Octopath Traveler has always been the kind of old-school, massive retro game that real RPG sickos can sink our teeth into. The original pitch--a sprawling game that tracks the individual stories of ...
Josh Cotts is a Senior Contributor at GameRant. He graduated Summa Cum Laude from Arizona State University in 2019 with a B.A. in Mass Communications & Media Studies and has been recognized for his ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. Following the first two Octopath Traveler games, we now have an ...
Octopath Traveler 0 is set to release on December 4, 2025, for various platforms including PC, PS4, and Switch. The game introduces a character creator mode, allowing players to customize their hero's ...
When Square Enix first unveiled Octopath Traveler 0, the new prequel in its retro role-playing game series, it wasn’t immediately apparent that it was a remake of the 2022 mobile game Octopath ...
Maddie Fisher is a writer, journalist and game developer. She was born and raised on the east coast, having started working in games journalism over fifteen years ago. She tends to enjoy musical ...
Octopath Traveler 0 wasn't my first experience with an Octopath title. Upon starting a new game, my time with the previous entries made this one like riding a bike—a beautiful bike with a well-oiled ...
Great RPGs can live or die by their final chapters – what's been built up through a long journey could pay off with major revelations that leave a lasting mark or fall flat with cliches that undermine ...
A stellar combat system and multitude of strategic wrinkles are the glue that holds this well-told, if disjointed, episodic story together. It’s the end of the year as we know it, and we feel ...