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unfashionable · Jul 10, 2018

Wow this game looks good on Switch, handheld mode. I basically bought the hardware due to this game and watching videos of the demo. It looked incredible on a big screen but I didnt like the low detail pixel format of the characters, especially the playable ones. But I thought...I bet it looks great handheld mode - and it does! Its stunning. Zelda has so much detail that I only want to play that on the TV, but octo looks fantastic in handheld mode.

shaneo632 · Jul 10, 2018

Given up hope on getting a review code now lmao. Even if I did I probably wouldn't have the game finished for like 2+ weeks.

Deleted member 36622 · Jul 10, 2018

Opa-Pa said:
They're mostly there to keep track of how fucked up the pacing is.

Since when long games are bad? Most of the time is the opposite in JRPGs. LOL

ZeroX said:
People like timers to know how long they've played for, it gives them a sense of pride to know how long they've played for, when it really probably should give them a sense of shame for wasting so much time.

More than that it gives you an indication where are you in the game.

If you play 30 hours of Xenoblade Chronicles 2, you saw nothing. Even if you rush to finish the game, you are maybe at 50%, maybe.

Like i said, brace yourself for the usual "i played 20 hours of this game and now i'm going to review it and tell you how bad it is" lol

Firemind · Jul 10, 2018

Harald23 said:
Since when long games are bad? Most of the time is the opposite in JRPGs. LOL

When the pacing is bad.

Like XB2

Worldshaker · Jul 10, 2018

Squiddo ᔦꙬᔨ said:
Shall i order it........

Yes!

A fun new exclusive JRPG on the Switch is something that hopefully does well sales wise. Just go in with your expectations in check and hopefully we get our moneys worth.

I enjoyed the demo a lot. I just want to run around exploring this world and seeing how hard some of the optional bosses are.

GwyndolinCinder · Jul 10, 2018

If you're in france that store just tweeted theyve got the game in stock.

Saint-14 · Jul 10, 2018

Harald23 said:
Like i said, brace yourself for the usual "i played 20 hours of this game and now i'm going to review it and tell you how bad it is" lol

That wouldn't be wrong if the problems they had with the game didn't change even when playing +60 hours.

Deleted member 36622 · Jul 10, 2018

Firemind said:
When the pacing is bad.

Like XB2

I had no problems with it since it was intentional.

There are story heavy chapters, and others more quiet that allow you to complete side quests, to grind,... It's not a game designed to be rushed, for speedrunners.

Glio · Jul 10, 2018

Harald23 said:
I had no problems with it since it was intentional.

There are story heavy chapters, and others more quiet that allow you to complete side quests, to grind,... It's not a game designed to be rushed, for speedrunners.

Personally after playing Persona 5, the pacing of Xenoblade 2 was a thousand times better.

somedaythefire · Jul 10, 2018

Lichtsang said:
Sometimes you just want to talk about a game you like/love with people who feel the same.

Probably the shouldn't try using a forum for that.

Harald23 said:
Since when long games are bad? Most of the time is the opposite in JRPGs. LOL

More than that it gives you an indication where are you in the game.

If you play 30 hours of Xenoblade Chronicles 2, you saw nothing. Even if you rush to finish the game, you are maybe at 50%, maybe.

Like i said, brace yourself for the usual "i played 20 hours of this game and now i'm going to review it and tell you how bad it is" lol

What if they just didn't like it? Does it make their opinion invalid? Because they didn't find enough substance to put in the hours that someone who did like it.

Firemind · Jul 10, 2018

Harald23 said:
I had no problems with it since it was intentional.

There are story heavy chapters, and others more quiet that allow you to complete side quests, to grind,... It's not a game designed to be rushed, for speedrunners.

Nah, chapter 4 where you chase Lila a bunch of times is indefensible.

Grailly · Jul 10, 2018

Lichtsang said:
Sometimes you just want to talk about a game you like/love with people who feel the same.

That's valid, of course, but on a forum where every post in equal you'll have to live with every other opinion. There a many sites that surface the most popular comments, they might be better for a fully-positive experience.

III-V · Jul 10, 2018

GwyndolinCinder said:
If you're in france that store just tweeted theyve got the game in stock.

BRB, hopping over on my G3.

Shari · Jul 10, 2018

GwyndolinCinder said:
If you're in france that store just tweeted theyve got the game in stock.

There are several, can we get a name here or is that off the rules?

Boiled Goose · Jul 10, 2018

BD never clicked with me for some reason. I just gave up at some point. I hated the world map when the game is really mostly linear.

I also found the characters mostly irritating. Especially the womanizing asshole.

The story was also a confusing mess of nonsense.

At some point the game got tedious and I quit

I hope octopath is different. I enjoyed the demo.

GwyndolinCinder · Jul 10, 2018

Shari said:
There are several, can we get a name here or is that off the rules?

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My local store just texted me to say they have IT in stock.

IT being an abbreviation for incredibles two. );

Mbolibombo · Jul 10, 2018

Cant wait for this one.. I hope we get more games that look like this. When is the review embargo up?

