I had a weird experience with this game. I played the original Octopath Traveler a few months before playing this, and I was really hyped after having a good time with it. Let me say right now, Octopath Traveler II is a phenomenal game, and improves on the previous game in every way. It has great stories, the game play is addicting and overall narrative is fantastic. That all being said, it didn't hook me like it did the first one, I wasn't sucked into the world and I often had to force myself to push through the game, even though I could tell it was a great video game.