Octopath Traveler
The award-winning RPG comes to PC! Eight travelers. Eight adventures. Eight roles to play. Embark on an epic journey across the vast and wondrous world of Orsterra and discover the captivating stories of each of the eight travelers. - Play as eight different characters, each with their own stories to uncover and side quests to complete - Explore the enchanting yet perilous world of Orsterra, spanning 8 vast regions and discover each character’s full story as their journey unfolds - Use each character's distinctive abilities (Path Actions), skills and talents in frenetic battles - Enjoy the accessible yet deep turn-based combat battle system and break through enemy lines by identifying and targeting their weaknesses - Solve side quests and story scenarios in a few different ways and take decisions that shape your path. - Experience visuals inspired by retro 2D RPGs with beautiful realistic elements set in a 3D world
Steam User 472
If you manage to find this review buried under the other 10 000, and you're thinking about buying the game, please read this:
Those who claim that there's no link between the 8 characters and their respective stories didn't play the game until the end. It is not obvious at first, but nearing the end of a few chapters you'll notice that some characters refer to a thing in particular, hinting at what's coming after you finish all chapters: the real ending.
Once you finish all 32 of them, don't uninstall OT right away. Google how to find the post-game dungeon, THAT is the real ending. It's a shame that only 5,8% of the players experienced it, as the achievement indicates. It is understandable though, as getting into that dungeon is not exactly a straightforward process.
Steam User 68
The gameplay is great. The art is beautiful. The combat is great and scratches that turn based JRPG itch. However the story is so boring. I can sum it up as this:
1) Travel to town
2) Watch long non-interactive scene
3) Go use your job ability in town
4) Watch another long non-interactive scene
5) Travel to dungeon right outside of town
6) Fight through dungeon
7) Another scene
8) Fight boss
9) Watch other scene but with a TWIST!
10) Repeat 31 more times.
Steam User 97
I was dwelling for months whether to buy this game.
Few things put me off:
- pixel game for 60euro in 2023 even if I bought it somewhere else...? Cmon bruh, tho the background looks really nice!
- some reviews saying its repetitive, but the overall review score is about 90% so I wasnt too worried about that.
- The last factor was myself. The last year or so maybe longer I noticed Im not sticking around with most games and I really wasnt expecting any different here.
Let me say my expierence blew all those doubts away, every single one of them.
Its been a long, long very long time since I thought about a game when I first woke up in the morning. Maybe Im just getting old but this game truly lifted my gaming spirit.
The pixels are no issue at all, every penny was worth it.
I understand some people saying its repetitive but I feel those people are not old school turn base fanatics. I come from final fantasy and I truly love this game. I have no issue with this at all.
You know whats funny? I was a few hours in and I knew 100% I was gonna buy octopath 2. lol I'm not sure when because I will be playing this game for a long while. There is lots to grind for!
Here is a few tips that are very important I feel without spoiling anything.
- Your first character is actualy pretty important because this is the only character you wont be able to switch untill you finish their story completely till chapter 4. You might wanna take this choice a bit more seriously compared to others I would say, everything else pick and choose and see what best suits you.
- Nuts you collect throughout the game are PERMANENT boosts. You might wanna hold on before you apply it to a character. I would store these and once you are sure of a character you like then be my guest and drop all those boosts on them, because there are 8 characters in total you may only put 4 in party.
- Towns people you beat in duel are maybe blocking a door, so after you knock them out you might wanna check their house for loot...
Nothing else wanna share, go out there and enjoy. Im logging right back in! :D
Steam User 105
You can steal candy from children.
10/10. No notes.
Steam User 69
You can steal candy from starving children and your character laughs when you do it. This game is a masterpiece!
I didn't realize this $60 soundtrack included a free 10/10 game.
It’s an amazing (even if flawed) JRPG with little/no grinding, and also one of the most beautiful games I’ve ever played.
I can’t stress how good this game looks - seriously, it’s like how you imagine your childhood favorites looked through nostalgia goggles. Basically the only pixel art game that I can call gorgeous. The 2D-HD is a style that instantly makes the game a must-try for every pixel-art lover, and a beautiful game to try anyway for people loving more modern art. I also love the voice acting with the podcast settings. It’s hard to describe but it’s such an enriching touch to an artistically curated 2D-HD series.
I think that a lot of people who see Octopath’s lack of connection between characters as a flaw fail to realize that it was done with artistic intent by the devs. The point of the game is that these characters are living their own stories and are travelling together out of convenience rather than a greater than life purpose.
They learn to know each other yes, but they are traveling companions, not BFFs. They barely interact in other’s story because it is not their place. They help in combat and make a few comments, but it isn’t their story so they don’t act (or aren’t even canonically present during certain events). Going in the game with this in mind made me appreciate the story in its unusual but fresh style.
It’s also a game that’s easy to learn, but hard to master. This invites us to learn and explore more, to come up with creative ways to have a better combat/party strategy. The combat system is simple, fun, and strategic at the same time. Everyone loves the visuals and music, but the battle system is the real hero. The combination of breaking the enemy and building up boost points is so satisfying and compelling. It is a simple game that gains difficulty over time. The most difficult challenges are out of the main story, allowing everyone to get through the easy beginning and difficult ending without being blocked by the super difficult boss fights.
The music is absolutely stunning and I can’t tell how many times I’ve listened to Battle at Journey’s End on spotify and apple music, or Daughter of the Dark God or The One They Call The Witch. And basically all of the game’s songs are greatly designed and awesome to hear, even those that are too contextual to be listened to outside the game. You can actually find youtube videos explaining how well the songs have been made, and how they are used to increase the tension before a boss fight etc. The work here is real.
I also loved Octopath for being pure at heart and not being afraid to be simple for what it is. I loved the purity of the storytelling and characters. Don’t get me wrong I love my fair share of taboo themes in fiction but it’s nice to have stories that are down to earth and simple. I loved Octopath for how pure and simple it is and how it teaches lifelong lessons.
Honestly, everything about the game's design is a kind of comfort. The simple stories, the beautiful lighting, the gorgeous soundtrack. It takes really basic tropes and just does them perfectly, without complications. Ymmv on whether that's a good thing, but there's something archetypal about the game to me - it's its own IP but it feels like a thousand other games somehow.
Finally, what makes this game to be so loved by me is the amount of details and lore put into the world; the environment, towns, the quests. Everything about the world building in Octopath has its own unique purpose that is such a Candy rush for JRPG enthusiasts. OT to me is more than just nostalgia, it’s a perfect reiteration of an era of gaming that many old school JRPG players grew up on. It just has these nuances about it that is really beautiful and invoking.
10/10
Steam User 33
Press R for mini map I learned this 30 hours in because I never tried things
Amazing game
Steam User 40
GOD tier game that channels the energy of the golden age of RPGs!