This Game Is The Masterpiece That You Will Never Play (Probably)
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- čas přidán 16. 05. 2024
- After playing Octopath Traveler 2 I immediately fell in love with the game. Even though it was a somewhat niche game that I otherwise would not have even looked at, I gave it a chance and found a hidden gem. Here is my review of why Octopath Traveler 2 is a masterpiece.
All music used belongs to Square Enix.
Timestamps:
Intro - 0:00
History - 3:42
Release - 7:51
Improvements - 10:22
Combat - 13:11
Customization - 15:43
Combat cont. - 17:04
Boss Battles - 19:12
Story Fixes - 21:23
Music - 25:28
Conclusion - 29:46
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I mean... This is strange take and I hate that it may actually be kinda truth. Octopath Traveler 1 was everywhere! It was so well received, so popular and spoken about that seeing 2nd one to actually be almost silent release that failing in Japan already awfully disappointing.
Even with you being right, I hate that "Persona" is an answer because it isn't good and totally entry level JRPG.
Lol what? Under what rock you live to believe that "retro-styled" 2D games weren't popular or get outdone by 3D? This was debunked ton of times already! And from the beginning of "3D era" itself! Like, you know, there's a reason why Symphony of the night and igavania Castlevanias are considered classics and almost all the 3D ones as feilures. Not to mention that Romancing SaGa 2 and 3 or Live a Live, or Pixel Remasters of FF1-6 all gone for their remasters not only with 2D but a pixelart!
JRPG was niche before Octopath? I guess you're really not into it then. If there's no AAA things it doesn't mean they're forgotten at all or has any lack of fans. Because, hello, freaking Undertale is a turn-based JRPG! SMT never died and before 5th was all sprited.
OMG, how much more wrong can you actually go? Where the hell Octopath took it's inspiration from FF6? If there's any games it took from it's: SaGa, Live A Live and previous game of this producer Bravely Default.
There's never was any "team build lock", what you even talking about? You always could swap any character for another at the tavern and just go around the city with path actions you need. The closest to your point were purple chests that require thief and still you can always easy backtrack there if you wish to with the thief in party.
Again, bad take. Job system hinted you that there's some "perfect match" secondary jobs for each character and that those don't actually overlap. And it forced player to actually build a versatile team instead of "3 mages and a cleric" but sure, let's cal this bad. If anything this isn't a QoL and more of the opposite.
Oh, again with that "thinking is boooooring" whine from people that can't comprehend quality gameplay and have no attention span. And no, All out and Tera if anything are boring "pres X to win" time wasters that take stupidly long and make fighting even more single brained. Boost mechanic is much more complicated and about proper strategy with having different effects on different moves.
Lol, hearing about petrifying boss was stupidly fun. Reminds me of all the SMT crybabies that don't build their team properly. I mean... You do know you have Rehabilitate on apothecary, right?
"No one care about the music"... Yep, right, totally. This is why ton of reviews on ton of games mention every time when soundtrack is either gorgeous or horrendous. Do you even play actual games, if there's no good music to notice and speak about?
Guess CZcams know how to recommend some amazing entertainment from time to time...
"I hate that 'Persona' is an answer because it isn't good and totally entry level JRPG." - Not sure if you're implying gateway JRPGs are a bad thing or not, still a weird Persona take though.
"Lol what? Under what rock you live to believe that "retro-styled" 2D games weren't popular or get outdone by 3D?" - I live on this rock called the 'Earth', and I don't think you understood my point, I'm comparing 2D games to the most popular games today like Fortnite and Warzone, which are OBJECTIVELY more popular.
"JRPG was niche before Octopath? I guess you're really not into it then. If there's no AAA things it doesn't mean they're forgotten at all or has any lack of fans." - JRPGs were and STILL ARE niche, wtf are you talking about? Most people in the gaming community don't play them. Just because Undertale did extremely well, it was an exception, an no it's not a JRPG because it's not JAPANESE.
"Where the hell Octopath took it's inspiration from FF6? If there's any games it took from it's: SaGa, Live A Live and previous game of this producer Bravely Default." - Sure I'll give you that it does take more inspiration from SaGa, but to say that it absolutely doesn't take any inspiration from FF6 is asinine. The artstyle, the combat, the enemy design of Octopath are very similar to FF6.
"There's never was any "team build lock", what you even talking about? " - I never said that, wtf are YOU talking about? I said only 2 characters can do a mechanic (getting items, getting info, etc.) and allowing 4 character to do the same mechanic made it a smoother experience. Again, missing the point.
