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[Octopath Traveler and Triangle Strategy]: the octagon is triangled
Shadowfire
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Triangle Strategy coming 2022. It's a working title, but so was octopath.
https://youtu.be/fAUCRImUpis
https://youtu.be/CYQzGn12db0
Demo available here.
Octopath Traveler OP:
"Eight heroes. Eight stories to discover."
A turn based JRPG from some of the minds behind the Bravely Default series. What more do you need to know?
Alright fine. Pick one of eight characters, each one starting in a different area of the world and their own origin story. Switch between them as you move through, and perhaps, eventually get all eight together. Each character has their own skills and combat style (fighter, thief, cleric, etc), but also has Path Actions that they can use on the field. These open up new possibilities and give some flexibility on how you tackle different puzzles in the game. Do you want to challenge a guy to get the map you need? Sure, but he might not miss it if you just pick his pocket. Or maybe you want to try and buy it from him instead, keeping the peace? There's a bit of flexibility there, and it makes for some fun stories.
In combat, the Bravely heritage really starts to shine through, but with almost a bit of Grandia mixed in. Above the battlefield is an initiative meter showing the turn order. Enemies have weaknesses, whether elemental or damage type (slash, pierce, blunt), and if you hit the enemy with their weakness you have a chance to break them, costing them their next turn. This also opens them up to far greater damage. Also, as you attack and take damage, you build up a meter that you can use to produce an even bigger attack. That little flame spell just became a battlefield engulfing wall of fire!
The game is also strikingly beautiful. Square Enix is calling it "HD-2D" and the screens show why. The characters are simple sprites on what I'd describe as an artfully pixelated background, and the in-combat enemy models are just gorgeous.
Characters
Alfyn the apothecary
Path action: Inquire. Further information and tips during conversations.
Cyrus the scholar
Path action: Scrutinize. Gain insight into people, find out secrets, and gather evidence to solve mysteries.
H'aanit the hunter
Path action: Provoke. Use a beast to force someone to fight, or chase someone away who is causing trouble or blocking a path.
Olberic the warrior
Path action: Challenge. Fite me!
Ophilia the cleric
Path action: Guide. Escort missions! But for real, get people to follow her, and even summon them into battle. Go forth my townsfolk minions!
Primrose the dancer
Path action: Allure. Charm people to follow her, sometimes even into battle.
Therion the thief
Path action: Thief. Steal shit, get rich. Rare items found no other way, as usual in an RPG.
Tressa the shopkeep
Path action: Purchase. Can buy items not otherwise available. Everything is for sale.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0nm7gXX0Vs
I've been drooling over this game since the first trailer last year. It releases on 13July which cannot come soon enough. There's a demo up on the eShop which will let you play for up to three hours with any of the characters, and that progress will transfer to the full game. Definitely worth a look.
Useful links:
Character planner: http://octopathplanner.com
Job passive abilities:
Stat gains per nut use.
https://youtu.be/fAUCRImUpishttps://youtu.be/CYQzGn12db0Demo available here.
Octopath Traveler OP:
"Eight heroes. Eight stories to discover."
A turn based JRPG from some of the minds behind the Bravely Default series. What more do you need to know?
Alright fine. Pick one of eight characters, each one starting in a different area of the world and their own origin story. Switch between them as you move through, and perhaps, eventually get all eight together. Each character has their own skills and combat style (fighter, thief, cleric, etc), but also has Path Actions that they can use on the field. These open up new possibilities and give some flexibility on how you tackle different puzzles in the game. Do you want to challenge a guy to get the map you need? Sure, but he might not miss it if you just pick his pocket. Or maybe you want to try and buy it from him instead, keeping the peace? There's a bit of flexibility there, and it makes for some fun stories.
In combat, the Bravely heritage really starts to shine through, but with almost a bit of Grandia mixed in. Above the battlefield is an initiative meter showing the turn order. Enemies have weaknesses, whether elemental or damage type (slash, pierce, blunt), and if you hit the enemy with their weakness you have a chance to break them, costing them their next turn. This also opens them up to far greater damage. Also, as you attack and take damage, you build up a meter that you can use to produce an even bigger attack. That little flame spell just became a battlefield engulfing wall of fire!
The game is also strikingly beautiful. Square Enix is calling it "HD-2D" and the screens show why. The characters are simple sprites on what I'd describe as an artfully pixelated background, and the in-combat enemy models are just gorgeous.
Characters
Alfyn the apothecary
Path action: Inquire. Further information and tips during conversations.
Cyrus the scholar
Path action: Scrutinize. Gain insight into people, find out secrets, and gather evidence to solve mysteries.
H'aanit the hunter
Path action: Provoke. Use a beast to force someone to fight, or chase someone away who is causing trouble or blocking a path.
Olberic the warrior
Path action: Challenge. Fite me!
Ophilia the cleric
Path action: Guide. Escort missions! But for real, get people to follow her, and even summon them into battle. Go forth my townsfolk minions!
Primrose the dancer
Path action: Allure. Charm people to follow her, sometimes even into battle.
