Octopath Traveler (Nintendo Switch) Talk About Games
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ก.ค. 2018
- Mike and Ryan discuss their initial thoughts about Octopath Traveler for Nintendo Switch.
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Hey guys, I saw some comments about the job skill stuff. I have been streaming this game throughout the week. When we filmed this video, I had not yet gotten to the job class customization shrines yet. (just started chapter two yesterday) I'm pretty addicted to playing this. If you want to follow along you'll find me here www.twitch.tv/mikemateilive
I think you 2 should make a follow up video when you beat at least 2 or 3 of the stories. A ton of complaints you guys have are made invalid when you progress through the story. Like for example you get more classes for the characters so you can customize to the way you like.
Exactly
James and Mike Monday Special Edition. ^_^
Please do, you said there is "no big baddie or final chapter that ties all the stories together but there is and it is everything I have ever wanted in a JRPG.
You actually can get more Job Perks for each character, each character has a Primary Job (which they have all the time) and a Secondary Job (which can be unlocked via shrines hidden in the world)
So say you wanted Cyrus the Scholar to have the healing abilities of Ophilia the Cleric; find the Cleric Shrine, apply the Cleric job to Cyrus in the Jobs menu, then use the JP (Job Points) to unlock the cleric abilities for him. Unlock enough cleric abilities and you can unlock additional perks for the character.
Much like everything in Octopath Traveler, there's more to it than there appears at first glance.
Theres also 4 hidden jobs to get later on
Yeah! Any characacter can have any combination of the passive skills.
Like seriously, lol...they obviously haven't played it long enough to even get the full scope of the game - which is just addition to the praise
im surprised they never found the job class shrines that give you character customization
I have been streaming this game this week. Before we filmed this video, I had not yet gotten to the job class customization shrines. I just started getting into the chapter two stuff yesterday -Mike
Maybe hold off on the game discussion til you've seen like maybe at least a quarter of it.
Cinemassacre Im curious what James Rolfe had to say about this game ;)
i had to look it up on youtube to find tem but i unlocked them all.
This game alone has me wanting to get a Switch. I love the gameplay and art style! It really reminds me of the classic SNES RPGs I came up on.
Came?
Same man. After the Wii u I was done with them. But this have alone makes me what to buy it
it being announced pushed me over and now I only use my pc and switch 99 percent of the time. I've done about 10 hours and I like it a lot. I say go for it, pick up odyssey too, -RENT- zelda before you buy, and enjoy other gems like portable Disgaea 5 or Crash N.Sain
Reminds me of star ocean
This game would be great for world building to.
The other game that does the boosting thing is their prior game: Bravely Default/Second
I honestly feel those games did the battle system WAY better
I agree Mortal Kombat on the Sega Genesis is a great game, but Donkey Kong on the Super Nintendo is better
Bravely Default was criminally overlooked in favor of other games. It deserved more attention :(
Juan Sanchez i am gunna have to pick it up, my switch has been my main console for awhile, glad to see it, getting this much attention
I guess DQ8's psych-ups don't count, then
I can't wait to pick this game up.
Anytime I see Ryan in a video, I know I'm going to disagree with him.
he wasn't that bad.
The graphics are beautiful. Love the retro 3D style. 😁👍
Dan b i love the 2d art too man
It would be perfect if there wasn't so much bloom/ambient occlusion.
I wish the characters you control were as detailed as the enemies and bosses when you're in a battle.
I have never played any JRPG's except for chrono trigger, which i loved. So i bought this on release after playing the 3 hour demo and i was instantly hooked! Bit over 15 hours played and i can't stop playing. I just love it!
I agree with a lot of what you guys said, the only thing I think you missed (please remind me if I'm wrong) is how amazing the musical score is. Well above average even for a JRPG.
I’m here to read the comments about Ryan.
hes the man
He's terrible at this.
He's a pain in the ass. I simply can't enjoy a video with him.
'Member the days when Ryan was all oily, shaggy haired, and dirty looking. Mah boi's lookin fresh now
Only thing I can say is that, sometimes he needs to speak louder.
Glad to see another Mike and Ryan video. After playing Octopath for a few weeks, I think your comments are right on point. Thanks for putting your thoughts out there!
what if the stories connect together later on?
