Beat the superboss in Octopath 2. Frankly it’s probably one of the hardest JRPG bosses ever made, I don’t even think you could beat it without looking up a strategy
I still have screenshots from 2018 on my Switch from beating the Octopath 1 version of this boss. 5 years later and I sent him packing once again 
. He brought lots of new tricks in OT2…
And on that note, I have also finished the game
So overall, it’s a more memorable game than OT1. The finale chapter and epilogue afterwards are very nice, good they made a proper ending for the game this time lol. The 8 stories themselves… Eh, well, the writing still isn’t so good. I don’t think I got invested into any of them lol. The -overarching- storyline is a bit more interesting and better woven in than OT1’s attempt at it, at least.
Gameplay is improved all around with the limit breaks/latent power abilities and being able to speed up battles. Graphics also feel much more crisp than OT1. Exploring the overworld is a lot of fun now that there’s more interesting things to see and you can sail around on a boat. The optional dungeons are a bit more unique this time too.
Side quests are still mostly about the same. Though this time they added some voice acted side quests involving characters you meet in the 8 stories. They also added some “side stories” in which 2 of the protagonists link up and do their own mini stories.
I’d say this games an 8.5/10, in comparison to OT1 which I think is a 7/10. You probably won’t like it if you didn’t like OT1, but if you did, there’s a much more refined and “complete” feeling game here, this one I feel was more “heartfeltly” developed than OT1.
I did everything in the game and it took 90 hours, so there’s a very beefy content packed game here.
Nick keeps hinting that OT2 -is- coming to Xbox, maybe it will, I won’t be replaying it though.
By the way, I saw some people from both Nintendo -and- Sony Interactive Entertainment thanked in the credits. Not sure what the extent these two had in the games development was though. I played the game on Switch.
