The story is less focused on the party members (except for the create a character) and more focused on the villains and other non-playable characters.

That's really the biggest difference.

I recommend 1 & 2 first.

That would be amazing.

I'm loving every second of the game.

I didn't which is probably making my experience 100x better

Square Enix very kindly provided a code, but I'm still picking up the physical copy I purchased today.

I don't know if this game will convince non-Octopath fans to give the series a chance, but what I do know is as an Octopath fan, it does everything I want and more.

I hesitate answering because someones least favorite is somebody elses favorite haha.

For Zelda, it's easy. The CDI games have no redeemable qualities in my eyes.