Great visual effects with the hybrid 2D and 3D mash up. Really awesome battle system. Only one down side would be that your character doesn't change outfits or weapons when equipping a new item. All in all, a very beautifully crafted game!

Incredibly good rpg. Story, gameplay, graphics / atmosphere are amazing. Have you ever played an older rpg with a turnbased fighting mechanism and liked it, you should invest in this. Already a classic!

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

Golden Age

Gorgeous visuals and slick animations; Superlative soundtrack; Fantastic combat system; Tons of things to do and locations to explore

Side quests are far too vague; Some QOL and design issues

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 .

Eight people gather in a tavern, swapping stories and preparing for adventure. It's not clear why they're traveling together-there's a pious cleric and a murderous dancer in this odd crew-but they've united nonetheless.

Fantastic combat; visuals; music

Grindy; repetitive; shallow stories

a slow but stately and compelling JRPG throwback

There's no school like the old school as Square Enix takes us back to a classic era with Octopath Traveler, a traditional turn-based role-playing game that ticks all of the boxes sought after by the old people who still remember playing Final Fantasy on their Super Nintendo.

Octopath Traveler draws inspiration from a lot of places that makes it feel almost like a classic Final Fantasy game from the early nineties. It is said to be a sort of spiritual successor to these classic games and from the opening right until the end, this is clear.