Could this chair be the Hero we need? Despite being a big JRPG fan, I don’t have any nostalgia for that SNES era of RPGs. Sadly, I never owned a SNES at the time, and revisiting the games in later years isn’t quite the same. I’ve always admired detailed sprite artwork, but never really felt a pang of nostalgia when playing those 16-bit throwback titles. And yet, when I saw footage of Octopath Traveler, I couldn’t help be excited. The classic 16-bit art style was reimagined for a modern era, and I couldn’t be more on board.

And Octopath Traveler is very much a classic JRPG in more ways than you might expect, for better and for worse. Jumping in you get eight character stories to choose from (thus octo-path, of course) and as you complete their initial story chapter, you can move on and add the next character to your party, until you’re eight strong and taking care of all of their individual quests and goals.