Octopath Traveler

 Xbox One
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6.2

Mixed or average reviews- based on 32 Ratings

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  1. Awanka
    Mar 8, 2022
    7
    A good retro JRPG. If this game had been released 20 years ago it might have been considered a mild classic next to other Square games. It has an interesting combat system based on pairing characters with sub-jobs, and finding and exploiting weaknesses for enemies.

    The challenge of the game is inconsistent. Most of the game past chapter 2 is too easy. Some of the the end-bosses make    A good retro JRPG. If this game had been released 20 years ago it might have been considered a mild classic next to other Square games. It has an interesting combat system based on pairing characters with sub-jobs, and finding and exploiting weaknesses for enemies.

    The challenge of the game is inconsistent. Most of the game past chapter 2 is too easy. Some of the the end-bosses make up for it though by being quite difficult. Also like most JRPGs, the dialogue is overlong, mawkish, and reads like it was written for 12 year-olds. I almost have to deduct a point just for the endless bloviating filled with after-school special moralizing. The characters in this game just won't shut up, and take every opportunity to pontificate with trite dialog.

    All-in-all, Octopath Traveler successfully recreates the gameplay of nostalgic titles such as Cronotrigger and Xenogears, but doesn't capture the story-telling that made those games truly great.    … Expand
  2. DoctorZack
    Feb 9, 2023
    6
    Played on Xbox Series X.

    Game is a very impressive use of 2D pixel graphics, and have a strong soundtrack and in-depth turn based combat system. Other than that, the game just feels... by the numbers. Some bits of amusing banter or events, but so much is literally just copy-paste nostalgia from other games that honestly is done better. The game also does poorly at managing the    Played on Xbox Series X.

    Game is a very impressive use of 2D pixel graphics, and have a strong soundtrack and in-depth turn based combat system.

    Other than that, the game just feels... by the numbers. Some bits of amusing banter or events, but so much is literally just copy-paste nostalgia from other games that honestly is done better. The game also does poorly at managing the handful of mature themes it attempts to address. The fact that none of the characters are really invested in eachother also hinders the story experience.

    8 individual SAME RPGs... not really so much a path but 8 parallel lines that decide to tie-in for literally the "closing" content that felt mostly unnecessary and unrelated.    … Expand

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  1. TheXboxHub
    Apr 18, 2021
    80
    Octopath Traveler on Xbox is a game that expertly marries a traditional JRPG with more modern ideas. It should be immediately obvious that this is the intention with the “HD-2D” visuals, but even after only a short time playing it feels so well-executed.
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