Octopath Traveler

100% in a little over 75 hours, it is an alright JRPG.

As for the stories of the characters, there are 8 stories for each characters and they don't intertwine, so you follow each story divided into 4 acts to know about your character's adventures. Some stories are better than others, some acts are also better than others (comparing different stories on the same act). Some of them converge in the end for the True Boss final.

Side stories, on the other hand, are quite uninteresting. Some are intuitive "Take X to city Y", boring, but you know what you have to do, on the other hand there are side stories that go "I need proof that Z existed" so you have to go to a determinate city, with a specific character to acquire said proof. By the end there are a handful of side stories with some nice bosses though, but only a handful, if that.

The combat is great, enemies have weaknesses that you can exploit, so it is in your best interest to keep your party as varied as possible, which means the widest range of weapons and spells as possible. However, a downside is that fights can be longer than your average JRPG. Also, as your average JRPG, expect to grind, if you don't enjoy the grinding process you might find yourself underleveled often.

The soundtrack is great, specially in battle, and all characters's main themes are just as good.

I wished this game had more interaction between characters than the "travel banter" we are occasionally shown, that seemed like a rushed decision because someone thought having 8 (short) stories in one game would be enough.