What a game. I think it improves on everything Botw set out to do. The powers are better, the dungeons and shrines are better, and the big thing for me is the story and characters are a lot better. The world is actually alive and doesn't feel completely empty like Botw for the most part. The final boss fight was great and one of my favorite one's to date.It still has some of the Botw jank and issues which is why it didn't get a full 5 stars, but it's a phenomenal game and one of the best this year easy.

When this game got first announced I was very disappointed. I love Firaxis and Xcom 2 is one of my favorite games of all time. I don't really like Marvel outside of Spider-Man and I was very skeptical of the card based combat. Thankfully I did give it a try because I ended up really liking it. The combat is the star and ended up being really fun and addicting. The cards can be annoying and restrictive at times, but the challenge of working around the system if half the fun. Editing your deck and setting up heroes the way you like it is the my favorite part of the game. Now the story is pretty standard affair. It's fine nothing spectacular but enjoyable. I did like the relationship building system, but I feel like it's a bit bogged down I think they can improve a lot on that in sequel. I look forward to a sequel if there is one because I feel like they can fix some stuff to make it even better.

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.

This is a really hard game to review because there are some things I love and some I hate. I think some the stages and gameplay are great and so much fun. I also think the uniqueness of this game is something special. There will never be another game like this. I really hate some of the humor and just disgusting parts in this game, but again I respect it for trying and doing something that couldn't be done today. I had fun in certain parts but I don't know if this will be a game I play again other then certain parts. I will say the boss fights are just so good and might be Rare's best. I think you should try this game for the experience alone