Glad this game is getting praised for improving the story & gameplay. Two things you really look for in a sequel. Also, I really appreciate that he mentioned the Saga series.
@Kageravager
Жыл бұрын
I'm actually curious about the SaGa series myself...also this review made me want to go back and finish the stories from Octopath 1.
@danielwade7664
Жыл бұрын
Agreed, good review. And the SaGa series is my favourite of all time so good shout
@alinaitzal1173
Жыл бұрын
They improved NOTHING but the music. The game is still JUST a visual Novel with some rpg elements. all you do is unlock stories... There is no ARC... The stories are trite and one dimensional. It just LOOKS cool and SOUNDS Amazing. But playing it is dull and lifeless right until you are stuck in cut scenes.
@Rob.N.
Жыл бұрын
Pre-ordered and have 25hrs already. Been having a blast. I was looking for a classic JRPG and this has so far been perfect. The combat, visuals, narratives, characters, and music. Great way to set off my gaming year.
@fredflintstone5356
Жыл бұрын
If you want another classic, check out Live A Live on the Switch. Great game as well.
@apolonioman5479
Жыл бұрын
Did you play part one?! I one time (couple of times) went from 8 pm to 8 AM straight. Fkn willlddd.
@nickwick35
Жыл бұрын
This game was pretty much made for fans that loved the first game. They didn’t want to change too much but just enough so that fans can dive right in and feel at home.
@JETiKnightNY
Жыл бұрын
Pretty much what you need to do when you're a new franchise. They found something appealing and instead of trying fix something that wasnt broken, they expound on it. The game started as a Switch exclusive and ended up getting ports to the Playstation ans PC. The game deserves the success as it's my favorite series this gen.
@thedeepfriar745
8 ай бұрын
If it ain’t broke don’t fix it.
@nayyarrashid4661
Жыл бұрын
Played through it for eight hours straight. Something of a feat for me in this age. And it doesn't disappoint not one bit. Story and gameplay is a marked improvement esp story telling.
@perriwinkleiii5361
Жыл бұрын
Octopath's combat is some of the best in any JRPG. I'm glad they kept everything great about it and then gave it even more
@juliuscaesar9756
Жыл бұрын
How so? Based on the 3 hour demo the gameplay is very basic and repetitive.
@SwiftDanger
Жыл бұрын
I wasn’t going to play part 1 because 2 had a release date coming soon. But I put 100 hours into 1 (amazing game). Im glad I did. It makes me appreciate part 2 even more. This game was made by a team that actually cares about their game. The changes to part 2 are even sweeter when you realize why they made them in the first place. This game is a genuine work of art. Osvald is my series favorite so far, dude is awesome. He has that hard edge Cyrus was missing.
@dwayneuzoaru
Жыл бұрын
One of my favorite RPGs of all time
@Fingerknee
Жыл бұрын
Ew
@S3RAVA3LM
Жыл бұрын
Such an attractive concept; really, this is a blessing
@randomedgygamer2191
Жыл бұрын
i want the black/white remakes to be in this engine
@nickthemage2052
Жыл бұрын
I need it desperately
@Ofrnaxe
Жыл бұрын
That would make sense
@emomc9557
Жыл бұрын
I had to take a break from playing to post this comment. Game is off the chain. They made tons of enhancements ALL around and the stories are actually really good!!! You guys gotta get this one!! One of my favorite changes was that the characters interact with each other while fighting, a cool feature that makes the game feel more cohesive
@alexnelson8
11 ай бұрын
My biggest complaint with Octopath 1 was that it felt like 8 stories and characters that had zero connection to each other. Do the characters and stories in the sequel combine and interact, or is it just minor banter between party members?
@BROOKLYNBORN1994
Жыл бұрын
This game is absolutely amazing
@labrats3d
Жыл бұрын
Can you jump into this, without knowing the first one? Or am I story wise lost?
@dahut95
Жыл бұрын
Just saw on the ign video that you can drop right into this one. Has its own fresh story.
@ivanliew5714
Жыл бұрын
Yes, you can. It’s totally 8 new story of “traveller” which not related with the first one
@TheLastLineLive
Жыл бұрын
It’s like Final Fantasy where you can jump in to any specific game because they aren’t connected
@SalvableRuin
Жыл бұрын
Lack of hand-holding is "off-putting"? Do RPG fans just love to read endless explanations? I hated Xenoblade Chronicles 3 because the game constantly told me what to do with endless pop-up instructions. I enjoyed the demo for Octopath Traveler II.
