Games you want in Octopath Traveler's artstyle

[Kalkano]

TruckOSaurus said:

 

Kalkano said:

And I can't fathom that.  Of course it was much cheaper.  That shouldn't even be in question.  Graphics make up the vast majority of a game's budget.  The fact that it's much cheaper is pretty much the only reason to do it...

Edit: For arguments sake, let's say it wasn't much cheaper (it was).  I'd still see it as a massive step backwards for the genre, simply moving from 3D to 2D (assuming lots of others followed suit).  People who love the game are going to take this as a massive insult (and frankly, they should), but I would actually rather play a Compile Heart game than a game like Octopath.  That's how much it turns me off.

So to you this :

Looks better than this ?

Well, to be fair, I think the second picture you posted is simply a bad, blurry image, and not representative.  But, even so, yes, very much so.

Though, I'm still turned off by the top-down camera angle in SoM Remake, and wish it was over-the-shoulder.