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Octopath Traveler Review Thread
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It does go out of it's way to be vague and non-specific. Most of it only really makes tons of sense given the rampant speculating that happened during the previous 24 hours.
Big W is your friend mate, always. You want cheap games on any platform it's always been physical and at Big W or JB. Digital is always Aussie taxed unless on deep discount.
Update:
Someone has discovered the postgame in-game, matching the guidebook's screenshots.
It has multiple side quest chain requirements. Instructions (area name spoilers):
Someone has discovered the postgame in-game, matching the guidebook's screenshots.
It has multiple side quest chain requirements. Instructions (area name spoilers):
Very nice scores, higher than I was expecting at least but I wasn't following the pre-release coverage all too much.
One somewhat strange question I have though, I was playing the prologue demo and in battle the character kept repeating the same line over and over after every attack and it was super irritating to me. Is this something that has been changed? A bug? Can be turned off?
One somewhat strange question I have though, I was playing the prologue demo and in battle the character kept repeating the same line over and over after every attack and it was super irritating to me. Is this something that has been changed? A bug? Can be turned off?
The game can be taken as eight stand-alone chapters but there's links between them (I counted at least 3 in Cyrus' chapter 1 alone and there's probably more) and a shared lore for the whole world.
So it's misleading for a reviewer to act like that content isn't there just because they rushed through the game.
It's more accurate to describe the eight scenarios not containing direct party interaction/dialogue in the cut-scenes.
awww sheeeeit
It'd make sense that several of the reviewers (if any) never found it, since most of them I would imagine skipped all the side quests and blasted through optional player interactions just to get to the end with all the characters.
Well, apparently some reviews got some details wrong. I wouldn't say they were lying but they were confusing.
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yeah well thats what happens when you have a huge game and only gives one or two weeks to reviewers
As opposed to letting it be pirated for... longer than it was? The short review window exists for an unfortunate reason, but yes, it is limiting.
More review outlets should defer full reviews until they finish the game, while offering stopgap partial ones on release, if it's an issue.
I know that, there really was no proper fix, other than hoping reviewers would have enough integrity to not rush through the game in half the time recommended by the developpers.
You're talking nonsense. No reviewers are beholden to check *post-game* content that is part of a chain of sidequests. Integrity doesn't mean what you think it means.
Uh.
Isn't there multiple reviews saying that there's more and more interactions between characters though?
I find it funny how important the final 10 hours of a 50+ hour experience is all that some people care about, lol.
Like, isn't the journey itself the important part? The game is fun along the way or it isn't. Judge it by the visuals, music, and gameplay.
I'm expecting the game to be similar to Saga Frontier. Each story is just separate, with some interactions here and there. There's nothing wrong with that. And if there IS more interactions, cool.
But I'm not going to crucify a game based on it missing expectations that really don't affect the quality of the game itself. There's hours and hours of gameplay footage out there and a free demo. If that doesn't sell you on the game then skip it.
Like, isn't the journey itself the important part? The game is fun along the way or it isn't. Judge it by the visuals, music, and gameplay.
I'm expecting the game to be similar to Saga Frontier. Each story is just separate, with some interactions here and there. There's nothing wrong with that. And if there IS more interactions, cool.
But I'm not going to crucify a game based on it missing expectations that really don't affect the quality of the game itself. There's hours and hours of gameplay footage out there and a free demo. If that doesn't sell you on the game then skip it.
Part of a reviewer's job is to give accurate description of his thought on the overall game's experience. When you go on saying that there's nothing post-game and when you callout people who've been describing said postgame content since weeks as misleading people because you didn't see that content since you rushed through the game, it's a bad look.
Oh damn, I don't want to read that until I've played through what I want leisurely. Is that dungeon missable? That's all I want to know.
You're right, but a nice narrative finish makes the experience even better. That said, I'm pretty I'm going to love this game regardless of the alleged (and seemingly confirmed) narrative finish.
Permanently missable? No. Possible to overlook it without doing the requirements? Sure.
I have no idea what the hell you're talking about but unless this post-game content is literally the second half of the game, none of the reviewers lied about their impressions of the game. Finishing all the stories is a perfectly fine indicator of the overall experience of the game, not sure what's rushed about it.
Pretty bold of you to make such a claim when we don't even know what's inside this post-game dungeon.
i never said that what was in this postgame content was of a big importance or that anyone "lied" and i really don't see how you could have interpretated any of what i said that way
all i'm saying is that when you go on from saying that there's nothing of value postgame when you didn't even see all that content, and when you go on saying that x guy misled people about the game saying that said content exists, you're not really being honest
Man, some of you guys are really sad. If you want to delude yourself into believing that this is suddenly a game about intertwining stories because there's a hidden final dungeon, have fun. But don't lie that I said there was nothing post-game (all I said was that I hadn't seen anything after beating all eight stories), and don't pretend that the ShadowForks tweet is any less misleading as a result.
