Ruki Posted July 12, 2018 Report Share Posted July 12, 2018 3 minutes ago, Apsham said: Ah okay so when you pick someone up you play their intro.. I like that as an alternative. As do I! I did Tressa's path, then went north and did someone elses'. I think I'm just gonna keep moving north and west until I get everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apsham Posted July 12, 2018 Report Share Posted July 12, 2018 I started the demo with the character that seemed the most interesting to me at a glance and it was the Hunter so I'm sure you know about the 'what the hell is this' that I ran into with that. I decided to just stop and play when the full game came out, I have it on pre-order and I suppose I'll grab it tomorrow. A lot of my Switch stuff right now doesn't scream "portability" for me, but this does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruki Posted July 12, 2018 Report Share Posted July 12, 2018 10 minutes ago, Apsham said: I started the demo with the character that seemed the most interesting to me at a glance and it was the Hunter so I'm sure you know about the 'what the hell is this' that I ran into with that. I decided to just stop and play when the full game came out, I have it on pre-order and I suppose I'll grab it tomorrow. A lot of my Switch stuff right now doesn't scream "portability" for me, but this does. Yup. I also started with the hunter. Backed right out of that. I like Tressa! Someone even made a reddit post why she should be your main character: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apsham Posted July 13, 2018 Report Share Posted July 13, 2018 Yep. I caved. Picked it up at lunch. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruki Posted July 13, 2018 Report Share Posted July 13, 2018 50 minutes ago, Apsham said: Yep. I caved. Picked it up at lunch. Join team Tressa! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apsham Posted July 14, 2018 Report Share Posted July 14, 2018 9 hours ago, Ruki said: Join team Tressa! I did! I am adoring the battle system so far - didn't make it terribly far but I love how fast and snappy the battles are and the general freedom they've given me with the character skills and how I can choose to build them out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
probablyoliver Posted July 14, 2018 Report Share Posted July 14, 2018 Thanks @Ruki and @Apsham, now I have to go and buy it. Happy now? I don't have the time for a JRPG right now but fine. You win. Bastards. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoGo Yubari Posted July 14, 2018 Report Share Posted July 14, 2018 I played the demo last weekend and started with Ophilia, though if I had seen Ruki's post I might have gone Tressa. I have to wait until Wednesday when I get back to the States to play it, though, it was cheaper to buy physical than digital. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apsham Posted July 14, 2018 Report Share Posted July 14, 2018 I hope I don't see a lot of this, but when I went back to Tressas place her parents just treated her like she was any other customer. Weird that there wasn't any specific dialogue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruki Posted July 16, 2018 Report Share Posted July 16, 2018 The side quests seem like they will actually be challenging. Little puzzles you have to figure out how to solve. Interesting! Just about to pick up my 4th party member (H'aanit). Really liking the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apsham Posted July 16, 2018 Report Share Posted July 16, 2018 Tressa really WAS the best choice for a starting character - and it solves the issue I saw a lot of people complain about with regards to whether or whether not there was an overarching story that connects everyone (and I don't care to know if there is really) because her story actually CREATES one so it's best to have her early as possible. The journey she sets out on and being joined by the others just makes total sense to create a narrative that puts them all together. MyNintendo is offering character specific versions of the case cover that you can print out - by the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyrone Posted July 18, 2018 Report Share Posted July 18, 2018 (edited) EDIT Edited July 18, 2018 by Tyrone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apsham Posted July 19, 2018 Report Share Posted July 19, 2018 I am actually kind of at a crossroads with Octopath Traveler right now. it seems that the amount of enemies you fight scales with the number of party members you have, which makes sense of course. But I'm having an issue with the combat system now that I am in bigger encounters. Everything seems to take forever. Even when I know the weaknesses of the enemies I am fighting, usually my team is set up where only one or two people are effective against those enemies. What this means is that battles are usually dragged out way longer than they should be mostly in at times where I'm trying to go from point A to point B. If there was some kind of speed up option that I could turn on when I was in a battle, that would be lovely but that doesn't exist in this game and it feels like I just get nowhere. There are other things too, while I am loving the unique abilities and the creative ways that they are used, there are little details missing that just make me raise an eyebrow every now and then. I mentioned it before with Tressa's parents, but more and more I keep running into a situation where a character that someone in my party should know just says generic lines. I still really want to love the game, because I do love the art style and the concept. And I'm interested in the job switching and other things of that nature, but if I have to keep going for the battle system like this I'm wondering how much I'm going to want to stick with the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDOL Posted July 20, 2018 Report Share Posted July 20, 2018 Is Captain Toad worth the $40? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apsham Posted July 20, 2018 Report Share Posted July 20, 2018 Just basing it off the WiiU version even? Yes. There is a three or so level demo to get a taste. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDOL Posted July 20, 2018 Report Share Posted July 20, 2018 1 hour ago, Apsham said: Just basing it off the WiiU version even? Yes. There is a three or so level demo to get a taste. Thanks! Didn’t even think of looking for a demo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruki Posted July 25, 2018 Report Share Posted July 25, 2018 In Octopath I've started unlocking the sub jobs. Oh man, so much power! And when you make Tressa a warrior? Super cute sprite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sousa Posted July 26, 2018 Report Share Posted July 26, 2018 When are you unlocking the dom jobs though? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruki Posted July 26, 2018 Report Share Posted July 26, 2018 4 hours ago, Sousa said: When are you unlocking the dom jobs though? I unlock that every battle! (Seriously, there is a bonus stat after battle for domination) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruki Posted July 28, 2018 Report Share Posted July 28, 2018 Just finished two chapter two dungeons... I'm surprised. They are actually getting challenging! Mostly my armor sucks I think. Keeping 8 characters sufficiently equipped is hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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