>>209449That said, I'll leave most of the details for you to figure out when you get there, because that was just a fraction of the bullshit this boss pulls- did I mention all three of his phases swap out his entire list of weaknesses every time he gets broken like August? Because they do.
But as it turns out, that mechanic in the final dungeon I mentioned earlier wasn't such a big deal, so I'll go ahead and describe it: In the boss' first phase, if you rush to fight him, he summons some minions which tank attacks for him and are as difficult as bosses individually- it turns out that they actually are bosses, ones littered around the dungeon as FOEs in fact, so if you kill them prior to fighting him he won't summon them
However, and a system message explains this, if you ever leave the dungeon they all immediately respawn, so you have to fight them all in one run and THEN the final boss if you want the "easy" version of his fight
It doesn't actually matter too much because that whole first phase is just a warmup, but it is interesting enough to me that I'll mention this is yet another thing Another Eden did almost exactly, and in its main story's final dungeon too
I get that it's a throwback to old JRPGs, but with all the other similarities between the two I'm really doubting it's coincidence
Fun concept either way
Anyway, although that was doubtlessly the final boss - as for how many chapters there were, the game's title gives it away - there's still a main story quest marker, so I guess they really planned ahead for the postgame
Best of luck on your own octopath travels anons, you're going to need it when you reach this nightmare shitfest
What a fucking final boss
