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Octopath Traveler

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    #122
    nairy hipples
    Registered Users Posts: 264 ✭✭nairy hipples


    Octopath Traveller is available now in Smyths for €49.99. It's available for home delivery and delivery is free if anyone is still trying to find a copy in the wild! Just ordered mine!


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    #123
    Sephiroth_dude
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    Haven't gone back to this in two weeks :o.


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    #124
    Rhyme
    Registered Users Posts: 8,561 ✭✭✭Rhyme


    Finished all the Chapter 2 stories, given everyone a secondary job and some good equipment and now moving onto the Chapter 3 stories after a little bit of grinding (the lizards in the desert to the West of Wellspring are good for it). More than 40 hours and I'm taking it slow to get all I can from it. So, so good.

    Does anyone roll into a new town with Olberic, Alfyn/Cyrus and Therion and begin to Steal, Enquire/Scrutinise and Challenge their way through everyone in town? I feel pretty cruel picking towns clean like that but I've gotten some of my best equipment that way and kept stocked up on grapes and herbs.


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    #125
    Xenji
    Registered Users Posts: 11,505 ✭✭✭✭Xenji


    Rhyme wrote: »
    Finished all the Chapter 2 stories, given everyone a secondary job and some good equipment and now moving onto the Chapter 3 stories after a little bit of grinding (the lizards in the desert to the West of Wellspring are good for it). More than 40 hours and I'm taking it slow to get all I can from it. So, so good.

    Does anyone roll into a new town with Olberic, Alfyn/Cyrus and Therion and begin to Steal, Enquire/Scrutinise and Challenge their way through everyone in town? I feel pretty cruel picking towns clean like that but I've gotten some of my best equipment that way and kept stocked up on grapes and herbs.

    If you want to extend your gameplay then yeah go for it, but no there is no need to and except for side quests your just adding extra time on your gameplay.

    If your 40 hours in and have just finished all chapter two's you are either savouring the game or just never played any of the 90s versions of the game, I have nearly finished everthing now and it looks like about 60 hours to complete it.


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    #126
    Rhyme
    Registered Users Posts: 8,561 ✭✭✭Rhyme


    Xenji wrote: »
    If you want to extend your gameplay then yeah go for it, but no there is no need to and except for side quests your just adding extra time on your gameplay.

    If your 40 hours in and have just finished all chapter two's you are either savouring the game or just never played any of the 90s versions of the game, I have nearly finished everthing now and it looks like about 60 hours to complete it.

    Played Final Fantasy 4, 5 and 6 a lot when I was younger (especially 6) and 7, 8 and 9 were cornerstones of my teenage years. When I came back to them in my 20's that's when I started slow playthroughs, enjoying music and settings. The backdrops of 8, the music of 9 and the dialogue/atmosphere of 12 added hours and hours onto my game, same with Octopath.

    Definitely savouring :)


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    #127
    Xenji
    Registered Users Posts: 11,505 ✭✭✭✭Xenji


    Rhyme wrote: »
    Played Final Fantasy 4, 5 and 6 a lot when I was younger (especially 6) and 7, 8 and 9 were cornerstones of my teenage years. When I came back to them in my 20's that's when I started slow playthroughs, enjoying music and settings. The backdrops of 8, the music of 9 and the dialogue/atmosphere of 12 added hours and hours onto my game, same with Octopath.

    Definitely savouring :)

    I woul love to savour this more, just got too much of a backlog to get through, my second playthrough I hope will be more relaxed.


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    #128
    Rhyme
    Registered Users Posts: 8,561 ✭✭✭Rhyme


    Xenji wrote: »
    I woul love to savour this more, just got too much of a backlog to get through, my second playthrough I hope will be more relaxed.

    I've Okami coming in August so my savouring might have to be sped up as both games are a huge time-sink, can't have them both on the go.

    Now unlocking Chapter 4's and they all have the same level recommendation (
    lvl.45
    ) so it looks as if it's ramping up for an 'endgame'.


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    #129
    um7y1h83ge06nx
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    Smyth's have stock back in for delivery and in some stores. Despite having a big backlog I decided to bite the bullet and order.


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    #130
    WithTheRanks
    Registered Users Posts: 31 ✭WithTheRanks


    Rhyme wrote: »
    Does anyone roll into a new town with Olberic, Alfyn/Cyrus and Therion and begin to Steal, Enquire/Scrutinise and Challenge their way through everyone in town? I feel pretty cruel picking towns clean like that but I've gotten some of my best equipment that way and kept stocked up on grapes and herbs.


    Sometimes after scrutinising, robbing blind, and beating the crap out of everyone in town, I have to stop and ask "...Are we the baddies?"




    I'm onto the Chapter 3s, and still really enjoying this game. The visuals, music, and combat system are great. The story/writing is a weaker element, but it's winning me over as I go on.


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    #131
    Viviana Green Cross
    Posts: 0 ✭ Viviana Green Cross


    Rhyme wrote: »
    Finished all the Chapter 2 stories, given everyone a secondary job and some good equipment and now moving onto the Chapter 3 stories after a little bit of grinding (the lizards in the desert to the West of Wellspring are good for it). More than 40 hours and I'm taking it slow to get all I can from it. So, so good.

    Does anyone roll into a new town with Olberic, Alfyn/Cyrus and Therion and begin to Steal, Enquire/Scrutinise and Challenge their way through everyone in town? I feel pretty cruel picking towns clean like that but I've gotten some of my best equipment that way and kept stocked up on grapes and herbs.

    I've robbed all the towns blind :P

    I hope there is no repercussion towards the end game lol


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    #132
    TitianGerm
    Registered Users Posts: 28,115 ✭✭✭✭TitianGerm


    My copy has been sitting on the shelf still in the plastic, everytime I go to play the Switch I end up having a quick blast on Hollow Knight for a few minutes that turns into two hours :pac:

    Hopefully I'll get a bit of time over the long weekend.


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    #133
    ERG89
    Registered Users Posts: 11,611 ✭✭✭✭ERG89


    Not getting much time with this the last week or so. The boss at the end of Ophilia's first chapter would have been a lot easier if I went to him earlier I think....genuinely took me six go's 0_0


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    #134
    Rhyme
    Registered Users Posts: 8,561 ✭✭✭Rhyme


    Finished Olberic's Chapter 4 last night and it was an interesting end. Won't say much else as further stuff is hinted at.

    Decided to clear up the last few side-quests before moving on to other Chapter 4's and the 'Into Thin Air' quest in the Forest Of No Return just off Victor's Hollow is an absolute bastard. Tootled my way through the forest, difficult enemies but nothing I couldn't handle and then the boss appears. Made a lot of mistakes and was badly prepared and got whupped solidly. Going to muse over how to proceed as it's either change up the squad, beef up current layout or grind for 20 minutes to get an extra level and go back in with better ideas.


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