once they are stunned you can hit them for extra damage. That will govern 90% of your strategy. Each character has a special "interaction" ability they can use on townsfolks/rando/npcs that you come across which adds variety & helps you solve puzzles, etc. You can fight them, summon them into battle, steal from them, get secret information from them, etc. All 8 aren't even different though. All in all I'm 10 hours into the game & I can basically see where this is going. It's forcing me to get all 8 people before I can go down any of the single character paths due to level prerequisites. I'm not a fan of that restriction. The game is a standard RPG. Solid story. Needs work on the open world. 7.5/10. Just want I would have loved to have played in 1989-1998. Even has some catchy phrases that the heroes repeat every single battle that get stuck in your head like the old days. Playing it now.... it's a little dated & should have a bit more in it. (Larger world/more variety).

This game is fun and great. Everything is well done, kool graphics, fun gameplay. why the bad review? kuz the final boss. Ive never played and RPG where there is a huge dugeon, with a final boss and NO SAVE POINT. wtf? I destroyed everything and was super over powered... beat the mini bosses in the final area and spent like 2-3 hours killing it... only to get 1 shotted by the final boss. Yeah, nope. I read the guides and everything, finished all the side quests... beat the ultimate side bosses... but the final boss. Its ridiculous. It wouldnt bother me that he is powerful and challenging... by why all the cut scenes and a whole area with NO SAVE? I mean, even the whole game has auto save, so when u go from map to map it auto saves, which is really nice for an RPG. So many little details and got right... but when I died in final dungeon, it loads me in the town I was WAYYYY before. It didn't even auto save me in one area of the final dugeon? why??? I thought we were way past the 90s with no saves and this nonsense. Really not fun. I suggest cheating for the final boss, I might consider beating it another time. But dont lose. its a LONG way back. not fun at all.

A great JRPG with very satisfying mechanics. Honestly I don't think this game is worth it's full price, but it's definitely worth buying on sale.

This has to be the stalest JRPG I've played. Random encounters take forever, story goes nowhere, characters dont interact. Soundtrack is great though.

Saw a review and purchase this game.. dont let anyone fool you its not a little grindy. Its verrrry grindy! I've realized that new age games have spoiled my attention span for great RPGs like this one however. The stories are pleasant, the art is lovely. Some of the backgrounds at times give me headaches with the 3d blur effect (there are mods to fix this). I don't have the patience to grind hours of combat to continue to storyline personally.