"And it forced player to actually build a versatile team instead of '3 mages and a cleric' but sure, let's cal this bad. If anything this isn't a QoL and more of the opposite." - How is this a bad take? Players SHOULD be allowed to build 3 mages and a cleric if they want to. There is 0 benefit in not allowing players to build how they want.
"Oh, again with that 'thinking is boooooring' whine from people that can't comprehend quality gameplay and have no attention span. And no, All out and Tera if anything are boring 'pres X to win' time wasters that take stupidly long and make fighting even more single brained. Boost mechanic is much more complicated and about proper strategy with having different effects on different moves." - Why did you even type this? I literally said that boost mechanic was a good system. And if you think the All Out Attacks and Terastallization is just a "press X to win", then you've probably never played these games.
"Yep, right, totally. This is why ton of reviews on ton of games mention every time when soundtrack is either gorgeous or horrendous. " - No they don't mention it every time actually. A lot of games have great soundtracks and no one mentions them.
I'm not even sure why you even typed this whole comment out. Are you trying to defend the game that I'm calling a MASTERPIECE? Or you do you just derive enjoyment from being an ass?
@@Atmux do you even remember your point? "Persona as definitive modern rpg". When baby easy game which you can complete being brain-dead is considered "definitive" there's clearly a problem... Either with industry or gamers.
Compare proper games to overly popular junk? By this compression even proper AAA are unpopular you know... Can we speak about actual gaming industry and not about trash for casuals or eSports? Those are extremely different fields. No one consider FIFA when speaking about games because it's popular for all the wrong reasons.
Again either all the games are "niche" because they aren't Fortnite or Pokemon and Persona aren't JRPG. Get at least your mind together. "Most people don't play them"? I can say same thing about Cyberbug, Souls series, GoW because where I am at internet we play Octopath, Fire Emblem and SMT, will it make those unpopular? Actually, first Octopath had amazingly huge coverage so it was popular?
The artstyle? Same as in crap ton of games? Since when pixelart belong to FF6? If anything this modern HD-2D is extremely unique. Combat clearly from Bravely Default and has nothing to do with FF6, actually the way classes work is closer to FF3 if you wish. Enemy design... Again this is clownery at this point.
You... Said exactly that. I stopped after those words. You was complaining that game forces you to specific team builds to have each of path actions all the time. And no, if anything having 4 characters doing the same things is a waste of potentially other unique actions. Having two doing same already was actually... Because why waste money with merchant when you can steal, or why bother with Cyrus if Alfyn do the same with no penalty.
No, player should learn to be smart and utilize different classes instead of spamming 2 hit spell with 3 characters without care about breaking shields.
Saying it's good without understanding it is as bad. And lol, of course I didn't play those. Because there's no way anyone who played those without being brain-dead could disagree with you. Yep, sure... P5, again, is a baby level game, I get bored going through it 3rd time even on hard because it's that easy on NG+ especially. All out just fast way to finish encounter if anything survived weakness exploit and Terastrallization I didn't even use outside of dens because I was already overpowered by being smart... Coming to a bage underleveled didn't help too. Only time game used Terastrallization smart was at electric gym.
Again, either you're wrong, play bad games or watch wrong people. I rarely see review that don't mention music if it's actually good.
Why... Good question. Because I love pointing out awful mistakes that people may believe without knowing any better and get too many things wrong. And calling game a masterpiece mean nothing if you do it with ton of bad takes on other games, no understanding the genre and industry as a whole.
What makes you think the game is failing in Japan? & ya, I'm not reading that entire message lol. Needs paragraphs.
@@skins4thewin Sales reports. Game seriously underperforming for a multiplatform title... Because Square don't know how to hype up and promote anything good apparently.
And lol, I just put all of my opinions on this nonsense video in one comment instead of your spamming a ton of them.
@@Louis_Cyphriel Ah I see. That is a real shame to hear.... True tho that there has been basically zero marketing for the game which is a shame. A game like this badly needs the marketing.
That said I want to buy a copy! But not til I at least see if it'll go on sale, which if it's selling that poorly I imagine it will at some point.
Hoping it'll still be available for purchase around Black Friday time & can grab a copy then! Am in no real rush as I have plenty of other games to keep me occupied in the meantime including the 1st game which I just recently started.
