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Octopath Traveler Review Thread
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Yeah, totally lost my temper with that one. Shitty personal circumstances but that doesn't excuse me being a dick.
(if you read this post...)
Sorry jschreier
I'm an idiot.
Sure, blame the fanbase of one console for how this thread is going on. It's not that "the usual suspects from other console shores" coming into this thread, declaring one review that happens to be more negative than others, as the one and only and repeat on with those concerning "Yikes" or "Wait for price drop" are any better than those who jump at a reviewer for his opinion.
Let's not act that the shit that's going on in here is not from all sides.
Cancelled my amazon preorder
only because it comes out tomorrow and it hasn't shipped yet and the last few times that happened I didn't get it until like Tuesday.
only because it comes out tomorrow and it hasn't shipped yet and the last few times that happened I didn't get it until like Tuesday.
This game (still) looks really interesting to me, but I despised Xenoblade 2. So, following the logic of some people in this thread, should I skip it?
I grind in pokemon all the time.....
Maybe I just play the game different. Yall are probably the ones who played pokemon yellow and had a level 60 something nidoking and 50 something starter at the elite 4 and everyone else in the high 40s, 30s being revive bait.
I like all mine the same level... you gotta grind for that. Even in the new ones.
After Odin Sphere, I'm very wary of 'short, not so grindy' games. I almost quit after 20 hours.
60 hours with grinding...
I don't remember ever having to grind in Persona 5, repetitive sure, but grindy? Maybe I was just that good.
I don't remember ever having to grind in Persona 5, repetitive sure, but grindy? Maybe I was just that good.
Good, that means you don't have to grind if you really don't want to.
Ive also played good ones with grinding in it, its not bad per se.
All good. I understand why people get heated and defensive. I've been counting down the days for Octopath Traveler since it was announced at the Switch reveal event, and it was crushing to play through the game and gradually realize that every chapter was going to follow the same exact pattern. I had such high hopes for this one.
Jason wrote a very good expression of his opinions. And they helped me understand more about the game which I think is the sign of a good review. People hyped about Octopath (or Switch exclusive in general) should not downplay the valid criticisms he found with the game.
That said, I think those with an agenda for downplaying Octopath (or Switch exclusives in general) are latching on to this one review and ignoring the overwhelming majority of reviews that are positive. The IGN reviewer sounded downright giddy when talking about the game.
80+ for an old-school JRPG? I'm sold. But I totally see that it won't be for everyone.
I don't think Jason Schreier loves JRPG's. He's not a fan of the old-school stuff at all from what I can tell, especially core mechanics like grinding and turn-based battles. It may be better to say he is a fan of modern RPG's that have more of a Western flavor to them. Like I said, different strokes
To me, this sounds like a breath of fresh air among the action-based "RPG's" I see these days (and I use that term loosely). DQXI will be another, but I will have to wait for the Switch version because I just don't want to sit in front of a TV that long anymore. I am interested in what the Japanese and actual RPG fans think
Those who love Chrono Trigger, old-school FF, DQ, and such... They seem to like it
In the new ones they're all the same level, 10 levels above where they should be after a single gym lol
well, persona 5 was very grindy to me, but that never bothered me. Hopefully it's the same here
That's on you then. If you want to be overpowered and play the game like that more power to you. However, that does not make the game a grind game.
I still have to play Ni no Kuni 2 and i´m a bit worried about the game, because it looks that it wasn´t really liked by the players. Whats exactly wrong with it? I was kinda happy when they brought back something similar to the Georama in Dark Cloud with the Kingdom management.
Yeah, an 84-85 MC for a game like this is fantastic.
Good reviews + it's topping the Amazon game charts in most regions = game is already looking like a big success.
That's great, but if you want to just do the critical path, grinding shouldn't be necessary. It'll be interesting to see if there are ways to circumvent that in Octopath.
Uninspired level design is such a turn off for me. I was hoping the [bland] dungeons in the demo weren't representative of the level design philosophy of the entire game... but that indeed appears to be the case.
Disappointing. A few branching paths (not just for chests) or interactive objects would make a big difference. Keys. Switches. Buttons.
Bleh.
Disappointing. A few branching paths (not just for chests) or interactive objects would make a big difference. Keys. Switches. Buttons.
Bleh.
I really like this tidbit from Jeremy Parish's review at Polygon:
I love "I can see that place but how do I get there" puzzles in games. Exploration and world traversal is one of my favorite things to dig into, so I'm glad to hear there's a focus on that here.
I love "I can see that place but how do I get there" puzzles in games. Exploration and world traversal is one of my favorite things to dig into, so I'm glad to hear there's a focus on that here.
You're misunderstanding the context.
There was a big issue with people tweeting about how he was going to review the game after only playing one character's story, so don't trust his review because he'd barely played all of the game, etc. What had actually happened was he had said in the preview thread that he'd finished 1 and was working on the others- which is to say, he'd done the final chapter of 1, but most of the other 7.
Similarly, there was the whole debate over whether there was some endgame thing that connects everything. A tweet was posted (...by the person who made the tweet, which took us way too long to notice) claiming that it only started as vignettes and connected by the end; he spent some time telling people that he had not seen that after finishing, and updated to confirm once he had finished all 8.
He published an article about the first thing. That statement at the end of the review just follows up on both of them, is all. It's not that Nintendo's lying about postgame content or something, it's a disclaimer that he has indeed finished all 8 stories but that there is postgame content he has not seen because Nintendo won't tell him how to unlock it.
Yep, you caught me that's exactly what I am trying to do, go look at my previous 2 posts related to Jason. I actually respect his opinion (other than the Xenoblade comment he made)
I'm not sure when you ever had to stop and grind levels unless you just wanted to, it was a pretty easy game.
Final Fantasy VII I grind to level up my Material
Final Fantasy VIII it wasn't much of a grind because of the Island Closest to Hell and Island Closest Heaven. You could get to level 99 in about 30 minutes so it didn't feel like a grind.
Well good for me, thats what I like out of JRPGs. I dont necessarily think grinding is a horrible thing.
Or maybe will like it regardless I can't tell you how many old school jrpgs I've played that followed the same structure and were right around 30 hours which you played and I loved each of them. so I know people like me will like the repetition. Him liking the game does not invalidate whatever flaws the game may have, it just means somebody likes things in a different way than you do, your opinions are just that, not to be taken as truths.
I think you have a problem realizing that considering your "worships at the altar of hyperbole" statement in the preview thread.
I'm not going to speak for him but I will just say I disagree with your assessment.
I wonder how this pans out in terms of the casually playing Switch player? I'm going to be playing this on the bus, probably interjecting with a few other games. I was starting to burn out on LA Noire and remembered that it was a game to play in chunks.
I really liked this part of the IGN review:
The weakness system really feels very strong to me, and I noticed that it had big implications for what moves were best at which point in a battle. Of course, the chapter 1 battles were rather easy, so you didn't need most of the tactics, but I feel there can be quite some diversity of tactic in more challenging encounters.
IGN said:
The weakness system really feels very strong to me, and I noticed that it had big implications for what moves were best at which point in a battle. Of course, the chapter 1 battles were rather easy, so you didn't need most of the tactics, but I feel there can be quite some diversity of tactic in more challenging encounters.