Poll of the Day > No love for Octopath? It releases in like an hour and 15 mins (theoretically)

(+) Yeah! (+)

I'm assuming it's a midnight ET release.

Anyone else excited for it or is it not PotD's cup of tea
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It looks like every JRPG I've ever seen made before the year 2000.
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Cruddy_horse posted...

looks like every JRPG I've ever seen made before the year 2000

I think that's the appeal.
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EclairReturns posted...

Cruddy_horse posted...

looks like every JRPG I've ever seen made before the year 2000

I think that's the appeal.

For some people it is

And for others who are willing to write it off entirely because of the graphics, it allows us intellectuals to know we never have to take said people seriously again!
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What is it?
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Lokarin posted...

What is it?

Retro-style turn-based RPG developed by Square Enix and powered by Unreal Engine for some reason

Basically the perfect game for the Switch
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I'm looking forward to playing it sometime this week. It looks right up my alley.
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I'm waiting to see reviews on party interactions/banter on later chapters, because I've heard it's lacking in the first two chapters.

If there is none, at least I can temper my expectations instead of being disappointed.

No Switch but want to play it.
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Played last week at work, needless to say 25 minutes isnt enough to do anything
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I think I'll be picking it up at some point!
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Nah. That kind of game isn't my cup of cocoa.

Yup picking up my copy in a few hours, I got the CE.

Lol full price for a snes game

After all the rabid happy posts on the Switch board, not really interested.
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Downloaded the demo for it and Shining Resonance. Have yet to touch either (been too busy with a project). But Square and Sega get bonus points from me for actually putting out demos of these games.

Fierce_Deity_08 posted...

After all the rabid happy posts on the Switch board, not really interested.

@going_deep_08 ?
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Cruddy_horse posted...

It looks like every JRPG I've ever seen made before the year 2000.

Thats what they say about it. Im very not interested, also shallow story and characters etc

I have been playing it for the past 11 hours since it came out. I... I need to stop. Please help
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It's a switch exclusive. Can't play it, I want to but I probably won't get a switch until next year.

TehMarioman posted...

I have been playing it for the past 11 hours since it came out. I... I need to stop. Please help

I'm jelly, I legit debated taking off work today but I have a big sales deal I'm working and she said she'd call today so I need to be here on the off chance she actually does <_<
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thebestestbest posted...

Lol full price for a snes game

The Switch is the SNES?
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Revelation34 posted...

thebestestbest posted...

Lol full price for a snes game

The Switch is the SNES?

It's just another unoriginal crack about the graphics
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It seems like it's just a rehashed modern version of the gimmick in SaGa Frontier, and I didn't even remotely like SaGa Frontier.

Factor in the fact that it's on the Switch (which I will never, ever own), and it's a standard JRPG (which I haven't given a shit about in more than a decade), and I can't see a single facet of the game that even remotely interests me at all.


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The weird blurry graphics make my head hurt. Otherwise i'd get it, despite the mixed reviews.
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CarefreeDude posted...

The weird blurry graphics make my head hurt. Otherwise i'd get it, despite the mixed reviews.

The game just came out. Nobody should take a review like that seriously.
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I've only seen reviews calling it amazing/great.
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ParanoidObsessive posted...

It seems like it's just a rehashed modern version of the gimmick in SaGa Frontier, and I didn't even remotely like SaGa Frontier.

Factor in the fact that it's on the Switch (which I will never, ever own), and it's a standard JRPG (which I haven't given a shit about in more than a decade), and I can't see a single facet of the game that even remotely interests me at all.

Wait why? You don't think the Switch will ever have any games you're interested in or is it something else?

I plan to eventually get a Switch. I've heard it's great when you have a new kid and my wife is in labor now. This game is on my list of eventually trying out.

If I get a Switch. We'll see. Certainly Mario Odyssey and Breath of the Wild are higher on my list, though.

I'm frankly sick of "retro style" games, and have been for a few years now, given that there's been a metric ton of indie devs who have done nothing but that.
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EnvyFox posted...

ParanoidObsessive posted...

It seems like it's just a rehashed modern version of the gimmick in SaGa Frontier, and I didn't even remotely like SaGa Frontier.

Factor in the fact that it's on the Switch (which I will never, ever own), and it's a standard JRPG (which I haven't given a shit about in more than a decade), and I can't see a single facet of the game that even remotely interests me at all.