Finished the entire game. Beat the secret secret final boss. This game is the best of its genre I ever played. The graphics were especially brilliantly beautiful.
congrats man
Thoughts on triangle strategy
its a bit repetative over time, some good units but alot are similar and there isnt the depth of OP2 character building. id wait for it to be 20 bucks and probably worth a pick up@@the8thgate543
Wait what? Why would you say that nobody cares about the music?? Hell that's one of the most important bits of any JRPG imo! And I agree, as I play thru the 1st game I have been VERY impressed with the music! It's some of the better JRPG music I've heard in quite a while. It gives subtle nods in it's melodies to the soundtracks of games like Chrono Trigger, Star Ocean 2, Etc. I can hear bits & pieces of influence from those games in the soundtrack & I couldn't be happier for it!
I've put over 80 hours into Octopath 2 so far. It's incredible.
Crazy how much content there is!
I have put up 180hrs on my second run, first time play in Japanese, and now in English, just simply wanna enjoy the dialogue
Great game
Same,try then changing difficulty if you use the steam version i love tough bosses@@keoneeweyummy9610
Not sure if u did it but if u finish all side stories, all 8 stories are woven together at the end after finishing all 8 paths, but mentioned as a sidestory!
Yep! Loved that they included this in the game.
OT2 is so fucking good dude. I was left feeling pretty let down by the first one because it was left basically unfinished by the end. But the second one? _That_ was genuinely a magical experience. It makes the first feel like a tech demo at best. It's so weird to think about, but there have been so many times I've been disappointed by game studios that I was almost convinced my standards were too high. Then, this game had to come out and blow them out of the water. It reminded me that _yes,_ games really can be much more in this day and age.
The music, the combat, the world, the characters, the stories, literally everything - if I had to nitpick, I'm sure I could find something wrong, but I never even noticed anything while playing. I was drawn in the whole damn time, immersed, even. I thought that was something I could only get from games when I was a kid. When I reached the end, I was actually *sad* it was over, but I was happy at the same time that I'd played a game so good after so long.
I know this is silly, but it really does feel kind of like the game was made just for me. So I think you're right when you say it's not for everyone. But god _damn,_ man, I CANNOT stress enough that this game is special regardless.
Give it a try if you haven't already! There's a free demo if you're not sold yet.
A masterpiece not many will play 😔
I wouldn’t call OT1 unfinished…
…just that the ending stumbled during landing.
So they improved it in OT2
Great vid but you talk like the burger king foot lettuce guy
Burger King foot lettuce.
😂so true
XD
Voice inflection keeping the ADHDs watching@@Atmux
Man, I sure hope classic turn-based JRPGs don't ever die. OT2 is the proper evolution of this genre.
If only this game had proper marketing from Square.
OT2 is very good, but game developpers can do much better, with good direction and budget.
@@KSpartan Oh, for sure. OT2 isn't perfect by any means, and in certain ways, in my opinion, a step back. Like cohesive, immersive storytelling with all parties involved, for example, like the old school final fantasy games. But like you said, with proper funding and direction, I'd imagine we'll see some really impressive stuff down the road.
@@corndog9482 In my opinion, the idea that turn base gameplay is somewhat bad is a big problem.
I am actually fairly good at competitive at multi-player PvP game(Racing, fighting, RTS, FPS etc) , yet, my favorite games are turn based.
So from my point of view of a capable player, I don't get why turn based games have become unpopular, if they actually are.
Turn base doesn't necessary means retro styled in my book. That is my complaint.
It's ok to do retro. OT2 is actually doing it really well, and it has its charm.
But what I meant in my first comment is : turn based game can be graphically more ambitious and modern than FF6.
There were never a lot of animated sprites in FF6 btw. And it is a major flaw to me. Because SNES games were not necessarily this static.
I can respect the fact that FF6 was very popular for valid reasons.
But we're are in year 2023. I am not asking for Gran Theft Auto level of ambition.
I am just saying that in the technical department, OT2 is nowhere near my technical expectations in the JRPG.
And I actually really love OT2 at the moment.
It's a blast so far. The game is doing it right in a lot of categories.
But in 2023, there is a lot of margin for graphical improvement. It's the most obvious. Not the only one.
That being said, I take what we have with this great game. And I am grateful for the work done on it.
I have put 160 hours completing Octopath II to 100%, and I’ve never been bored during my entire playthrough. Every single character’s story was compelling and wonderful, not to mention the incredible visuals, magnificent music and beautiful, immersive environments scattered across the land of Solista. Having finished the game put a void inside me, but I now look back at it as the most beautiful interactive experience I have ever lived. I can’t wait for a potential 3rd coming for this series, and I am really glad that such wonderful masterpieces such as Octopath Traveler II exist.
The game apparently didn't sell well and the devs already stated that there will probably be no 3rd entry anymore. You could check out Live A Live if you haven't already
well when you are older than 10 you dont call this stories as "compeling,wonderful or interesting."
they are all boring as fuck. as whole game. they didnt improved anything. its still 8 lazy asf stories put into one game.
thats it.
