Eastward is a great roleplaying game that offers a good story and decent gameplay. Movement feels great and while some fights feel a bit unfair it's easy enough to figure out what to do even if I took a long time. It has colorful characters you get attached to and there's a lot of tragedy involved.

Octopia is the DLC which turns the game into a farming sim, but still with a story to get involved in. Along the way you meet characters you know and I think possibly some new ones aswell. It's just a really chill time with really no difficulty of any kind. There are some things that can go over your head, some things you should pick up on and check but possibly might not. It was a ton of fun to 100% this but I'm not sure about replayability. Still fun!


EDIT about main game (not Octopia) after a few years: Recently started replaying this game to see if I could collect everything, but it's actually a highly frustrating task that rubs me the wrong way, for all the wrong reasons. The game is quite linear which means there's limited options for exploration. If you move into the wrong area without having explored everything in a previous area you are likely to never be able to go back.
In terms of storytelling, vibe and gameplay I really enjoy this game, but the collectable aspect if you go for achievements makes it very frustrating and unfortunate. I am still recommending this game, but keep in mind that you need to be VERY careful with where you go if you want to collect everything. A save everywhere feature would've been very nice for this particular task.