@GreggyAck
Жыл бұрын
My least favourite trope in JRPGs is that they tutorialise hours and hours of the game. Just give me the basics and let me either figure the rest out or give me a decent in-game manual.
@alexsandereastmond7036
Жыл бұрын
looks promising and amazing very well detailed
@jelitejbzzz
Жыл бұрын
So excited oh also I'll buy the 1st one to if you ever port it to playstation sqaure
@spiderdude2099
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for actually playing and not speedrunning the game and skipping half the content. Tell IGN your arcane secrets sometime.
@miguelgomes6849
Жыл бұрын
the best thing to me is the game is much more harder and love that change because the first one (i liked a lot) is a walk in a park
@Mgkamiolo
Жыл бұрын
I agree except the secret boss at the end which I never went back to beat.
@HornPlayer02
Жыл бұрын
* Stares in Galdera *
@ryu-ken
Жыл бұрын
@@Mgkamiolonoob
@gabrielike1370
Жыл бұрын
I thought the first game was hard. Especially the 4 special bosses
@HornPlayer02
Жыл бұрын
@@gabrielike1370 I remember 2 of them being a challenge. One in particular.
@HBSaxMachine
Жыл бұрын
Partitio’s theme slaps hard
@LingLing-ou6nt
Жыл бұрын
That soundtrack is 🔥 🔥
@zul_1991
Жыл бұрын
All i want for Octopath Traveler 3 is equipment crafting, and choosing difficulty option and more class, more characters, 10-15 chapters for each char 😁
@cZero475
Жыл бұрын
Another 5 years of Wait
@BIGREDXXXL
Жыл бұрын
for anyone wondering... this game is on Steam
@darkobrodski1453
Жыл бұрын
I also had a crash where my ps5 completely shut down, and its a new console. The crash happened during the cutscene for the next chapter with Osvald. Fans immediately, for unknown reasons started to spin like crazy and the console shut itself down without any warning.
@ligmaballz3584
Жыл бұрын
It’s not the game it’s the console. Mine has done it twice with 2 different games
@taemeister9302
Жыл бұрын
I had a crash during the true ending credits.
@MegaTyler93
Жыл бұрын
So I never played the first game, but does this have an overworld like in classic JRPGs such as FF6, Dragonquest, etc?
@supermac1749
Жыл бұрын
Not in the same way but it is open world lol
@MegaTyler93
Жыл бұрын
@@supermac1749 That's good to hear but I'm curious what you mean by not in the same way?
@supermac1749
Жыл бұрын
It’s not like a big overview of an open world more like you traverse through sections. Like FF10 kinda comes to mind. You are free to go wherever you want though.
@supermac1749
Жыл бұрын
@@MegaTyler93FF10 but in 2D lol
@PigDaddy2020
Жыл бұрын
It does not. It has a static map screen from which you simply choose various field maps to enter, which are level-gated areas in themselves. It is not open world.
@RoadRage810
Жыл бұрын
The original has been in my backlog for a while. I just never got to it. It is next on the list and if it is to my liking I will go ahead and grab the sequel so it can be ignored for a few years until I get around to playing it. 🤣
@bravoalley228
Жыл бұрын
I have a few Steam games to get through so I understand what you imply. 😏
@johnnyslokes2712
9 ай бұрын
I havent played the first one but this game looks amazing, right up my alley
@dreamer6737
Жыл бұрын
Can’t wait to play this during this weekend 🎉
@Rhin0beak
Жыл бұрын
I’ve started and gotten bored with the first game 3 times now. It’s a fantastic game I honestly don’t know why I can’t hold my attention, but maybe this sequel will fare better
@Ty-yy7zr
Жыл бұрын
Is the final area locked behind side quests like the first game, wasn't a fan of that. Wasn't a fan of how the side quests were done in the first game anyway, just a bit too vague on how to complete them for me at least.
@CNM3
Жыл бұрын
The music in this game is fantastic too
@chroniquephilousophique9983
Жыл бұрын
Just a word here about the music of this opus. While i didnt know how to improve on the already fantastic one of the first game, clearly the composer outdone himself with this one. Not a note, a beat l, a melody or sound feels out of place, in fact it realise the unbelievable feat of being even more beautiful and appealing.
