I don't know about underperforming....but personally I can say that if Octo 2 is anything like the first then it sucks for me. I own both, forced myself to finish the first and I think I'll just sell the second rather than waste my time. I like an interesting story, and the game didn't have it. Poor party interaction. Not once did it feel like the characters REALLY shared a common goal, or anything together. They are just there with you. A lot of the quests were pretty lame as well. You have an overall story that's there but I lost interest and didn't even care to truly finish the game.
I wasn't bothered by the retro graphics, but that was lame as well (IMO). If the graphics aren't going to be amazing, the story and characters better be and they weren't.
Final Fantasy, I am enjoying the remakes but I am taking my time with them. I do a few side things here and there. I find Chadley and that girl annoying, very annoying. The main characters are fine! I have no issues with them, and its cool seeing them interacting like people that care about each other.
I am not amazed by the world graphics, but it does have its pretty epic moments...especially when remembering stuff from the original game. I don't really enjoy the world traversal. The quest styling IS better and makes more sense since you are a "merc" but the mini quests themselves are pretty eh.
I don't care for the item creation either.
I'm interested in seeing where the story goes.
I can possibly see where someone who did not play the original game WHEN it originally came out might not care one way or another, but I feel that most who experienced the original back in the day will feel some type of way of seeing some elements brought into current day tech.