I don't think Ryan realizes there are shrines for secondary jobs, which lets the characters mix and match
Great video, though I think the audio was slightly off
It’s been awhile since they uploaded one of these
There is variety and mix and match for the support skills once you unlock secondary jobs. Also, the signs work perfectly and are always placed at every junction that leads to different cities - Never change Mike, never change.
Thanks a lot, now I have to get a Nintendo Switch and this game.
Just bought this. Started as the scholar. Makes me feel like I'm playing a retro game with new mechanics and visuals.
So fun. Nice to see those old-school graphics with some new school flash.
Are they releasing this game europe too?
One of the things i always asked myself and im pretty sure everyone does is that, 8 stories for each character, do the characters talk between each other? Well suprisingly yes, from chapters 2 u can see conversation between them, is like the "tales of" style you press a button and then go to a screen where they dialogue, its pretty cool tbh
I downloaded the free demo and got hooked! 3 hours wasn’t enough, and I don’t play JRPG’s!
lawnboyfreak did they remove the demo? I dont see it in the eshop.
lawnboyfreak How did you get the demo
lawnboyfreak you have missed out
john lawful I had the demo before I bought it.
I generally don't either, but as they said in the video, this is a great intro to JRPGs, not too complicated while still retaining enough complexity to keep the combat interesting. I've had to grind a lot, but it doesn't feel nearly as painful as it does in other rpgs.
Literally yesterday I was wondering what happened to Ryan, and now here he is. Coo.
How does it compare to Bravely Default which I thought was amazing?
Not going to check if it's been mentioned, but the other two JRPGs with the closest combat systems are the Bravely games on 3DS. The dev team for those games are the ones who did Octopath Traveler. The combat isn't quite the same in the sense (if I remember correctly) that you have to decide to store an action to gain a charge, whereas OT you just have to not use any charges to store them.
I feel like this was the game SE used to test the Switch waters. They used one of their 3DS teams to develop the game and the shortages of physical copies demonstrates SE severely underestimated the demand for the game.
I started with Primrose, i finshed all 8 charicters stories and now im grinding for the secret final boss, but a warning to everyone you need everyone about LV 70 to 75 as the fight of two phase fight that uses a seprate party for each phase
Jedi Ninja Yup very similar but you don't have control to switch instead phase 1 uses one party then phase 2 uses the second
No character customization? Sounds like someone hasn't unlocked secondary jobs yet
So you start with one of the eight characters, and you can get up to three of the others by traveling to where they are?
This game reminds me of saga frontier with the different characters matching up
The intro should be "...we talk about [game name]". Much smoother than what was attempted here.
The stories don't directly intertwine, in a direct way, but the later stories have elements that cross over and the final dungeon connects the stories.
But yeah this game is my favourite game this year and i feel its gonna be an instant classic and it made happy for yous to do a review!
I wish this was on PS4
I love that they don't remember the character stories at all. Primrose wants to avenge the death of her father by three assassins, Olberic doesn't want to save his family, he wants answers for his friends betrayal, etc.
I honestly, laughed that they had absolutely no idea any of the characters story arcs at all, which I feel is kind of a big part of the game.
This Lonely Guy not everyone plays for the story aspects.
They are playing a JRPG... most of the game is story...why would you pick a genre so dependent on it's rich story aspect if you don't like story.
This makes me wish for a switch 😆
Mike, have you ever played Legend of Dragoon on ps1? This have some of the same feel to it.
the passive trait mix and match come when you can get second jobs :P
Your guys' analysis was really on point in this review. I think Ryan especially speaks to my tastes as a gamer
This game gets better and deeper the more you play it. The stories and battle systems bloom the more you play
Yes! More Ryan please, I sure missed him!
Cool, that was a fun in-depth look at the game.
Thanks for another great video you guys.
Octopath sounds like a serial killer in Splatoon
I bought a switch just for this. It's a great game.
Mike, the map has a TON of villages to visit. I sometimes skip the chapters to explore the paths. I understand what you're getting at with the map, though. The yellow marker only follows you to each section. Move along 20 steps, and it won't change.
Ryan, FF VI is one of my most favorite games of all time. The over customization breaks the game, and I like the limitations in this game. Get the espers, learn vanish and doom, and then you've conquered the FF VI. All other jobs are worthless. Don't learn those two spells? Then get everyone to learn Ultima. Either way, the game becomes too easy.