@@IIIiiiDAWiiiIII I wholeheartedly disagree with you
@@themysteriousherb2081 all stories are basic asf, non of them collide with any party member so whole OCTOPATH is pointless. you have 8 solo stories without any party member involved in anything.
this is dlc to octopath. nothing new was added, typical cash grab.
@@IIIiiiDAWiiiIII Octopath Traveler II had side stories featuring two travellers, as well as a final chapter where all 8 travellers would see their stories be linked with each other
I have heard many JRPG fans saying it is boring as hell, with never ending fights etc etc, but your video really - really - makes me wana play it. I can feel the vibe of true passion in each sentences. So… Thank you, friend. I’ll give it a try because I wana feel what you’ve felt, and also because it just looks too fucking beautiful.
I'm not a big JRPG player but even I knew I had to get this on launch day. Not finished yet but it's inspired me to get started on the Trails series as well.
I have to start on the trails as well...
@@Atmux I wish you good luck. You'll need it.
This is great and the Trails games are another wonderful series that I'd highly recommend.
Even After Tears of the Kingdom, Pikmin 4 and several other amazing games that released this year, This is STILL on track to be my game of the year.
I can't put this game down. It has taken over my gaming time since launch. I like everything about it.
Sames here 😬
Is there too much grind or it's okay? How do you grind in this game?
@@cheekydemon6131 There's is a little grinding but it's not bad. I actually enjoy it because the battle system is so fun. You can just run around and get into random battles. There is a way to reduce the number of random encounters that occur. It unlocks with a specific character's skill. You can equip or unequip it anytime once you unlock it.
@@cheekydemon6131 A lot of grinding. Even when you are at the level for the chapters. I feel like you gotta get stronger to beat the main boss.
@@franciscoargueta3423 Thank you for an answer. This game looks so beautiful, but I don't want lose time with grinding 😔
I agree that the Boost System is what really makes the battle system fun! It gives each cheracter's moveset so much more expansive as the moves have a completely different effect when boosted! I always laugh when I see ppl saying the game is hard or that boss fights take a half hour. They clearly are the ones not playing the game right & not using the Boost system properly.
Timestamps:
Intro - 0:00
History - 3:42
Release - 7:51
Improvements - 10:22
Combat - 13:11
Customization - 15:43
Combat cont. - 17:04
Boss Battles - 19:12
Story Fixes - 21:23
Music - 25:28
Conclusion - 29:46
Great review. You covered many important things about the game and most importantly gave highlight to the music, which is absolutely an OST that will go down in video game history. Yasunori Nishiki-san is a goddamn genius
Yep. Nishiki is just as good as other music legends like Soken and Uematsu.
@@Atmux Agreed.
It's a masterpiece. The soundtrack has blown me away more than the first. The 2nd has built up so well from the 1st that I can definitely seeing a 3rd being incredibly successful (especially if they have decide to add more travel, say train travel ;)
Playing for a day now and i must say this game is a masterpiece
Thank you for that great review. I fell in love with soundtrack of OT1 back in 2018. I got the Vinyl and CD set as well. It was my number one gaming Soundtrack of all time. So my expectations were really high for OT2. So what can I say. You are absolutely right. It's such a masterpiece without any doubts. It improved so much in soooooo many ways. The soundtrack even surpassed the first one. I doubt that this is even possible.😁 A little correction to your video: the soundtrack has 131 Tracks and has 6 CDs. Hikaris Theme you mentioned in the videos is called, hikari the warrior. Determination is a different song. Can't wait for the Vinyl record. Game if the year 2023. I will share this video. Great job.
I just bought this game and can't wait for it to arrive. The art style is what sold me right away, I usually don't play games like this but this one hits different. I played the demo and loved it. Great video I had to give you a sub.
I finished the demo yesterday and now I'm completely obsessed with this game. It's so damn adorable! I can't wait to play the whole game.
To me Random Turn Based Encounters don't have to be boring! It all comes down to the presentation. I absolutely LOVE the Dragon Quest games, & the formula for them hasn't changed in decades, yet they are still tons of fun!
Again, it all comes down to the small things. The music, the sound effects in battle, the look & feel of the menus, the battle animations, the way you gain experience and/or job points, the way your characters grow, etc. All of this stuff can make or break a turn based RPG! It's what games like Dragon Quest & Octopath Traveler do right!
Dq8 is the only one I feel did battles poorly due to needing to rely on tensing up which dragged out battles way too long. Plus the story was extremely slow to boot.