Sucks that I cant play it until Saturday, a fäkking Cannibal Corpse concert in the way :S

Dreamboum said:
Stealth is a Switch shill who is trying to discredit people and ERA in general to appeal to the lowest common denominator. He has never been worth anyone's time. Terrible person all around

He should fit right in here then? hue hue hue

I kid I kid..

ZeroX · Jul 10, 2018

Boiled Goose said:
I also found the characters mostly irritating. Especially the womanizing asshole.

He's low key the best character in the series, but he takes a while to get there

Monster Zero · Jul 10, 2018

Dreamboum said:
Stealth is a Switch shill who is trying to discredit people and ERA in general to appeal to the lowest common denominator. He has never been worth anyone's time. Terrible person all around

Anyone with a XB2 profile pic can't be all bad lol.

Exentryk · Jul 10, 2018

Man, if people in this thread get early copies, my WAIT WILL BECOME UNBENDING!!! :|

ZeroX said:
He's low key the best character in the series, but he takes a while to get there

He also has the best job.

shoptroll · Jul 10, 2018

jahasaja said:
And do not forget the step counters. Steps are very important to track..

(Sorry dp)

http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Traveler_(ability)

Comic Obsessed · Jul 10, 2018

Datajoy said:

Not supporting anyone in this discussion.

Saint-14 · Jul 10, 2018

Mbolibombo said:
He should fit right in here then? hue hue hue

I kid I kid..

He's actually a member here, not sure what happened to him.

Eintopf · Jul 10, 2018

Part of me wants a God as a final boss so that we can have something like this:

In the Octopath engine

QuiteSomething · Jul 10, 2018

Off topic:

Will it come to other platforms or is Nin publishing it?

Elven_Star · Jul 10, 2018

Ruslnis said:
Off topic:

Will it come to other platforms or is Nin publishing it?

Nintendo is publishing it, but never say never.

Ahzrei · Jul 10, 2018

Elven_Star said:
Nintendo is publishing it, but never say never.

But I think it is safe to say "not for the foreseeable future."

peach_loaf · Jul 10, 2018

I dreamed IGN gave this game a 10, and Pokemon Quest a 2.6...

Mbolibombo · Jul 10, 2018

Saint-14 said:
He's actually a member here, not sure what happened to him.

Yeah I know, havnt seen him here for some time.. this place can be pretty hostile so if there was a beef of sort.. I'm sure he left.

QuiteSomething · Jul 10, 2018

Elven_Star said:
Nintendo is publishing it, but never say never.

Ahzrei said:
But I think it is safe to say "not for the foreseeable future."

Thx mates

Razmos · Jul 10, 2018

Played more of the demo yesterday and really enjoyed it. Ended up completing the first chapters of the story for Cyrus, Tressa and Olberic. Was really sad to hit the time limit. Can't wait for Friday

The perfect Dark · Jul 10, 2018

The music and the visuals are so beautiful. Can't wait to play the full version.

Ximonz · Jul 10, 2018

ya, without an overarching story that ties everyone together is a huge bummer imo,
it does not necessary to be a god or evil king but everyone working together to accomplish a goal is better than none.
I am still getting this game, just not that hyped anymore lol.

and everyone saying XC2 is terrible but personally it is my 3rd GOTY of 2017, and Persona 5 is a terrible JRPG. :p

donkey · Jul 10, 2018

Razmos said:
Played more of the demo yesterday and really enjoyed it. Ended up completing the first chapters of the story for Cyrus, Tressa and Olberic. Was really sad to hit the time limit. Can't wait for Friday

Start a new save and do the rest as fast as possible before Friday!

Exentryk · Jul 10, 2018

Gamefaqs poll about starting character - decent spread to be honest.

Fishsnot · Jul 10, 2018

Elven_Star said:
Nintendo is publishing it, but never say never.

Ahzrei said:
But I think it is safe to say "not for the foreseeable future."

I mean sure there is a chance, but it seems doubtful!

Most likely, Nintendo has potentially paid good money to keep Octopath Traveler a permanent exclusive. More importantly, though, the division of Square Enix that is developing the game is focused on only working on Nintendo Switch titles for the foreseeable future. Also, this game is coming from the same minds behind the Bravely Default series, a noteworthy JRPG series that is only ever been on the Switch's predecessor, 3DS.

Game Informer recently got to talk with Square at a press event about Octopath Traveler, and the executive they were talking with had an interesting tidbit of news. Tomoya Asano, division executive at Square, said that the company has established a Switch division in April, and that the sales of Octopath Traveler will be used to judge how much support the company will give in the future. Here's what was said:

Square Enix has decided that it wants to focus on original titles for the Switch.
"If Octopath Traveler does well and this is something that appeals to fans, we want to focus on Switch. Please pick up the Switch if you want to play games like Octopath Traveler."

In addition to this, Asano also confirmed that there are more large projects on the way to Switch, though he wouldn't say what's being worked on. Here's what he said:

"There are several other titles that we're currently working on for Switch. If you could just wait a bit longer, we'll work with Nintendo and announce them in the future."

