7 Best And Worst Things About Octopath Traveler PC | Octopath Traveler PC Review
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- čas přidán 6. 06. 2019
- Octopath Traveler PC arrives today, dragging a 16-bit JRPG into the modern day with a striking 3D pixel style, a tremendous battle system and music you’ll be humming until your dying day. How does Octopath Traveler PC gameplay weigh up? We welcome Katharine to talk is through the best and worth bits of the game.
Rock Paper Shotgun has a written Octopath Traveler review over on the site. You can read it here: www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019.... We didn’t have the time to put in 80 hours for our own video review, so invited Katharine to talk us through an Octopath Traveler PC review. These impressions cover everything from the style of the game, to the story, to the limitations of the multi-character system and the weak endgame adventure. If you’re currently looking for Octopath Traveler which character to start with, she even has guidance on that - pick someone good at fighting, as you’re stuck with them for a while. Maybe not Primrose the dancer. Rhythm can only get you so far.
As you ogle gorgeous Octopath Traveler PC gameplay, listen out for Katharine singing the praises of another killer soundtrack. Sounds like we need to add the Octopath Traveler OST to our Christmas list. (Yes, we know it’s June, but give us a break.) She also explains why the Octopath Traveler battle system is one of her favourite examples of JRPG brawling and talks about the perils of unbalanced party development when it comes to the endgame and hunting down Octopath Traveler secret boss. Of course, as Octopath Traveler Stream is out today, no doubt the community will start flooding forums with advice for decent party management.
If you’re curious about how long is Octopath Traveler, it took Katharine 80 hours to hit the end. Octopath Traveler’s length and world map is decent for the genre, though do expect some grinding to keep your party on a level footing. Of course, this is par for the course for the genre. And we do love a good JRPg here at Rock Paper Shotgun - have you watched our review of Dragon Quest 11? We show it some love here: • 8 Reasons Dragon Quest... . It even made out Games of the Year for 2018, which you can enjoy here: • 12 Best PC Games You H... . Will Octopath Traveler PC make out GOTy list for 2019? Well, that depends if either Matthew or Alice have time to play the damn thing. So many games, so little time.
We hope you find this informal reviews chat useful. IOf you have any questions about our Octopath Traveler review, pop them in the comments - either here or on the site under the written review - and Katharine will do her best to answer them. And if you do enjoy our videos, please give them a little thumbs up and maybe toy with subscribing to Rock Paper Shotgun. We promise not to waste your time with garbage. Hopefully see you around these parts soon. Thanks for watching.
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If you're reading this; if you're planning on playing this for the first time, *do* prioritize picking up every character and doing their chapter 1. The easiest character to start with is certainly the warrior.
Another strong character to collect early on is the scholar, as he will automatically reveal one weakness of every enemy in a fight.
Keep the unofficial tips thread going!
my butt itches
@am a The same with the merchant that give you free gil all the time XD... How about having most of the equip before half the game, by buying it XD
@@keystonelyte I picked the scholar (Cyrus) in the little I played on Switch, just for the concept of being the historian protagonist that is recording the travels of the other characters.
I could swear the game wasn't gonna support resolutions above 1080p, so hearing you had no issues running it at 4K was a welcome surprise. Great vid.
I'm pretty sure 4K was tested on a RTX 2080, so it was a bit of a monster - probably worth adding that.
Rock Paper Shotgun I just bought it today and my 1080 TI handles 4K just fine.
Cyrus is a mage and professor looking for lost artifacts. So he is a fantasy Indiana Jones and I think that's awesome.
The worst bit was the grinding I had to do just to be able to fight and finally beat the true boss. Quite possibly one of the hardest fights I've ever won.
When Katharine described it to us it sounded like an absolute pig.
