Octopath Traveler

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Octopath Traveler
Project Octopath Traveler logo.png
Studio Square Enix
Acquire
Publisher Nintendo
Square Enix (Japan)
Senior Developer
  • Tomoya Asano (producer)
  • Masashi Takahashi (producer)
  • Keisuke Miyauchi (Director)
  • Yura Kubota (Author)
  • Kakunoshin Futsuzawa (Author)
composer Yasunori Nishiki
Erstveröffent-
lichung		 Nintendo Switch July 13, 2018 Windows June 7, 2019
world

world
platform Nintendo Switch , PC
genre role playing game
Game mode Single player
medium Download , game card
Current version 1.0.2
Age rating
USK released from 12
PEGI recommended for ages 12 and up

Octopath Traveler is a video game of the RPG genre for the Nintendo switch and the PC . The game was developed by Square Enix and published by Nintendo .

The Switch version was released worldwide on July 13, 2018 and sold over a million times in less than a month. A port for Steam was released on June 7, 2019.

Gameplay

Octopath Traveler is a Japanese role-playing game (JRPG) with a turn-based combat system. What is particularly striking about the game is the graphic style called "HD-2D", which the developers describe as a combination of 16-bit Super Nintendo graphics and polygon environments with current effects.

At the beginning of the game, the player chooses one of eight different characters, which he then plays as the protagonist . Each character has a different backstory, and each one starts out differently. In the game, the player meets the other characters that were available for selection and can form a team of a maximum of four people from them. The team members can be exchanged and you can also change the protagonist after you have finished your story.

development

Octopath Traveler was developed by Square Enix Business Division 11 who were already developing Bravely Default . They were supported by the Acquire developer studio. Square Enix's Tomoya Asano and Masashi Takahashi started development and acted as producers. They chose Acquire as their development partner because of their skills in handling pixel art in their game What Did I Do to Deserve This, My Lord? . Keisuke Miyauchi of Acquire was then employed as a director.

Octopath Traveler's development began before the Nintendo Switch was officially announced. However, the game was first officially announced at the Nintendo Switch presentation on January 13, 2017. During this presentation the name "Octopath Traveler" was still used as the project title.

In September 2017, Square Enix released a demo version of Octopath Traveler to get initial player opinions on the game. This demo had already been downloaded over a million times by the end of January 2018 and a survey asking for feedback from players had been completed nearly 50,000 times. Based on this feedback, some adjustments have been made to the game. During a Nintendo Direct on March 8, 2018, Nintendo announced further information about the game. So "Octopath Traveler" was set as the name and announced the release date of July 13, 2018. On June 12, 2018, during another Nintendo Direct for E3 2018, another demo version containing the first chapter of the game was announced for June 14.

In March 2019, Square Enix announced that Octopath Traveler: Champions of the Continent would be a prequel to Octopath Traveler for mobile devices in the summer of 2019 . In Champions of the Continent the story of Octopath Traveler is to be told. Square Enix also announced that another sequel to Octopath Traveler will be released for the Nintendo Switch. On June 6, 2019, Square Enix announced in an unannounced trailer that the game would be released on the Steam distribution platform the following day. The game was released punctually on June 7, 2019.

reception

Rating mirror
publication Rating
4players 84%
GamePro 85/100
PC Games 86%
Famitsu 36/40
IGN 9.3 / 10
nintendolife 9/10
Meta-ratings
GameRankings 83.07%
Metacritic 83

Octopath Traveler received mostly positive feedback. It achieved a Metascore of 83 out of 100 on Metacritic . The game was praised above all for the innovative mechanics of the eight different protagonists and for the extraordinary graphics. The game was also praised for its balanced combat system and music. The game was criticized primarily for the amount of work involved in leveling up the characters.

"Sympathetic old-school Japanese role-playing game with a strong round-robin combat system, a little too much grind and eight heroes whose stories range from exciting to banal."