These boosted turns actually already existed in Final Fantasy - The 4 heroes of Light for the DS and the two Bravely Default games for the 3DS, which is probably why many people think that Octopath Traveler was done by the same people. And Bravely Default 1 and 2 are also worth playing.
They also rip off some elements of Shin Megami Tensei with focus on exploitation of elemental weakness.
Octopath Traveler is done by the same ppl that did the Braverly games. Not all of them, but the key producers. Masashi Takahashi and Tomoya Asano
I do think that OT lack a bit of com^plexity, I mean it's nice to have 8 characters but they barely intercat with each others.
damn, i want to buy Switch now, only for this game
Such a fantastic game.
videogamedunkey would very much disagree
kenterminatedbygoogle oh yeah well your the worst man ever made
Sounds like it would suit the switch, and I'm seriously considering getting it.
Sean Spear I agree worth it even the wayfarers edition too. Screw them who hate it even I know it's their opinion but let em miss out. 🙂
Stevon Robb I could care less what reviewers think I only listen to their opinions but only I can judge with my wallet
Sales and general reception has made it pretty clear they're going to do a sequel.
i got a wii + wiiu, wont be getting a switch, but saw this game for a second on the switch commercial, thanks for the video letting me check it out :)
Cyrus is a beast. Once you unlock all his skills, he's unstopable. He just sucks up SP like a madman, gotta keep a crap ton of items on hand to replenish SP.
Have him become a merchant and then a dancer for the skills SP Saver, which halves SP usage, and Second Wind(I think it's called that atleast) which replenishes sp each turn.
Nothing beats elemental weapons, once you discover those Cyrus is old news.
You can mix the pssives just need secondary jobs;) + there are 4 special Jobs
And Whats best ”true end boss” is just insane hard;D
Fantastic game. My only real gripe is I feel like the momentum of the story is constantly being interrupted since I'm never sticking to one characters story for very long.
Dude doesn't even remember the name of his character. Sounds like a memorable game.
I'm loving the game so far. Just wish there was more personal interactions with the main characters. Would be cool to see like.. a love interest between H'aanit and Alfyn and that effects the story somewhere along the way. Something like that, but that's just me
Never played any rpgs before and as this game looks fantastic seems to be pretty hard to... the mechanics and stuff... is it really ???
Mike and Ryan, you totally missed the fact that starting from Chapter 2, you get secondary classes for each character.
More specifically, you get each of the 8 character's class as a secondary class which you can put on someone else, and you can change these dynamically between battles and it changes the characters stats, equipment and skills.
additionally, the passive skills you learn from those other classes are retained when switching classes, so you eventually have a lot of passive skills to choose from for each character. this is a huge added depth to the gameplay which you ignore.
Additionally, from what I've heard (I'm not there yet) there're additional "special classes" to unlock as secondary later on, as well as a final boss / intertwined story segments after finishing all 8 character's stories.
Octopath Traveler is my favorite 70s band
Cool video. Thanks, I don't own a Switch (have too many systems and games as it is) but maybe someday.
Perfect timing! I just got this game yesterday!
Once you start finding jobs for your characters, you get all the customization you could hope for (regarding abilities at least). Any character can get any support skill (4 max at a time). Any character can master any class, with enough investment, but can only use one secondary class at a time. I’m guessing these fellas haven’t gotten there yet.
The volume is too much low in all videos of mike, please fix it!!!
This is an amazing game that I was excited for when it was announced
Actually the stories do intertwine in the post game boss quest
Thanks for doing this
This is my favorite modern rpg, might even be my favorite all time. The combat is so unique and the characters are great. The older English dialect mashup is tough to read out loud lol
Have you played a Trails game?
Yeah play a trails game they are really brilliant
No I haven't haven't heard of trails i'm gonna check it out after octopath for sure
I'm pretty sure it's middle english.
Does it more closely resemble the original Beowulf (Old English), Canterbury Tales (Middle English), or Shakespeare (Early Modern English)?
Square did this in the 90's, and all 3-4 of the main character's stories intertwined... the game was called Treasure of the Rudras.
I was really anxious to hear Mike's opinion of this game!!
