DEREK EX MACHINA, created by author and editor Derek L.H., is a blog dedicated to exploring the effect that video games and film have on people.
All tagged Octopath Traveler
Although Octopath Traveler 0 recycles content from both the original Octopath Traveler via settings and characters as well as Champions of the Continent via story and party members, it ultimately takes familiar elements to carve a new path forward. I think such an approach is deeply admirable, especially because it does so in the pursuit of ensuring that all the content produced in CotC will now permanently live on.
Octopath shows some slight flaws that even hardcore JRPG fans can't entirely ignore. But what Octopath gets right far outweighs what it gets wrong. If you've ever enjoyed a JRPG, new or old, the world of Octopath Traveler is a place well worth visiting.
The separation of characters' stories and the frustrating limits of the characters' interactions with one another create a narrative experience that feels very fragmented. This fragmentation causes Octopath to feel like it hosts a party of characters that happen to be going on quests that take them in the same direction, rather than a party of characters that feel like they're going on a quest together.
