PAX West 2025: OCTOPATH TRAVELER 0 Preview — A Great Place to Start

OCTOPATH TRAVELER 0 was an appointment at PAX West 2025 that I thought would have me completely out of my element—I don’t usually mesh well with turn-based combat—but instead I walked away a fan of the game and fully intend to jump into OCTOPATH TRAVELER II when I get home. I think OCTOPATH TRAVELER 0 is a great entry point for new players, with so much content that veteran players will be satisfied.

To address the elephant in the room, OCTOPATH TRAVELER 0 is not just a port of a mobile game. You won’t be faced with a gacha system, awkward controls or microtransactions. Square Enix has completely reworked Octopath Traveler: Champions of the Continent to make the game fun and functional for gameplay on Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S and PC. With that out of the way, let’s get on with my hands-on impressions of OCTOPATH TRAVELER 0 on Nintendo Switch 2.

I’ve heard noise about people claiming this isn’t a proper “OCTO” game because there are... Read more