I'm really not sure about Octopath Traveller. I've played a few hours now and whilst I think the combat is good and the stories seem good enough, it isn't wowing me.
I know it is basically a homage to olskool JRPGs, but I think my porblem with the game so far can be summed up with me saying I wouldn't be surprisd if you told me this was a remaster of a 20yo game....It's great to revisit the classics, and I do definitely think there is a market for this game, but you have to modernise it, and I'm not sure they have done enough for me here.
Each town I have visited so far has roughly 4-6 NPCS standing around and when you speak to them they have one line of dialogue each no matter which character you talk to them with. There is also no overlap with any of the stories so far, or any interaction/story reaction between characters which I find very disappointing. I mean, they haven't blown the budget on graphics or voice acting, so tbh I'd expect more