If you want to get rich and buy those absurdly expensive gear, keep Tressa on your party all the time, give her the thief secondary job and she will also be a great resource battery during battles
To avoid the grind and level up much faster, giving you a constant 100% bonus to xp and jp, as well as potentially giving you 5x bonuses or better:
1. Unlock all 8 characters and the secondary job shrines asap (4 characters at minimum: Ophelia and Olberic are a must) Cyrus auto scans one enemy weakness at battle start and can analyze other weaknesses, making breaking shields and battles a lot faster. Therion can help steal good gear. Primrose and Tressa are good for xp/jp boosts through Donate BP and Bewildering Dance skills.
2. If you have a dancer and a merchant, always boost the dancer's bewildering dance if they go before your big hitter for a chance at 2x, 5x, or 100x xp or jp (a 100x chance requires a 3x boost to bewildering dance, which is easier to to do if the merchant donates BP, and a passive from one of the uber-secondary jobs can start your characters with an extra BP at the start of battle, but if you boost that many times, your team could be killed or silenced by some of the negatives the dance can give you, so you'll want auto-revive passive, Encore, from the dancer for your healer and maybe anti-silence and anti-death accessories when you find them - giving the anti-silence accessory to your sorcerer/scholar so they can kill the enemies on their next turn rather than wasting a turn to cure the silence). But don't waste time constantly rolling the dice for 5x or 100x bonuses, as it's much faster to just kill the enemies on the first turn if your dancer can't go early or doesn't get a bonus. The odds for 100x bonuses are around 1/1000 anyways, and in 100 hours of play, I only had it pop 5 times, but 2x and 5x came up a lot. Don't listen to people that say to "farm" caits by running from battles until you get a cait or by constantly rerolling bewildering dance - you'll bank way more xp/jp by killing all random enemies as quickly as possible, except for the few you might want to run from if a dance doesn't go your way like if the whole team is silenced or if they're all near death and you can't finish the enemies in the next turn. I stacked speed-giving gear so my merchant was likely to go first to donate bp to the dancer, followed by my dancer with a 4x BWD, then my sorcerer to clear the battle, but speed doesn't seem to have a huge affect on who goes first. If the dance didn't give me a bonus or if my sorcerer went first, I ended the battle immediately. The forbidden bow or an alluring ribbon increases enemy encounters too - but don't get greedy if you've gone a while without a save or got lucky with a 100x bonus...get to a save if you luck out. There were times where the 4x dance did leave my team with 1 health or my dancer/healer was the only person alive thanks to the auto-revive passive, but the three enemies that acted after the dance killed them or the dancer, but it was pretty rare. You may also want the cleric's passive, Evil Ward, that makes fleeing battle a guarantee.
3. Next complete Olberic and Ophelia's 4 chapters as soon as possible, which unlocks side quests related to them, which will unlock accessories that give 50% more xp and jp for the whole team.
4. Unlock the uber-secondary jobs located near the fourth chapter towns for Olberic and Ophelia, which have passive skills to boost xp and jp gain by another 50%.
Octopath Traveler is one of the best games I’ve ever played! The “secret” ending really gave me a challenge which I really loved even though it was frustratingly difficult at times.
Ah yes, the "secret" ending... That has to be one of the hardest final challenges in jrpg history, it even rivals emerald machine from FF7 imo
@@iAidanugget , the ruby weapon was harder than the emerald.
Great vid. I started with Therion. The grinding part was the worst but the game is amazing for its ability and beautiful music to keep me interested all the time. Finished the insane final boss. Around 140 hours of gameplay.
Grind isn't that bad for main game. To hit Lv99 is a grind.
The combat is so amazing though grinding isn’t even a chore in this game because the combat is easily the best part
Buying it this week! I can't wait. I'm in the mood for a nice RPG.
The way that I’m getting around the problem of having a large level gap is I’m playing all the chapter 1s, then picking a team of 4 and getting through all of their stories, then playing through the last 4 stories with those 4 remaining character. The first 4 stories are certainly harder this way (I already played the game before all the way through to the endgame) but I suspect the last 4 will be easier due to having good gear and some of the secret jobs.
