Land of the Bland Octopath Traveler starts with a very ambitious premise. We have eight characters and unlike other RPGs where the members of your party can have their own substories but do share the main one, here

This game is a mixed bag for me. First the positives, what i actually like about it. The graphics. They are pretty, a nice mix of 80's and 90's JRPGs and something more modern and detailed. Although the devs added too

Octopath Traveler is a good JRPG that successfully channels the spirit of 16-bit classics like Final Fantasy VI (released as Final Fantasy III in North America). However, its biggest inspiration is the 1994

It's obvious that the graphics caught our attention, and the game really delivers in this aspect. The environments, combat animations, and boss designs are incredibly eye catching. The soundtrack is pretty good too as

One of the better modern turn based rpgs, but still lacking some QOL changes the sequals would bring. Despite that I think this has the best story out of the three octopath games we have thus far. The gameplay is fun,

So far it's a great game! The first major slow down is when you start chapter two and you're trying to level everyone to where they need to be for their story arcs. It's been a good time finding all the ways we can use