Octopath Traveler 0

Octopath Traveler 0 asks you to stick with a 100-hour journey, and it rewards you with the kinds of moments only lengthy RPGs can pull off with its overarching story, an intricate turn-based combat system, and a soundtrack that'll leave you absolutely floored.

A stellar combat system and multitude of strategic wrinkles are the glue that holds this well-told, if disjointed, episodic story together.

It's commendable that something like Octopath Traveler 0 exists.

Impressive efforts with a few noticeable problems holding them back. Won't astound everyone, but is worth your time and cash.

Octopath Traveler 0 is a perfectly solid instalment in the Square Enix franchise, though its overwhelming familiarity will make large parts of it feel like a retread. Its town-building mechanic and expanded party system are smart expansions, and the move towards a single, centralised story is a benefit. However, Octopath Traveler 0 will still feel largely the same in an experience below that of its predecessors.

In many ways, Octopath Traveler 0 feels like a 'victory lap' for the beloved series, remixing various elements that you're familiar with from the past games while introducing some interesting new ones to spice things up a bit. Importantly, this prequel does not feel like a proper Octopath Traveler 3, but that doesn't mean that it isn't still an incredibly good time and a much better JRPG than most genre peers.Even if it's a retread in some ways, though, an absolutely monstrous amount of content, interesting new gameplay elements, gorgeous visuals, and compelling storytelling all come together to make Octopath Traveler 0 a must-buy.

Square Enix's conversion of Champions of the Continent delivers an engaging, if completely different, take on Octopath.

If you have the patience to walk its slower roads, Octopath Traveler 0 meets you with the same quiet grace it asks of you.

It's one step forward, one step back for Octopath Traveler 0. Or maybe that's eight steps forward and eight steps back? Really, who's counting?

The 2D-HD format is back with this reimagining of Champions of the Continent.