This is pretty much a classic RPG as you would expect, but improved in many ways not only from those games of yore, but from the first entry of the saga itself. I just HAD to 100% it to the very end and I had a BLAST at it! :)

The first Octopath, amazing as it was, had some issues that made it be a bit far from perfect. For example, you never felt like the party connected with each other, well... because they really didn't. It was like playing small stories that were all but interconnected, so the characters felt stale in regards to one another even if they were awesome and/or interesting by themselves.

Then Octopath II came in and somehow managed to keep the "eight paths" unique to each other whilst finding the way to make the other travelers you play as have a say, a soul and a stage. The travel banter they have sheds light to their characters (hidden and true), plus things get even better amongst one another once you reach the end of the game -- and you'll have to buy this and see what I mean for yourself.

Fights, as they come, are an improvement on classic RPGS and Octopath I as a whole. They can get pretty challenging if you come thinking it's just "get better gear and smackdown", but you actually have to think if the gear you got will combine well with what build you're having your travelers follow. And there are a LOT of options: a fun mix-and-match of skills, gear and strategies you can pull off to reach the end of the game with relative ease or a challenge brought upon yourself for underestimating it.

And when you think it's all said and done, you got more challenges coming: one is Galdera, who is back from Octopath I to give you an ass-whoopin' and the Extra Battles, which bring back some friends from the past and strengthen the biggest bad for you to keep proving yourself.

Pretty much a 9.5/10. My ONLY gripe with the game is that the music isn't as awesome as the first entry in the series (don't get me wrong: it's FANTASTIC, but the music from Octopath I was superior), but it quickly became one of the best classic RPG experiences I have ever had in all my life.

What're you waiting for? Play it! You won't be disappointed!

Perfect for kids, too expensive for adults.

Such old-fashioned RPG with its 3 yo storytelling.

I suggest to consider buying it after playing the Demo, and to realize that the game has lots of repetition and lack of depth in all its mechanism.

castti is so cool,,,