Been debating on picking up for PC but I dont know if I want to spend another 90 hours. Now it's a great game and it reminds me of classic PS1 JRPGs but theres sooo many games to knock out. Mods would be a nice addition.
Great objectivity! Not just selling it like other reviews.
Really like your review style
£50 (£40 on cdkeys) is a bit steep for a port. I'll wait for a sale then pick it up.
It's $58 CAD on steam rn and that's a decent price but a tad to much still. Knowing Square Enix, they'll probably make a monthly subscription for this game for future content.
$58 CAD is an excellent price. Full price games are 80, and this game's been out for a year. They aren't doing DLC, but a sequel is rumored to be in the works
I am a big fan of the SNES-era RPG's. Those were GREAT stories (Chrono Trigger, FF6,..). That's why Octopath Traveler was a big letdown for me. The combat is fun, but the story is barebones at best. I stopped after the second chapter because it became way way too repetitive. What a shame... Hopefully we will be able to play SNES games on the switch without jailbreaking it someday :/.
Maybe finish 1-2 character stories before judging it boring
@@KalmaxOrion I think what they may be implying is the lack of character interaction or something in the story, considering what games they used as examples. Octopath unfortunately suffers where you're with a party of 8 people... and not one of them really talks to each other (NPC's talk to the party more so than the party...).
That's my gripe with the game, anyway. The stories are okay at best (some I just don't care about), but could potentially be better if the party interacted a little more outside of optional "Tales of Skit" styled dialogue (that's really only 1 to 1 convo).
same
omg those 60frames are gorgeous
The absolute worst part is that game is completely infeasible to buy in many non-US regions.
The game costs more than THREE TIMES the regional pricing of Vampire Bloodlines 2 in India, despite both being $59.99 price tagged.
Customers in these regions have got increasingly frustrated with the arbitrarily high regional pricing set by AAA publishers.
Is this a Square Enix thing? Do they do this regularly.
@@rockpapershot Oh glory, do you not know about the perils of arbitrarily high regional pricing we have to face...
*Not just Square Enix, but Capcom, Activision, Bethesda, 2K, Ubisoft and other similarly big publishers.*
Steam has set a standardized tiered system, which assigns regional pricing for a game's USD price tag. This system is a boon for us since prices matches our purchasing power.
However since this is just a suggestion system, publishers can put prices double or even more than triple than the standard regional pricing for the same USD price tag.
In this case, for same $59.99
* Vampire Bloodlines 2 : Rs. 1299
* OCTOPATH TRAVELER : Rs. 4250
Its more than their previous $59.99 regional pricing, ie Shadow of Tomb Raider (Rs. 3499), which itself was an inflation from their previous $59.99 regional pricing ie Nier Automata (Rs. 1999).
So yeah... not cool.
@@rockpapershot Yep. Most major publishers do regional pricing for third world countries on Steam (I live in Rio de Janeiro myself), but SE refuses to do it for whatever reason. Most current AAA games over here cost around 30-40$ US, but Octopath Traveler is 60 bucks. Considering our minimum wage is like 225$ a month, charging 60$ for a game is not ideal :(
Can you not use Green Man Gaming?
@@ChairyCrasher same price
watching that 60 fps melted my eyes away :O
The only issue I had this game was Therion. I love him but I felt forced to keep him in my party just for when I was exploring dungeons because of those purple chests.
Played the game on switch but stopped. The difficulty when starting chapters 3 ramped up to high. Been tempted to continue but this is the first time this has happened to me in which I even think might not be playing the game as intended (and I am a JRPG veteran). I am way over leveled according to the suggested level for completing a chapter and still I get owned by the game.
You must be doing something wrong... The story bosses aren't even the hardest part. Have you unlocked all secondary classes by going to the shrines?
During boss battles you want to focus on hitting enemy weak points and then unleashing your best attacks at full boost when they're broken.