Wait why? You don't think the Switch will ever have any games you're interested in or is it something else?

Idk why you wouldn't get one. Switch has already won the next gen of consoles, Sony and Microsoft shouldn't even bother with the PS5 or Xbox (name TBD) at this point.
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i'm playing it. Started off with cleric girl.

Its pretty fun.
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CarefreeDude posted...

The weird blurry graphics make my head hurt. Otherwise i'd get it, despite the mixed reviews.

8-9 are mixed reviews..?
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Muffinz0rz posted...

EnvyFox posted...

ParanoidObsessive posted...

It seems like it's just a rehashed modern version of the gimmick in SaGa Frontier, and I didn't even remotely like SaGa Frontier.

Factor in the fact that it's on the Switch (which I will never, ever own), and it's a standard JRPG (which I haven't given a shit about in more than a decade), and I can't see a single facet of the game that even remotely interests me at all.

Wait why? You don't think the Switch will ever have any games you're interested in or is it something else?

Idk why you wouldn't get one. Switch has already won the next gen of consoles, Sony and Microsoft shouldn't even bother with the PS5 or Xbox (name TBD) at this point.

Fairly sure there were no winners.
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Kyuubi4269 posted...

Muffinz0rz posted...

EnvyFox posted...

ParanoidObsessive posted...

It seems like it's just a rehashed modern version of the gimmick in SaGa Frontier, and I didn't even remotely like SaGa Frontier.

Factor in the fact that it's on the Switch (which I will never, ever own), and it's a standard JRPG (which I haven't given a shit about in more than a decade), and I can't see a single facet of the game that even remotely interests me at all.

Wait why? You don't think the Switch will ever have any games you're interested in or is it something else?

Idk why you wouldn't get one. Switch has already won the next gen of consoles, Sony and Microsoft shouldn't even bother with the PS5 or Xbox (name TBD) at this point.

Fairly sure there were no winners.

I mean Nintendo has already started the next gen, a.k.a the post XB1/PS4/Wii U generation, so by default they are currently "winning."
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Muffinz0rz posted...

Kyuubi4269 posted...

Muffinz0rz posted...

EnvyFox posted...

ParanoidObsessive posted...

It seems like it's just a rehashed modern version of the gimmick in SaGa Frontier, and I didn't even remotely like SaGa Frontier.

Factor in the fact that it's on the Switch (which I will never, ever own), and it's a standard JRPG (which I haven't given a shit about in more than a decade), and I can't see a single facet of the game that even remotely interests me at all.

Wait why? You don't think the Switch will ever have any games you're interested in or is it something else?

Idk why you wouldn't get one. Switch has already won the next gen of consoles, Sony and Microsoft shouldn't even bother with the PS5 or Xbox (name TBD) at this point.

Fairly sure there were no winners.

I mean Nintendo has already started the next gen, a.k.a the post XB1/PS4/Wii U generation, so by default they are currently "winning."

You don't win a generation by dying first.
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Kyuubi4269 posted...

Muffinz0rz posted...

Kyuubi4269 posted...

Muffinz0rz posted...

EnvyFox posted...

ParanoidObsessive posted...

It seems like it's just a rehashed modern version of the gimmick in SaGa Frontier, and I didn't even remotely like SaGa Frontier.

Factor in the fact that it's on the Switch (which I will never, ever own), and it's a standard JRPG (which I haven't given a shit about in more than a decade), and I can't see a single facet of the game that even remotely interests me at all.

Wait why? You don't think the Switch will ever have any games you're interested in or is it something else?

Idk why you wouldn't get one. Switch has already won the next gen of consoles, Sony and Microsoft shouldn't even bother with the PS5 or Xbox (name TBD) at this point.

Fairly sure there were no winners.

I mean Nintendo has already started the next gen, a.k.a the post XB1/PS4/Wii U generation, so by default they are currently "winning."

You don't win a generation by dying first.

How much money have Sony/Microsoft made on their next generation of consoles?
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Muffinz0rz posted...

Kyuubi4269 posted...

Muffinz0rz posted...

Kyuubi4269 posted...

Muffinz0rz posted...

EnvyFox posted...

ParanoidObsessive posted...

