OCTOPATH TRAVELER™

I first played Octopath Traveler through a pirated copy because games are very expensive here in Brazil. I think it was around 2024. I still remember the first time I launched it: I was completely amazed by the game's magic, its beautiful pixel art, and its absolutely incredible soundtrack. I had already reached Olberic's Chapter 3 when my PC suddenly broke. Even so, when I got the chance, I replayed the entire game from the beginning just to see the ending. When I finished it for the first time, I sat there watching the credits roll. Then, out of nowhere, tears started falling from my eyes, just like when I first entered S'warkii. The soundtrack in this game is the kind that makes your eyes sweat. I don't know how to explain it, but Octopath Traveler is a deeply touching experience that delivers a beautiful message by the end. Now that I finally had the opportunity to buy it and earn all the achievements, I decided to go for 100% completion. And even after two years, I still consider it one of the most underrated gems in gaming. What's even more impressive is that I cried at the ending twice, because I had to beat the game a second time to get all the achievements lol. The stories of the main characters are incredibly engaging, and even the side quests are surprisingly well-written. You can clearly see that this game was made with passion, care, and creative freedom. Think about it: I played the entire game through a pirated copy, replayed it because my PC broke, waited two years until I could finally afford to buy it, replayed it again even though I already knew every character's story, completed every achievement, and every single time I played it, it managed to make me emotional. At that point, I don't think the question for anyone reading this review is whether the game is worth buying, but when they're going to buy it. Octopath Traveler will always have a special place in my heart. Now it's time to replay Octopath Traveler II—which I also first played through a pirated copy lol—and this time, I'm going for the platinum.

一代最终boss战比二代好玩，高级职业也有意思。但除此之外全方位不如二代。不过一代剧情最多是平淡，不至于像二代某些剧情那么难绷。总之喜欢这类型的还是推荐的

10/10 peak. Set off a 4x Bewildering grace during a boss fight. Turn 1, set my HP to 1. Turn 2, explosion under my team Turn 3, Game Over Turn 4, Restart From Last Save Point I went in blind and am doing a 100% run. Didn't want to look up any encounters or info In actuality there's a game freezing bug* that lowers it to 9/10, and the endgame balance kind of seems to be all over the place, but other than that it's really a decent game. Theorycrafting was fun. I turned Thereon into a battery that spits out money on command. I turned Olberic into a self-healing berserker. There were other fun combos that I'll let you find for yourself. Might not 100% it, we'll see. *As for the bug, Just make sure to save before changing party in the tavern. **Fleetfoot/solo finish achievements are pure joysuckers, just do them separately.

Overall, I recommend this cause the positives really carry this game (even though the negatives are pretty annoying here). Pick Therion as your main character!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I won't say why, but suffice to say who you pick first won't affect the plot and you'll thank me later if you do. Pros: - The 'break' combat system is really well implemented and adds a surprising amount of depth to the turn based battles. - The job system is really really well done and it's a lot of fun customizing all the class combinations. A lot of room for experimentation here. - The combat is broken up into chunks, so it doesn't feel like you're in a JRPG endless grind at any point (unless you want to be). - The art and graphic style of this game is so freakin fire. Reminds me of the best parts of old 2d JRPG graphics with just a little bit of a modern 'POP' to each zone. - Each town has it's own style and cultural feel. Cons: - Sometimes the balancing in this game is really bizarre, although the game is fairly easy, taken in whole. - So many of the character overworld abilities and mechanics are soooooo badly explained in the beginning. These 'path actions' really felt tedious. - While the stories of each of the characters are not bad, you do get some REALLY bad dialogue pacing that just DOESN'T GET TO THE F'N POINT. - There are too many dumb side stories you have to go through to get the best stat items. I just didn't like the path action mechanic enough to enjoy these side stories. EDIT: The endgame bosses and the post-game dungeons changed my review to negative, ♥♥♥♥ this game. I hated how you have to spend 50-60 minutes on endgame bosses where 80% of it is boringly easy, but then the boss ups it power insanely at the last phase meaning you just wasted 40 minutes in a slog, really really really pissed me off.

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As a fan of pixel-style graphics, this game stuns me with its beautiful look. Currently I'm starting Chapter 2 for characters and so far, I like this game. There are however pros and cons I've ran into so far: PROS: -Game is beautiful to look at -Combat system and job system are easy to get familiar with. Boost system makes it so that you cand deal a lot of damage even with skills that require less SP. No need to spam more expensive skills and then ran out SP in no time. -Characters are interesting and each have unique storyline -Path actions are neat to use (Heh, I'm stealing all items I can!) -Works perfectly on Steam Deck ------ CONS: -Lack of interraction between party members makes game feel hollow. Sure, there are times when when two characters have a little bit of party panter mid character story but lack of joint events or cutscenes just makes the team feel non-unified. I hear things are better at the sequel though. -So far, gameplay feels like running from point A to B more than I'd like. Run the road to next town to recruit next character, do their story mission, etc. Again, I'm only starting at chapter 2 so I cannot say if the pattern continues all the time. -Like all RPGs, its grindy. My main character is on lv 24 and I'm currently trying get the rest at least on lv 20 too so next boss won't wipe me out.

太重复了😫

7.2/10 该有的都有，感觉挺好玩的，就是有点乱，东西也很短，虽然不少，同类型的游戏我觉得以前玩的英雄传说朱红泪4？（好像是这个）那个更好玩一点，无论是剧情还是音乐啥的，但是八方的画面相对精彩一点，特效也有。剧情个人感觉8个人有的很垃圾，有的还行。我个人就很讨厌舞娘 圣女 的

Highly recommended. Outstanding music and gameplay!

真D好玩