Therion the thief
Path action: Thief. Steal shit, get rich. Rare items found no other way, as usual in an RPG.
Tressa the shopkeep
Path action: Purchase. Can buy items not otherwise available. Everything is for sale.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0nm7gXX0VsI've been drooling over this game since the first trailer last year. It releases on 13July which cannot come soon enough. There's a demo up on the eShop which will let you play for up to three hours with any of the characters, and that progress will transfer to the full game. Definitely worth a look.
Useful links:
Character planner: http://octopathplanner.com
Job passive abilities:
Stat gains per nut use.
El Fantastico wrote: »google doc links to all equipment, purple chests in maps/dungeons, and sidequests + solutions to them.
Road Block wrote: »Interesting break down of Bewildering Grace. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1IUiYWOHEPQ3E4XI4VkmJCdDBs9bOPdhzLhz2vJb7620/edit#gid=0
Turns out that boosting the ability doesn't just give you more chances it also changes the possible outcomes and their likelyhood. JP * 100 and EXP * 100 both require a full boost and are a 0.1% chance.
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Specifically, I'd like to start with Primrose and work my way clockwise around the map.
I assume there will be a more linear overall path than Saga games though. Maybe more like the originals on the GB.
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So now it's down to either Primrose or Cyrus as my starting character once the full game is out.
Twitch: akThera
Steam: Thera
Maybe, not sure. But you could always create another account on the system and play that one.
Yes, you can. Rather, you start a new game and overwrite the already-completed file. That's what I'm doing; I'm replaying the demo, knocking out 2 prologues per playthrough (all there's time for, if you watch the cutscenes), and restarting to play different prologues. I've only got Primrose and Olberic left, since I've seen theirs from the last demo.
At some point I'm gonna try to skip all the cutscenes and see if it's possible to recruit all 8 people in 3 hours, and see how much time is left over for the orange side quests after that. If that's not possible, then at the very least we'll all be able to choose which 1 or 2 characters to get a head start with when the game comes out proper.
A couple of things bother me.
- I hope the main characters actually interact more after the prologue chapters, but I'm aware they may not. I assume something is going to tie these stories more together down the line though, so maybe!
- it feels odd that there are so many townspeople you just can't interact with at all.
- I wish during Tessa's purchase path action you could see how a weapon or armor's stats compare to what you're wearing, like when you go to the actual merchants, but this is just a minor quibble and probably part of the the path - I mean, you're just getting side deals, it's not a formal setting, and it's supposed to be a gamble (like I've noticed the prices vary from merchants, sometimes more and sometimes less).
Edit: forgot to add. Does anyone know if the first character you pick has any influence on the main game? I know you can do all the stories in a single play through, so I hope who you pick first makes no difference. But I guess in the demo, if you go crazy fast and get more than four, you can't switch your first character out of your team.
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Last night, I turned the Switch to my husband and said "I'm retconning Old Butler's name to be Heathcote,"
Twitch: akThera
Steam: Thera
wish square could still make the games that made them successful on playstation...
Steam: https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198004484595
Do yourself a favor and get a Switch. You'll be happy you did.
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If there isn't a strategy guide put out at the same time of this game's release, I both relish and despise that knowing me, I'll be beholden to have the best 100% file in one playthrough, and it's going to necessitate that level of detail and making sure I don't miss out on any rare item that might actually be missable because game progression might lock out a zone or path.
Steam: TheArcadeBear
I'm knee deep in some other games right now and just want to make sure I'm not missing out on anything except on a head start.
Maybe I haven't gotten far enough in one yet, but is there a point where it will say "cleric unlocked" or something?
Twitch: akThera
Steam: Thera
http://www.siliconera.com/2018/06/17/octopath-traveler-dlc-planned-complete-game/
No DLC planned. Retail version is a "complete game." You can go through the game without recruiting any of the characters other than the one you chose to start with (but why?)
Steam: TheArcadeBear
SP Potions is probably one of the least intrusive and not-noticable things in that game, unless you abuse the Bravely Second mechanic all the time. I guess, good on him for sticking to a principle of just avoiding any game with microtransactions, but it feels like a really silly thing to draw a line in the sand over.
Steam: TheArcadeBear
Well, there's the one point you use it to progress, but...
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Switch: SW-5185-4991-5118
PSN: AbEntropy
Hmm, possible. I so rarely used the mechanic that I didn't notice.
I found the whole bit amusingly clever too though. And far better than the first game's antics.
3DS: 0473-8507-2652
Switch: SW-5185-4991-5118
PSN: AbEntropy
Oh yes. I quite agree. It has the same sort of idea, but it's implemented way better.
Ok, I think I'll start over then and skip all cutscenes. Which character would blaze through the fastest... Warrior?
Twitch: akThera
Steam: Thera
Picking my main is going to be tough if so, cause I'm not really reading too much into it so I don't know much about the differences.
PSN - CardboardNine
Steam: TheArcadeBear
I dunno, I just rewatched that trailer and it doesn't seem like Ophilia can be switched out here: