31GhostsIV
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This looks amazing.. and there's a demo??? Shit, I better get on that...
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Project Octopath Traveler on Switch 2018, demo on eShop [Up: Surveys sent out]
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Kain-Nosgoth
Member
jokes on you, i beat him without buying anything! I'm a true RPG MASTAH
NHarmonic.
Member
That was very very good.
Not a fan of the artstyle at all, though. This 2D reminds me of that pokemon fan game with the first person camera but with the same old GFX...
You actually had money to buy gear in Primrose's path? Huh, that probably would have made it so the fights didn't drag on forever had I known.
Same guy uploaded the title screen music with the actual background video
I think I stayed on that screen like half an hour before clicking start yesterday
I think I stayed on that screen like half an hour before clicking start yesterday
moozoom
Member
I think I'm in love with this game. Just got my butt kicked by the first boss in primrose path, but I totally forgot about the boost thing and still not sure how to manage that shield thing. Will try again after a little level up and after buying some equipment.
Music is really good, and I really love the art style. 2018 is so far away !
Music is really good, and I really love the art style. 2018 is so far away !
CielTynave
Member
Well I finished the Primrose section of the demo, definitely enjoyed it a lot more than I expected to given the random encounters. I kind of wish it occurred to me sooner that it would have been a better idea to use her Moonlight Waltz against the boss instead of his weakness though, I think it did like 3 fully boosted attacks with the dagger before I realized how unbelievably inefficient that was.
DistortionOfReality
Member
God fucking DAMN, I wish I had read the news this morning so I could predownload for this evening. Game has looked legit right from announcement.
dragonlife
Member
Nice. I didn't use lion dance till the second go, either. I'm really scatterbrained.
Yeah, though I only went to the armory after I got beat. I bought a piece for every slot and had enough left over for two grapes. I really think I could have killed him the first time if I had the extra grapes, haha. Felt like I was close because it took a while, but who knows.
Misreported by who?
They should just name the final game "Project Octopath Traveler (working title)" :>
It's really odd that a sex slave was allowed to have money. Let alone enough to buy all that.
Oh well, even had I noticed I probably wouldn't have bothered taking the time to look for the armory. I was in full on "fuck this game" mode before I even got control of Primrose due to the story.
Lynd7
Member
I just finished the Primrose section, took me a little over an hour, then an extra 20 or so walking around exploring the next section. Its cool that you can continue on. I upgraded her gear, you earn more cash after fights so could do most of it.
I really liked it though, looks great, story was good. Will buy the full game.
I really liked it though, looks great, story was good. Will buy the full game.
Well I don't know all the outlets that said this, but I know Kotaku did. I'm not saying this WAS misreported, I'm just wondering if this is a genuine change of developer or something lost in translation or mistranslated.
Go to coming soon and scroll down down down down.
Switch eShop sucks.
flipswitch
Member
Do I have to do a search for the demo because I'm having trouble finding it on the eshop.
audio_delay
Neo Member
If you are on the home screen, select the news tab (red icon on the left). Click on the Octopath article and scroll down and it will show a link to the eshop location.
Just like how Code Vein is from the God Eater devs (aka the Namco Bandai producers who worked on God Eater), Octopus Travelator is from the Bravely Default devs, aka the Square Enix producers who worked on Bravely Default. Marketing and PR doesn't care who the "real" dev studios are.
There are two scenarios to choose from. Each has about an hour of story content before the demo ends and you can free roam for optional content and secrets. There's probably a good 5-10 hours of stuff to get out of the demo. Level cap is 15.
Nah, it's pretty deep. I'm am RPG vet and even some of the regular battles were kind of kicking my butt.
Huh, that's interesting. Definitely makes me excited for the prospect of Silicon Studio working on Bravely Third/Sword etc.
Thanks, that's a shame as I might have to pass on this game because of it. Will try the demo regardless.
I think it's pretty simple in a good way. It's just the usual basic actions (attack, abilities, defend) that you can/should boost at the right moment.
