beautiful, brilliant, and flawed” – and honestly, that description still rather holds up for the sequel. Make no mistake, however: this second game is superior to the first in just about every way that you’d really care about – even if certain niggling shortfalls of the original remain.
Nintendo’s been pushed out of the picture for this sequel, meaning Octopath Traveler 2 is a multi-platform affair from day one, available on PC and PlayStation as well as Switch – but that’s not the only expansion going on here. It’s a larger and more in-depth game in general – and this is offered without dampening the sense of open-ended freedom that was one of the first game’s trump cards.