Octopath Traveler

I finished Octopath Traveler, as in I finished all eight story lines. I really enjoyed it and loved the combat system. I thought the story lines and character abilities were all unique enough to be interesting and the graphical style was great.

There was one character, I think it was the hunter, who had a Pokemon like mechanic that felt super tacked on. I did do her story line late in the game so my other characters were pretty powerful so I didn’t really need that mechanic, maybe if you played with her early on it would be more fun. That character was of course my daughter’s favorite because of the Pokemon-ness and the fact that she could summon her wildcat companion. My daughter loves wildcats.

I didn’t play a ton my daughter, the themes of the storylines were a little more adult but we did do battles together which was fun. She got the hang of the “break” system and was able to do some strategies.

I kinda wish they forced you to use a more diverse set of characters, I think I beat the game with the first 4 characters I found and I’d be curious to see if most folks do that. I think Chrono Trigger did a better job of making you switch characters more often, I think in part due to the powerful moves you could only do with certain character combinations.

Highly recommended. I picked up Octopath Traveler 2 as part of the Steam Summer Sale and will play that at some point soon. I look forward to seeing how they evolved the systems.

Right now I’m playing the Final Fantasy Tactics remaster which is absolutely amazing.