Octopath Traveller 0 announced for Switch 1 and 2, PS4/5, Xbox Series, and PC

[Mar1217]

super_etecoon said:

Mar1217 said:

Wow are we really not over the "HD2D style is overused and old news" debate ... ? That's just sad considering this is simply an artistic choice we're speaking here. It's likely to age just as well as games from the 4th generation did.

It's fine not to really vibe with the style though, but there's never been anything to be so upset about considering also that Square Enix has been one the sole devs of this kind of style (and a few pixel art games Indies here and there).

It’s all they’ve been doing. I can see I’m in the extreme minority here, but from an outsider’s perspective it seems a bit redundant. Glad you’re all vibing on it, I guess. Eat it up! There’s plenty more where that came from. 

Factually, no.

They've released plenty of 3D games and Final Fantasy ones in the meantime that have nothing to do with the HD2D style. 

Not only that but if you remember the year that Octopath 2 went out. They also released a number of AA games in different genre and styles that sadly mostly flopped.

HD2D based games are solely the ones that seemingly have had the most popularity amongst their AA offering which means in turn, They will continue to push for those to be produced. 

Again, it's fine if you personally do not adhere to what they're doing here or feel it redundant (which isn't even true considering how subsequent HD2D games have all kind of different artistic touches touches to differentiate them). You can only accept that is not an opinion shared by most at the moment.