Octopath Traveler 2 - Review After 100%

Talking a bit about my experiences with the next entry in the Octopath Traveler series, a JRPG franchise with a unique take on storytelling.

Timestamps
00:00 Intro
01:05 Overview
01:56 Story Set Up & Thoughts
06:35 Main Characters
09:50 Progression Systems
13:53 World & Gameplay
16:38 Combat
20:47 Steam Deck Compatibility
21:32 Positives/Negatives
22:55 Conclusion
23:40 Wrap Up

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[rkfabricante]

I started playing this on release and I’m not even done. You on the other hand has it at 100% already. Truly dedicated reviewer.

[casediedwell]

The SPEED at which you 100% so many games remains INSANE to me!

Keep it up, Morti!

[maibignutt]

I have 45 hours into octopath traveler 2 so far and it's already way better than the first. I love the first entry but it felt empty compared to the second. This game a lot of content; main stories, cross paths, scent of commerce, collecting items for secondary jobs, etc. It felt so overwhelming with how much content they gave us, and that's a good thing personally!

[RobertAllaire-ot]

The sound tracks in both these games are next level. An underrated part of a great package.

[Evanz]

Been massively looking forward to this review from you! It’s a funny coincidence how both you and The Completionist managed to get Octopath Traveller videos out within 24 hours of each other - it’s still really impressive how you manage to keep up with so many 100% reviews :)

[andreluissoriano]

Nice review. A few notes though (spoilers for others):

1. Warmaster is not a better version of Warrior. Saying that diminishes the roles provided by the 2 jobs. Warmaster is more about the utility of the divine weapons. For example, Temenos is a great Warmaster, as Temeno's Latent Power synergizes well with Sixfold, and Temeno's EX skill (no spoiler) greatly synergizes with Spiritlord's Staff. Warrior on the other hand provides you with Learned Skills (Hikari) and or access to the most powerful Physical Attack (Warmaster doesn't have this) or access to incite, if you want to build a defensive character that will eat up most enemies' attacks.

2. The actions of the characters, I agree, can seem overlapping, but the devs did that so you can build at most 2 groups (east and west continent groups actually) such that your group has access to ANY action for ANY time of day. And giving characters overlapping actions frees up players from going back and forth to the tavern to switch characters just to do actions in the overworld. I personally think this is a great change from the first game where getting an is just from thief/merchant.

3. I do agree though that Merchant is the strongest job. And the strongest Hired Help is unlocked later on where you have access to an assassin that hits a TON of damage, heals HP, AND SP for your entire party.

[Amps_]

Octopath 1 was incredible. I'm glad to see they've improved on a couple of things people found lacking in the first game. Party banter is fun because you get some extra context and get to see the party interact with each other. The first game had some of that but it was odd seeing a party of 8 people traveling together with no real explanation and they barely even acknowledge each others existence. Great review. Definitely got me excited to start this second one.

[karlklein]

Finally getting around to this one. Playing a jrpg during Christmas really takes me back to my grade school days.

[Nalexia]

In depth review from someone who actually fully played the game and not just spent 4-5 hours on it. You covered most all of the topics someone looking for a review would want covered and clearly put a good amount of time and effort into not only completing the game but doing this review. Thank you. Subbed.

[SoubaDelryn]

Your dedication is incredible. Keep up the good work!

[timmy]

I only started playing a couple days ago, I’m already massively invested in these characters. The music is god tier as always. This game deserves so much more exposure and appreciation.

[ericsaari]

Current best reviewer out there. Your reviews are thorough and well considered. Thanks so much! Been looking forward to this one. It's on my short list of something to get soon.

[aechean]

For whatever reason this clicked with me A LOT more than the first one. It's an improvement in every way.

[kaidorade]

The art style for this game is gorgeous!

[RhapsodyHC]

Pros:
- Fun gameplay, Boost and break is satisfying, character abilities are fun to use in battle and outside of battle, secondary jobs and latent power adds to the strategy.
- Good graphics
- Amazing soundtrack
- Details (almost every NPC has a description when inquired, side missions have unique solutions)
- Unique Stories (all of them start off great and hook you in)

Cons:
- Balancing issues (a lot of the bosses feel too easy and can be cheesed, some skills are useless like Teach, etc)
- Story outcome (although all stories start out amazing, some ended better than others, and some ended really bad)
- Banter could be better. Lot of times it feels disjointed, unnecessary, and forced.

Overall it’s a pretty fun game. The overall issues I had were with some of the stories and balancing issues. Other than that, it’s great JRPG with a lot of fun mechanics and a detailed world.

9/10

[PCDisciple]

I really want to see more Octopath content, so it was great to see your review on this even if you’re unlikely to revisit it. It’s really not gotten that much attention considering how fun and polished it is!

[blakecrawford]

refreshed at the right time, been looking forward to your thoughts on this!

[Givejordr]

Picked it up day 1 on Switch. JUST NOW finished it after 198 hours, secret boss included. IT'S SO I looked forward everyday to spending hours on it. Did ALL the things, cleared the map entirely, and all quests done. I was so sad when it was over, I just want MORE even after almost 200 hours

[mikeymacaque]

This has been my airport game on Switch and I finally sat down this week to beat it, and as somebody who enjoys grinding I agree with you about the grinding in this game. The money grinding for equipment mid-game pretty much halted my progress between chapters 2 & 3. Needless to say, I just parked it in one area for a day and grinded until I was lvl 40+ for my characters and deep six figures with money and I think I’m set until the end of the game lol

[calvinmatthews]

This game was already on my backlog, I'm so looking forward to playing and 100-percenting it in the future. Thanks for the hype dude!