I give thanks to Family Friendly Gaming for purchasing a copy of Octopath Traveler on the Nintendo Switch. The PR and Marketing players who represent this game want no sales from the millions within FFGU ever. Will you respect that wish or not

Different characters should interact with the world in different ways, and that's exactly the premise for Square Enix's latest old-school JRPG. Eight quirky characters await you on your journey, each with their own story and their own special ability they can use to overcome obstacles.

A JRPG with real depth to its world; Character abilities provide a sense of discovery; Combat is among the best in the genre

Minimal character interaction; Repetitive

Octopath is such a fun, old school based game. Basically it reminds me of the older rpg games like Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest. You control 8 different travelers which almost completely different backgrounds and go adventuring into the world.

Octopath Traveler is a magnificent experience, but its story structure holds it back from being a truly amazing game

a slow but stately and compelling JRPG throwback

Solid and definitely has an audience. There could be some hard-to-ignore faults, but the experience is fun.

The makers of Bravely Default bring an exclusive new Japanese role-player to Nintendo Switch and it's the perfect mix of old and new.

Impressively open-ended in terms of everything from exploration to character customisation; Engrossing battle system that stays interesting throughout the whole game; Great visual style

The storytelling and dialogue is weak, with limited voice-acting of a similarly poor quality; Some odd graphical glitches

For a certain set of role-playing fans, the Super NES era represents the golden standard of RPG design. That's nostalgia speaking to a certain degree; after all, many people encountered menu-based battles with teams of magic-slinging warriors through the likes of Final Fantasy 6 and Chrono Trigger .

Octopath Traveler is unapologetically old-school, and would not have been out of place if it had released back in the golden age of JRPGs.

Incredible music and art; deep and strategic gameplay; strong cast of characters; character Path Actions make trips into town exciting

No real overarching story that involves all eight characters; can be grindy between chapters; chapter structure can get repetitive

A wonderful and quite remarkable story that takes somewhere between 60 and 70 hours to complete. With a rich, in-depth combat system and an overall superb game.