On the series’ eighth anniversary, Square Enix has announced that HD-2D RPGs Octopath Traveler and Octopath Traveler II will launch in the West for Switch 2 this October. They can be purchased individually digitally and physically, and as a bundle digitally. The main differences between the Nintendo Switch version and the Switch 2 version are improved resolution and frame rate.…
Last year, in writing a review of Octopath Traveler 0, I wrote an offhand comment that the game had “sprite art as a form of poetry,” and while I didn’t think too much of it at the time, I’ve since had a few people tell me that they rather liked…
Octopath Traveler 0 isn’t really Octopath Traveler. It’s good. It’s even excellent,…
Did you know there’s a free-to-play Octopath Traveler game on mobile devices?…
On the series’ eighth anniversary, Square Enix has announced that HD-2D RPGs Octopath Traveler and Octopath Traveler II will launch in the West for Switch 2 this October. They can be purchased individually digitally and physically, and as a bundle digitally. The main differences between the Nintendo Switch version and…
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Last year, in writing a review of Octopath Traveler 0, I wrote an offhand comment that the game had “sprite art as a form of poetry,” and while I didn’t think too much of it at the time, I’ve since had a few people tell me that they rather liked…
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Octopath Traveler 0 isn’t really Octopath Traveler. It’s good. It’s even excellent, frequently and for long stretches of time. But it’s not Octopath Traveler for this very simple reason: Both the original Octopath Traveler and its sequel told the stories of eight (“Octo”) different people, who would eventually come together…
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Did you know there’s a free-to-play Octopath Traveler game on mobile devices? It’s a prequel to Octopath Traveler, which is quite a good game (series). Square Enix tends to do this with its properties; there is also a couple F2P Final Fantasy games. These mobile JRPGs actually aren’t that bad,…
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