Octopath Traveler 0 review – back to square zero

It all feels so familiar (Square Enix)Square Enix’s retro-inspired role-playing game series gets a prequel but does this new HD-2D title justify its lengthy running time?Octopath Traveler 0 is an odd contradiction as a video game. On one hand, it’s intriguingly novel as, in Square Enix’s own words, it ‘is inspired by story elements and gameplay ideas’ from ongoing mobile prequel Champions Of The Continent, with all the free-to-play elements stripped out in favour o