@JoeDouglas
Жыл бұрын
I don't know. It looks beautiful, but the original just didn't hold my interest. It felt grindy and the story just wasn't that interesting. Maybe I'll try this if/when it gets a hard sale
@TA3DArtist
Жыл бұрын
I’ve enjoyed it. It was a great way to get me to play an 8/16 bit style game again. I do wish so many characters didn’t have a “get towns person/creature to help” skills though
@epiclight858
Жыл бұрын
It's really all optional anyway..
@TheKillerPingu
Жыл бұрын
Cant wait for the game to arrive on PC..one year later.
@adambatchelor9822
Жыл бұрын
It's on PC right now.
@TheKillerPingu
Жыл бұрын
@@adambatchelor9822 sweeet! Thought it was going to be same as the prequel.
@BIGREDXXXL
Жыл бұрын
thing is.... this game already IS on steam
@TheKillerPingu
Жыл бұрын
@@BIGREDXXXL I thought it was going to be the same as the prequel, where it only arrived almost one year later.
@BIGREDXXXL
Жыл бұрын
@@TheKillerPingu understandable, i was surprised it made its way to steam early this time around also.. I just noticed someone already mentioned it being one pc, srry for repeat. happi gaming
@centipedekid9824
Жыл бұрын
It's cool looking but is don't know if it's worth 60 bucks
@Roxaroth
Жыл бұрын
IT is. Every dmgod penny
@SILVERONIN
Жыл бұрын
Worth every penny
@danie8944
Жыл бұрын
I would have paid double
@chrish5500
Жыл бұрын
I’ve got the demo and I’m really liking it but should I play the first one or just go with this? Thanks in
@countryboyred
Жыл бұрын
Just go with 2. The story isn’t connected. 2 is basically the same as 1 but with improvements in key areas
@marcusarelius
Жыл бұрын
Just waiting for FedEx! Hurry up FedEx!!!
@truno7
Жыл бұрын
Square Enix does it again. OP1 has a soundtrack that I listen to. I hope OP2 leaves a lasting impression like OP1.
@ZeroPrime_Reviews
Жыл бұрын
OP1 OST hit so hard. So far, IMO, OP2 OST isn't hitting as well. It's still good and I'm still enjoying it, but it just isn't hitting it just right.
@elplayclown257
9 ай бұрын
Man these games are so similar to the saga games! With 8 different heroes to the open ended scenarios, etc......
@keip4568
Жыл бұрын
Apples...
@lordrikudouzero9119
Жыл бұрын
For many, like myself, the few changes are more than enough. If it doesn’t gel with you just look elsewhere. I am currently forcing myself to finish P4 Golden and P5 Royal. The life sim aspects are currently not enjoyable to me. However, I do not wish to change the game for my personal tastes: I love Shin Megami Tensei (aka Persona w/out the heart lol) so that works for me. Likewise the aspects like separate stories are a part of Octopath’s dna. It would be like any other jrpg without its wrinkles.
@Minotaka
Жыл бұрын
Looks great!!
@RealmsofPixelation
Жыл бұрын
Dragon Quest III HD 2D Remake when, SE?
@txgoldrush
Жыл бұрын
Agnea has the second best story only to Castti, who has the best.......sorry Gamespot. While no story is below good, I find Throne's story at its end, frustrating.
@JesseDylanMusic
Жыл бұрын
Since they didn’t improve the tedious dungeon design or asinine reputation (path action) system… or listen to much other feedback for the sequel, I doubt they will for part 3 either. This review reminded me how heartbreaking my 50 hours with the first game were, desperate to like it but always being put off by silly little things that could have been changed for the sequel
@countryboyred
Жыл бұрын
80 hours for me. I desperately wanted to like octo1 but good lord that game is a grind fest
@JesseDylanMusic
Жыл бұрын
@@countryboyred It got really tedious in many ways... However, after listening to Jason Shreier's review of Octo 2, I really want to play it when I can! It sounds like they solved a lot of that. I think a lot more changes were made than some of these reviews lead one to believe. Still not much interaction between characters, but some more, and it sounds like the stories themselves involve more side characters, which I think would help a lot.
