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So who's your fav from the new Octopath. Literally, their names also spell it out, we need to theorize new 8 names for the third installment lol.
babe wake up new dancer daughter just dropped
I really liked the look of Agnea, not only bc shes super cute but bc I've been thinking about the difference in her and Primrose's stories (so far!) Agnea seems so innocent, dancing for happiness for others while Prim had to do it to survive, so i'm hyped for her!
also I'm Not Immune to Throne
poll suggestion: agnea smash or pass
alright, we're officially doing this now:
Agnea Bristarni
Smash
Pass
OCTOPATH TRAVELER 2 Trailer breakdown analysis
An overview of sorts for the information I have gleaned from the new game's first trailer. Some inferences to story points are also made. I recommend you watch the trailer yourself before reading this post.
The graphics take on the more updated versions from Triangle Strategy and Live&Live, plus probably refined even more (hard to see from the trailer alone).
At 0:16, we can see Partitio telling a group of people to get away from a large brick building building, which explodes after they run. This seems to be related to the engine/motor/generator he seemingly breaks at 1:49.
You can sail in small boats, seen at 0:13, to get across bodies of water. A larger boat is shown sailing across the sea at 0:27 in a zoomed-out view, but it is unknown if players can actually control this boat.
The game takes place in a continent known as Solistia, so not Orsterra
Ochette seems to be able to run with animal companions. In the trailer she is seen with a fox and an owl
Hikari, the Warrior, is clearly dealing with a war within his story, and his home and his design seems to be heavily based off Japanese culture.
Agnea the Dancer seems to be motivated by her mother, who was a dancer before her. She can be seen on the stage at 0:42 in the trailer.
Partitio the Merchant wants to remove poverty from the world. We don't learn much more about him from his little snippet in the trailer, but his English voice is so blessed.
Osvald the Scholar is found guilty of murdering his wife and daughter, a crime we can infer he may have been framed for (shown at 0:52). He is sentenced to life imprisonment on Fright Isle.
Throné the Thief's section of the trailer doesn't reveal much, except for the fact that she has potentially had a painful experience involving injury or even murder, as she comments "not again" about the smell of blood.
Temenos the Cleric seems like a major contrast to Ophilia. While she believed in faith, he questions the world around him and potentially the teachings of the church. The Japanese version of the trailer confirms in a voice line that this is the Sacred Flame being worshipped (thanks to Mini for that information).
Ochette the Hunter seems to be a fox person? It's hard to tell for sure. We learn basically nothing else about her except for the fact her companion is also a fox.
Castti the Apothecary awakens on a ship. Not confirmed, but she might have some form of amnesia. She speaks about rediscovering who she is, so maybe an experience has left her questioning her role as an apothecary?
Steam power is a thing in Solistia. We see a steam train at 1:15
All eight travelers are pictured looking at the sea at 1:16.
Path actions have different effects depending on the time of day. In the day, Hikari can challenge people to a duel. At night, he can bribe people for information.
A castle merchant at 1:25 says to Hikari: "Ah, our Lord knows well in the ways of the world" after we see Hikari bribing a treasurer that looks very similar (seen above). Hikari may actually be a Lord, and this merchant could be praising him for his knowledge on fair trade.
Some paths can intertwine, although we currently have no idea how much this will impact each character's story.
Partitio and Osvald can be seen looking at the stars with another unknown NPC at 1:29.
Throné mentiones to Temenos at 1:31 that there is nothing left in the town they're in for them (potentially they were looking for answers to something?).
Not confirmed, but the person Throné clashes blades with at 1:35 might be Osvald (it does look like him).
Agnea and Hikari can be seen listening to someone play what looks like a lute at night.
At 1:38, Hikari is seen running through a burning village and crouching down next to someone. They seem to have the same colour hair as him, and they're collapsed on the ground. Maybe they're related?
You can see four NPCs (likely guided, allured, or something similar) following Temenos, Agnea, Partitio, and Ochette at 1:42.
At 1:45, Hikari and two unknown NPCs can be seen running through the desert towards a soldier on horseback standing in their way.
Combat seems very similar to Octopath Traveler 1, with four characters in a party and the break/boost system. So far, I see no hints towards giving travelers multiple jobs.
Shown only for a split second, but you can fight while in the small boats
It's hard to see and only for a split second, but at 1:51 two people dressed in red (one in a mask) seem to be fighting at an altar or throne of sorts. Maybe linked to Hikari's story due to the appearance of the location.
All eight travelers can be seen looking out at a woodland scenery around a fire at 1:54.
The game comes out on the 24th of February 2023.
And that's about it! Anything else you think is important to mention please mention it in the reblogs or comments! I hope everyone else is as exited as I am for this game :)))
EDIT: Not sure how I missed this, and big thanks to Latte on the Orsterra's Tavern discord for pointing this out, but you can clearly see secondary jobs being used in the trailer.
Throné seems to be multiclassing as a Merchant, and I think Partitio is a thief here? Castti might be a Warrior, and Temenos I genuinely have no idea.