I like it for its immense post game but it gets tough to push through its boring mid game.
Idc if this is less popular or more disliked than OPT 1, this is a masterpiece. I absolutely love it
Agreed
Actually from what I'm hearing this game is so many times better compared to the first one.
It is actually very accessible for newcomers to the jrpg genre. And it doesn’t take itself too seriously. It is just a lot of fun to play!
OT 2 is surprisingly very streamlined for turn based rpgs.
Joke's on you, I got the collector's edition!
(I want this series to keep going. I love it so much.)
Now i wish i did too..
I'm so sad cus i was too broke to get the collectors edition at that time 😭. I refuse to spend money on jacked up resales. At least i got the special edition for octopath 1...i love the pop up book. Though the bust miniatures would be cool too cus i can actually easily display it.
Love this review, Its getting me excited to play it from my backlog.
Absolute masterpiece. Although Live a live was also considered a failure in the 90s yet it inspired this series, so I'm sure I'd octopath ends here something else will emerge from this down the line. Let's just hope it doesn't take 25 years though.
Hopefully it doesn't end here.
Love this game! Spent 60+ to beat it. Loved every minute!
Right now im +80 hours into this game, im completing everything I can. I loved the first game, and im loving this one even more! n.n
You forgot to mention Motoi Sakuraba as one of the all time greats. His JRPG music is absolute tops imo, with Valkyrie Profile possibly being his best work of all.
Koichi Sugiyama, the godfather of JRPG music, the DQ composer. While he was a despicable person, he did set the path for all video game composers to follow.
@@txgoldrush How was he despicable? What'd he do that was so bad?
@@skins4thewin He denied Japanese war crimes in WWII and said some heinous stuff about LGBT people committing suicide.
@@txgoldrush Eh... far lesser ppl have done far worse than that I'd say. Then again I don't exactly know the whole story so yeah, can't really judge.
@@skins4thewin No, what he did was the Japanese equivalent of holocaust denial.
Oddly, I just picked Octopath traveler 2 up a week or two ago. It’s good so far! Love the style and music and the stories are passable so far (only 30hrs in so far and mostly on second chapters).
I'm playing it right now I'm still early collecting all the party members. I was excited for but unsure until I played the demo and less then a hour in I was sold.
Ha! I got both Octopath Travelers for my birthday a few days ago, and I really look forward to playing both of them. I even got the soundtrack and strategy guide for the first games, II's soundtrack is still impossible to find below $40. Also turn based RPGs are my favorite video game genre ever so I am very much in the target audience for these games.
Excelent review, thanks for your work!
Glad you liked it!
Thank you for an amazing review. I've been playing this game over the last few weeks and it has been phenomenal. Games lately haven't been hitting the same and giving me the same... how to put it... the same excitement that I am used to in the past. However, OT2 has revitalised gaming for me, the amount of emotion it's managed to evoke in me during my time with it has been really special, and this is an easy choice for my GotY for 2023 (so far). You basically said everything I feel, especially on the point of how the largest complaint is the games characters not intereacting with each other's stories, and the logistical nightmare it would be. The nightmare aside, I feel like at this point even if they found a way to incorporate each character to each other's stories in a meaningful way, if would start to become just like any other jrpg and I feel like the separate 8 stories are what makes this series unique and special.
I'm so happy I played this game, it's a special experience and I wish it had recieved the correct marketing that it deserved because I feel like it's going to be seen as a flop, which is heartbreaking.
It really is a special experience, hopefully the players can spread the word on how good this game is.
Being an aficionado of the SNES RPG games, I absolutely love this game and I am playing it right now. I want more.
Great review! Makes me really want to play the game! Although I'm going to need a break after I finish the 1st game lol, & with Breath of the Wild 2 about to come out. Gonna be playing that one for months I'm sure.
Yep. So many good games coming out soon.
The music of this game, I'd say is better than its predecessor.
What I always loved about the music of both Octopaths, is all the character themes, can transition smoothly to all the boss battle music. As a YT vid here said, the buildup of the music vs the story's tension is just perfect.
This ost is seriously underrated. There's just so much detail in it.
Such a great video! I'm definitely subscribing and will be checking out your other videos 😀
Thanks!
Yeah, it's the oddest thing 🙂I loved the first Octopath, but completely missed that 2 was out until I accidentally stumbled across it on the Nintendo E-Shop a few weeks after its release. I'm 30 hours in and loving every second, let's hope poor initial sales won't kill the chances of a sequel.