He wrote, "Octopath Traveler's reception is going to be interesting to see. 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." Even if there are huge narrative payoffs involving the whole party, and we don't know that yet, this is still not true. Unless you consider "Towards the beginning" to be "everything leading up to and including the credits."
This is a game about eight different stories told in 32 different chapters, each of which acts like the other characters aren't there. Even if there were an epic 10-hour post-credits epilogue, it would not change that fact.
This X guy literally embedded his own tweet in a post without giving any detail. He could have been talking out of his ass for all we know. He could also have justified himself since the embargo lifted and did not.
Yeah, he never linked his alleged article for a mysterious site. lol
Kind of... I do not see the point investing that much time if there is not a payoff. I did play the demo and it seems ok at best. Just did not grab me as a must buy.
What? Yes. Of course there are links between them. That doesn't change the fact that each of the eight stories are self contained from chapter 1-4. How in the world were any of the reviews misleading?!?! None of them ever said there weren't links between the stories. They said that they don't converge in the main game. And that is an absolute fact.
Now can it converge in the postgame? Yes, and probably. But how can a reviewer "act like content isn't there" when in the main game, the content is literally not there??
this is a pretty big "if", for a game that was supposedly already reviewed in its entirety. We don't know what's in that postgame content but we knew nintendo's rep mentionned it as something of importance. Don't you think it should have been something to check before giving an impression of said late game content ? Not that it would have necessarily changed one's opinion on the game, but it would have give a more precise description of the content of the game itself.
If there's something of importance related to the issues that have been reported in many reviews including yours, then it really should have been checked instead of blasting off through the storyline in half the hours of what most people did. No matter if it's nothing relevant in the end (or worse, something that would have actually worsened the experience), the simple fact that this exists and how we knew about it before the reviews came means that it's something that should have been checked.
also nobody said that what the guy said what entirely true, but calling him misleading when he said that there's narrative payoff reuniting all the characters at the end, which is true even though we don't know if it's good content or not yet, is a bad look.
I'm very confused at how people think reviewers were lying or misleading them when it takes 60 hours + potentially many challenging side quests to maybe unlock content that converges the storylines. How can you lie about something that nobody knows even existed?
The game are the 8 stories. Not whatever might happen post game. Thats why its called POST game. Can't with y'all sometimes.
The game are the 8 stories. Not whatever might happen post game. Thats why its called POST game. Can't with y'all sometimes.
don't suppose by chance this is playable with SNES Classic controller with a USB mod?
nobody said that anyone is lying and i don't see where anyone is accused of lying
why would anyone lie about what they played of a videogame only them played
He was talking out of his ass. I told people not to get excited, but they believe what they want to believe. The real question is why people need some kind of grand finale with all characters together to enjoy the game. What is so horrible about 8 separate stories?
"lying or misleading". The person i quoted maybe 4 posts above said that reviewers are misleading people. Multiple others in this thread have accused them of lying as well.
I'm using the SNES Classic controller remotely, by connecting it to a Wiimote and connecting the Wiimote to the Mayflash Magic-NS
Tonight I'll try that out with Octopath
Basically this, they have embargo deadlines to meet and that's just how it is with games of this length. I do think they should add it to their reviews if/when they play it though if it's important information to get out there.
well those are bad posts and one should report them, i don't think reviewers have nothing better to do than lying when stating their opinion on the game
I can get behind that but content 60hrs in shouldn't impact peoples decision in purchasing the game, because you'd have to get there first anyway, and the reviews have already covered the moment to moment game.
Yup, I'm with you here. All in all though I am hoping this post game stuff is substantial it would be awesome
I only played the demo but I didn't get any 'lost in translation' feel about the dialogue?
Yea but just because some game companies / designers just decide to change up the game completely on reviewers doesnt mean it's the reviewers fault. Full disclosure - I am a child of the ff1 / ff4 / ff6 era, I think JS' perspective on this game is flawed and that Octopath is awesome beyond belief for doing what it appears to be doing / trying to do in this day and age even with no crossover in story, but I will NOT fault a reviewer under a time crunch for not being able to cover super secret hidden content that didnt even appear to be there. Perhaps there should be an adjustment of the review content somehow, but reviewers jobs suck enough as it sits.
It's been found. Most people just haven't made it to that point.
as I said just before, there was no proper fix for this situation as long as there was an time embargo, other than going the EZA/GameInformer way and just taking more time to fully review the game
So what about it? Is it like route B and C of Nier Automata or just usual JRPG post game content?
