Octopath Traveler 0 (2025)

I preordered this, but I wanted to hold off on starting it until I'd finished Tales of Xillia, so I finally just booted it up yesterday after completing that. I'm playing on PS5, but I played a little bit of the demo on my Steam Deck while hanging out with friends the week before release. I was really excited to get into it, and it's been great so far.

I started with the scholar in both OT1 and OT2 (which I was playing earlier this year but haven't finished), and intended to do so here, but when I got to pick my job at the end of the prologue, I actually went with the Dancer. It was, honestly, going pretty well, but I was a couple of hours in when I just got really frustrated with the lack of magic (I had ice, but I was in a damn ice cave, so that wasn't helpful) and decided to restart instead of waiting to get far enough to change classes. (Admittedly, it would not have been much longer. My brain just fixated on me breaking tradition.)

Another reason behind my decision was that, when I started the game initially yesterday, I didn't see the promotional items button on the home screen, which gives you items for having saves for OT1, OT2, DQ III Remake, and DQ 1-2 Remake. The OT1/2 ones are exp/money and JP-boosting decorations for your town, and you could "pick them up at the tavern." I saw this when I came back to play after doing some stuff around the house. When I looked into it a bit, I just saw confirmations along those lines. Once I restarted, I was not able to pick them up in the tavern during the prologue. I'm assuming it's once I build one, or once I get to another actual town. So...I still basically have to catch up to where I was before and finish that quest before I'll get those items. I don't really mind, though, because with the ability to skip scenes, I'm nearly there in under an hour.