I have a lot to say about this game. First of all story and character wise this is what I wanted Octopath Traveler to be. The characters are great and they interact and the story is phenomenal and has lots of twists and turns.

The battle system is unique which is both good and bad. I love how you go all out every battle with all your skills and the battles are difficult enough that you will need to do that. I love the switching out and different character builds. Unfortunately the big negative for the battle system for me is that you don't gain xp during the battles. You earn skill points and pretty much get level ups from beating bosses and doing quests on your chain board. This is great for most of the game but once you get your characters to where you want them, then battles become pointless. I don't like when games do this so that's a major knock for me but might not hit other people as hard.

The item management screen when it comes to selling and trying to get deals is bad I hope they optimize it more in a sequel. I also don't really like some of the character portraits they just look weird or bad.

That's all I have to say negative though, because otherwise it was perfect. The pixel art is beautiful, the characters are great and offer tons of options in battle, exploring especially in your Sky armor is a joy and makes finding chests way easier, and finally the board/quest system is so fun and unique.

Overall I had a blast with this game even with a few issues. I can't wait for a sequel and to see how it improves.