Will main characters actually interact with each other in their stories this time?

[CPU Level 2]

This was my biggest issue with the first game in that everyone kept to themselves and didn't really interact.

That was the game that made me get a Switch because I was thinking "SaGa is back baby!" which was a mistake on my part kek

[dustin1280]

There is some interaction in this game call "crossed paths" which features various characters interacting with each other.

This spoilers below will have the list of pairs and what chapters they interact with each other, nothing storyline specific.

Chapter Three’s (Crossed Paths - pairs of 2)
Hikari and Partitio
Castti and Agnes
Osvald and Throné
Ochette and Temenos

Chapter Four’s (Crossed Paths)
Hikari and Castti
Osvald and Temenos
Partitio and Throné
Agnes and Ochette

Chapter Five’s (Crossed Paths)
Hikari and Osvald
Agnes and Temenos
Partitio and Castti
Ochette and Throné

Chapter Six’s (Crossed Paths)
Hikari and Agnes
Osvald and Castti
Partitio and Ochette
Temenos and Throné

[CPU Level 2]

The first game had something similar during that interlude thing between chapters IIRC.

What I want to know though is if they'll give a reason/background/story for Bob to join my party as opposed to just me walking up to him and going, "wanna join my party" and him going, "k" and then we don't talk to each other for the entirety of the game.

Because I didn't like how you just had a pack of silent bros tagging along with no interaction between the lot of you.

[dustin1280]

Octo 2 goes much more in depth than how the first one handled it.

[O_o]

there is something I noticed in the demo, in battle the characters speak to each other O.o pretty sure I heard Partitio say "Nice one Castti!" when she broke an enemy. He isn't even my main neither is Castti. I started as Agnea.

[Prince Charmless]

I hope they interact each other

[CPU Level 2]

Now that it's out, can anyone confirm?

[attackmuffin]

This is what I want to know

[Colonel McShizzle]

Like wise. Want to know before a buy if characters interact with each other at all. I enjoyed the first a lot, but my main disappointment with it was that characters were silo'd into their single adventures and there was no cross character interaction or comment on them at all. I thought I read this was a thing they were going to add for this one.

[myhr2]

They interact more, but not in their respective stories. They banter during combat, each character introduction to the group is a little more fleshed out and they all have credible reasons to join the group. Group banter optional cutscenes return and you can actually see them in the journal even if you miss their initial trigger. There are also seperate chapters that are fully dedicated to specific pairs of travelers, like 4 side stories (pairs are Hikari/Agnea, Partitio/Osvald, Castti/Ochette, and Throné/Temenos).

Overall, I'd say all the changes put together make them feel more like a believable group of traveler, but it's still Octopath, it's 8 individual stories, interaction between Travelers during their own chapters is non-existent.

So yes, they do interact a fair bit more, all the time BUT their own stories.

[Melodia]

Originally posted by myhr2:

you can actually see them in the journal even if you miss their initial trigger..

Oh dang I missed that. Absolutely fantastic QoL addition right there.