There also appears to be some special jobs, like the four post-game optional classes we got in Octopath 1
No idea what any of these are, but I love the steampunk gentleman outfit that Partitio is rocking (I think that's him anyway, it's kinda hard to tell). Wonder what the catapult is for? :o
Hey Moqi, what are your thoughts on Agnea from octopath traveler 2 and who do you ship with her? (Mine is hikari x Agnea)
I've already shared my thoughts on Agnea in another ask, so I'm not going to share again (please stop asking I'll just delete it)
But ship... See, like before, we don't know much about these characters yet so it's hard to do so. But Hikari/Agnea does seem super cute! We'll just have to wait and see.
Octopath Traveler 2 Launch Date Trailer and Website breakdown analysis
Doing another one of these, since the other one seemed to help people a lot :)
Here's a link to the trailer analysis I did for the Nintendo Direct's announcement of the game. I'm linking this here since I'm not going to repeat anything I mentioned on that post, even if it reappears in this trailer. I will also be correcting anything my previous analysis got wrong.
As before, I recommend you watch the trailer yourself before reading this post.
At 0:09, we can see a village, which looks to be made up of people with the same animalistic features as Ochette.
At 0:28 we get a clear view of the map, as well as where each Traveler is located. We never got a good look at it in the last trailer, but here it's much clearer.
At 0:50, we can see Osvald running towards a burning building, surprised upon finding it. This could potentially be related to the death of his wife and daughter, since in this scene his hair is neat and tied back instead of messily hung down.
I'm going to put a trigger warning here for abuse and potential slavery, so skip past this next point and image if you don't want to see this. At 0:52, we can see Throné being whipped by someone who refers to herself as "Mother". Either this is Throné's mother abusing her, or that's just a sick title she gives herself and Throné is a potential slave of this woman. Either way, that's very messed up and not at all where I thought Throné's story was going to go.
This next point is simply speculation, as the scene isn't very clear due to the layout of the video, but at 0:57 it almost seems like Temenos can see spirits, or perhaps even images of the past? I don't know what it is but it looks cool.
At 1:06, the dialogue confirms that Castti has amnesia
At 1:14, we can see Agnea at home, with what looks to be one of her parents in the background. I cannot tell if this is her mother or her father.
At 1:31, we see Agnea performing a Lion Dance (a dancer action from Octopath Traveler 1), but a guided townperson seems to be performing their action at the same time as her. What he did, I can't tell, but he played his flute at the same time as Agnea danced.
From 1:36 to 1:37, you can see how the NPCs around town change and leave from day to night.
At 1:46, we can see Agnea able to Entreat people at night. Entreating was something you could perform on Fame NPCs in Champions of the Continent, where you could ask for their belongings. It basically worked the same as Therion's steal path action in Octopath 1, just with a different name.
From 2:04 to 2:06, Agnea mentions that her mother wrote her own songs and travelled the land. She also mentions that she and someone named Pala (spelling may be incorrect, the name was never written down) travelled with her.
At 2:10, we can see the appearance of Agnea's mother clearly.
The lady known as Dolcinaea, the dancer we see at 2:19, was the person I referred to as Agnea's mother in my last post. That now seems to be incorrect. Dolcinaea seems to be more of a roadblock or even a rival for Agnea to potentially overcome during her story.
The girl we see at 2:27 may be Pala, and it seems like she could even potentially be Agnea's sister. This is purely speculation. No canon information is given, but she's important enough to Agnea that she's allowed in her house.
At 2:53, Hikari is confirmed to be the younger prince of Ku. "Younger prince" seems to imply that he has an older brother. I wasn't completely off with my Lord speculation from my last analysis :))
At 2:59, one of the NPCs we saw by Hikari's side in the last trailer has been named. Her name is Rai Mei.
Around 3:40, we see more snippets of combat. Along with what I mentioned in my last analysis, each character also seems to have a target-shaped gauge next to their names, filling up as they get hit.
The boat the travelers are fighting on at 3:40 could be evidence proving that you will be able to control the larger boat I pointed out in my large analysis, as well as encounter enemies whilst sailing.
The game will not only be releasing on Switch. We will also get same day releases on Steam, PS4, and PS5.
That's all the important infomation I could find from the trailer! Like before, please mention if you find anything I myself did not discover, and I will include it on the post in an edit.
Here's some information I was also able to gain from the Square Enix website.
Digital pre-orders will receive in-game items as a bonus, including: 5 healing grape (m)s, 5 inspiriting plum (m)s, 2 revitalising jams, and gold dust (which can sell for 5000 leaves)
The gold dust mentioned above also confirms that leaves are the currency for this game, the same as in Orsterra.
That was really all the new information the website had. Disappointing, but at least we know what digital pre-orders will receive.
As well as this, the physical pre-order for the collector's edition of the game is now on the Square Enix store. The bundle will include the game, an art book, a physical album, and small bust figures of the eight travelers. You can find the page linked here.
Anyways, long post, but that's all I was able to gather :))) hopefully this was helpful to everyone else looking forward to this game o7
ive come to rely on agnea as a cleric so much in this game i need those fucking shields. and so many of them
Character bingo for Agnea from octopath traveler 2 pls!
Oooo this one's a hard one since Octopath 2 isn't out just yet. I'll try and give my thoughts from vibes alone, though.
Agena reminds me of Anna from Frozen maybe because Square also made Kingdom Hearts
I mean I'm not sure where you're getting those vibes from cause personally I don't think they're very alike at all? Especially with what little information we have, it's hard to say for certain.
Also I doubt Square Einx has any say on Disney's babies. They couldn't even have an original story for the Frozen section of KH3
