Octopath Traveler 2 Surpasses The Original

All we can hope for is a third installment. What a great experience this has been.

one thing you didn't mention, there is so much more voice acting in octopath 2, in octopath 1 only maybe the first and final chapters of each character were voiced, and even then not fully. But in octopath 2 just about every cutscene has full voice acting. Glad they went the full way this time.

The cuts 👏 lining up 👏 with the music 👏 you outdid yourself with the editing with this one

I really hope that they continue to make more games in this series. Its hands down some of my all time favorites now.

It's the day/night dynamic and the quality of life improvements that made this game better than the original for me, esp. the path actions. I got so used to the path actions in this game that when I tried to revisit OT1, I was like "why is it like this..."

Great video! This game made me cry from sheer enjoyment. Glad to see others felt the same.

The boss battles montage you did at about 2/3 of the video, was ABSOLUTELY EPIC!!!

This was such a nice review, and I'd just leave these here as well. The improved attack animation of the characters was good already. The bosses moving rather than just flashing when doing attacks, that puts some feels into the game so much as well. Voice acting, pretty much all their conversations in the story has voice acting. Boss fights - Yes, they included way lot more new mechanics compared to its predecessor, and that produced a lot more challenge than the usual. But I'd say the biggest one for me... THE MUSIC OF THIS GAME IS INSANELY WONDERFUL! They outdid themselves again with all the character themes properly transitioning to each boss fight music and even in the middle of the boss battle. In pursuit of A, and The Journey of A ends are just so lovely. Story-wise, I think among all the stories, 2 of them put me to tears, and the rest gave me goosebumps. It's just that wonderful. Play it. It's worth spending.

Octopath Traveler was already my favorite game, but now its become my favorite series. From the music to the gameplay to the stories its a literal chefs kiss.

I’m really living this game but yet at the same time I kinda find it difficult to play….I lost my best friend this January and the emotional music this game is chock full of😢 it’s tough

Amazing game, I prefer it to octopath 1, but still appreciate that game for allowing this game to exist. What I love about it is that it didn’t feel formulaic, octopath 1 chapters fell into a pattern of: get to town, meet someone and establish goal, use path action, dungeon, fight boss, complete goal and find a new one (with the exceptions of the final chapters), while every character’s story felt different in how it progressed. I also adore the use of a preindustrial era to contextualize the story, which is a time not often used in rpgs, but is used to great ability. The gameplay’s simple additions such as the latent abilities, ex skills, and day + night cycle add so much to the game that truly expands the options of gameplay. To me, this game is everything the I wanted and so much more, and is easily my favorite turned based rpg ever, there’s so much more I can say about it and still not be done gushing over it, I’m glad it came out and hope it gets more recognition as its lifespan continues.

The audio sync at the boss segment was mwah perfection, love this game so much and you further enforced it

You forgot some dungeon types for Octopath 1, it's: 1. Expensive Building (Manor) 2. Cave 3. Forest 4. Ruins 5. Sewer ......and that's basically it.

now that the Octopath 2 has come out, I have come across a difficult dilemma… DECIDING WHICH GAME’S SOUNDTRACK I LIKE MORE!!!

My only complaint though controversial is that a hard mode could have benefitted the game overall

It's so nice to see someone reviewing my favourite games of all time! Octopath is a series that means a lot to me and i feel happy knowing there's someone else who feels the same way! I also thought it was really cool that you turned down the music just to listen to the sound effects, i'd never have thought of that! I think i had about 80+ hours in the first game and i'm nearly 60 hours into the second. The second has a lot more content though and i want to 100% it!

Great review and very well edited! This game is a 10/10 for me. It checks all boxes in terms of what I look for in a game. I’m currently at 120 hours and still loving every second.

I also like how all the animals make sound when you're close to them

Bro just dropped the hardest octopath traveler review and thought we wouldn't notice 🔥

I’m interested to hear if your opinion on world building had changed between this game and the original. For me personally, I found myself far more engaged with the world at certain points like reading the books in the guy that gives you the mercantile manuscript’s house, learning about the legendary weapons (especially the cleric one), lostseed in its entirety, the history of Ku, etc. Not to mention it feels like inquiring has been improved, connecting these random npcs with people that we know and have learned about throughout the story, like that one lady who turns out to be Emeralds Mother. I think more has to do with some of the side stories being improved, however.