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Her path action is pretty good though. Gonna miss all those villagers helping me. Maybe I'll replace her with Primrose after all.
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Her path action is pretty good though. Gonna miss all those villagers helping me. Maybe I'll replace her with Primrose after all.
I have no interest in having a main team minus Cyrus who's forced. I just plan to rotate out characters each chapter to try and keep everyone caught up in levels as best as I can.
Say that to my Ophilia who has nearly double the SP that Cyrus has and nearly the same HP as Olberic, can heal the party, revive all allies and summon help.
Ophilia is surprisingly one of my favourites in battle
From what people have said, gear has more of an effect on stats than level.
Is it a mistake to be dueling/knocking out NPCs as Olberic? No idea if they will ever wake up to allow me to do other interactions with other characters.
Started out with Cyrus, his magic is a beast. Story-wise I've enjoyed Primrose the most by far. Octopath Traveler is a great example where you can argue that emotions can also be created with 2D graphics and sprites as good as with the most modern assets. Other stories weren't nearly as good but I'll be curious to find out about each party member's future path. Was glad to read something about interaction and dialogue between the party members in this thread, because I was already fearing a Dragon Quest IX experience in this regard.
Battle system is fun, too. I even died on my first few encounters, but the game gets easier with four party members. There seems to be a fair amount of specialization later on, so I'm looking forward to find my best party setup.
Battle system is fun, too. I even died on my first few encounters, but the game gets easier with four party members. There seems to be a fair amount of specialization later on, so I'm looking forward to find my best party setup.
Finally got hold of a copy of the game. But what's up with this game? Every store I checked was sold out. Did this game got seriously undershipped to Europe or something?
Anyway, can't wait to sink my teeth in this game.
Anyway, can't wait to sink my teeth in this game.
My Alfyn has more HP than Olberic, can heal everything and everyone, replenish SP, and rez morons, simply by using cheap items and his brain.
He also has an axe and a skill called Amputation.
I rest my case.
Edit: oh and he's capable of humor and occasionally be interesting, something Ophilia can only dream of.
Just finished the third prologue. While the stories are pretty standard fare I'm still having a blast and can't wait to play some more.
The one thing that is annoying me is the game isn't fully voiced. I wonder if this is due to the budget? I dunno but it takes me out of the game
The one thing that is annoying me is the game isn't fully voiced. I wonder if this is due to the budget? I dunno but it takes me out of the game
Cyrus, and I'm glad I did. If I have to be forced to keep someone in my party make it the guy who can toggle the random encounter rate.
got to 8 hours played last night
this game is amazing so far
almost have all 8 characters. they did a really good job with all the characters because whenever I have to pull someone to do another chapter 1 it's always a tough choice.
also so far the towns in this game are fantastic. variety of environments, varied layouts (loved bolderfall's north south setup and how it was nestled in the cliffs), lots of npcs. each town feels wholly distinct from one another in every aspect. every time I get to a town I just run around and talk to everyone and get a feel for the layout of the town. and of course the music.
this game is amazing so far
almost have all 8 characters. they did a really good job with all the characters because whenever I have to pull someone to do another chapter 1 it's always a tough choice.
also so far the towns in this game are fantastic. variety of environments, varied layouts (loved bolderfall's north south setup and how it was nestled in the cliffs), lots of npcs. each town feels wholly distinct from one another in every aspect. every time I get to a town I just run around and talk to everyone and get a feel for the layout of the town. and of course the music.
Seems to be extremely popular, at least seems to be here in Ireland. Guys in GameStop told me it's been a big hit and even everyone who worked there loved it too.
Sounds like one of these Crash Bandicoot style sleeper hit releases
I completed Alfyn chapter one and it got a lot better. With two party members you get to have some options in conbat
I completed Alfyn chapter one and it got a lot better. With two party members you get to have some options in conbat
I assumed at the end Alf and Zeph were boyfriends but I'm not sure if I read too much I to that relationship but they seem very close to just be 'friends'.
You can purchase/steal an accessory from Tressa's mother in Rippletide, it recovers 6 SP after every action. Costs about 17k and probably has a low chance to steal but it's really useful.
Played another three hours today and got all eight characters. This game is really, really good. I think I'm going to level all of them up to at least 20 and get better equipment and then do Chapter 2. BTW, what's a good solution to ensure Cyrus doesn't run out of SP as often as he does now? I don't like skipping character turns to use plums on him and Ophilia doesn't have any SP spells.
