I have II on standby until I finish Persona 5 on Switch... But as far as the first Octopath goes, it's repetive, boring and the stories were, for the most part, uninteresting. Which is a shame, because it was an audiovisual marvel and the combat was excellent. Unfortunately, the bad stuff managed to make me quit the game after like 12 hours or so.
I hope the second one is better at keeping my interest in the story and at designing maps and levels.