If you want to make it way easier you could farm so you have enough job points and make everyone a cleric to get the skill that let's you heal above your hp limit. After getting the skill you can swap back to another job and you will still have the skill. Let a healer heal you above your HP during the boss and you will be practically unkillable.
Yeah, what's what I like about the game to be honest. Which boss are you stuck at?
Equipment is very important. I’m replying it again after putting over 150 hours. My defense at the end of chapter 2 is around 350 for physical and elemental defense
Primrose Bewildering Grace 100x XP is the key for me and I got the patient to wait for it especially on boss fight so I can be over level if I want to but didn't go that far but useful if you wanting to get to next chapter easier and faster 😄
Nice pc version video review of Octopath Traveler.
Alfyn wound up being my favorite character.
Mine too and I picked him from the start. I loved the dancers story as well
@@getdraggedho656 I started with Primrose actually ald Alfyn was my last to grab. I didn't expect to like him honestly.
My favorites are Tressa Cyrus and Alfyn
Really torn between platforms.
PC sounds like it is the better experience but 80 hours means that a portable version might be better.
This is exactly why we need cross-play / cross-save games now. I'm sick of being restricted to a single platform. Next gen isn't about graphics. It needs to be about accessibility.
This is pretty much the whole idea behind cloud gaming services like Google stadia and Microsoft's upcoming service. Depending on how well those play out, you might not have to wait too long for such a reality.
I feel like the criticism about side-quests only rewarding you with money, items, and equipment is a little misplaced. First off, unlike many games in this genre, there's a lot of really good stuff you can buy, both from shops and via Tressa's path action. Secondly, Equipment matters a lot in this game, so the equipment you get from side-questing can be really important, even if it's just to sell off to buy something better.
$84CAD on Steam. Shocking. Yeah, I'll look elsewhere for ways to play this until the price drops below $20.
It's on sale at Steam right now!
stenobro I don’t think this game should be less than $60 CAD until its old as dirt or on a big sale it’s an S tier switch game it deserves full price for a while just like other top titles
I started with Primrose.... definitely a mistake 100 hrs to beat all 8 stories
It could take a bit but worth the wait I always restart on the boss if 100x XP don't come up 😄
Nice effect...
Please, say! How its possible to store 8 different character stories in mind? They dont allow to pass story of each character separately :(
I am sorry, I really like the video and if I would have looked for a review/first impressions I would have totally watched it, but I was expecting some more talking about the PC version. I was actually expecting to hear more of how it runs and what is better or worse than the switch version and so. Still a great video and thank you very much for making it and letting us know what you think!
Ah! We only really cover PC stuff on the channel which is why it isn't a comparison piece. Talking to Katharine, the changes really boil down to framerate and resolution - it's a pretty straight port with no extras to justify double dipping. Also, the game is maybe a better fit for Switch - it's easy to dip in and out of, which makes it suited to portable play. Maybe our friends at Digital Foundary will go deeper into the tech, but that's not really how we approach things on here. Hope that clears it up. Even if it wasn't quite for you, thanks for watching.
Bought the game when she said it runs at 60 fps.
I played it for about 30 hours on the Switch before I gave up due to some crushing difficulty spikes (such as a boss who can 2-hit KO my team despite being at the recommended level). It's a shame because otherwise I was really enjoying it. I may go back to it one day, but expect a bit of a grind at certain milestones.
Exact same thing happened to me... not only being even at recommended levels, I even was (supposedly) over leveled and still was very hard to play. I thought I was not playing it right and I was missing something, I gave up thinking on picking it up again later, but I am having second thoughts on giving it a second chance.
@@TMALATERALUS Yeah the fucked difficulty balance was one of the reasons I stopped playing. I would be ridiculously over-leveled and then a boss would STILL take 40 minutes to win. As a man with a full-time job it wasn't very considerate of my time. :\
I wanted to love this game, but it was a bit disappointing.
