Gorgeous HD-2D visuals
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“I sometimes pause the game to admire the artwork.”
Steam review · 13.5 h played ↗
OCTOPATH TRAVELER II
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Very Positive · 93%Very Positive · 93%Square Enix, ACQUIRE Corp.2023JRPG · Party-Based RPG · RPG
$59.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 2 h ago
The verdict
A gorgeous HD-2D turn-based JRPG with excellent break/boost combat and a superb soundtrack, but its eight separate stories are uneven. Skip it if you want one cohesive story or hate random encounters.
Great for
Turn-based JRPG fans who value art, music, strategic combat and character-by-character stories
Main risk
Eight disconnected, often generic stories plus constant random encounters can feel like a slog
What players love
Excellent soundtrack
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“with music that absolutely slaps”
Steam review · 216.4 h played ↗
Memorable character stories
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“Each character was crafted with a deep backstory, which becomes unraveled throughout the course of the game.”
Steam review · 66.2 h played ↗
Deep break and boost combat with jobs
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“The boost and break system is now one of my favorite turn based mechanics.”
Steam review · 144.7 h played ↗
Big improvement over the first game
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“Everything here is the same formula as Octopath 1, but vastly improved and expanded in every aspect.”
Steam review · 148.6 h played ↗
Crossed paths and finale tie the party together
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“Unlike the first game, it actually feels like you're traveling with a group of friends.”
Steam review · 141.9 h played ↗
What players complain about
Weak, cliched writing and boring stories
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 negative reviews
“Story heavy game where the entire story is obnoxiously evil bad guys and obnoxiously good good guys and zero depth.”
Steam review · 3.7 h played ↗
Disconnected stories, party rarely interacts
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Instead of one continuous adventure, it feels like eight separate stories being told in parallel.”
Steam review · 13.8 h played ↗
Grinding and uneven level balance
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“the leveling up mechanic forces you to grind too much, especially in the absence of a party levelling mechanic.”
Steam review · 15 h played ↗
Excessive random encounters
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“The random encounters are way too excessive, I'm just trying to explore the world and I'm getting bombarded by fodder enemies every 5 seconds.”
Steam review · 4.1 h played ↗
Unfair bosses and brutal final boss
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 negative reviews
“the final boss is the worst offender: it swaps out your overlevelled legendary-gear-wielding main party for the four underlevelled and undergeared”
Steam review · 77.7 h played ↗
Poor PC controls and UI
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 negative reviews
“no binding to arrow keys in big 2023”
Steam review · 0.6 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support10 GB
Minimum
OSWindows® 10 / 11 64-bit
ProcessorAMD Ryzen™ 3 1200 / Intel® Core™ i3-6100
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsAMD Radeon™ RX 460 / NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 750
Storage10 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows® 10 / 11 64-bit
ProcessorAMD Ryzen™ 3 1200 / Intel® Core™ i5-6400
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsAMD Radeon™ RX 470 / Intel® Arc™ A750 / NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1060 6GB VRAM
Storage10 GB available space
OSWindows® 10 / 11 64-bit
ProcessorAMD Ryzen™ 3 1200 / Intel® Core™ i3-6100
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsAMD Radeon™ RX 460 / NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 750
Storage10 GB available space
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