It's not difficult to grasp but it will still require strategy because you have to create the opening in your enemy's defense and manage the boost levels to use at the right moment for maximum effectiveness. There is potential for interesting boss battles.
I'm happy that they allow the defense command to be boosted.
Haven't played Primrose's path yet but she's the only one with the allure ability, and the trailer showed it working on females iirc
This game plays poorly. It looked great in videos but I am not a fan of the pixelated characters. And the dialogue is long and insufferable. These voice actors are bad.
The lighting and environments are cool, but that's all this game has going for it. The battle system is a downright slog.
And promrose's characterization is offensively sexist.
The lighting and environments are cool, but that's all this game has going for it. The battle system is a downright slog.
And promrose's characterization is offensively sexist.
DarknessTear
Banned
I still don't understand the voice acting complaints minus maybe the kid. Everyone I know outside of GAF thinks the voice acting is great, including a few twitch streamers I've watched play the demo who seem to adore the game so far.
Lynd7
Member
Why you think it's a slog? Once I was using the boosts with better timing etc they could go pretty quick.
It's not. It is hokey and over-acted.
Too many random encounters with not enough fun to be had within those encounters. There's no unique hook to the turn based fighting to make it stand out. The boost system just seems whatever.
EmryX
Neo Member
audio_delay
Neo Member
.. I hope people know that they can switch to jpn audio. But even then there is nothing wrong with the english audio track.
I managed to recruit Primrose at the end. Once you have a party the battle mechanics makes sense, breaking guards and focusing on certain enemies first. However I don't think the demo sells this system well. Hopefully we will get another demo in the future.
abstract alien
Member
Walking through a door and having it rumble through the joycon should not feel this good. Biggest disappointment so far is not being able to close a door an walk through it again. Why is such a thing so perfect?
YankeeDonB
Member
This looks AWESOME. Another exclusive jrpg or two and I'll have to buy a Switch....
I was getting FFXV Ignis vibes from the voice acting.
I like the demo but I'm not going to play anymore. Going to wait on official release now.
Lynd7
Member
Agreed, once I had the second party member it started to open up more. I think it'll be fun with more members.
Fbh
Member
Got my Switch in the mail today and the first thing I did after setting it up was downloading this demo.
Overall pretty great. It looks and sounds amazing. Music is fantastic and the visual Style is incredible, this is how you make a SNES style JRPG in HD.
No complains about the voice acting either. Played a bit in English and in Japanese and both sound pretty great IMO.
Have only played half an hour but I enjoyed the battle system (playing as the Knight). I assume it gets more complex later on because this early it's really easy to abuse boost and don't even give the enemies a chance to attack.
Only thing that dissapointed me was random encounters. I know it's supposed to feel like a classic JRPG but ever since Chrono trigger there really isn't an excuse to have them. I hope they have a slider as in Bravely Default in the final release.
Overall pretty great. It looks and sounds amazing. Music is fantastic and the visual Style is incredible, this is how you make a SNES style JRPG in HD.
No complains about the voice acting either. Played a bit in English and in Japanese and both sound pretty great IMO.
Have only played half an hour but I enjoyed the battle system (playing as the Knight). I assume it gets more complex later on because this early it's really easy to abuse boost and don't even give the enemies a chance to attack.
Only thing that dissapointed me was random encounters. I know it's supposed to feel like a classic JRPG but ever since Chrono trigger there really isn't an excuse to have them. I hope they have a slider as in Bravely Default in the final release.
Kain-Nosgoth
Member
Ho the music i wanted has been uploaded, it's soooo good :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xG5MgqqL9cI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xG5MgqqL9cI
To be fair, the dialogue is hokey and cliche. You've gotta play to the material.
(I really don't get the praise this is getting on the story front - have JRPG stories gotten so dire that this looks good in comparison?)
Kain-Nosgoth
Member
go in the "to be released" section, it should be at the end
Lynd7
Member
Yeah it has been for ages, I'm in AU. It wasn't listed on the front page or anything though when I downloaded it. I had to search through the store to find it, the search function didn't seem to work either.