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Bravely Second Review thread (EU)
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Good luck with that. Don't think Bravely Default ever dropped even near 15£, let alone under it. Unless I've missed some huge deals, I don't think I've ever seen BD much lower than 25£.
didn't see the Eurogamer one posted yet
"But mostly, though, Bravely Second excels at being a sequel. It's completely accessible, even if you haven't played the predecessor, but it delights in being what it is: a great JRPG."
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2016-02-18-bravely-second-review
they seemed very taken with it.
"But mostly, though, Bravely Second excels at being a sequel. It's completely accessible, even if you haven't played the predecessor, but it delights in being what it is: a great JRPG."
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2016-02-18-bravely-second-review
they seemed very taken with it.
I've only seen mention of the Italian Eurogamer review in this thread; here's the eurogamer.net one (Recommended)
Edit: Well, poop.
Edit: Well, poop.
Red Liquorice
Member
hmm.... hrmmm.. probably better if i don't say anything regarding this stuff
One of these things is not like the other....
Fenderman89
Neo Member
Anybody has any info about the mini OST tracklist? I'd like to know how many tracks are in there.
It's fantastic up to the second part. Once you realize you're in it you can just put the game away.
It's literally just a few hours if you power through and don't get sidetracked. "Second half" of the game is very overblown, it's only if you feel the need to do all the side quests it's an issue. It's like 15% of the game, not 50%.
UncleSporky
Member
God there is just no discussing BD at all without that subject coming up, huh.
I knew it was coming ahead of time when I was playing and was honestly not bothered by it in the least, got through it all still enjoying myself the whole way. Heck I even kept going long after I should've been done, playing those bonus boss fights and getting those permanent stat boost items for hours.
I knew it was coming ahead of time when I was playing and was honestly not bothered by it in the least, got through it all still enjoying myself the whole way. Heck I even kept going long after I should've been done, playing those bonus boss fights and getting those permanent stat boost items for hours.
Linkstrikesback
Member
No, bravely second is out on the 15th of April for the US.
Could you please explain to me in a non spoilerish way what exactly is this backtracking part and why is it so bad?
You're repeating something you've already done before, and in some cases literally nothing notable is different.
UncleSporky
Member
I'm curious whether the rest of the game is also longer, or if it's about the same as...what was it, chapters 1-4 of BD?
GeekyDad
Member
Thanks
Japan is a lot harder on JRPGs than the west, I find. Amazon Japan reviews are absolutely brutal.
They're also not really a fan of the "meta" story (keeping it vague to avoid spoilers), while Westerners love subversion. Bravely Second also handled its story/gameplay integration a lot better than Bravely Default.
Xenoblade X had horrific Japanese impressions but the west (generally) seems to like it. It's just different tastes.
The game is longer. There is a segment that's similar to what Bravely Default did, but the point is to
do stuff differently the second time around instead of the same thing four times in a row
OK I got to ask. Did no one turn off random encounters for those chapters? Made that entire section like 2 hours.the bosses were the same so 3 of them you were over leveled. You go to dungeon on ship run straight to the boss beat him and go to next dungeon. Takes 10 minutes per dungeon. I'm guessing they made the randem encounter feature for that section in the first place.
Essentially the game state loosely resets and you have to repeat some dungeons and boss battles over and over to continue. Now what you can do at this point is just turn encounters off and blaze through these bosses very quickly as the poster above mentioned, but things like side quests are reset too and made slightly different so people get sidetracked with them and it's not exactly clear what to do. So it can become frustratingly repetitive. But if you go into that part of the game knowing you should just tackle the bosses and ignore everything else it's a two hour process that isn't too bad at all.
Oh ok, that doesn't sound too bad. Dumb idea, but shouldn't ruin the game.
UncleSporky
Member
I think ZeroX03 misunderstood the question and described the part from Bravely Default rather than Bravely Second?
I was asking about Braverly Default, not the sequel.
themagicalkitsune
Member
The sequel picks up after the ending events of Bravely Default and expands on a pretty major plot point regarding the characters of the first one. I would generally say go for the 1st game, it is a good game despite that one bit that has been overblown by many.
NHarmonic.
Member
Lol all those obligatory boss battles feel a lot more than 15%.
Shitty second half is shitty.
Linkstrikesback
Member
There are
4 obligatory boss battles per loop and you can literally do all 4 in half an hour each
It can drag out if you for some reason force yourself to do all the sidequests but you don't want to, sure. But there is very little actual content you have to do to finish the game.