The first one was published (and pushed hard) by Nintendo everywhere outside Japan; the sequel is published globally by Square-Enix, who at some point got it in their heads that they could coast on brand recognition and didn't need to put any effort into marketing (which KIND OF makes sense for Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest, but they act like being known as the makers of those games means everything they put out will automatically sell just based on having the SE name on the box). That's why you never heard about it.
Yep. Square being bad at marketing as usual.
Would you recommend playing the original first or just jump into this one ? Great video man
Definitely, although not as good as the second.
Amazing review buddy👍 ill get both octo games now 👍👍👍
OT1 and OT2 will make everyone change their opinions on how impactful good music can be in the overall quality of a game.
These tracks fuckingggggg SLAPP
Underrated ost tbh
Have you played Battle Chasers by Airship Syndicate??? They came out with a League spinoff last year called The Ruined King. Both are amazing! Both r turn based rpg must plays!
I haven't but I plan to in the future!
Honestly 90’s was a golden age of everything.
Thanks for the recommendation - I enjoyed part1 for the most and will try this one. For another really great turn-based jrpg to come out recently, you should try Chained Echoes. Its from a very small developer and looks (really) like the old ones, but has its own fantastic innovations in the mechanics and all the quality of life improvements you would want from a modern take on the genre.
Thanks, I'll check it out!
OT2 is on sale right now in the PS store! 25% off about 45€!
I really don’t want to buy this game because I don’t have the time for it but you damn near sold me. Great review.
Honestly the game plays like a series of short stories so it's pretty good to just chip away at over a long period of time
I bought the game 3 weeks ago, was on sale in my country and since there's short stories you can play at your own pace without really disconecting. I think is very worth a shot and the music is awesome.
Well done on your video . I really like this game . Can you tell me pls what is the name of the sword you have on hikari. Its like cloud sword from FF7 :) Thanks
I used the lost tribe sword on hikari. I forgot where i found it though.
@@Atmux find it thanks a lot 🤩🤩
maybe it Can help some people : Its the Boss Shark who give it ;)
Been playing Octopath 2 on my Portal at night. Just started not too long ago but I beat the first game already so this was easy to buy but I have a a huge backlog and finally getting into it now.
I just finished this game 3 days ago and it has been living in my head rent free. It's too bad that it didn't do well in Japan. Hell, even in my local game store it sold under expectation even though I did my best to promote it. But to me, this is a massive improvement to the first game. Unless FF16 or Spider-man 2 blow me away to the moon, Octopath 2 will easily be my GOTY.
It's too bad Square didn't market this game well enough as the first 😔
I liked a lot the first and hope to get this too someday.
This video actually inspired me to look into the game. Cheers
One thing you didn't mention, but the characters in the second game actually acknowledge the others through praising them and showing worry when they get downed or brought down to low HP.
Brilliant review👏
Both OTs are great acquisitions for the Switch. Great review.
Didn't know it sold poorly, but I'm not surprised. It sells for AAA prices, but doesn't have AAA production values. Don't get me wrong: I love how it looks and sound. But even I don't want to pay $60 for a game with static enemy sprites and gameplay that doesn't differ much from what we had in the 90s. This was a $30 game, tops, by current pricing standards (which may be unreasonably low, but that's another conversation).
Dude, you make really good content. Glad CZcams recommended this video to me. Gained a sub!
Awesome, thank you!
You know I've had a PS5 for like 3 months now and I've not seen this game once pop up on a list advertising for me to buy it. On a whim I ran into it and I'm working on the demo and I am sold immediately.
There needs to be a whole lot more games like these still available. I forgotten niche for sure, but I would take a game like this over God of War, The Last of Us or Elden Ring any day. This is so much more up my alley of enjoyment.
Yea the marketing for this game was not that good.
Who would not play OT II ?????
Heathens don't.
Played 220 hours on OT 1 and I was shocked.
Didnt feel like it took that long.
What i loved about OT 1 is the 8 characters and their personal stories.
After finishing the game, the 8 characters were like family and i treasured them very much.
I got OP 2 on PS5 and already started it during my OP1 playthrpough. It's certainly an upgrade in looks and game play, and I look forward to getting to know all 8 more new heroes.
Really, the game flies, and i didn't feel it was a slogfest in the first one, and i know OP2 will be the same.
The 4 chapters are fast and a brilliant design. You can leave and pick it up at any time and know where you are in the game progression.
I actually like the 8 somewhat disconnected story. That makes them extremely focused instead of one big story going off the rails, like many jrps do. I also did like the duo stories where they pair 2 characters and they have their own little side adventure. And I'll be honest, I think the biggest flaw is that the post end game content is a little lacking, but If they do another game is the series, I'd like to see them go one step further and do post end game challenges with only the characters in that side story can participate. Some kind of tower challenge would also be kinda cool.
