Does this game have a lot of action or it has too much text?

[Aston]

I'm interested in it but sometimes with RPGs focused on the story I get a little bit bored because I read too much

[fade2black001]

Oh it has as much action as you want to have. You can go along with the next person's story any time you wish and even when you do the dialogue is really short. So I'll say the game is 80% action and 20% story

[Chilly]

You can skip all cut-scenes and dialog

[stretch]

I don't think there is actually much reading involved. I have only done the 3hr demo but I never saw pages of text anywhere to read. The stuff that cannot be skipped is voice acted IIRC so no reading there either.

Originally posted by Chilly:

You can skip all cut-scenes and dialog

Sometimes it forces you to sit through ages of story and if you fail the following fight you get to sit through it again. Most can be skipped but not all. For someone like me who despises cut scenes and story garbage and would watch a movie anytime I want that sort of thing... it's annoying to say the least.
I skipped everything I could and had no trouble with what I achieved. I am sure things make more sense if you pay attention to it but if you don't care for it then it still seemed doable.

There are a lot of other reasons that stop me buying this game before the story does. I will wait till it's on a huge sale one day since as far as I am concerned the UI is deficient, only half the QoL features I would expect in any game are there and it seems to be built for controllers and not mouse & keyboard. If the amount of text is your only concern I think you will be fine.

[Red Painted Elk]

Let me tell you this I have spent half an hour reading stupid text in this intro to the point I just give up on playing it. And so far NONE of it is interesting or plot driving, it's all about these whiny sisters that are priestesses and ALL I WANT TO DO IS FIGHT AND ALL THEY GIVE ME ARE STUPID NPCS WITH CHAT BUBBLES THAT DO NOTHING TO FORWARD ANY STORY. If it wasn't a gift I would have refunded this damn game.

[Oaks]

This is a story driven Jrpg, so you are going to get a lot of dialog, both from the main narrative and from townspeople.

I enjoy the dialog for the most part and feel a connection to all my characters, so it does not bother me. Additionally, I usually expect a lot of text from Jrpgs.

The story dialog is fully voice acted, so you don't always need to read. Additionally, you can skip cutscenes.

Personally though, I'd never play a game where I skip the story and dialog, particularly in a Jrpg since plot is usually a pretty big part of the game.

Octopath Traveler 2 has an excellent battle engine, but if you are concerned about doing too much reading, I would personally suggest you look into a less dialog heavy game. You literally have eight characters here, all with their own plots.