OCTOPATH TRAVELER II

My first JRPG in decades, it's been a blast discovering the world, characters and story. Tons of content, currently at 20 hours and barely scratched the surface. Plays perfectly on Steam Deck! If your looking for a discount, It's part of Humble choice for $20 CDN this month (June 2026).

Octopath Traveler 2 is a game that ended up being a surprising disappointment to me, particularly given the general reverence folks have for it. I played the first Octopath Traveler and loved it quite a bit; the art style, presentation, breadth of content, battle system, and novelty of the character story system all…

I am about 7 hours into the game and have unlocked 3 characters and I am bored out of my mind. Their stories haven't gripped me and they aren't likeable or even memorable, and I don't care about them. The combat is tedious too and so are the backstories you sit through whenever you play Chapter 1 and doing the fetch…

Insanely addicting combat and story with the superboss requiring a PhD in turn based tactics knowledge. Offered a lot more than I expected - absolute masterpiece. 10/10

👎 Not Recommended blindly — please check cons for this game 🕒 Hours Played: In‑game timer shows 73h, Steam shows over 80h 🎯 Completion Status: All story missions + last mission (“Story End”). Skipped: Majority of side stories, optional level‑40+ dungeons, and the Challenge Boss. I skipped side stories because the…

Wanted to like this game a lot, but it just has too many design choices that I do not like as a JRPG player. Exceptionally easy game, especially random encounters where you're never at risk at all of party members being killed. Overly simplistic game systems. An extremely unbalanced economy. Worthless items in every…