Octopath Traveller

DEVELOPER: SQUARE ENIX PUBLISHER: SQUARE ENIX DUE: JUNE 2019

Yeah, look, we’re disappointed too – you do not in fact play an eight-limed adventuring mollusk. Rather, it’s a JRPG of the cutesy school with eight separate characters, with their own journeys through the game’s narrative.

Octopath Traveller has a unique and really quite striking art style, combining retro 2D graphics inside a beautiful 3D world. Combat is turnbased, with the trick being to discover each enemy’s weaknesses and then ruthlessly exploit them.