yeah, I am sure the world size will be OK but still pretty disappointed with the way the overworld is presented. Gameplay wise it is not any different from walking in a dungeon.
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yeah, I am sure the world size will be OK but still pretty disappointed with the way the overworld is presented. Gameplay wise it is not any different from walking in a dungeon.
He's written for a few different sites, and he has a video of Smash gameplay on his YouTube channel that mentions Nintendo invited him to their booth, so it sounds like he's legit.
I don't know what to do. Probably gonna get it but your comments and other previews comments are confusing me to be honest.
Are you saying this because you know it to be false, or are you genuinely curious because you haven't completed the game yet?
Sounds a bit like you're countering the claim, either that or you haven't finished it yourself. This thread is all over the place.
I probably should've bailed a while ago..
In starting the demo over recently and thinking about all the talk lately about the party members' tales and how things fit into a grander narrative or not, I've been slowly drawn into a different kind of perspective in approaching this. I'm taking a broader approach now, putting less emphasis on the playable party members and more on Orsterra itself, with the party members just serving as more like examples of what life in this world is like, rather than them being the real "stars" of the show. The path action system really highlights this to me the more I put into it; yes your party have jobs and special skills to use, weapons to equip, personal histories and motives...but so does basically everyone, and it's been a while since a game really felt that way to me. The party members are all skilled in their personal crafts, of course, but the majority of them are still just normal people at the end of the day. Primrose is the only noble among them (a former noble, at that), and Olberic had status and a reputation which are lost at the start of his story, but everyone else is generally just living their lives when they decide to venture out...but plenty of other folks are doing, have done, or will do the same.
Take, for example, one of the extremely early sidequests you encounter after finishing Alfyn's first chapter:
Hell, literally everybody encounters Kit just outside of their starting town, regardless of who they choose, and that's another person traveling the world on a personal journey, who could have potentially been a recruitable ally. Using Inquire or Scrutinize, you find stories like this from all sorts of people throughout the world. Thanks to Challenging, Provoking, and Summoning charmed NPCs we also see that all sorts of people are equipped with all sorts of combat abilities. To that degree I feel like this isn't even a game about 8 special people setting out to save the world; it's a game about a world that's chock-full of adventurers, and we just happen to be looking into the relevant moments of 8 of them in particular. This is where I think the openness of the experience that the developers have talked about really shines through. Each chapter gives us more to learn about our party members, but gives us more to learn about Orsterra itself too. It may just be a different mental framing device but I find it compelling.
Take, for example, one of the extremely early sidequests you encounter after finishing Alfyn's first chapter:
Alfyn encounters a girl from the village who is distressed to find a bottle with a note inside washed ashore from the river, with her name on it, claiming to be from her mother. Using Alfyn's conversational skills, you get the truth out of her father in the village that she was actually left behind there from an unknown woman who had promised to return but never did. Once armed with this knowledge, the girl vows to leave town and start traveling upriver on a search for her true birth-parents, hoping to have some of her deep personal questions answered.
This on its own could have very well served as the prologue for another playable character. It provides as much of a reason to set out as the likes of Alfyn himself, among others. Instead it's just the first of what looks to be a small series of side-quests, ensuring that you'll run into her again in the future and follow her quest for reunion in much the same way as you follow the main 8.
This on its own could have very well served as the prologue for another playable character. It provides as much of a reason to set out as the likes of Alfyn himself, among others. Instead it's just the first of what looks to be a small series of side-quests, ensuring that you'll run into her again in the future and follow her quest for reunion in much the same way as you follow the main 8.
Hell, literally everybody encounters Kit just outside of their starting town, regardless of who they choose, and that's another person traveling the world on a personal journey, who could have potentially been a recruitable ally. Using Inquire or Scrutinize, you find stories like this from all sorts of people throughout the world. Thanks to Challenging, Provoking, and Summoning charmed NPCs we also see that all sorts of people are equipped with all sorts of combat abilities. To that degree I feel like this isn't even a game about 8 special people setting out to save the world; it's a game about a world that's chock-full of adventurers, and we just happen to be looking into the relevant moments of 8 of them in particular. This is where I think the openness of the experience that the developers have talked about really shines through. Each chapter gives us more to learn about our party members, but gives us more to learn about Orsterra itself too. It may just be a different mental framing device but I find it compelling.
He seems to work with NintendoLife on occasion, and has written articles in the past for sites like GameRevolution : http://www.gamerevolution.com/features/381677-nintendo-leaks-dividing-fans-industry-insiders.
