Who is currently playing Octopath ?...your thoughts about it?

[CarcharodonKraz]

OP: I'm only about 3 hours in, but i'm absolutely loving it so far. I should say that one of if not my most favorite game of all time is final fantasy 6. If you were gaming in that era and love those classic final fantasies, then i HIGHLY recommend this game. At least so far. It could end up being really short or have a terrible ending. I don't know that yet.
My only minor criticism so far is some of the aspects that have been streamlined. Instead of having to search for towns and objectives based on talking to NPC's, you have a map that usually is telling you where to go. And in stead of free roaming the world you are always traveling along a path. ( yeah i get it. octoPATH). They've also done away with front row/back row mechanics that were present in retro titles (as far as i can tell). Those are pretty minor complaints though. I was going into the game feeling stupid for spending $60 on a SNES game. But, I think $30-$40 for a brand new 16-bit final fantasy thats 30-60hours long would be worth it. Add in the voiceover work, the graphical embelishments that make the old graphics feel new and i think you could argue the extra cost.
As far as my bad experience with the demo is it wasn't demo enough :). What i mean is, i could get the feel, setting and character work of the game from trailers. The only thing i wanted in the demo was to battle and make sure this was an enjoyable turn-based battle experience. I didn't want to sit through story or dialogue and whatnot until i was actually playing the game. I didn't want to make the same mistake that i did with the xenoblade series. Cool lore but i hate the combat system.
Octopath, however, did not disappoint. There's a shielding system that rewards you for using enemy weaknesses against them, you can switch weapons on the fly during battle, and each character learns job based skills.which really helps them feel unique from one another. I do hope the difficulty ramps up as i continue, but yeah; 3 hours in and it's great so far.