Leave a Review OCTOPATH TRAVELER
Great Game? Yes. Money Grab? Yes.
With tried and true retro graphics enhanced beautifully, OCTOPATH series always hits home. I understand that since this is free to play, they would like money from it… yet they don’t dance around the fact that a single 10-draw is $30… and that’s their new player discount price. I don’t see the need for 5* yet, but you have eight team slots. If we assume 5* drop at 1% and on average you get a 5* at 50 draws, that’s $1200 for a team of 5* and that doesn’t include limit breaks on them.
So even though the game is beautiful, it’s a little insulting that the micro-transaction prices are that predatory and unreasonable. Gems are a little difficult to accumulate and don’t follow the typical “clear stage, get gems.” It’s a true adventure style game only marked by chapters, so I’ll update this if gems are impossible to get as F2P or if they drop in abundance later on.Show lessSnvck
Fantastic!
I normally don’t write reviews. But this game is pretty solid, I normally don’t enjoy single player games. But wow the story is so good and the gameplay is smooth!
Story almost had me in tears for a lil bit.
Only thing I don’t enjoy is when walking around maps I feel like the monster spawn rate is a lil high. I walk like 5-10ft and then I’m back in another battle. Wish I could walk around for a lil bit without getting aggroed especially because most quests make you walk a full map to get to the destination. Now I just spam the Flee button and don’t even battle the random monsters anymore because I have plenty of materials and seems like a waste of my party's health points.
However that being said I am enjoying everything else about the game, combat system is a lil complicated at first, however once you get a solid front row and back row of every type of character it becomes a lot more enjoyable.Show lessbobswordfish
One damming problem…
Unlike most Gacha JRPGs, your starting character is one of eight 5* characters. Who you get is based off random luck, different with each game started.
It’s just a bit of an inconvenience in hindsight, but I really see no good reason for why it’s like this, unlike in the console game Octopath Traveler, where you could choose who your starting character is.
I doubt this review will get any attention or that anything will change about the game, but the whole “random starting character” thing nearly turned me off from this game, though I did cave in and just rerolled till I got the character I wanted.Show lessFenrisenen
It’s Another Eden with an Octopath skin
Everything about this game screams Another Eden (AE). If you like that game, you will like this one. I’ve played a lot of AE and the more I play this the more I’m reminded of AE. Pretty much everything about the game but the battle system and art style is taken straight from AE. And this is not a bad thing. AE is my favorite mobile game and I can see myself playing a lot of this game as well. The battle system seems simple at first but as you level up character jobs the switching mechanics become much more intricate and I’m really enjoying it.
I will say that I have not yet felt the need or desire to spend money, but all of the best characters are locked behind the gacha. So if you want the best characters you will need to spend. If it’s anything like AE you can get through all the content without spending, but you will need to invest a significant amount of time into the game. This is not a log in and auto your dailies while watching a show kind of game. You have to actively play the game to progress. Some will like this and others won’t.Show lessfriob
Excellent game
I have played this game for about 10 hours and feel like I’ve barely scratched the surface, the combat is very fun, the writing so far is excellent and So far there are plenty of main and side quests to enjoy and get to know the characters, and there are a lot of interesting characters to choose from. It is extremely free to play friendly which is also a plus and the music is amazing. They did a great job adapting their game to work seamlessly on a mobile platform with easy controls and menus. I would highly recommend this game to any RPG fan, it has far exceeded my expectationsShow lessTJSkywalker1997
Real cool!
Im enjoying this game so far! Pretty cool to see the graphics on mobile. Its fun to engage in battles visit shops in the like. Mobility or exploring kind of lacks however, as it is on the basic level were you are on one track and one track only. Over all its fun to spend time in. I hope to see this improved on in a next release akin to the actual game on switch. Also I would love to insert that I hope to see Square release Final Fantasy X on mobile at some point as I feel phones can handle it these days. Fully touch controls implemented. Thank you!Show lessjohnnylwood
A single player mobile game to remember
My wife and I loved OCTOPATH on the Switch when it came out, so when I heard they were making a mobile game I was eager to see what it would be like. I have to say, I’m really enjoying their implementation so far. This is a gacha style game, but I don’t feel pressured to pay tons of money to try and get one of the god tier characters, granted I’m still in the early game, so many something may change later, but I’m perfectly happy to play with the characters I got from my free rolls.
The game definitely feels like OCTOPATH still, which for me is a huge plus.
I have two negative comments though to make: 1) The price for rubies (the premium currency in this game) is stupid high IMO. 2) While you can earn rubies by just playing the game they distinguish between free (earned rubies) and paid for rubies, which is super annoying because it mean some banners only accept paid for rubies even if you have enough free ones to roll on it.
Lastly, I don’t know this for sure, but I can’t find anything about whether or not this game has a pity system on rolls/wishes, so keep that in mind if you choose to partake in the gacha.Show lessKyle Blagg
Found my new favorite game!
Classic single-player JRPG mechanics added with lots of unique quirks and ways to socialize within the game. I’ve got bored and burnt out of some other games months ago and have tried many different games in the App Store. The is the FIRST one that I’ve absolutely fallen in love with in a long time. The beginning is a *tiny* bit long, but once you’re past it and learned everything, you’re good to go! I feel so honored to have been able to play this game from day one.Show lessMusiqMysfit
Only a few hours in…
So far the game is decent. Really great combat system that is alluring, even though I’m not much of a turn based guy. Graphics are gorgeous and perfect for mobile. Story telling is riveting honestly. Micro transactions don’t seem too predatory, but verdict is still out on that. Lack of pvp helps with that. End of the day it is still a gacha and the core mechanic will always be there, however, it doesn’t seem like you will have to pay in order to play and enjoy (looking at you Diablo).Show lessJcomeau94
The model mobile JRPG
Octopath Traveler is one of my favorite games of all time, and COTC has all the love it got. HD-2D graphics still look gorgeous on phones, and the music is amazing.
Octopath’s gameplay is a winner, as always. It’s frankly crazy how they managed to maintain this level of depth on what is usually such a simple platform. The monetizations are also very subtle (only paid video ads, and rubies aren’t difficult to acquire). I had one nitpick, it would be that the menus are a wee bit slow with some loading times. At the end of the day, I grabbed Champions of the Continent because I needed more Octopath Traveler, and it scratches that itch magnificently.Show lessapersoninoursociety
