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the tweet said that the game is a series of individual vignettes that stand on their own (aka beginning, middle, and end all self contained to that character) followed by a payoff for the ensemble
eight different stories with some bonus uniting stuff at the end would be that
If copies are starting to show up in retail stores, I think my usual spots in my city might get it a day or so early.
I can't wait, I've been craving an RPG that interests me (I hate the Xeno series' combat, don't really enjoy strategy RPGs, so Mario + Rabbids were out of the question) on the platform for the longest.
I can't wait, I've been craving an RPG that interests me (I hate the Xeno series' combat, don't really enjoy strategy RPGs, so Mario + Rabbids were out of the question) on the platform for the longest.
Not exactly.
"Towards the beginning, it's a series of vignettes that tell individual stories that hold up on their own, followed by huge payoffs that deal with the ensemble cast."
Saying "towards the beginning" would imply the vignette structure ends far before the end of the game itself, not that it's vignettes for >90% of the game with some bonus stuff after.
And "huge payoffs" would, of course, be technically possible in that kind of final scenario even if the majority of thengame is the vignettes, but it definitely implies more than just "bonus stuff", y'know?
Even in the best case for him, where a satisfying final thing does exist with big payoffs, what he wrote was a very bad wording of the structure he was trying to convey, to the point that it was inaccurate.
yeah the "towards the beginning" bit is confusing but all the rest directly references the ensemble payoff happening after the completion of all 8 stories
I'm not even saying if that thing will or won't happen, none of us know, but schreier keeps trying to say that tweet is 100% false when he hasn't completed all 8 stories. how can you be 100% sure of if and what follows the completion of all 8 stories when you haven't done that yet
I don't know, his posts in this thread are just giving off a weird vibe is all
I don't fully believe the tweet but honestly I interpreted it the same way as phanphare, so from that perspective, Jason seeing the credits roll after 4 character stories cleared doesn't necessarily prove the tweet wrong.
I interpreted "towards the beginning" as "at first" basically.
I interpreted "towards the beginning" as "at first" basically.
Octopath Traveler |OT| Live eight Lives
Octopath Traveler |OT| After Eight Stories
Yeah, I'm not very good at this.
Octopath Traveler |OT| After Eight Stories
Yeah, I'm not very good at this.
Its a letdown because it makes no sense for any of the cast to even accompany you on x heroes quest.
They are each on their own life altering journey and they suddenly uproot to join some other persons cause? I simply don't buy that.
yeah pretty much
I'm also combining that tweet with this one
plus schreier saying he saw credits after finishing 4 stories so that basically tells me that the tweet is referencing reviewers who might see the credits roll after 4 stories and think that they're good to write their review not knowing that there's an extra something something after beating all 8 that could affect their review enough to where people will recognize who has and hasn't completed the game
and I say again I'm not claiming that this will 100% happen. could be something could be nothing. schreier could end up being right despite not knowing definitively at this moment in time. we just haven't reached the point where anything has been 100% confirmed. that's it
I just watched ProJared's preview. 100+ hours with 8 stories and all these jobs and setups....god I need this game like NOW. I swear if this game had the SaGa "spark" system, it would be my dream game but I'll take this too!
I think they join you for the sake of the gameplay. It's a party rpg to offer more varied combat. It's a small concession, at least as far as I can tell without playing. No need to contrive it.
Finally got to play the demo (I was waiting for it to be closer to launch date).
I've picked Primrose as the starter, and beat the first boss.
Now, if I want to play to play Tressa first chapter, do I have to travel to her city? Or is there some menu where you can jump to any other character?
I've picked Primrose as the starter, and beat the first boss.
Now, if I want to play to play Tressa first chapter, do I have to travel to her city? Or is there some menu where you can jump to any other character?
This game will be remembered for its OST for years to come. Sooooo good.
(edit) And now I found a playlist on youtube and this will be my goto for the next few weeks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdzB2-L7roU&list=PL-TSN1JqlGvonhE0XW-4lMt6_mbswoh3f
I'm playing through the demo as Tressa and I just paired up with Olberic, finished his little prologue... so at this point do I have the choice to pursue either of their goals?
He references a lot, and tries to downplay anyone reading it any way. He seemed to generally really like the game: "I feel it's definitely a game for people who have maybe fallen away from Japanese RPGs in the last 10-15 years or so - there's so much to love in terms of calling back to (and building on) the classics - but it struggles with that too."
Of games he think is relevant to the discussion, he mentions Xenoblade, FFXV, and Persona 5.
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I think it's a bit wishful thinking taking all of that from this dude's tweet there. He specifically mentions people stopping at 10-20 hours, and based on impressions so far it doesn't sound like anyone reviewing would have seen the end of a story by then.
Yesss. Thank you for posting the picture itself! I read through a couple pages not knowing how it looked because the tweets never show up properly for meOctopath Traveler - North American cover art
Do you know what he's referencing and can't go into detail due to embargo? I do trust you more on this, but I just thought you might have been missing something.
You have to go where she is and talk to her in person, yeah.
I don't think so because those continue in their chapter 2s and you only have access to chapter 1 of each character in the demo. You can find other characters and see their stories tho.
Previews were too positive / glowing for the perception of the game to turn that hard against the game over the course of the last 5-6 days. People panicking in this thread over their perception of vague statements on game structure from embargoed sources and French players feels out of line with how much people seem to really be into the game.
Final Fantasy Gaiden and Bravely Default didn't really "stick the landing" by most people's perception, but I'm not entirely sure that the mistakes of those games could remotely translate to OT.
The 10-20 hours timeframe actively works against it meaning what you want it to mean.
"Keep in mind that I'm not necessarily talking about scores going up - I think if more publications had slogged through the poorer grindy final hours of P5 it'd have scored lower. As for Octopath - I'll explain more on Thursday."
YES, I hope so. I don't know why but the music reminds me of the Witcher series. It sounds very european imo.
I think it will get a lot of 8s and 9s. From previews I've seen not everybody is on board with how the story is presented, but everything else seems positive, combat, visuals, music etc.
under 70 Metacritic score incoming
I'm just going to wait till Thursday to see reviews to see what it really ends up at...but as someone that thoroughly enjoyed all 3 hours and didn't mind any of the negatives seen in the thread. I still am hyped.
Not really... Dude's just drumming up his review for clicks.