My journey with Octopath Traveler II occurred the exact same way that I had with the original. The weird journey occurred as such:
1. Falls in love with the visuals and enjoys each unique character
2. Really into it for about 20 hours
3. Starts to get very bored during the grinding and only anticipating the boss battles at the end of each chapter.
4. Gives game mixed rating
5. Will likely pick up the next game and think to myself "you know what the previous game was super fresh and fun"
6. Retroactively improves score of previous game.
7. Repeat experience for next game
Shelving now to preserve the highs that I had with this game. Makes noticeable improvements but still falls flat with its weaknesses.
1. Falls in love with the visuals and enjoys each unique character
2. Really into it for about 20 hours
3. Starts to get very bored during the grinding and only anticipating the boss battles at the end of each chapter.
4. Gives game mixed rating
5. Will likely pick up the next game and think to myself "you know what the previous game was super fresh and fun"
6. Retroactively improves score of previous game.
7. Repeat experience for next game
Shelving now to preserve the highs that I had with this game. Makes noticeable improvements but still falls flat with its weaknesses.