Octopath Traveler II

It's a great game that will keep you entertained for a long time, has minimal bugs and its combat system and characters will grab you by the heart. [Issue#326]

Despite some shortcomings, Octopath Traveler II is one of the best JRPGs of the year. It’s nice to know that developers have took all feedback to heart and addressed the main issues with the original game, while adding new mechanics and improvements across the board. The semi-open world is alive as long as you spend most of the time in cities, whereas the wilderness and dungeons feel rather empty. Also, even though the pacing is better than in the first game, Octopath Traveler II is still a little too slow by today’s standards. I wholeheartedly recommend Octopath Traveler II to anyone who is even just mildly interested in JRPGs. It’s very close to the masterpiece status and you don’t even have to play the original. In fact, I would strongly suggest you skip the first game and play this one instead.

Octopath Traveler II is a triumphant and confident follow-up to its predecessor, building on the established foundation with welcome new ideas and tweaks that make for an overall excellent experience. A strategic combat system, open-ended character progression, well-written stories, gorgeous visuals, and an incredible soundtrack all coalesce into one of the finest RPGs available on Switch to date. Though it may be more of the same, Team Asano demonstrates mastery of its craft at every turn here. We’d give Octopath Traveler II a high recommendation to anybody looking for a beautiful new RPG to add to their Switch collection.

The sequel to Octopath Traveler goes down the same route, so it plays somewhat safe. The strong stories keep you engaged and visually it is appealing, but be aware that the performance is not optimal on the Switch. That said, there is little else to fault with the game and fans of the original can buy this title blindly.

The main issue I have with OT2 is in its similarities to its predecessor. It’s a fun and excellent example of the genre, but doesn’t really stretch beyond it. I suppose there are worse sins a game can commit than just not feeling much different from its great predecessor. Still, if Octopath Traveler wasn’t your thing, Octopath Traveler II likely won’t be, either.

Octopath Traveler 2 builds on its predecessor's strengths to create another charming retro RPG.

Despite my frustrations with the limited ways that Octopath Traveler II improves upon the original, at its core the game still scratches an itch that no other game can satisfy. I still spent more than 50 hours in the world of Solistia, exploring every part of the map I could and seeking out new stories to immerse myself in...For those who lament the modern state of Final Fantasy, or want something that feels truly inventive in its design compared to many cookie-cutter AAA games, Octopath Traveler II is a journey well worth taking.

This game blew my mind. The top down perspective and the 8-bit graphics similar to old RPG games really surprised me. But the main attraction is the story. It is so compelling and it’s crazy to think about that this is a game and not a movie. Absolutely bonkers.

Fini sur Series X en faisant toutes les quêtes annexes et autres défi en 70h (sauf dernier boss secret mais j'y reviendrais). Mes persos sont tous au level 95. J'aurais pu pousser jusque 99 mais cela n'aurait pas apporter grand chose de plus... Je trouve que le jeu souffle le chaud et le froid. J'aime le côté mature de certains scénarios, mais clairement ils ne se valent pas tous. Certains persos comme Hikari,Throné ou Oswald et Themenos ont une histoire bien sympa. Ochette ça va, mais les autres, c'est pas du tout la même limonade. On retrouve les mêmes ficelles que Octopath Traveller 1 avec la même pate graphique, beaucoup trop d'ailleurs. L'effet de surprise de la 2D HD est passé et je trouve le jeu beaucoup moins abouti qu'un Dragon Quest HD2D par exemple. J'ai passé un bon moment, mais encore une fois,comme sur le 1er opus, le boss secret est impossible à vaincre. Du moins je n'avais plus la patience de m'y ****. Même avec des persos au max de leurs capacités, c'est du grand n'importe quoi ce boss secret. Bon courage à ceux qui veulent s'y frotter, moi ça m'a fatigué, et pourtant j'y ai mis du temps et de la bonne volonté. Un bon jeu, mais Dragon Quest est passé par là entre temps, ainsi que d'autres RPG 2D comme Sea of Stars. Difficile pour lui de rivaliser que ce soit visuellement ou en gameplay / fun. Je ne pense pas que je ferais le Zéro qui sort prochainement

It's OK. The only thing really improved from OT1 is the endgame and the beast capture system. The music is across the board worse, OT1 had one of the best soundtracks in video game history. OT2 is generic RPG music, the rich regionality in the tracks is gone. The3D background graphics in places are really muddy, don't remember that being the case in OT1. Several of the characters stories are completely nonsensical. The day/night cycle system is just an aggravation. Basically OT2 is a decent game, but out-shined in nearly every way by it's predecessor, and it has lost the labor of love feeling the first one had.

Pain for my eyes due to poor graphic rendition and bad layout infos on screen.. boring gameplay.. Great story as ever for these games, but (for me) it's far to be enough..

Way too many random encounters in the “open” world. Super annoying!! Had to drop the game because it was getting too much. Warding accessory that reduces it does nothing.