But I won't, because there's Ryan...
That probably should be the future of Octopath Traveler franchise, intertwining the stories and giving narrative choices. Ex. One character is on a quest to rescue her mentor, however we discover that mentor killed the other character's family, which path do we take? Do we fallow one character on a route to discover why the mentor did that (is he under a spell) or do we kill him where we stand here. Maybe this turns a party member into a villain or causes them to leave the group. It could be interesting. Of course it would be best to discover there was a single entity pulling the strings that we can possibly have everyone unite against, but it could make very fun game story telling for an RPG, and would be more manageable because you are dealing with a finite number of characters and stories to enter-twine.
But besides that, Xenoblade 2 uses a lot of 4 letter words. It kind of feels like people should be use to the wholesome Nintendo being something more of a perspective of the past.
I'd love a Chrono Trigger sequel to be done in this style.
I'm glad I pre ordered the wayfares edition totally worth it. I put 79 hours into it almost 80 I love this game and I hope more people get it. Glad you guys did a review on this, the music the Fighting and the storyline is really dark like wow. And Mike I know Nintendo switch was a kids console also adults but we know there is swareing now in switch game I think Nintendo finally understood that part.
The BP system came from Bravely Default. :)
I love how it looks and feels like Legend of Mana and the original Ragnarok. The fact it is online compatible makes me want to get a Switch just for this game alone, though I would love to own a Skyrim copy for this system and get LoZ BOTW. ^_^
My favorite version of Skyrim is the Switch version.
Cool! This game really looks like something else with a familiar feeling. Can't wait til you guys play Dragon Quest XI
i remember No More Heroes on Wii was an exclusive and there was swearing in it
Mike B
There's also House of the Dead Overkill, a Guinness World Record holder for the most cursing in a video game.
Hopefully this leads to more turn based rpgs from square.
Yay, Ryan is back.
I have never completed a JRPG before or any RPG for that matter! But this game was awesome!! And i put 80 hours into it. Does anyone have any other recomendation for other games like this?
Nissehultan Persona games are pretty good if your new to these games.
Bravely Default 1 and 2 for the Nintendo 3DS. Made by the same developers
Final Fantasy V and Golden Sun on the GBA
The World Ends With You for NDS / mobile and soon for switch
Those 2 are the best JRPGs ive ever played so far (Twewy also is one of the best games ive ever played)
Thank you for all the suggestions.
ChronoTrigger!
Already 20 hours deep. Still have Alfyn Tressa and Ha’anit to go. Saving the hunter for last! Loved this video thanks
LOVE this game!
But you can customise a lot when your other characters can switch jobs
what happen to james?
I have really been enjoying Octopath Traveler. I think it would be nice for the stories to intertwine, but for me it doesn't take away from the game because they don't. I still enjoy each character's story line and the graphics style and combat is most excellent.
this made me a fan of RPG games, it's one of the best games on the switch a must have and a must play. Im playing as all the girls and stated with H'aanit im on her third story and i can't beat the dragon..
Great review!!!!
Ryan makes a great point at the end, don't be too hard on him. I will be up this game irregardless because I did enjoy Bravely Default (never played the 2nd) for I really like games where you can max out classes/characters. For some reason, the most annoying part of the game (I believe it's by the same team), is that the story literally makes you go through it twice to beat it. And after you find out what is a good combo, min maxing just became a chore. I absolutely, got my money's worth, however, so I will buy this.
I want to play this game so bad. def need to get a switch
Best game on the Switch now!
Sorry, not over botw
Lmao wouldn't go that far.
Odyysey and Botw
xenobabe chronicles2!
BOTW is garbage
Wow!The graphics are cool.
I hope this can be something that Square sticks with a makes sequels for. Final Fantasy is great, but its reputation is pretty much tarnished in the modern day because of XIII and XV. Square needs this new IP to start over, like the early FF games. Then in later sequels they could expand and do more with it.
Thanks for the video.
Looks like final fantasy 2 and 3 SNES
Its like a new old rpg game not bad cool review
Deja vu? Didn't you already talk about this game? Or was it just a sneak peak?
Great Review. Keep it up.
HOLY SHIT! ryan!
So now that this game is out, maybe we'll finally get a Bravely Third