Baldurs gate 3 brought back the glory of crpgs to me this year and I just recently got octopath 2 and it’s brought me back to the glory of 2d jrpgs . I’m only a few hours in but I’m already blown away by the art style , music , writing and voice acting (I’m doing Japanese audio). I have it on the switch so playing it in handheld makes me feel like a kid again playing gameboy . I can’t wait to learn more about Hikari and find out about the other characters. Such a charming game
EXCELLENT REVIEW!!
My laptop rest on a Dungeon's and Dragons book because I was playing with some locals because I love Role playing games so much.
Lol a small but unrelated note, you calculated there being 40,320 (as in 8 factorial) different team compositions which would be correct if the order of the teammates mattered, but the order of the teammates doesn't matter in OT. The true number of distinct teams would be 8C4 + 8C3 + 8C2 + 8C1 = 162 since you can have teams of 1-4. So quite a lot less than 40,320, but still definitely way too many for them to make separate dialogue for each of them
I saw the title and instantly knew you had to be talking about octopath traveler II
Gameplay: 10/10
Story: 10/10
Side Quests: 6/10
Art Style: 10/10
Music: 100/10 (Gods like)
A masterpiece ❤
can’t wait for Octopath Traveler 3
For a secondary, I thought it was triangle strategy but then I saw the gameplay and it was octopath instead. Honestly, I did not have the most favourable impression on Octopath when it came to mobile, this was the first version I played, I might try playing the pc version instead to see if it's better
Some of my favorite games are Octopath 1 and 2
Good taste
My boyfriend bought this for me for my birthday. It's one of my most anticipated games of the year and it's beautiful. I'm going through it at my own pace and really enjoying it. The characters are very interesting, the writing is solid, the music is gorgeous and the various combat or in town mechanics are either as solid as ever, or even better than the first game.
Hope you enjoy it!
you have the best ot review out of those on yt. kudos
I appreciate that!
I am born in 1991, I played videogames in the late 90s, and early 2000s. I had the grace to experience Chrono Trigger, Suikoden 2, Xenogears and Final Fantasy 6... Well my dear friends, Octopath Traveler 2 is the only worthy successor to the JRPG genre. It is the first true classic in the RPG genre since 2001's Final Fantasy 10. I dismiss everything released during this black whole aeon between these true grand classics.
OT1 did a nice job to create a formula. OT2 brought honor to Squaresoft's and yes I insist Squaresoft. Square-Enix needs to remember what it meant to be Squaresoft!
Octopath Traveler 2 is my favorite game since 2001's FF10. So it is tied with FF9 as my favorite game of the 21st century. Since well all other grand masterpeices are sort of in the last century. Kudos to the great team at Square-Enix for remembering what it means to be Squaresoft!
Yep, its criminal that this game isn't as popular as the first because of bad marketing.
Urm, FF12 was pretty great. Last of the good FF's.
I’m loving Octopath II!! I played the first one and was hooked immediately!
I hope they make a third one, this game takes place or at least at the time of when Steam powered things are going to be used worldwide. Would love to see Octopath taking place in a more 19th or 20th century style, the main theme being, the gods or the main pantheons in previous games are slowly becoming obscured.
I’m planning to get it after beating octopath 1 since I never beat it when it came out
Partitio>Hire>Beastlings= Break >Partitio >Hire > Villagers Veterans w/e > Ochette arrow shot stealing the kill = Ochette howling like a wolf
What's the song playing at 4:14? Anyone know the title? I'm guessing Zelda w the 8 bit arpeggios but no idea the title or exact game.
FF7 prelude
Thank you so much@@Atmux
Great video my dood
oh ya octopath 1 ad 2 are my secret favorites and the soundtracks I can listen to in entirety.
Just a quick question, considering the active team consists of only 4 characters. Wouldn’t the total combination of different team compositions come out as 8x7x6x5 instead of 8!, or did I miss something important?
My napkin math might be slightly off 😅
Octopath 2 has 2 things going against it.
No big ad campaign.
$60 price tag.
Shame really because it’s a solid game.
Yeah the lack of marketing really killed this game.
I saw an advertisement for it on youtube randomly, I don't usually play theses type of games, the music drew me in!!! Definitely worth the $60 price tag!!!
Still haven't beaten the game , i think i got stuck on the dancer girl's final chapter boss. This is one of my favorite games and i can't wait for Dragon Quest 3R&12... Whenever that day comes😅
Yeah the dancer girls final boss was the last story boss I beat because she was so hard when she uses the charm to fetch one of your teammates.
