Octopath Traveler: Square Enix’s great role-playing game is getting a sequel on the Nintendo Switch! Release date and first trailer
game news Octopath Traveler: Square Enix’s great role-playing game is getting a sequel on the Nintendo Switch! Release date and first trailer
On July 13, 2018, Square Enix launched a brand new license on the Nintendo Switch. Apparently it was Octopath Traveler, a 2D-HD role-playing game whose art direction and story had enthralled the press as well as gamers. After the prequel has been released on mobile, it’s time to move on!
Octopath Traveler, a modern license already crowned with success
Octopath Traveler consists of eight characters who, with their own story, will end up crossing paths at different times in progress to move forward together towards a common goal. It features an artistic direction in 2D-HD or 2.5D that has won the admiration of many players, a combat system that includes different classes and several strategic mechanics, as well as a very addictive storyline, with some players even lamenting the lack of interaction between the characters themselves.
The latter also has unique skills that are very useful during exploration or combat. Where Released on PC, Stadia and Xbox OneOctopath Traveler was able to unite a good community of players around him, and No doubt its success prompted Square Enix to start a sequelafter the release of Octopath Traveler: Champions of the Continent on iOS and Android.
The sequel has become official, dated, and shown on video
This sequel, which came out from 2019 without surprise, is called Octopath Traveler 2, and we already have a release date! Without delay or any trouble, the new authorship of the license It will be available on Nintendo Switch from February 24, 2023, Valentine’s Day. Not much is known yet about the story of this new game, but Square Enix has indicated it You’ll be set in a whole new world, Solestiaand that we will follow the intersecting denominators of 8 new characters. This new casting was also introduced in the trailer that aired during the Nintendo Direct.
Without further details at the moment, we have permission Warrior Hikari, Dancer Agnia, Merchant Partitiu, Scholar Oswald, Thief Throne, Bishop Temenos, Fisherman Uchit and Pharmacists Caste. The environments look quite diverse, the artistic direction is still very much appreciated, and we feel the ambitions have been revised upwards compared to the first authorship, which is really substantial in terms of content! On the mechanical side, the information is still weak, but Square Enix Quickly offered day/night cyclewith different actions to perform depending on the time of day or new interactions to take place.
Collector’s Edition on Octopath Traveler 2
finally, Collector’s Edition, already available for pre-order on Square Enix’s website, was revealed. In an exquisite collector’s box featuring new artwork, players will find the game in a physical copy, an art book, and small steel busts of the eight new characters, as well as a CD on which we find the expanded musical themes of the game’s battles. Your hands on this collector’s version, You will have to pay a tidy sum of €189.99. Square Enix warns that this edition Available in limited quantities onlyWith the following description added:
This game is an all-new RPG, the second installment in the OCTOPATH TRAVELER series, and the first installment, released in 2018, has sold over three million copies worldwide. The sequel is HD-2D (mixing old split-style and 3D) graphics that are improved and more beautiful than ever. In the new continent of Solistia, the story of eight new characters begins in a different time. Where will their steps take them? What will they do? What stories will they be the heroes of? All of these decisions will be up to you.
The collectibles chest includes a set of stunning busts of the game’s eight travelers, a lavishly bound art book with full-page artwork, and a CD with extended music not included on the soundtrack. These limited edition objects will be collected and delivered in a collector’s box featuring the illustration used in the game’s packaging.
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