{"id":132241,"date":"2023-03-05T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-05T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-145735"},"modified":"2023-03-05T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-03-05T16:00:00","slug":"poll-what-review-score-would-you-give-octopath-traveler-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2023\/03\/05\/poll-what-review-score-would-you-give-octopath-traveler-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Poll: What Review Score Would You Give Octopath Traveler II?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/4b4577c97197e\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/4b4577c97197e\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Octopath Traveler II\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/4b4577c97197e\/octopath-traveler-ii.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA5MDAgNTA2Ij48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/4b4577c97197e\/octopath-traveler-ii.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Octopath Traveler II\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Image: Square Enix<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/octopath_traveler_ii\">Octopath Traveler II<\/a>, the long-awaited sequel to one of Team Asano&#8217;s finest games, launched last week to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2023\/02\/round-up-the-reviews-are-in-for-octopath-traveler-ii\">positive reviews across the board<\/a>, cementing it as a worthy successor to the 2018 original.<\/p>\n<p>In our own review of the game, we called it &#8220;a triumphant and confident follow-up to its predecessor, building on the established foundation with welcome new ideas and tweaks that make for an overall excellent experience&#8221;. We heaped praise on the strategic combat, the excellent characters and story arc, the wonderful HD-2D visuals, and the beautiful orchestral soundtrack. Our only quibble is that the experience may feel a bit overly familiar for fans of the original. Check out our full thoughts below:<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/nintendo-switch\/related-articles:144511 @ 2023-03-05T23:34:29+00:00 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<p>You&#8217;re not here to listen to <em>our<\/em> opinions, though, you want to give your own! Well, you&#8217;re in the right place. What score would <em>you<\/em> give OT2 (as precisely nobody is abbreviating it)? You can give the game your own rating from 1-10 below, so feel free to let us know what you like about Octopath Traveler II and what you&#8217;re not so hot on. Do you agree with our own assessment, or do you think it deserves a slightly different score?<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve not gotten very far in the game yet, don&#8217;t worry. We know it only came out a week ago, but the good news is this article will still be here waiting for you. When you&#8217;ve spent enough time with Octopath Traveler II and feel confident enough to pop your own score on it, come back when you&#8217;re ready. Alternatively, pop down your preliminary score now, then come back later and change it if need be.<\/p>\n<div class=\"poll\" data-id=\"user-rating-games\/nintendo-switch\/octopath_traveler_ii\" data-question=\"What score would you give Octopath Traveler II (Switch)?\">\n<div class=\"results hidden\">\n<h3 data-toc=\"What score would you give Octopath Traveler II (Switch)?\">What score would you give Octopath Traveler II (Switch)? (139 ratings)<\/h3>\n<ol class=\"poll-results\">\n<li data-value=\"10\" class=\"result first\"><strong class=\"answer\">10 &#8211; Outstanding<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"28 ratings\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"20\"><span class=\"val\">20<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li data-value=\"9\" class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">9 &#8211; Excellent<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"53 ratings\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"38\"><span class=\"val\">38<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li data-value=\"8\" class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">8 &#8211; Great<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"25 ratings\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"18\"><span class=\"val\">18<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li data-value=\"7\" class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">7 &#8211; Good<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"7 ratings\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"5\"><span class=\"val\">5<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li data-value=\"6\" class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">6 &#8211; Not Bad<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"6 ratings\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"4\"><span class=\"val\">4<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li data-value=\"5\" class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">5 &#8211; Average<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"5 ratings\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"4\"><span class=\"val\">4<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li data-value=\"4\" class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">4 &#8211; Poor<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"3 ratings\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"2\"><span class=\"val\">2<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li data-value=\"3\" class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">3 &#8211; Bad<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"1 rating\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"1\"><span class=\"val\">1<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li data-value=\"2\" class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">2 &#8211; Terrible<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"1 rating\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"1\"><span class=\"val\">1<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li data-value=\"1\" class=\"result last\"><strong class=\"answer\">1 &#8211; Abysmal<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"10 ratings\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"7\"><span class=\"val\">7<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>Given your score? Why not take to the comments to elaborate a little on your personal pros and cons&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: Square Enix Octopath Traveler II, the long-awaited sequel to one of Team Asano&#8217;s finest games, launched last week to positive reviews across the board, cementing it as a worthy successor to the 2018 original. In our own review of the game, we called it &#8220;a triumphant and confident follow-up to its predecessor, building on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-132241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132241"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132241\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}