Also, just wondering, have you finished the game yet?
GOAT RPG.
Counterattack is also up there in terms of being one of the most memorable songs from any game.
I've only finished one out of eight of the stories but haven't seen any indication of anything like this.
there was also this tweet earlier so if I were to guess I'd say there's probably a little somethin somethin after beating everyone's individual stories
Putting my tinfoil hat on.... I feel like Square Enix told reviewers to lie about the lack of a final narrative that brings everyone together
On one hand, I believe what the tweet implies is real. On the other hand, I doubt any reviewers can complete 8 storylines by Thursday, let alone today.
From the outside looking in, wide-eyed speculation country, it does seem to be one of the conditions of the embargo, aye.
Really.
Even if a company would ask that (I doubt it), I am pretty sure that there is some journalistic integrity still around.
I have never seen an embargo that requested media to lie. Omit? Yes. Lie? No.
One would also be a terrible journalist to agree to such.
Interesting. Considering you've already completed one of stories, if this supposed "final section" does exist, it'd be really unfortunate design.
There should at least be hints to compel the player to keep going. What if you've played through seven of the eight stories, and this last story is just dull as can be? You'd never know that something great is coming, as the entire game has trained you to believe otherwise.
lol journalists aren't beholden to publishers to that extent. They don't set up birthday surprises
Certainly possible that a finale unlocks after finishing the 8 character stories. In fact it seems decently likely that something like this happens, otherwise a real ending would be tough to pull off.
The real question is how big of a finale we're talking about. A separate, 9th story? Or something smaller than that?
The real question is how big of a finale we're talking about. A separate, 9th story? Or something smaller than that?
After finishing all 8 chapters
Yosuke Matsuda appears on screen handing a masked figure a large sum of money. The man is revealed to be yoko taro and he explains how he just wanted you to experience a low budget story, so that the ng+ would be good like his previous games. The credits roll into ng+ where characters actually exist in the same universe 100% of the time and don't magically disappear any time there's a cutscene.
But seriously how would this even work? Unless we are suppose to assume the characters are hiding in vases or s/t every time a party member gets spoken to.
I have to admit, even if OT ends up with no converging narrative at the end, it was ingenious of them to keep the answer a secret, with little pokes and prods from different sources.
It has definitely helped keep this game in the public eye and talked about. Good on you Square, I respect it.
#stillonteamconvergingnarrative
It has definitely helped keep this game in the public eye and talked about. Good on you Square, I respect it.
#stillonteamconvergingnarrative
The adventure complete, the heroes gaze out at the sunset over the kingdom they have saved together.
An old farmer, having witnessed the epic final struggle against the forces of darkness, stands and admires the heroes. He cracks a smile and chuckles.
"In the end, they truly were the Octopath Travelers."
An old farmer, having witnessed the epic final struggle against the forces of darkness, stands and admires the heroes. He cracks a smile and chuckles.
"In the end, they truly were the Octopath Travelers."
Not sure if anyone else has brought it up, but doesn't Octopath give off a "Live A Live" vibe.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_A_Live
Seriously though listen to that soundtrack
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvjHsu-wDdg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_A_Live
Seriously though listen to that soundtrack
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvjHsu-wDdg
They're not actually there because they're telling each other the stories of their travels, hence the whole story-swapping mechanic at taverns literally being called "Hear a Tale" and the interaction scenes looking like they're taking place on a theatre stage.
This probably won't actually be the case, but still... something to think about.
This probably won't actually be the case, but still... something to think about.
All the reviewers should say whether they beat the entire game or not at the beginning of the review.
"Converge" is probably a bad way to describe it, but doing what it sounds like would still be unique. What RPGs would you think it is too similar to? Live a Live or Treasure of the Rudras? Those both whisked characters away to a new area and made them party together for the first time after doing all of the character quests, but here you already have them together from early on, if you want.
Most likely. He's worked with credible video game news sites previously.
Credits roll
Dawson Creek Theme Song begins playing and grows louder and louder until Fin
That is real speed.
Sometimes I pity reviewers. JRPGs are not meant to be rushed, especially the good ones.
At most we'll just get a bunch of reviews describing the game which makes it sound like they understand the systems and mechanics to make it sound like they beat it and played it through and through without actually stating it. Its really why I dont read reviews like that just highlighted excerpts or something. They all sound too homogenized.