Octopath Traveler 2 plays it safe, but it's subtly better than its predecessor in every way that matters

Video games are reaching that sort of age where throwbacks are a lucrative business. High-profile remakes, remasters and revivals are ten-a-penny now - but one of the most successful is undoubtedly Octopath Traveler, the Square Enix made and Nintendo-published SNES-era style Japanese RPG that gripped audiences in 2018. Now Square Enix is back with a sequel, the succinctly titled Octopath Traveler 2. Back in 2018, I called the original Octopath Traveler “beautiful, brilliant, and flawed” - an...