Random battles are a system made entirely because of hardware limitations. They limit the amount of choices you can make, like how little or high you want to level your character. They are time consuming when you just want to get to point A as fast as possible, and the roll of the dice if you get blindsided or if you blindside enemies is garbage.
No one's offended, but it is a visibly "cheap" video for him to do and doesn't really inform me of anything substantial. This is the guy who admitted he hates JRPGs and anime, and is an impatient player, even arguing that knowing a reviewer's biases helps inform how to take their reviews. Going by Dunk's own logic, this video really doesn't do much for me apart from reminding me about his biases.
That's fine, but then move on. No point getting annoyed that he tried a new turn based JRPG and didn't like it.
You're gonna see shrines in the world (they're outside the inner circle with the C1 cities), their kind of look like combs on the radar. Those are shrines. Just walk into one and you unlock its Job.
So by your logic I'm not supposed to critique this video? Even when the person this topic is about has had no issues critiquing other people's reviews?
You're misunderstanding. I'm saying people getting personally offended is weird to me. It's Dunkey, he makes stuff like this for the lulz.
This is categorically untrue, Octopath adds a lot to the classic JRPG formula, its just that its additions are mechanical, nor narrative.
Okay let me break this down if I can...
This isn't true at all, in almost every RPG you can run from battles outside of boss battles. This works the same way as if you see enemies on the field.
I've played plenty of games with random battles that play out faster then games where there isn't turn based battles or heck even action based combat systems. Many of those other systems also block your path forward frequently generally requiring you to kill all enemies to advance, its a common thing in all manner of RPGs and not something that only games with random battles have.
Why would you think there's a 0% chance of him liking it? Maybe the game just has to avoid the common fatal problems in the genre instead of falling right into them.
Dinko has admitted in the past to putting out short form easy videos to make ends meet so it's a safe assumption to make, whether or not you agree with his video. YouTube is a cruel mistress that way.
Judging by sales compared to genres that avoid those flaws, no, they don't.
He hates the genre, and hates turn-based combat. He has literally said that. The only JRPGs that he seems to like are those like Persona 5 that are pretty far removed from being typical JRPG fare, while Octopath was meant to be a standard, classic, JRPG in nearly every way.
Path abilities, and the whole non linearity, and of course the battle system
Yeah, i love the whole "Reggie" running joke with Dunk, lol
But see, this game is supposed to be 8 individual stories. It's not a typical JRPG or even a typical RPG. It's like going into BotW and expecting OoT and then being disappointed. While yes, the stories are pretty boring, and gets pretty repetitive, it is kind of designed that way.if you don't want some characters you can just skip it. You can just play each character separate ( after you finish one story completely). It is not supposed to be an all encompassing overarching story and the travelers are not supposed to interact.
Yeah but he's at least a few hours into the game. It's not a quick edit job if he's been playing it!
I don't have a ton of time with it yet, but so far, I totally dig it. The music and art style are god-tier. I enjoy the smaller stories, and don't find the writing as cliche as some others. (Its a little much in some parts, but otherwise, good...I like how the writing style changes for which area you are in).
I enjoy it greatly. I love the battle system, I love the open endedness of the characters, I love the flexibility in the RPG mechanics. Overall, 8.5 sounds right for it. It's got flaws, but I love it nonetheless.
Visually more appealing,the menus are easier to navigate and the pace is better. The mechanics are not that different (strike weak points, negotiate with demons, protect your weak points...). The presentation in P5 is far better and that alone makes turn-based combat far more enjoyable for me.
It's not against the rules so it's fine.
Because this might be the one to turn his opinion around? Because the game has gotten a ton of positive buzz?