- 4Players Rating: 84% for Octopath Traveler

“'Octopath Traveler' turns out to be an almost flawlessly playable retro epic with 80 to 100 hours of playing time, sympathetic heroes, a complex battle system and excellent music. It's just a shame that the heroes only interact a little with each other and the gameplay feels a bit formulaic during longer sessions. "

- Computer picture rating: 1.6 for Octopath Traveler
Awards and leaderboards
Award ceremony category result
Award date
Game Critics Awards Best RPG Nominated 02nd July 2018
Golden Joystick Awards 2018 Best storytelling Nominated Nov 16, 2018
Nintendo game of the year Won Nov 16, 2018
The Game Awards 2018 Best RPG Nominated 0Dec 6, 2018
Best artistic design Nominated 0Dec 6, 2018
Best Score / Music Nominated 0Dec 6, 2018

Distribution and sales figures

After Octopath Traveler was released , the retail versions of the game sold out in stores around the world. A first supply, about ten days after the release, sold out within a few hours. Despite these delivery bottlenecks, the game was able to sell the first million units within three weeks.

The game sold 1.5 million times by January 2019.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b imdb.com: Cast of Octopath Traveler accessed on September 15, 2018 (English)
  2. ↑ 【 「オクトパストラベラー」インタビュー】 1年弱かけて作ったシナリオを捨てる英断.そこから生まれた"ロールプレイ"の旅(1/2) ( Japanese ) Famitsu . 13th July 2018.
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  5. ↑ 4players.de: Test: Octopath Traveler from July 24, 2018 (accessed October 17, 2018).
  6. ↑ consolewars.de: The future of Octopath Traveler depends on the sales on July 13, 2018 (accessed October 13, 2018).
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  10. ↑ pcgames.de: Project Octopath Traveler: Many improvements thanks to player feedback from Jan. 30, 2018 (accessed October 13, 2018).
  11. ↑ pcgames.de: Nintendo Direct: All announcements - Super Smash Bros., South Park and more! from March 9, 2018 (accessed October 13, 2018)
  12. ↑ pcgames.de: Octopath Traveler: Release date, new demo & E3 trailer from June 12, 2018 (accessed on October 13, 2018).
  13. ↑ Andreas Bertits: Octopath Traveler: announced prequel , In: PCGames .com ; dated March 8, 2019, accessed March 9, 2019.
  14. ↑ Octopath Traveler: Trailer for the PC version published , In: JpGames.de ; dated June 6, 2019, accessed June 9, 2019.
  15. ↑ a b 4Players.de: Test: Octopath Traveler - Conclusion from July 24, 2018 (accessed October 14, 2018)
  16. ↑ gamepro.de Rating of "Octopath Traveler" , accessed on October 14, 2018.
  17. ↑ pcgames.de Octopath Traveler in the test: Declaration of love to the 16-bit era (page 2) , accessed on August 6, 2018.
  18. ↑ segmentnext.com Famitsu review scores (7/3/18) - Octopath Traveler accessed on October 14, 2018.
  19. ↑ ign.com Octopath Traveler Review, July 12, 2018 (accessed October 14, 2018).
  20. ↑ nintendolife.com Octopath Traveler Review (Switch) of July 12, 2018 (accessed October 14, 2018).
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  22. ↑ a b Metacritic.com: Octopath Traveler Switch, accessed October 14, 2018.
  23. ↑ Computerbild.de: Octopath Traveler in the test: A roleplaying hit for the Switch? dated July 13, 2018 (accessed October 14, 2018).
  24. ↑ gamecriticsawards.com: Game Critics Awards 2018 Nominees accessed on October 17, 2018 (English)
  25. ↑ ps4-magazin.de: Golden Joystick Awards 2018 from September 28, 2018 (accessed October 17, 2018)
  26. ↑ Gamesradar.com: Golden Joystick Awards 2018 winners from Nov. 16, 2018 (accessed on Nov. 17, 2018, English)
  27. ↑ giga.de: These are the winners of the Game Awards 2018. December 7, 2018, accessed on January 17, 2019 .
  28. ↑ gamona.de: Octopath Traveler - replenishment sold out again after a few hours from 23 Sept. 2018 (accessed on 14 October 2018).
  29. ↑ Dennis Leschnikowski: Octopath Traveler: Current sales figures revealed , In: PlayM.de ; from March 8, 2019, April 6, 2019.