Octopath Traveler

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https://www.square-enix-games.com/en_US/news/octopath-traveler-0

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wtf i gotta catch up

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truee

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Tytos was there

So we at least have the Master of Wealth/Fame/Power arc

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yeah I'm wondering how they'll handle that

there was no sign of the bestower arc characters

besides ||one shot of sazantos from behind but he's in the early part isn't he? just not as a villain yet||

cotc spoilers ^

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||Sazantos isn’t a villain until the Bestower of All prologue, mainly as a twist villain||

Gonna rewatch the trailer, but it appeara there’s a level of customisation?

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yeah your main character is custom

which is neat

official octopath character creator :D

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idr how many of these are bestower characters but in the shot where it pans over 32 characters there’s 6 from cotc aside from the master villains

just spoilering in case of idk lol it’s been a hot minute since i played

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at least 2 of these I recognise as master arc characters

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||Besides the absent Rinyuu, that’s the BoA cast, standing against Hell!Sazantos||
(Lategame CotC)

||Rondo, Richard, Elitrix, the others’ names escape me, but I recognise them||

||Bargello is one of them||

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they're not exclusive to that arc though are they?

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||Solon and Alaune|| would be the others

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Not necessarily

Probably best known for their role in said arc

But it’s mainly Master of Wealth and Master of All for those guys

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i want to say ||eltrix was introduced in bestower of power||?

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hmm

so maybe we do get both acts then

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Master of All, actually

No wait

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and they just didn't show the bestower villains for spoiler purposes?

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You’re right

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True, but that arc is long done atp (hell, Side Solastia is half finished)

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well yes but people who don't know anything about cotc won't know that lol

I wasn't aware solistia story had progressed that much LOL I stopped paying attention to cotc after they moved over to the netease app

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They even got the Final Fantasy 4 collab since you stopped

But yeah, fair point

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I think I remember seeing some art from that

the new characters and stuff would still occasionally come up on my twitter but I've also since stopped using twitter so lmfao

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Better off, lmao

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If they get their music back

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They got the music back, same composer again

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The goat himself

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ok so eltrix and rondo seem to be exclusive bestower arc characters

which is 👀

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Rondo took big part in the Bestower of Fame part

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(exclusive as in they did not have a role in the master arc)

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ah ok

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alaune is also wearing red which means this part is at least after master of all

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oh true

you're so right ok

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This is like during CotC

so I think its just something different

and they replace cotc or somethin

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I mean it's not going to be exactly cotc story that is confirmed

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yeye

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but it's like retelling sortof

but either way that implies that both arcs will be in

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I am so happy that Auguste is back

hopefully is english is voice is marvelous

*his

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Marvelous!

But yeah, we can assume that the Bestower of Power/Fame/Wealth arcs are here too

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hell yeah

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Bestower of Fame....

I streamed that fight from my phone lmao

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man...

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Fun fight

I’ve stopped at Bestower of All Ch3 until a certain walking nuke is added

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https://youtu.be/idVusUy-kok?si=e3Jz2iLi82PkIuqF

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omg...

I will watch later

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Marvelous!

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better one

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MARVELOUS!

I need Oct0path now

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collector edition is limited...

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Interesting. So this game is basically a console version of Champions of the Continent with reworked story and gameplay.

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yeah just read that as well

that's so good, never was able to play cotc so I'm very interested since there are like 30 odd characters in the game

switch 2 version is a key card...oh well

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I just watched it

I don’t think I’ve ever lost my shit more than I did watching that trailer

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https://tenor.com/view/sus-rock-gif-23559354

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Time to roll a dice for free rubies /j

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HMMMMM

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Gonna look into the special edition, but not willing to fork out €200+ for a key card

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…I might

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Watched the trailer again, seems we get to hear Tytos’s voice

…Anyone recognise it?

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ngl I'm kind of more interested in the other SE HD2D title in the direct but this is making me hype too

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There's no way I'm getting the collector's edition

I like Octopath, but not that much lol

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honestly fair that does look good as well

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I've played the demo and it got me pretty invested

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||So we're going to hell and heaven too||
(Lategame CotC spoilers, mainly for Bestower of All)

I also wonder how the recommended level will be handled?

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This is such a big game holy

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damn that's a big prequel

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Nooo my ice girl

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Ayoo

100 hours...

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I am sooooo happy this comes out in december

perfect winter game to dig into

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100 hours

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Omg...

Do you guys think

we get the Arena back?

Just got the flashbacks of the axe woman

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Maaaaaaaaybe, but it'll be a question of if the champions are considered "Gacha" or not

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Well they could make new champions

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True!

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And you unlock them after defeating

them

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we know that the gatcha characters from cotc will not be in this game so if arena does return it would be new characters

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I thought more of an ||extra battles style|| like in OT2 but ingame

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that would be cool yeah

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https://youtu.be/RtOQ1XHQC-g?si=_J4N4xTlB736LaoZ

I've been watching this video recently, I think she has really good interpretations on the original eight Octopath stories

She's also doing a playthrough of Octopath 2 right now that I've flipped through a bit

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You saw nothing
OT0 will be a great game

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So true

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This was on a thread about Partitio being a "terrible merchant" and I thought it was a cool observation

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Oh that's cool!

Never thought about it that way!

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https://x.com/esabacoo/status/1964065091176779912

゜ (@esabacoo)

X · Sep 5, 2025, 8:36 PM

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X · Sep 6, 2025, 3:21 AM

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In case you missed it, I released a big YouTube video last week about every game I played in 2024, and there's a really lengthy segment all about Octopath 2! This game was an absolute joy to play through and it was one of my favorite sections to put together. This link will take you straight to that timestamp, so if you want twelve minutes of stellar commentary on this game, I've got you covered

(though fair warning, my thoughts on temenos as a character may not be super popular 😶)

https://youtu.be/G6XbKRguQHM?si=gXun-sJHuBR9r0aq&t=2996

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0klCjrJ41-g

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Look what I bought

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YO! Enjoy!

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https://bsky.app/profile/ninfial.bsky.social/post/3lzrepunv7s2s

Sly ♚ ⚔️📖 (@ninfial.bsky.social)

(Lying)

Bluesky · Sep 26, 2025, 9:07 PM

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it's 0 hour

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guys it's been not even a week since I started playing zero and I can feel the hyperfixation coming back help

octopath game where I get to make my own blorbo and then headcanon whatever I want because they're a mostly silent protag it's so over for me. this is the best octopath game

(is anyone else playing this game yet)

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Not yet....

I wanna start so badly but Uni work...

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lock in

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I'm playing it

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I might get it soon

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Been playing it slow burn

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Update: I bought it lol

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I finished Octopath 0. It is such a masterpiece