Especially aimed at those who have already finished the base game
Square Enix usually gives us some surprises, but yesterday was really interesting. After learning that the new versions of the Octopath Traveler saga were kept under wraps, they pulled off a surprise yesterday by launching the second installment on Xbox and the first on PS5 and PS4, in addition to including both titles in the Xbox Game Pass catalog. Interestingly, the surprises didn’t stop there and Octopath Traveler II has been updated with various fixes as usual, added new content absolutely freewhich managed to surprise many fans.
You can’t expect a DLC-sized update either. or something like that, but the truth is that getting new content more than a year after the initial launch, especially when you consider that Xbox users now you can enjoy this part for the first time.
According to the official patch notes, A new mode known as “Extra Battles” has been added, which adds, as its name suggests, various additional battles that will appeal to users looking for a more intense and challenging experience than what the original game offers. It should be noted that among these leaders found controllable characters from the first part.
Likewise, from Square Enix they report that end credits have been changed, as well as some graphic details. In addition, New textbooks were introduced Mainly focused on features newly added with this update.
Now all users can enjoy it
After the surprise launches that happened yesterday, both titles are in the saga They are now available on major modern platformsThat is, they can be played on PS5, PS4, Xbox Series, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and PC. So all users (or almost all) you can enjoy this great Square Enix saga which gave us two of the best RPGs ever.
Also, as we’ve noted before, you can enjoy both titles if you have an active Xbox Game Pass subscription, and This can be done at least until January 2026according to official sources.
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