Deleted member 36622 · Jul 10, 2018

Datajoy said:

Wait but what if I decide to stick with one story and grind to reach the level required in order to proceed.

I guess that way you can ignore the other 7 stories.

AppleKid · Jul 10, 2018

Fishsnot said:
I mean sure there is a chance, but it seems doubtful!

Very interesting tidbit regarding that last section about "sales determining future support for SE's Switch division". I expect sales to blow their expectations out of the water and am excited to see what this might mean for the division's growth

Pepin · Jul 10, 2018

Harald23 said:
Wait but what if I decide to stick with one story and grind to reach the level required in order to proceed.

I guess that way you can ignore the other 7 stories.

You'll be grinding a LONG time, even by RPG standards

Deleted member 36622 · Jul 10, 2018

Pepin said:
You'll be grinding a LONG time, even by RPG standards

But on the other hand i don't think you're forced to play all 8 stories in one run.

You can pick just 2-3-4 stories with an adequate level of grinding.

Pepin · Jul 10, 2018

Harald23 said:
But on the other hand i don't think you're forced to play all 8 stories in one run.

You can pick just 2-3-4 stories with an adequate level of grinding.

From what I can say so far, if you built a crew of - say - 5 characters and went and did their stories, you'd find the levels you'd need to be before progressing to be kinda out of reach without some PROPER grinding. Like, hardcore, unfun, re-running the same areas for an hour at a time levels of grinding.

It'd be more fun and you'd get more out of your time just by doing another character's branch. That make sense?

ScreamingMadden · Jul 10, 2018

Just finished my time with the demo and recruited Cyrus before the 3 hour mark. Cyrus is super good y'all. His Scrutinize ability can help you find hidden items in the town and his ability to study the enemy to find a weakness is pretty awesome if you want a fight to end. His Black Magic is also pretty strong wiping out groups of enemies. Haven't done his story chapter yet but will do when I get this! Also H'iannt capturing skeletons of humans and using them to attack enemies is pretty great.

As far as preview stuff, I listened to the 5by5 podcast where they had Dan Ryckert from Giant Bomb as a guest and he's been playing Octopath too (Go to 34:08 for Octopath Talk). He has an early copy and for someone who isn't deep into JRPG's, he's having a blast with it. Makes me feel better about getting this since I'm also not a big JRPG guy but I REALLY want to play Octopath.

Meelow · Jul 10, 2018

It is insane how Octopath Traveler blew up since the Prologue demo. Sales wise I think 1.5 million sold.

Pepin · Jul 10, 2018

Meelow said:
It is insane how Octopath Traveler blew up since the Prologue demo. Sales wise I think 1.5 million sold.

No new prodcuts really scratching that turn-based RPG itch on Switch right now I guess? Lots of expectation on it, especially after 3DS was one of the best places to be as a JRPG fan

Jacobson · Jul 10, 2018

Boiled Goose said:
Especially the womanizing asshole.

Um. He might actually be the deepest, best character in the game. You're missing out. Are you sure this isn't just because of the chibi character models?

Lelouch0612 · Jul 10, 2018

Pepin said:
No new prodcuts really scratching that turn-based RPG itch on Switch right now I guess? Lots of expectation on it, especially after 3DS was one of the best places to be as a JRPG fan

A game doesn't sell because there is nothing in the same genre releasing right now.

One might even add that since there is not a lot of turn-based JRPGs yet, the audience might still not be there.

No if the game does well it is on its own merit, the first demo took a lot of us by surprise with a beautiful artstyle, stellar music, interesting gameplay and engaging characters. They managed to cultivate the momentum until now quite well too.

1.5m for a JRPG would be a huge achievement, especially for a new IP.

Grailly · Jul 10, 2018

Exentryk said:
Gamefaqs poll about starting character - decent spread to be honest.

Interesing. What's the rational for Therion?

Characters don't level up when not in party. Olberic and H'annit have to use their duel mechanic in their quests (you have to do a couple of fights without your party), if you don't want to have to farm up those characters when doing their quest it might be a good idea to always have them in the party

Clix · Jul 10, 2018

Boiled Goose said:
BD never clicked with me for some reason. I just gave up at some point. I hated the world map when the game is really mostly linear.

I also found the characters mostly irritating. Especially the womanizing asshole.

The story was also a confusing mess of nonsense.

At some point the game got tedious and I quit

I hope octopath is different. I enjoyed the demo.

Ringabell? Whaaaaat? He was the best character. But it was not any more linear or less linear than most jrpgs. Pretty much all rpgs are linear unless you are playing an open world one like Elder Scrolls as most rpgs follow a traditional campaign, with side quests being the diversion from the path.

Deleted member 2145 · Jul 10, 2018

Pepin said:
No new prodcuts really scratching that turn-based RPG itch on Switch right now I guess? Lots of expectation on it, especially after 3DS was one of the best places to be as a JRPG fan

more likely people played the demo and enjoyed it, there have been 2 of them

Pepin · Jul 10, 2018

phanphare said:
more likely people played the demo and enjoyed it, there have been 2 of them

I'm sure there are many reasons for the high download rates on the demo(es)!

Interesting to see if they translate to sales

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