Octopath Traveler 0 (PS5) Review

Octopath Traveler 0 is here, and it is a game that took me wholly by surprise for the sheer amount of content this once mobile-game-turned full-fat JRPG delivers.

Square Enix has smartly taken its 2020 mobile game release (in Japan) of Octopath Traveler: Champions of the Continent and has eloquently transformed it into a standalone JRPG experience that can stand proudly next to the first two numbered entries into the beloved 2D-HD series.

Octopath Traveler 0 is the perfect jumping-off point for new players, and it offers enough content for returning travellers to feel at home while still setting them on a new, expansive adventure. Octopath Traveler 0 opens with the player character’s hometown of Wishvale falling to the tyrannical forces of corrupt individuals, each of whom shares a twisted desire for power, fame and wealth.

With the village destroyed, players begin a quest for vengeance and renewal, determined to rebuild Wishvale from the ground up. Octopath Traveler 0... Read more