136: Octopath Traveler Ain't Great

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🗓️ 12 July 2018

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Kirk's off this week, so Jason brings on Kotaku's Tim Rogers to talk about the structure and story of Octopath Traveler. Short version: The combat system is fantastic, and it looks and sounds gorgeous, but everything else... eh. Then Jason and Tim geek out about The Sopranos for a while. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Welcome to another episode of Kachaki Split Screen, the only podcast where none of the characters interact with one another.
0:14.9	It's July 11, 2018, and Kirk's off this week. So today I'm bringing on photographer's Tim Rogers to pretend to be in.
0:22.3	We're going to talk about jazz, dark souls, and all the other things that Kirk loves.
0:27.6	Just kidding, we're actually talking about Octopath Traveler, old school JRPGs, and then some
0:32.6	spoilerific dissection of the soprano the greatest television show of all time.
0:39.9	Seriously, I mean, move over the wire or whatever.
0:42.8	The Sopranos just piece everything.
0:44.4	Anyway, it's going to be a good one.
0:45.9	Let's go.
0:58.3	And we are back for another episode.
0:59.7	My name is Jason Dreyer.
1:05.0	I am the news editor at kataku.com, and I am joined not by Kirk Hamilton.
1:05.7	What?
1:09.7	But instead, my Kitaku's own video producer, Tim Rogers.
1:10.3	Hello, Tim.
1:13.4	Uh, hello. I didn't know Kirk Hamilton wasn't gonna be here yeah I know I really pulled a fast one on you I yeah what the what the
1:18.4	I was like come on split screen and you're like yeah I want to talk to Jason and Kirk and then I was
1:22.2	like oh this is awkward I thought I was going to just be the third guy and I was going to be
1:26.8	able to just not talk that much.
1:28.7	And just play three's on your phone the whole time.
1:31.5	Yeah, oh, threes.
1:32.9	No, I would be playing Octopath Traveler on my Nintendo Switch because for me, it feels kind of the same brain gap as three's.
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