#turn-based-combat

#turn-based-combat

After playing Octopath Traveler 0 for a single hour, I think it has one of my favorite turn-based combat systems ever, and that's saying something in 2025. This new entry has brilliantly evolved the series' already fantastic combat while providing some tantalizing new facets, like base-building. Square Enix's HD-2D games have gotten progressively better over the last few years, and there's every indication that Octopath Traveler 0 can continue the trend.

"Guillaume Broche, Francois Meurisse, Tom Guillermin from Sandfall, and Alexis Garavaryan from Kepler-creators of Expedition 33-visited the Square Enix office for a creatively rich exchange of visions and ideas," Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth director Naoki Hamaguchi wrote on social media on Thursday.

In Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, the introduction of a dodge, parry, and counter system enhances the engagement of combat, making each battle lastingly entertaining over its 30+ hour experience.

"Once a year the Paintress, a giant god-like woman, wakes, paints a number on a monolith and everyone whose age corresponds with that number dies."