![]() ![]() ![]() At night, an additional path action is available for your character. With the press of a button, you can change between night and day at any time. There’s now a day and night cycle that influences, among other things, how you interact with NPCs. If all of the above sounds too familiar for your taste, you don’t need to worry Octopath II introduces a number of new features. The world of Solistia is huge and abounding with cities, villages and vastly different biomes to explore. I can’t remember the last time I played a RPG with so many possibilities as Octopath II. ![]() These initial areas have low level recommendations, so players shouldn’t have any difficulty exploring them. I could also go completely off-rails and head south to an island where I’d meet Ochette. Since she has two routes for her second chapter, I could head northeast and find Osvald and Temenos nearby, or take a ship heading west where Hikari, Partitio and Agnes would be easily accessible. The fewer characters your party has, the more difficult battles become, especially if you’re playing as a healer such as Temenos.ĭepending on your character of choice, you might have a fair number of different places to explore right off the bat. It’s a good idea to recruit at least a couple of characters. Path actions are essential for gathering items and information from NPCs. If you decide to have them in your party, then their path actions become available to you. You can choose to help and then recruit them, or you can pretend you didn’t see anyone and go your own way. During your travels, you’ll encounter other main characters. The overworld map shows which main quests and characters are nearby. Once all is said and done, players get to choose which route to take. As for the overarching plot, it isn’t revealed until the very end of the game. Their story-lines are intriguing and well-written, even if some of them are comically tropey. That is mostly because of how these characters are relatable and charismatic. Now that I finally got to play Octopath 2, I can say that the story is engaging and fun. At the time, the premise of eight playable characters with their own – mostly – self-contained tales seemed overwhelming, albeit alluring. I only barely glimpsed what the original Octopath was about. That said, the first chapter does an outstanding job outlining the characters’ personalities and traits. Because of this, chapter one is composed mostly of non-playable sections, and it can feel very drawn out depending on your character of choice. The first chapter is an introduction to the characters’ backgrounds which outlines their reasons for traveling forth. The story in Octopath 2 is told in multiple chapters. With a burning passion in their hearts, they travel forth some characters only want to escape from a cycle of death and misery, while others vow to change the world. Eight adventurers from all corners of Solistia set out to accomplish their ambitions. Sea sailing, among other technologies, is made possible by the advent of steam. A world, much like our own, that is divided into east and west by the ocean. The game takes place in the land of Solistia. ![]()
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