@karebushmarebu233
11 ай бұрын
@@countryboyred Its a love letter to old school JRPGS, all the classic JRPGs are filled with grinding, infact the games are 90% repetition/grinding/dungeon crawling. To anyone who geneuionly loves old school 8 and 16 bit JRPGs, both Octopaths are amazing, but especially the second one, because it has that great old school JRPG comfort play but with a newer and cool battle system and much more in depth writing
@countryboyred
11 ай бұрын
@@karebushmarebu233 oh I’m familiar, JRPGs are my favorite genre and I’ve played a ton of them. I just found octo 1 to be very tedious and not that fun. Surprisingly through I loved octopath 2. The characters, story, world and everything else was very much improved in 2.
@darkobrodski1453
Жыл бұрын
They have to add one major feature for saves. Octopath Traveler 2 does not feature any cross-save feature that allows you to transfer game data between different platforms, and this is very much needed.
@tigertony7724
3 ай бұрын
Music awesome
@bartboon3432
Жыл бұрын
Guys I need your help! This game just got out where I live but it’s 60 euro..is it worth it ?
@Roxaroth
Жыл бұрын
Very
@SILVERONIN
Жыл бұрын
Definitely worth every penny
@jojocookie774
Жыл бұрын
Try the demo before you buy
@lets_see_777
Жыл бұрын
idk the individual stories and structure felt very bland in the first one.
@VGPorage
Жыл бұрын
Must agree on that allthough I enjoyed it overall must say that it's hard to really get invested when constantly jump from story to story.
@eduardoargueta5074
Жыл бұрын
Did they fix the rate in which enemies appear?
@countryboyred
Жыл бұрын
The encounter rate was miserably high in the first one. Couldn’t walk two feet without hitting an enemy.
@eduardoargueta5074
Жыл бұрын
@@countryboyred couldnt agree more. Hopefully its different and better on this sequel
@countryboyred
Жыл бұрын
@@eduardoargueta5074 me too. I really want to love this series but the first one was such a slog. I’m on the fence about buying this one.
@eduardoargueta5074
Жыл бұрын
@@countryboyred Dude I feel exactly the same way. I might end up saving the bucks for R4 on PC) - but man really want to give this game a chance. Has everything I would ever want on an JRPG.
@marcw2604
Жыл бұрын
I hope they redo do final fantasy 6 like this.
@taemeister9302
Жыл бұрын
Octopath 2's story seemed lacking overall. It didn't get me going like the first one did. The story seemed like an inferior rehash of the first Octopath. The main villains were completely predictable after playing the first one (always suspect the least likely npcs). The gameplay was improved which i liked as well as the visuals. Just the story was lackluster.
@popsgarcia2859
Жыл бұрын
Great game and great reviewer thank you for the detailed review
@alextotman9899
Жыл бұрын
This looks awesome!
@xerpp2
Жыл бұрын
Do all the characters gain 100% experience when leveling up? Because the previous game didn’t level up the characters that didn’t participate in battles and that was annoying
@derrickpanciera5644
Жыл бұрын
No. Anyone not in your party receives no exp. So when you have all 8, the benched four receive nothing.
@taemeister9302
Жыл бұрын
It would be weird if the characters you aren't using gained exp when sitting on the bench...makes no sense
@xerpp2
Жыл бұрын
@@taemeister9302 it’s just better accessibility you know. Not having to grind too much
@karebushmarebu233
11 ай бұрын
@@xerpp2 Its an old school JRPG for fans of old school JRPGs, that means lts of grinding, if you don't enjoy that then the games just not for you. That's okay though, not every game should be made for everybody.
@Brian-su9hv
Жыл бұрын
$60 seems steep for this game
@Generalkillaman
Жыл бұрын
I said this out loud by myself. This game is $60!?!?
@jsnel9185
Жыл бұрын
Thankfully noone is forced to buy it. I have been thinking the same thing about call of duty and the assasins creed games for a decade. 😉
@BURGATRON
Жыл бұрын
just wait a couple of years for it to go down to $20
@twinstars8812
Жыл бұрын
Octopath is definitely one of my favorite RPG series. about 15 hours into the 2nd one, it's definitely better than the 1st one. However, I wish there are more relevance among the different character's story arc. So far I've yet to see many.
@InnerRise
Жыл бұрын
Same problem with the first and why I put it down. I'll be skipping this one then.
@rajimus
9 ай бұрын
the stories are literally linked in this one lol@@InnerRise
@carlesber69
Жыл бұрын
Why are bodes giant?