It seems like it's just a rehashed modern version of the gimmick in SaGa Frontier, and I didn't even remotely like SaGa Frontier.

Factor in the fact that it's on the Switch (which I will never, ever own), and it's a standard JRPG (which I haven't given a shit about in more than a decade), and I can't see a single facet of the game that even remotely interests me at all.

Wait why? You don't think the Switch will ever have any games you're interested in or is it something else?

Idk why you wouldn't get one. Switch has already won the next gen of consoles, Sony and Microsoft shouldn't even bother with the PS5 or Xbox (name TBD) at this point.

Fairly sure there were no winners.

I mean Nintendo has already started the next gen, a.k.a the post XB1/PS4/Wii U generation, so by default they are currently "winning."

You don't win a generation by dying first.

How much money have Sony/Microsoft made on their next generation of consoles?

Dunno, consoles are all garbo now.
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Kyuubi4269 posted...

Dunno, consoles are all garbo now.

That doesn't answer the question
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Seriously considering getting a switch for this game, but still holding off for now. Might as well wait till it drops in price, and see what the long term reviews are on it before making a purchase.

Still have not played the new Xeno, but never finished the first 2, so not in a rush, and have a huge backlog of games.

Still more interested in playing Octo then Xeno. Already finished Mario, so yeah, still not a large selection for me yet.

But...yeah, octo looks good to me.
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EnvyFox posted...

Wait why? You don't think the Switch will ever have any games you're interested in or is it something else?

I don't care about the handheld gimmick, so that's more negative than positive for me. Nintendo hasn't produced a first-party game that I actually wanted to play since before half the people on PotD were born, so there's zero appeal there.

The only draw for me would be the indie games they're stealing from Steam (which I barely care about, and definitely not enough to buy a console for) or the third-party games getting ported over (most of which are available elsewhere, so I never need to own a Switch for them).

Of the top of my head, the single game released for or announced for the Switch at this point that would be of any interest to me at all would be Skyrim, and I already own that on two consoles.



Muffinz0rz posted...

Idk why you wouldn't get one.

Because there isn't a single game on it you want to own, while most of the games you do want to play/buy are being released on the PS4, which you already own?


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ParanoidObsessive posted...

Because there isn't a single game on it you want to own, while most of the games you do want to play/buy are being released on the PS4, which you already own?

I mean i'm not here to tell anyone what games they should or shouldn't like, but the Switch is a great console for anything outside FPS shooters and sports games, so unless those are the only two genres of games you like, there's plenty of reason to get a switch.
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Muffinz0rz posted...

but the Switch is a great console for anything outside FPS shooters and sports games

Is it, though?

Is it?


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ParanoidObsessive posted...

Muffinz0rz posted...

but the Switch is a great console for anything outside FPS shooters and sports games

Is it, though?

Is it?

...Yes?
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Muffinz0rz posted...

ParanoidObsessive posted...

Because there isn't a single game on it you want to own, while most of the games you do want to play/buy are being released on the PS4, which you already own?

I mean i'm not here to tell anyone what games they should or shouldn't like, but the Switch is a great console for anything outside FPS shooters and sports games, so unless those are the only two genres of games you like, there's plenty of reason to get a switch.

There is no reason to get a Switch if you aren't interested in the exclusives.

Muffinz0rz posted...

Is it?

...Yes?

I currently own 24 games on the PS4. Of those, none of them are sports games, and only one of them would really fall under the guise of FPS - and of them all, precisely two of them are on the Switch (Skyrim and Minecraft: Story Mode).

Of the few games I'm looking forward to on the horizon, precisely zero of them are being released on the Switch.

So the problem becomes, while we can phrase things in the way of a tautology ("the Switch is the perfect console for people who want to play the games that are on the Switch"), I'd argue that it isn't necessarily "a great console for anything outside FPS shooters and sports games". Especially if someone doesn't give a single wet shit about Nintendo first party fare.

Once first party is out of the equation, I wouldn't say it's necessarily a better platform for any specific genre (except maybe JRPG) than any of the other consoles or PC already are.

But I'm more than willing to be proven wrong. Give me a list of your top 20 "must own" Switch games, and maybe you'll come up with some I didn't even think of, which will somehow sway my previous "not giving a shit" perspective (but again, you probably want to steer clear of things like Odyssey or Breath of the Wild or Smash Bros, because those probably aren't selling me on anything - their predecessors certainly never sold me on the Wii-U, or the Wii, or the GameCube, or the N64).


