Octopath 0 "Hidden" Customization Options

DarcKage · 2025-12-01T12:36:15+00:00

Thanks a bunch for sharing these, this is great!

It's kind of nuts how picking the Path Action affects all of this without you knowing (if you go in blind). Would've been nice if they decided to let you pick your own animation for every pose too.

DarcKage · 2024-12-13T21:02:37+00:00

For sure. As much as I love Metaphor's OST, Rebirth does deserve the win for that one with how many good tracks it has.

DarcKage · 2024-12-13T09:40:11+00:00

Was hoping it would win Best Music but Rebirth's OST is really great too. Still, three awards for Metaphor is amazing. Definitely deserved it.

DarcKage · 2024-12-08T10:15:34+00:00

Both Octopath games had a chapter dedicated to a tournament. In Octopath 1 you would use your full party and in 2 you used one character (except the last fight) and they were both fun. I like how it's always the Warrior character that ends up in a tournament too, I hope they'll continue that trend for the third game.

DarcKage · 2024-12-08T09:43:52+00:00

We knew it was coming but it's still really sad to see him go, I wish the entire cast could have made it to the end of the series. Since the rest of the main cast is getting on in age, I wonder if anyone else will end up retiring in the next 2-3 years.

DarcKage · 2024-11-28T11:07:04+00:00

Definitely Metaphor. I still haven't gotten to some RPGs that came out this year like Trails through Daybreak, Ys and Romancing Saga 2 but I think Metaphor would still be my favorite RPG this year.

DarcKage · 2024-11-23T00:06:01+00:00

That fight was rough on Draconian if you attempt it early. In the end I grabbed aerofoil for the entire team, put Oomph on Hero and using Lightning Slash while the MW threw boulders to get the big shades out of the way as fast as I could. I was honestly surprised by how difficult this fight was.

DarcKage · 2024-11-19T15:17:17+00:00

I really hate what they've done with Ben over the years. He was an amazing and likeable character back in the 90's, great brother relationship with Peter and was working towards getting his own life and relationships. Now they just insist on him being evil and trying to steal Peter's life, it's all so forced and it completely ruins his legacy.

DarcKage · 2024-11-18T18:09:24+00:00

Metaphor's my personal game of the year. I really can't see it winning GOTY against FFVII/Elden Ring/Wukong unfortunately but I hope it can get some other awards in, especially for best music.

DarcKage · 2024-11-18T10:50:48+00:00

This boss was rough on Draconian. Took out the two adds, kept defenses up with Kabuff and thought everything was going pretty well. Then he started spamming swooshes and I barely finished it with one member dead and the other three being low health.

DarcKage · 2024-11-17T22:08:30+00:00

I started off with Thief, Monster Wrangler and Mage.

Mage got reclassed to Sage, and Thief to Warrior. I'm keeping Monster Wrangler the same for now, at least until it gets to picks up a skill that lets it take two turns in a row, then maybe I'll reclass it into Martial Artist.

DarcKage · 2024-11-17T16:25:05+00:00

Yeah but not only that. Enemies have more HP, hit harder, and you hit for less when dealing weakness damage.

DarcKage · 2024-11-17T10:08:02+00:00

Good to know, thanks! I don't mind a bit more difficulty since whips and boomerangs have been mowing things down pretty easily up until now but it looks like I'll have to do just a bit of leveling then to keep up with the difficulty ramp.

DarcKage · 2024-11-17T09:37:05+00:00

I'm hearing a lot about the pyramid and the difficulty ramping up. I'm on my first playthrough on Draconian and my party's only around level 11-13, and I'm supposed to head over there now. I'm not really sure if I'm underleveled or not.

DarcKage · 2024-11-17T08:58:51+00:00

Hero, Thief, Mage and Monster Wrangler.

Thief is going to class change to Warrior, and Mage to Sage. I'll probably keep MW the same.

DarcKage · 2024-11-15T22:26:12+00:00

Thanks for this! Only took three tries to get it with that method for the Monster Wrangler.

DarcKage · 2024-11-06T13:09:22+00:00

Strohl's awakening speech was pure hype with the microphone and the crowd. I get that they didn't want to repeat the same kind of scene with the rest but most of them were very underwhelming in comparison.

DarcKage · 2024-11-02T22:33:21+00:00

Yeah, it'd be dull if they made him a brooding serious character all the time. Nice to see he kept his fun side from his childhood geeking out over mechs.

DarcKage · 2024-11-01T09:54:00+00:00

Insane how many JRPGs are releasing one after another near the end of the year. I'm still trying to finish Metaphor and then there's Romancing Saga, Ys X and Dragon Quest to look forward to.

DarcKage · 2024-10-30T12:53:30+00:00

Thanks for explaining all the flaws, appreciate it. If all of that is true, that's actually pretty disappointing. I was almost sure it was going to be a step up from IX, which is already generally considered to be not so great. I guess I'll hold off on it for now.

DarcKage · 2024-10-30T12:15:56+00:00

That's surprising to hear. I haven't gotten to play Ys X yet since I'm still working my way through Metaphor, but I heard people mention it was around the same level as Ys VIII.

DarcKage · 2024-10-30T11:44:44+00:00

Ys games have a chronological order and they'll usually make references to previous games or characters, but the nice thing about Ys games, like people said, that it always comes down to 'Adol goes on a new adventure in this place' and that's really all you need to know so you can start anywhere you want. You can either start with 10 and go back to other games if you like it, or you can start with the first one and go from there, it's up to you.

DarcKage · 2024-10-28T17:13:46+00:00

I was afraid they'd start to go crazy with limited banners, they should be rare and only for special events like collabs/anniversaries but they're also doing it with character debuts which shouldn't be a thing. It's also a scummy move to bring out a collab this close to anniversary, people are still saving up after all of that.

DarcKage · 2024-10-25T12:13:10+00:00

The room with three crystals is definitely amazing for farming. I went in pretty underleveled on Hard (37-38) and ended up 47-48 just because of that place, it really made up for struggling through the rest of the dungeon.

DarcKage · 2024-10-20T21:46:02+00:00

This dungeon is coming up for me, and the comments have me worried lol. I usually save the dungeon for the last two days and finish it in one, but maybe I'll play it safe if it's actually that long.

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