You can beat her when you give Agnea the armsmaster job and equip her with the axe special attack. And when you give someone the job of arcanist I think where you are able to use reflect on everyone once Agnea uses sealtige seduction on the spellcaster
well... I will try this game for sure
Man, I love this game--and I didn't even bother to play the first Octopath Traveler after a couple of hours! More people need to play this game, since I think it's one of the best games I've played in a LOOOOONG time. Sadly, I don't think sales will reflect how utterly superior Octopath Traveler 2 is to the first one, but that just means we need to get the word out there more.
Kinda sad hiw Square didn't market this game as well as the first.
Great video
23:07 "I will admit that these stories aren't expertly woven together"
So we're just ignoring Ori's diary?
I bought it from release and have loved every second of it
“The masterpiece you probably won’t play”
The last 130 hours of my life: yeah I think I did
30 hours in and only did the 1st main quest for my main character
have all 8 characters unlocked, have licenses for about every 2nd job, about lv 50 lol
when i finally start the main questlines ima be 1 shotting most enemies
anyone know the first 10 sec bgm tittle is?
thx
Winterlands area theme (night ver.)
@@Atmux thankyou :)
It’s so good. I’ve yet to finish it. But damn. The characters are so lovable. Castti has, by far, been my favorite. But all of their stories have been interesting.
I hope they still make a third game of this. This has lowkey replaced final fantasy for me tbh
I can tell ya that I'm absolutely LOVING the 1st one! I've been a hardcore RPG fan my entire life but the genre has felt quite stale for a while now as it becomes far too Anime. I very much dislike the average stereotypical Anime characters, environments & plotlines and that stuff is being injected into the vast majority of JRPG's these days, because for reasons I cannot fathom, that seems to be what the average person likes. I prefer stuff that is more grounded in reality & actually has good writing.
But yeah, I find myself really loving this game in a very refreshing way. It doesn't necessarily do anything groundbreaking, but the way everything is presented is just REALLY well done, and the battle system is just plain fun! I love all of the various elements that each character's unique classes brings to the fighting system & it just makes it fun & engaging.
Not to mention the ability to be constantly rewarded with items & gear with the basically broken Thief's Steal ability. I just absolutely love running thru a new town stealing everyone's shit lol, as well as beating up the local townspeople and leaving them all unconscious on the ground. It's the simple things in life.... ;)
The genre was always anime af dude. Right from the beginning, the two big franchises that defined it had character designs by the creators of Dragon Ball and Vampire Hunter D, with writing to match. You just didn't notice because they got swapped out for generic Frank Frazetta knockoff fantasy novel cover style art for the US release and the sprite graphics of the time weren't detailed enough to convey the artists' vision without a hefty assist from the player's imagination, and on the writing side, you weren't familiar with anime tropes yet.
@@LPTheGas Lol oh trust me, I am as familiar w Anime as anyone out there. Been watching since the early 90's before anyone even knew what it was. And I can tell ya for certain that things have gotten more tropey than ever, including Anime itself! Even Anime used to be a heck of a lot better than it is now.
And ya I am definitely not trying to say that the story in Octopath 1 isn't tropey or is great or anything, that's for sure. Am just saying the game itself aka the battle system & mechanics are rather refreshing & not just your run of the mill generic turn based JRPG.
Subscribed. Man continue grinding and people will eventually come and stay for the high quality content. Maybe you can improve on the voice over? Other than that all love and respect and will be watching more.
What genre defining 2D Turn-based JRPGs were released RECENTLY? Chained Echoes.
You're in the minority of gamers who know that game. 😎
@@Atmux Agreed. It's unfortunate that more people haven't played it. Honestly reminded me of the golden era of JRPGs. It was so good and did so many things right.
I wasn't aware OT2 failed in Japan. What a shame, i think it's even better than the first one. It has still some flawes that were also present in part1, but I really love it.
I don't think it failed per se, but it isn't doing that well mainly due to poor marketing.
I agree with you about the filter. That's the one thing I do not like about the 1st game, aka that out of focus thing they do with the camera for areas that aren't dead center of the screen. I do not like that one bit. I want to be able to see the environment as well as the stuff in the distance! It's hard to enjoy all of that when it's constantly being blurred out. Why they chose to do that is beyond me, it was not a good choice.
I'm loving it!!!
this has definitely entered my top 5 video games of all time along with portal 2, final fantasy xiii-2, and oneshot. it is truly the pinnacle of turn-based jrpgs
Just got a switch for my birthday and OT2 was literally the very first game I requested to get for it