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With a name like "Octopath" I would imagine it was a remake of Live a Live...
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ParanoidObsessive posted...

Muffinz0rz posted...

Is it?

...Yes?

I currently own 24 games on the PS4. Of those, none of them are sports games, and only one of them would really fall under the guise of FPS - and of them all, precisely two of them are on the Switch (Skyrim and Minecraft: Story Mode).

Of the few games I'm looking forward to on the horizon, precisely zero of them are being released on the Switch.

So the problem becomes, while we can phrase things in the way of a tautology ("the Switch is the perfect console for people who want to play the games that are on the Switch"), I'd argue that it isn't necessarily "a great console for anything outside FPS shooters and sports games". Especially if someone doesn't give a single wet shit about Nintendo first party fare.

Once first party is out of the equation, I wouldn't say it's necessarily a better platform for any specific genre (except maybe JRPG) than any of the other consoles or PC already are.

But I'm more than willing to be proven wrong. Give me a list of your top 20 "must own" Switch games, and maybe you'll come up with some I didn't even think of, which will somehow sway my previous "not giving a shit" perspective (but again, you probably want to steer clear of things like Odyssey or Breath of the Wild or Smash Bros, because those probably aren't selling me on anything - their predecessors certainly never sold me on the Wii-U, or the Wii, or the GameCube, or the N64).

There is no way you played any of those Zelda or Mario games.
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Revelation34 posted...

There is no way you played any of those Zelda or Mario games.

You don't actually have to play a game to know that you don't really want to play that game. Or for your subsequent complete and utter lack of interest in those games to fail to sell you on buying a console solely to play those games.

In the N64/PS1 era, nearly every game I wanted to play wound up on the PS1, while the N64 versions of games I enjoyed on the SNES were huge turn-offs. I hated Mario 64, and most of the reasons I disliked it apply to all of the successive 3D Mario games as well. By the time Nintendo actually started doing new 2D Mario games, my tastes had mostly gone off platformers entirely, so they didn't do anything for me either. I can honestly say there hasn't been a single Mario game since Super Mario World that has really excited or interested me in any way.

With Zelda, I got almost nothing out of Ocarina of Time (no matter how hard the Internet in general and the 90s kids specific fellate the hell out of it). The fact that most later Zelda games followed more in that mold than the path of Link to the Past or Zelda 1 or 2 meant that the series effectively became something I had no interest in (especially since most of my fantasy gaming interest was getting channeled into JRPGs and later WRPGs and action RPGs). At this point, I can honestly say there hasn't been a single Zelda game since Link to the Past that has really excited or interested me in any way.

In regards to the Switch specifically, I've watched people play both Odyssey and Breath of the Wild, and there is literally not a single thing in either game that appeals to me in any way. I'm also not a fan of Mario Kart (again, not since the SNES), so that's out. I've never liked any Smash Bros, so the allure of a future Smash release isn't going to mean anything to me. The same goes for Metroid, which I didn't even really like on the NES, let alone since.

So if Nintendo doesn't have a single first-party IP I care about or have any intention of buying, then their traditionally weak third-party support is the only thing that would influence me to buy - and I can't think of a third-party game they have that I want to play that isn't also available elsewhere.

And again, my distaste for gimmicky controllers and other tech that doesn't appeal to me tends to start Nintendo out on negative ground even before the games come into play. I loathed the Wiimote and the Wii-U tablet, so those consoles would have needed dozens of games I considered "must own" before it would offset the fact that I hate the controls. For the Switch, I hate the Joycons (and would have to buy a "normal" controller, thus raising the price and inconvenience), and dislike/don't care about the docking/handheld aspect, so while the Switch isn't starting as deep in the hole as the Wii or Wii-U, it still has to overcome a significant negative bias before it would ever become worthwhile to me.

I liked Eternal Darkness and Resident Evil, but that still wasn't enough to sell me a GameCube - and the GameCube was probably the least offensive console in the hardware sense Nintendo has released since the SNES.


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My copy came in the mail yesterday and I've already sank about 4 hours into it. I'm off today so I would expect that to double. Liking the game quite a bit so far!
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