Octopath Traveler (Switch)

**Some Stupid Japanese Name** · 18 Sep 2017, 05:17 PM

damn your edit.

**Salsashark** · 18 Sep 2017, 07:50 PM

I look forward to sequels such as Novempath Traveller and Centipath Traveller.

**Chux** · 18 Sep 2017, 09:12 PM

Originally Posted by Some Stupid Japanese Name

damn your edit.

lol

**koda** · 19 Sep 2017, 04:37 AM

I love the way this game looks. Don't know much about it, don't have anything to play it on, but I'd definitely get this if I had a Switch.

**Darmonde** · 14 Nov 2017, 02:03 PM

I finally played through this after finishing Mario Odyssey and wanting to play on the switch more. It was a lot of fun and was pretty long for a demo! I will definitely get it but I'm still worried that I'll get burned out on the whole RPG thing.

The battle system was fun. Saving points to break a guard then unloading a 3x boost ability felt really satisfying. Hopefully it doesn't get super complicated, it seemed to have a good balance of simple but still allowing strategy if you wanted.

The graphics were awesome, but I'm already leery that the whole game will end up running against walls to make sure they aren't hiding a chest behind foreground objects or having a 'secret' path somewhere. I guess it's true to the old style of RPG- do I walk around to find every chest and risk wasting time with random battles? I was happy when I found a path (that led to a worthless item) in the demo but again I think it will get old quick. Things in the foreground and background get really blurry super fast also, which is a neat effect but I think it can be toned down a bit, so it's not just a gimmick to hide things (don't make me walk everywhere just to see if something exists).

The story seemed appropriately classic also. Death in 16 bit sprite style, a nice simple package of video game emotions and revenge. I hope it stays that way throughout. There are a couple sidequests in the demo that are just 1 step, but they start and end in such a fake and complete way. I love it.