You know, this week I wanted to talk about Dragon Ball
FighterZ’s close beta, the mechanics, the netcode, etc. Unfortunately I wasn’t
part of the lucky chosen ones that join the close beta, so I’m going to talk
about other games that I can’t wait to play. But in the mean time check out our YouTube gaming channel here
A few weeks ago Nintendo gave us another “Nintendo Direct”
and this time it was going to be longer than the one for E3, Yay! I gotta say
though, I wasn’t too hype. We just got information about a lot of stuff we
already knew, and I was aware that they were going to focus a great deal on
“Mario Odyssey”. But there was a game I had my eye on from previous directs
that they decided to talk about a bit more, and they surprise me with a demo
for it.
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“Project Octopath Traveler” is a JRPG developed by Square
Enix that is a throwback to RPG’s of yesteryears with 2D-HD graphics. When we
talk about throwback RPG’s, and Square Enix, you might immediately think
“Bravely Default” the RPG that everyone loves because it was what RPG fans had
been starving for instead of the crazy shenanigans that Square Enix was feeding
us! Well guess what, the same team that worked on “Bravely Default” is working
on this.
Let’s just say that this game looks amazing! The light
effects, the shadows, the sparkling reflections in cave’s walls that give them
a wet look, it just looks gorgeous. When it comes to combat, it is our typical
turn-based affair, but with some minor tweaks that spice up the formula.
Every turn during combat you get something call “booster
points”, you spend those points to modify your normal attacks and special
moves. For every point spent you increase the number of times that you attack
with your normal attack, and your special moves get a power up. Increasing the
number of times that you can hit is tremendously helpful because of another
little mechanic in the game that will force to plan your attacks. When you face
an enemy you will notice that under them there is a blue shield with a number
inside, and next to that shield is the word “weak” and under the word a few
empty boxes.
Every enemy is weak to different attacks, every time you hit
an enemy with its weakness, aside from doing more damage, you reduce the number
inside the shield. When the shield reaches zero the enemy enters into a “Break”
state, where it’s stun and won’t attack the next turn.
I started the demo with the warrior Olberic, who starts with
two different weapons that you can change during combat. That encouraged me to
experiment around to find foe’s weaknesses. The demo only lets you pick between
two characters, but the full version will let you choose between eight
characters, hence the “Octopath” in the name.
Maybe that’s just me
playing as him, more on that later.
Every character has it's unique story line and doesn't matter
who you pick, the other characters will join your party later in the game.
Every character has an special ability that allows them to interact with NPC’s
in different ways. For example Olberic, as a warrior, can challenge every NPC
to fight, so I proceeded to beat up everyone in town, well until I fought that
lady outside the bar that was ranked with six stars, I mean, why don’t we send
HER to save the world!
Primrose’s ability is really interesting, instead of going
around picking fights, you can seduce villagers with your hips that don’t lie
and they will follow you around. Then they can join you in battle and offer
support. This left me really excited to see what other abilities the rest of
the characters will have.
I stream myself playing this demo for almost four hours, and
I gotta say, it was pretty fun! I’m really looking forward to the full game,
and if you are a fan of RPG’s, I really encourage you to play this demo and see
for yourself. Expect a full review of this game when it’s finally release, now I return to the deepest darkest corners
of my dwelling. Good-bye for now my friends.
By the way, I love it
how this guy was my size but as soon as I enter battle, he turned into this
giant.
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