Resulting in the music changing from a normal fitting tone for each location. As the night and day cycle can be swapped at any time. As well as noticeable foliage movement like flowers and trees moving with the wind. The forest where Agnea’s village is has deer in the background. As well as vultures atop certain structures. The town where Partitio resides has tumbleweeds blowing across the landscape. Such as shops, and inns having noticeably different designs to help them stand out so you do not have to rely on just the signs to find them. There are tons of little details and differences to appreciate. Outside of the areas feeling sometimes more condensed or bigger. Solistia, the game world in Octopath Traveler 2 feels way more alive than the original game. All of this is great stuff, but how does the game world differ from the original? A Living Breathing World But at night being able to get items from NPCs. Such as Agnea being able to recruit NPCs during the day. Outside of combat, path actions now have a night and daytime effect. The latent power feels tactical, especially in a group and is not tedious to refill. So you can use Lion Dance to instantly increase the physical damage each character dishes out. Agnea’s latent power allows you to share the buff that you cast with the whole party. Then use his latent power to deliver a devastating blow after the break. So if you are 3 or 4 weakness hits away from breaking a boss, you can spend all of your available BP. But you can then spend the BP during that turn. How this is used in practice, is by having the latent power affect the character during their turn.įor example, Partitio can instantly restore all of his BP. This gauge is filled by taking damage or breaking enemies by striking their weaknesses. The “Latent Power” gauge is given to each character near the end of their first chapter. But with a few improvements that help it feel distinct. It is still the normal combat from the original. The combat in Octopath Traveler 2 has not really changed too much. Similar, Yet Improved Combat in Octopath Traveler 2 Suffice it to say, that these stories are a marked improvement over the original in every way I could think of. The villain for Partitio’s story also felt cliche but nuanced during the resolution of that story. Their unique accents and fantastic voice direction for everyone in their stories also helped me recognize them as real people. This helped me get emotionally invested to the point of tearing up in the opening story for Agnea. Each character has a history with the other that shines through in their dialogue. These stories by themselves are very powerful. Despite her clumsy and kind disposition, her father opposes her for a reason they mutually agree on but come to terms with. As she performs in the tavern of her village for money to eventually leave it to follow her dreams of becoming a star like her mother. While this is a tense beginning for one character, Agnea has more of a heartwarming story. A tough man with a heart of gold that has to watch his entire town slowly wither away after the owner of the town gets too greedy. Paritio’s story starts off with him as a child and the beginning chapter slowly shows his progression to who he is today. In my demo playthrough, I started as Partitio, the merchant, and had enough time to recruit Agnea, the dancer. Octopath Traveler 2 allows the player to choose between eight characters at the start, the same as the original title. This demo only allows players to try the game out for three hours.īut how does this game fair as a sequel to Octopath Traveler? How does it also hold up on the Nintendo Switch? Let us find out! Familiar, Yet Braver Travels This demo will be dropping today on Steam for PC and Steam Deck players. Allowing players on the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4|5 try the game out early. Yesterday, a demo for the upcoming turn-based JRPG Octopath Traveler 2, shadow dropped during the latest Nintendo Direct.
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