What boss was it? I felt like most bosses were relatively doable at the recommended level with maybe one exception, as long as you had a lot of thought put into your strategy/had good equipment.
@@gracismart I think good equipment is the main problem. I've played the game thrice now but I never wrote down where to get the better gear which is pretty scattered throughout the land. Bosses can take a while if you're not inspecting every single npc if he/she has some goodies you could abuse.
And also party composition. Some people quit never having found all shrines and then don't understand how they are supposed to deal with bosses while liberally using BP's.
that said, it's still a repetitive system which isn't for everyone. I enjoy it because I'm not easily bored by doing the same things over and over again and find fun ways to enjoy myself but I would understand why some people with less time don't like it.
The game really rewards players who explore the map between chapters, to the point where you're kind of punished if you don't. The game never tells you to go find the secondary job shrines or to look in caves between towns for good equipment, but you're expected to do it. I think this is where a divide forms between players who want to just go from story beat to story beat and those who like to mine every dungeon and NPC for resources.
Someone else mentioned the importance of equipment, which I don't think can be overstated. I think your starting equipment may set up a flawed idea of how relevant equipment management is in the later chapters. This isn't the kind of game where a good weapon gives +50 atk. By the mid-game, you'll want to sell off anything that gives you less than +100 in the relevant stat. In the late game, proper equipment will make the difference between 100 and 10,000 damage.
Add horrible regional pricing to the worst bits.
holy crap, the animation looks SO much smoother at 60 FPS.... it really puts the switch version to shame...
After p5 this is the best modern jrpg
Facts. Trails of cold steel 3 will be the next.
Tales of Vesperia Definitive Edition on PC
Gab Shirohige not
DQ11 is pretty great, too
Eh, not necessarily
My favorite characters were Tressa, Primrose, and Alfyn
60fps does so much for this game.
decent game but the lack of cohesion and generic stories really hurt the game overall, post game is pretty poor as well for a jrpg compared to a game like DQ11. Battle system is great for bosses/strategy but annoying time sinks for when you are fighting trash mobs with 4 shields to break down.
The Switch version wasn't even 1080p while docked, so yeah this looks much better and seems to scale better to different resolutions. Pretty good game, but kind of bland in terms of characters and story, some people compare it to FF6, but the writing here is nowhere near as good and original.
The game can be something of a grind, especially if you want to get the entire story of the game, its best to play through all 8 of the characters stories, plus there's a super boss that helps put the entire storyline together for the most part.
If they allow to pass story of each character separately, its will be good. But they not :(
Starting as Primrose isn't that bad, her first story is meant to be soloed like all the rest. Then just go grab Cyrus and you turn on EZ Mode for the rest of the game. I picked Prim as my first char and used her for the whole game as I really liked her. Prim is actually one of the stronger characters in the game if you play her correctly; you need to utilize her Charm to have idiots that will fight for you. The only character I ever considered to be kinda bad was Therion. His story is okay but he takes so long to ever be remotely useful outside of stealing stuff out of combat, which granted is super useful when you pull it off.
I'm already super bored of this game unfortunately. The presentation is really nice, I like the visuals, I like the combat, I like the soundtrack, etc etc. But it falls on its face when it comes to the story and abusing your time. I've only gotten as far as completing everyone's initial chapter 1 and you know what you're rewarded with? No direction, it an indication that Chapter 2 starts are a recommended level of 23 and all of your characters range from 10 to 17. So basically you just got to grind that shit out. Some of the stories were interesting like Primrose, but others were just kind of bland an boring. And it completely breaks my immersion that none of these characters speak to each other yet for the entire duration of the early game.
Maybe if I was infatuated with this game I would complete it and love it, but I just can't force myself to slog through its low points for the hope its going to pay off. I'd rather invest my time elsewhere which is a real bummer because this game looked promising.
Also, the most interesting part of any RPG (at least for me) where the hell is the bartering between the main characters??????????
