Octopath Traveler II: Downloading now.

So, I was actually quite a fan of the first one and was just reminded this came out.

I clicked around the board and read a few topics and it seems that your starting character isnt as important (ie. chests), but I still dont know who to pick.

For people who have played the game who did you pick and why?

also what were your overall thoughts on the game? (no major spoilers please)

i have only finished like 3 characters first chapters but i started with osvald and his story is super interesting imo.

i loved the first one but this one could potentially be even better imo

I picked the merchant/Partitio first, since I figured that having the merchant early would let me scale up money quickly throughout the game, and I recall the job being quite strong in the original.

I beat the game the other day, and I view Octopath 2 as simply a better version than 1 in most ways. It looks much better, stories are on average better, and there is a good bit of polishing and quality of life updates, such as being able to have multiple people use the same subjob, as well as the existence of ex skills.

I do have a few nitpicks, though - If you are sprinting (increases encounter rate) + fighting at night, the encounter rate is a bit high. Random encounters are also not very balanced - Eventually, you can beat all random encounters within the first turn, before any enemy can act. The gameplay ends up coming from story encounters and boss fights, which are paced pretty well if you do not explore overleveled areas.

Most of the jobs are pretty fun, though some are a bit niche now. Every character is strong, really only gated by how much babysitting/setup they require.

I like the look of Partitio the most I think and I do like to grind/power game in turn based RPGs, getting overpowered early.

Osvald seems like a good pick as well, and it looks like he is close to Throne if I am looking at this map correctly, and I would like to pick her up early as I compulsively stole everything in the first game.

Most of the suggestions I read on the game board said the warrior or the hunter were probably the best picks as they were the most efficient/best killers but Im not sure Im really feeling either of them.

Good to know you guys think its pretty much a straight upgrade, sounds like a good time.