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Octopath 2 is a competent RPG, but fails to realize its loftier ambitions. The individual character stories are well-written and often engaging, but in demanding you arbitrarily divide your time between tales, you're forced to yo-yo back and forth from one saga to the next inviting all the tonal whiplash you might expect. That is not to say that there is nothing to love in Octopath Traveler 2. However, the game feels like it is being pulled apart in eight directions, only held together by narrative conceit and mechanical convenience. Octopath Traveler 2 has breathtaking visuals, a gorgeous score, and a decent, if sometimes underwhelming, combat system. Party conversations often have little to do with the overarching character storylines. Like many of Octopath 2’s features, they are perfectly serviceable alone, but, in the context of the wider beast, they feel forced.įor the most part, our heroes are like allies of convenience, drawn together only to make pursuing their individual goals easier, which isn’t enough in light of the warm and inviting ensemble storytelling of the likes of Xenoblade Chronicles 3 and Bravely Default 2. However, the conversations often have little to do with the overarching character storylines. Travel Banter does shine a light on inter-party dynamics in a pleasing way.
To remedy this issue, Octopath 2 includes special Cross Story chapters and Travel Banter. Square Enix attempts to address a major problem with Octopath Traveler 2’s predecessor: namely, that the eight central characters barely interacted with one another.
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