Octopath Traveller

[Harrison]

The first Square Enix Octopath Traveller came out years ago in 2018, initially on the Switch, and then ported to every other platform. The retro SNES RPG inspired look reminiscent of old Squaresoft Final Fantasy games always appealed to me, as it does for any long time JRPG fan. But I do think some are put off by the pixel art retro style.

But for some reason I had never played them until now. There have so far been 3 games in the series: 1 and 2, and a prequel called 0.

I recently picked up the first game on the PS4/5 in the sales and had a quick go and so far really like the style. A mix of the 16bit retro feel, but with some modern textures and special effects, plus full voice acting. And these games could
take quite a few hours if you consider the Octo part refers to 8 playable characters which you can replay the game right through with each.. although you do meet and interact with the rest regardless of the character you are playing.

Has anyone else played any of them?

I nearly bought it on Steam so I could play handheld on the Steam Deck but decided I wanted to play it on the TV. Plus I have a loyalty to buying Squaresoft games on the Playstation as they feel at home there.

[Tiago]

Got that one in my steam wish list for a long time. Never got a promotion, or didnt notice one.
But i will try it one day
The art style looks great.