Her father sells a HP variant that recovers 100HP after every turn
Same here in the Netherlands. I mean, I get the popularity on places like ResetERA, but to think that a game like this canb sell out is just weird to me. It's very cool of course, but weird.
If you go on twitter right now there are people complaining about the game being in short supply everywhere. Germany, UK, Australia, it's going crazy.
The Japanese Octopath Traveler account also just posted a message apologising for the shortages in Japan.
The thirst is real.
I switch party all the time and I found that Therion / Thief is a good partner. He's naturally fast so usually moves before Cyrus. Just learn Give / Steal SP and alternate.
Played another three hours today and got all eight characters. This game is really, really good. I think I'm going to level all of them up to at least 20 and get better equipment and then do Chapter 2. BTW, what's a good solution to ensure Cyrus doesn't run out of SP as often as he does now? I don't like skipping character turns to use plums on him and Ophilia doesn't have any SP spells.
Is it actually worth scrutinizing everybody? what do you really gain? I see some hidden item here and there but that's about it.
Also should i be challenging everybody?
And lastly, is the side quest meant to be this vague, or are there any hints that i'm missing.
Also should i be challenging everybody?
And lastly, is the side quest meant to be this vague, or are there any hints that i'm missing.
I love the message the shortage sends out. Would love to have more games like this hehe :)
Through Scrutinzing you usually find hidden items, important information you need to complete quests, discounts at the inn, bonuses to stealing, alluring, trading ect. Plus sometimes just some cool info too
Through Scrutinzing in Rippletide I got the Haggle bonus for example, which has saved me thousands when buying stuff with Tressa
That make sense! Thanks!
I'm still curious if I should be knocking out everybody in the town... and I'm kind of having trouble completing most of the side quest.
I think I will proceed with the story first, now going to my 5th chapter 1, such a charming, fantastic game.
I think scrutinize is mostly for some extra flavor. If you don't care about talking to absolutely everyone then it probably won't make a difference to you.
Though it does provide some fun extra details. I saw an example on reddit where the scrutinize description mentions that an old lady is a widow who holds on to her fisherman husband's spear as a memento... a spear that you can steal from her with Therion, lol.
I love how open ended quests are, and that the way you solve them really change the lives of the NPC characters.
so there is quest where a rich guy is looking for a painter he loves. It's from Cyrus' town and I always remembered it and kept looking for paintings to buy. Even bought a painting for 20k thinking it was it but nope. Then I randomly found the painter by a river and both bought the painting and brought him with me. When talking to the rich guy I could both give him the painting or introduce the artist. Introducing the artist made him able to continue painting, which wouldn't have been the case if I just gave the painting. Dialogue was great too.
Challenge and Provoke are definitely the least useful, they are only really useful for completing quests where someone needs to get knocked out because they are harassing someone or something like that, or for when someone is blocking a door and you want to get past.
And yeah, I've discovered a lot of side quest information by scrutinizing. It's pretty essential. I love how path actions are balanced in this game.
I know at least one sidequest where you have to lose a Challenge, lol. It's fun all the stuff they come up with for the path actions.
I know at least one sidequest where you have to lose a Challenge, lol. It's fun all the stuff they come up with for the path actions.
Started as Olberic and dude is a fucking tank. At like 1000hp already at level 14 and enemies don't seem to damage him much. Gear really makes the characters.
You want to be scrutinizing (or Alfyn's equivalent which can't fail but is LV-based) everything. Besides the interesting backstories and hidden items, you sometimes gain special information that shows up in your inventory & can be used in quests, as well as bonuses that affect the town like "Stealing is easier" and "The store has new equipment." Challenging, on the other hand, you only need to do it when it's the solution to a quest or if the character is blocking a door.
Saw some complaints about needing to grind from reviewers and I'm not seeing it as long as you're thorough with sidequests & exploration and aren't OCD about keeping trying to keep everybody's LVs even. I thought I'd go around unlocking the secondary jobs before doing chapter 2 and I'm already in my mid-20s on my main party.
Yeah I've said it before and the need to grind was vastly overblown. If you take full advantage of the systems in the game you are fine. My main Cyrus is lvl 30 now and I've just been doing sidequests since completing chapter 1's.