Octopath Traveler's Simplistic Level Design Makes It a Better Game

Amid all the praise for Square-Enix’s JRPG throwback, Octopath Traveler, there are still some common criticisms. Most focus on how the stories for each of the eight main characters only finally loosely overlap in an optional end-game dungeon, and are otherwise entirely separate with minimal inter-party interaction. However, others have taken up issue with Octopath Traveler’s level design. It’s easy to see why: compared to even some of the classic old-school JRPGs Octopath seems