@@NickStrife Press 3
I feel like they forgot the key element of a Square Enix rpg: the incredibly good story, character relationship building, interactions, and overall main plot that made them famous and beloved by fans. This game has excellent combat mechanics and a beautiful visual but story wise It is repetitive and paper-thin. Sadly if you want to feel like you have a REASON to explore and fight, this game is not good as it feels repetitive and pointless and the characters almost never talk to each other or build any kind of relationship, just a group of randoms going "Yeah il help you cus why not?!" and thats it.
Problems with this game: 1) It's too expensive. 2) It can't be downloaded from anywhere.
its on Steam, how do you mean "can't be downloaded from anywhere."
@@anagittigana I mean like a torrent. I already own this game for Nintendo Switch. I wanted it on PC but it's stupidly expensive therefore I won't pay for it twice.
@@ALeaud Ah, I see. Its discounted by 30% right now on Steam, if you are somehow interested after all.
@@anagittigana Really? Hmm. I might consider it then. Thanks!
59,99€ no no for me
Guess I'll pick this up on sale, lol.
End game ruined it for me.
End game was a bit bleh to me as well they could have gave like a boss at the end to tie people’s stories together maybe?
Getdragged Ho there is. Look it up. Including unlocking the 4 secret jobs. And gate of finis boss ending that links all their final chapters
Well this is the death of a nintendo exclusive now that its in the master race
there is a secret ending the gate of finis which u use all 8
Dude, spoilers.
Turn based rpg????
SHUUUUUT THE HELL UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!!!!
For reals!!! And it remind me of Saga Frontier and FFVI?! I'm buying for sure!
80 hours is long?! Who here remembers when RPG players used to seek out games specifically for their 99+ hours of play???
It took me over 100 hours to finish the 8 characters' storylines, all side quests, and the final dungeon/boss (basically a boss rush with 10 bosses in one run). And since I felt compelled to keep the thief in my party at all times, since only he can open certain treasure chests, he was 10 levels over the rest of the characters, so I had to grind everybody up to his level.
@@RoastedLocust I'm okay with that. It just almost sounded like the person in video was complaining about 80 hours.
The game looks good and all but paying 60 bucks for a snes quality rpg? Best is 40 bucks and quicky go down to 20 bucks and later 6 bucks or run it on emulator
You right! Its 15$-20$ game, no more
Basho I’ve played a lot of game and octopath is my top 5. Not everything is about graphic or looking realistic. The style is meant to be a throwback to old jpgs. I would pay 80 bucks for the game honestly I’ve put in 120 hours into the game, I played through it nearly twice. If you love rpgs you’ll love this game if not then this game isn’t probably for you. The combat is the best out of any rpg I’ve played it’s engaging and it never gets bland. The ascetic is gorgeous. The music is a masterpiece. The story for each is a little slow at first but if you focus on each’s story until the very end you’ll find it very rewarding. The story is not meant to play out like most rpgs but instead like the title says follows the story of eight travelers who happen to band up and help each other on long the way. I will say some stories shine more than others but it stays true to their character. I’m sorry all you see when you see this game is just a snes quality game instead of the masterpiece and the love letter and reimagination to classic it really is.
Yeah...no. This is way more than the SNES could handle. You're just stuck looking at the player character sprites.
Games like these need an interesting battle system to carry the game and keep you invested and satisfied
And oh boy this game is lacking on both departments
This game has the same graphics from Dragon Force. It was released in 1996. And this game cost $60.00.
That's the charm, though. It looks like a high-res Sega Saturn/PS1 game, and a lot of people like that. It's not meant to blow you away.
I think the price should have been decreased after a year, though. It would be a steal at $30.
@@geoechidna I agree with nostalgic aesthetics. And I agree with the $30 max price tag.
well this is the kind of game i would wait for a year or so for the price to go down, no hurry to get it. plus have other games to play while waiting