@Cloudiroth462
Жыл бұрын
Aight, I loved Octopath Traveler. I am hyped for the sequel. But this scoring over their Atomic Heart score hurts. The game is fantastic
@kylekingsley2659
11 ай бұрын
Is this a game or more an audiobook?
@tommythornton470
Жыл бұрын
Can anyone tell me if this game is a little less punishing then the first? I loved it but found it to be really grindy at times and as a new father I don’t have much time for the big grind. Thanks
@PigDaddy2020
Жыл бұрын
There is still quite a bit of grinding necessary, as new areas are all still level-gated. Not sure yet if it is less punishing than the original tho. At this point at only a dozen hours in, I'd say it's pretty similar so far, IMO. May change later tho.
@Mattaiko82
Жыл бұрын
Well I started as Hikari and grinded for 90 minutes in the first chapter, was level 13 already which as far as memory serves was considerably higher than I got in the first game at that stage. I put almost 200 hours into the first game and in my small amount of time so far in the sequel it seems like leveling up is a little faster.
@rafaelfelixamaral
Жыл бұрын
I played 6 hours straight yesterday, I go in 40lv danger areas with a lv 30 party (Ochette, Partitio, Throne and Agnea) and I could beat a lot of encounters and level up fast My Ochette is a Warmaster, Throne as Cleric, Partitio as Scholar and Agnea as Merchant... Until now the combats are well balanced, with the right strategie you can pass battles with just bit struggle ( I use a lot of Hired Help, Heal Wounds and Dreafend Bows)
@edenassos
Жыл бұрын
HD2D engine?? Octopath Traveler 1 was built on Unreal Engine 4. HD2D is just the style.
@labrats3d
Жыл бұрын
All reviews should avoid to give any numbers / score or at least split it into categories. This never shows how good or bad a game is. It would be the same if you would rate vegetables against softdrinks...
@Bachinjazz42
Жыл бұрын
More like OctTwoPath Traveler
@InnerRise
Жыл бұрын
1 person wrote the review? And a whole different person provided the gameplay? How?
@gawdlyb5117
Жыл бұрын
This game would be dope as an anime. Esp hakari story
@MortenJohnsenSolberg
Жыл бұрын
Is the reviewer an AI voice?
@rusluck6620
Жыл бұрын
niiiiice
@fastica
Жыл бұрын
Review sounds like a 9.
@ivanliew5714
Жыл бұрын
8
@Fingerknee
Жыл бұрын
Can someone point me to a better review? Dude said they played 60 hours and gave me a commercial
@atcera8714
Жыл бұрын
I like games like this but as I got older I don't have time anymore, my OCD makes me level every character equally before moving onto a different area, so it's time consuming
@reekhavoc2932
Жыл бұрын
I only buy square Enix pixel games
@Fuego_Mike
Жыл бұрын
Voiceover sounds too robotic
@TheKestevon
Жыл бұрын
Is this game $20?
@craigchenery604
Жыл бұрын
More like 65
@DCrawler
Жыл бұрын
Souls like?
@alinaitzal1173
Жыл бұрын
A Visual Novel that is basically a DLC for the first game. at 60$... This ONLY encourages mediocrity...
@SBandy
Жыл бұрын
The 2D animations could be miles better. Earthworm Jim looked better
@Cowkill
Жыл бұрын
You're comparing oranges to apples here.
@pacman-on-ice0020
Жыл бұрын
Noooooo I thought dunkey killed that game sadly not 😫
@omriu5000
Жыл бұрын
So it's a 2D game that looks afar more awful than Maplestory, a 20 y/o game. Nice.
@henrybarney3202
Жыл бұрын
The reviewer sounds like one of the voice actors in the game. Totally bland, reading a script, injecting fake emotion.
@JesseDylanMusic
Жыл бұрын
That was just a narrator, sadly, not the reviewer.
@karebushmarebu233
11 ай бұрын
Maybe play it with the Japanese, since its a Japanese game, the Japanese voice actors are amazing. Its the same as anime, if you watch the dub you're ruining it for yourself. Western actors seem to have a very hard time with Japanese writing (or maybe its jsut that dub actors get paid like dirt, so many dont put a lot of effort in, plus in Japan they have litteral voice acting schools, its taken very seriesouly there and they are paid properly) so just do the sub man
@vgnvideogameninja2930
Жыл бұрын
Nope. This is an 8.5 - 9.0, so once more here's another BS review score by LameSpot.
Пікірлер: 159