Octopath Traveler II Review (Fast)
This is one of very few game I would consider to be a masterpiece in its own right.
I have not a single bad word to say about it.
Visually is incredible.
The Music and Setting are are masterful.
The characters are generally well written and goal orientated.
The plot lines are above average even if a little simplistic at times.
Dialogue for the most part is good.
Locations are a visual treat with huge diversity in backgrounds and environments.
Enemy diversity is great and well thought out.
Combat is actually pretty deep, there is a lot of tweaking players can do to achieve massively different results with various job combinations and abilities and characters, and i mean a lot.
Itemisation matters a fair bit. Especially for the super boss.
Looting and exploring is nice, small detours but not excessive to get cool and sometimes really strong loot without massively inconveniencing you is really good.
The map size is good and tons of locations to visit, explore and complete.
Side quests are impactful and rather well designed with nice story tie ins and break up the main story a bit.
I really cannot recommend this game enough.
If I had some negatives to talk about of which I dont have many and some would be pretty nitpicky but ill list them anyways:
1. Dialogue in places can be a little be weak, unnecessary or drawn out.
2. Some side quests are truly incredibly vague to the point you are likely going to have to look them up the vast majority are self explanatory but some are just like "wut?where?huh?"
3. Some of the main characters are just considerably or massively better than others simply because of job/item combinations that some cannot access simply due to their base job.
4. Some characters are better to start with than others, its not necessarily a negative as such, but it can encourage starting a path you might not want to simply because of how efficient it can be to progress early.
5. Agnea is a character is quite an annoying character and the least satisfying story line.
6. The lack of a bestiary, especially for ochette, as ochette becomes a staple shield breaker but if you dont know which enemies have which abilities can be a pain to work out where and which ones you need, even if not for ochette simply to see which enemies are in what locations etc.
In conclusion the game is incredible. Get it.