NHarmonic.
Member
I did exactly that and it took it's time though, specially when some bosses became a lot harder. I guess it's also my fault for not breaking the game with some of the jobs and using the combinations i created myself?
Let's not fool ourselves, it's an horrible game decision and i'm pretty sure most of the regular players felt it a shore. And that doesn't even consider what the completionists probably felt. A shame because the mechanics are pretty good.
Either way, i would give second a chance, i think.
User 479360
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Surprised by the lower scores from a couple of outlets. I never played the first -- and likely won't bother with this one due to its genre -- but I thought these were supposed to be great games.
Huh? The scores seem fine. 82 on metacritic. Isn't that considered great anymore?
Again, it's only a second half in name only. It may feel longer, but two hours isn't more than a small chunk of a 50~ hour RPG.
First one is a great game. Haven't played the second yet.
To a lot of people anything that isn't 90+ isn't amazing. Chances are if a game is 80+ in a genre you like it'll be good for you.
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YankeeDonB
Member
This is sounding really promising to me. More Edea can only be a good thing, far and away my favorite character from Default. Sounds like they've done even more to break open and screw w/ the classic turn based battle system too. No Revo is a disappointment, but everything else sounds pretty sweet.
Linkstrikesback
Member
Oh yeah, definitely. I see what they were trying to do but they made a massive mistake by having the true ending path be
just keeping going through the world 5 times rather than the true ending path being where you've broken a crystal deliberately
it's not a dumb idea... maybe bad execution but it makes sense in the context of the story. Sadly most people can't be ask to bother and would rather complain than try to understand... (I was one of them before I saw the light).
Once you understand what they were trying to do, I thought it was quite ingenious in a meta sort of way.
So don't let them stop you from enjoying a good game. maybe you'll even become one of the few who got to understand what the story is really about.
y, this would've been soooo much better. I'd have made players
go through the loop indefinitely (or face a game over after ... 20 loops or so) until they break the crystal.
Drama Zed Nod
Member
I'd love an answer to this one too mate.
Andyliini
Member
I found this list from GameFAQs:
That should be the list of bonuses you can earn by playing the demo. Just some items, so nothing spectacular. I just enjoyed playing the demo as a prelude to the main game.
potion x3 (play the demo)
phoenix down x3 (defeat the Hawkeye)
hi-potion x3 (defeat the boss at wind temple)
remedy x3 (complete moonbase construction)
x-potion x1 (defeat ba'al no5 at any difficulty)
turbo-ether x1 (defeat ba'al no5 at Hard difficulty)
ether x1 (max out all characters job levels)
elixir x1 (complete bestiary)
20 villagers from demo will be transfer to full game,so remember to update data everyday before the full game comes.
phoenix down x3 (defeat the Hawkeye)
hi-potion x3 (defeat the boss at wind temple)
remedy x3 (complete moonbase construction)
x-potion x1 (defeat ba'al no5 at any difficulty)
turbo-ether x1 (defeat ba'al no5 at Hard difficulty)
ether x1 (max out all characters job levels)
elixir x1 (complete bestiary)
20 villagers from demo will be transfer to full game,so remember to update data everyday before the full game comes.
That should be the list of bonuses you can earn by playing the demo. Just some items, so nothing spectacular. I just enjoyed playing the demo as a prelude to the main game.
NHarmonic.
Member
You act like it's this great, groundbreaking thing but it's dumb as fuck. It's actually not a great story either and they could
make the point with half the loops, it wasn't necessary to do everything 4 times
And the gameplay and art direction are really good but when you get to that point it's a bucket of cold water. I'm pretty sure very few people aren't burn out by the end.
no, it was absolutely necessary. Otherwise the player wouldn't feel the same level of frustration as the characters do. That's the whole beauty of it. It's an interesting meta kind of experience unlike any other in gaming.
Doesn't mean that I or other people have to like or love it, but I still respect it for what it is
The problem is that because of how the story is laid out, it's kind of unclear what to do and people think it's a 10 hour part of the game when really it's 2 hours. It may work on a story level, but on a gameplay level it just pisses players off. A game is the sum of it's parts. It's sacrificing one element for another while clumsily trying to pad out content.
I wasn't going to bother with the demo from those list of items but I want villagers... I actually like that mini game.
That's actually better than it used to be, as average review scores have trended down a bit over the last few years.
Possumowner
Member
Better than I expected,as I thought the Japanese press/opinions were very negative.Might have to give it a go now though