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Bravely Default review thread (Europe version)
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Mauricio_Magus
Banned
As a Euro that has to suffer from every European release date and astronomical pricing, I say to every NA gaffer complaining: shut the fuck up.
no, I want Bravely Default right now ;__;
Even if you guys not getting SMTIV has to be annoying.
GhostTrick
Banned
Still playing the game, but I can already say it's going to get a 9 or more from me
Same for me
Soundtrack doesn't sound anything like Uematsu, but if they just mean "AWESOME SOUNDTRACK" then yeah, I agree.
I've got bloody Mario 3D World on the same day, not bought Zelda yet as I got a Vita with Teraway and a few other games and stupidly started a Persona 3 playthrough.
It's almost painful how many games I've got to get through! After the demo though, this might take precedence...
royox
Member
Normal is a challenge. Use the "Bravely" and "Default" commands wrong and even the random overworld combats will destroy you.
In the demo I was destroyed in my 1st combat. Equipment, job planning and a good strategy for every enemy is needed.
A last applause has to be made for the soundtrack, capable of wisely choosing between splendid orchestrated melodies and metal tracks, which coherently fit to the rhytm of the game. At this point the inspiration led by the storic Final Fantasy chapters signed by Nobuo Uematsu is clear, but it's only a positive point.
Bravely Default will reach european shops on December 13th and we can only advise you to buy it, specially if you're nostalgic players and you want a kind-of old Final Fantasy JRPG. At this point in time the 3DS seems like the perfect console for a great JRPG comeback, no matter if they're strategic games like Fire Emblem: Awakening or old-school fascionating games like Bravely Default.
Feel free to add the translation for foreigners
Mauricio_Magus
Banned
This makes me really happy.
I want it so freaking badly too, but I don't have the money, damn you Nintendo!
Software droughts here and there, and then they drop 3 GOTYs all at once, it's seriously annoying!
Short impressions:
It's a great game. I love job systems, so I was already predisposed to like this game. The brave points system really surprised me though, it's a great risk/reward system.
I'm exclusively playing it on hard and it's brutal. You have to use your brave points wisely if you want to survive. Every fight can be deadly. It feels like an old-school RPG, but without the necessity to grind.
25 hours in and I haven't explored the majority of the world yet. It's a huge game.
I tried to play the game in English first, but the voices struck me as terrible. I switched to Japanese and haven't looked back.
The microtransaction stuff is indeed useless. You can get up to 3 SP points, each point can be converted into what amounts to a free attack to the enemy with 1 character. You need tons of attacks to kill bosses though, you'd have to be an idiot to spend money on this. Still bad that SE included it.
It's a great game. I love job systems, so I was already predisposed to like this game. The brave points system really surprised me though, it's a great risk/reward system.
I'm exclusively playing it on hard and it's brutal. You have to use your brave points wisely if you want to survive. Every fight can be deadly. It feels like an old-school RPG, but without the necessity to grind.
25 hours in and I haven't explored the majority of the world yet. It's a huge game.
I tried to play the game in English first, but the voices struck me as terrible. I switched to Japanese and haven't looked back.
The microtransaction stuff is indeed useless. You can get up to 3 SP points, each point can be converted into what amounts to a free attack to the enemy with 1 character. You need tons of attacks to kill bosses though, you'd have to be an idiot to spend money on this. Still bad that SE included it.
Acquiescence
Member
Really great reviews so far. Man, if I wasn't buying a PS4 this month I'd have gotten a 3DS just for this game. Bummer.
That's because it's not really SE made game. SE had some input, the producer is from SE but the game was by Silicon Studio.
It wasn't developed by Sqaure Enix. It's from Silicon Studio, the guys that made 3D Dot Game Heroes. That game was their impression of Zelda. Bravely Default is their impression of Final Fantasy.
That's just sad. SE is this massive company that seems to have completely forgotten how to make good games. They hire a presumably small team and finally make something decent.
Was shocked to get my first street passes for this and Soul Hackers at the weekend. Happy I got one extra villager before the game was released. Continued playing the demo again yesterday and thoroughly enjoyed customising the jobs and abilities and trying out different combinations in battle.
Excited for the full game.
Excited for the full game.
The demo is not balanced, I don't think that's representative of the game.
Shouldn't Eurogamer review say "Eurogamer IT"? They all give different scores.
AtomskEater
Member
Just preordered the LE. This and Dangan Ronpa launching the same month means I'm going to have to learn to play one handheld in each hand.
Glass Rebel
Member
Lord Ghirahim
Member
I think the Japanese text is for the Japanese release only.
Yeah except the arrangement/performance side is a hundred times more interesting. Also there are vibes from any JRPG soundtrack, some tracks are reminiscent of Shimomura (KH), Mitsuda (Celtic taste), Sakuraba (battle themes), Sakimoto (some strings & harp) etc. Basically a medley of everything that's good in JRPG music but with extreme refinement.
Nah, the nods to JRPG music are too obvious, but the Sound Horizon touch makes it so much more powerful indeed (especially without the goofy vocals)
You see the difference with Lightning Returns soundtrack for example, which doesn't sound JRPG at all (but still is awesome, budget helped there too.)
Lord Ghirahim
Member
Revo and BD are intertwined now.
Revo for BD2 or bust.
Revo for BD2 or bust.
MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
Revo and BD are intertwined now.
Revo for BD2 or bust.
Well Revo did compose the new battle track for the superbosses just for this iteration so I think we are good. Sound Horizon is a pretty boss group. Motoi Sakuraba is even part of it.
@Glass Rebel: There is fixing something and trying too hard. I think SE achieved both in that regard. 750+ for quality assurance is a little much. I would probably think differently if I had a PC that could play ARR and if I could get past the subscription model. But alas I cannot since I am an older gamer who believes once I buy something then it belongs to me. With XIV I merely access a limited service. If I ever invested in it, it would have to be after GILGAMESH questline is out and about.
I'll answer anyway
Get Bravely Default, even if Zelda is the better game. It needs your support a lot more.
djplaeskool
Member
BDFF is a fantastic game.
I think the majority of 3DSGAF will get a kick out of it.
I think the majority of 3DSGAF will get a kick out of it.
sixteen-bit
Member
Nice scores so far.
Do you need clairvoyance? That's what annoyed me with 4 heroes of light, while sometimes the game does indicate what you can expect a lot of the times you need clairvoyance or go there to actually know what you need. Which was especially annoying with party members and equip getting split.
I'll answer anyway
Get Bravely Default, even if Zelda is the better game. It needs your support a lot more.
I agree. I'm totally buying Zelda sometime, but the Christmas period will be about BD.
Oh, thanks for the warning. Guess I might need to reconsider buying it early.
If a human evokes a Persona, what does a Colossus evoke? Galactus?
Glass Rebel
Member
Revo and BD are intertwined now.
Revo for BD2 or bust.
Agreed. The soundtrack is incredible, especially the track he's performing in the gif.
You mean the
4 Heroes of Light
Only time will tell whether it was worth it to save Final Fantasy X|V but I'm in the same position as you. As good as it might be, I can't commit to an MMORPG in the near future.
MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
So it would seem.
I have to ask, although I'm terrified about the rabbit hole I might end up going down:
What about Phantasy Star 2? Third-person perspective but viewed from *behind* the characters?
Glass Rebel
Member
I have to ask, although I'm terrified about the rabbit hole I might end up going down:
What about Phantasy Star 2? Third-person perspective but viewed from *behind* the characters?
Pneumonia of the RPGs/JRPGs :luukyk