Bravely Default Review
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Bravely Default Review
An RPG that recalls the golden 16-bit and 32-bit era from Square Enix. Bravely Default is available only for Nintendo 3DS for $39.99.
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That ending line, "Bravely Default is the best Final Fantasy game they've made in over a decade." cracked me up.
So true, it really is an FF game under a different name. It is so much fun to play though.
Doesn't it even have Phoenix downs ?
Tanner Murphy
Yes, and all the potions, ethers, and elixirs too, and job classes; and four elemental crystals of fire, earth, wind, and water that you must awaken to keep the darkness away. So basically like Final Fantasy I and III.
+Zinervawyrm hmm
less I
more V
master6339
FFI in the way that the world is rotting and that there are no chocobos or moguls. FFIII because of the message about balance between light and darkness.
+Zinervawyrm *moogles
the reason why they dont give you the freedom to explore the other dungeons is because of the feature that allows you to remove any enemy encounters. if you use this feature, you will be able to explore any dungeon and take all the loot without getting punished. and taking high level loot an an early stage would probably remove the difficulty of the game totally.
Ehhh, offensive equipment is kind of invalidated by the Dark Knight class.
@@popcorn82b nah, naked monk kills just about everything
@@AndreiCaldararu
Yeah but they don't do fixed damage.
Dark Knight damage doesn't care what stats the enemy has.
You JUST do cap every time you swing.
0:56
Minotaur: did... did you just steal my liver?
Tiz: Look what i have what you don't. A FUNCTIONING LIVER! XD
DID HE JUST DISS EDEA'S MRGRGRS?
Mrgrgr is best girl, and he would do well to remember it.
MRGRGR
Iz dat u Rise?!?!?!??!?!?
U-Unacceptable!
what is that? lol sorry I never finished the game completely x_x
GASP! Someone on the internet who knows the difference between Voice Acting and Voice Directing? I almost thought those didn't exist.
Jacob Tucker surprisingly a lot of People also confuse remakes and remasters
Soul Semblance your mom needs a remake
Tiz Kun Thank you
Soul Semblance kiss my villager ass
Tiz Kun Thank you for your Kind words Mr Stranger on the web
Come on Jared, mrgrgr is the best part about Bravely Default!
I said the same thing when he showed that and said it was bad! Mrgrgr!
The reason they don't let you go into caves early because you can turn off random encounters in this game.
+RenoVision That makes sense when you think about it. You could just go to later dungeons and get overpowered gear.
+RenoVision Why not just open up the dungeons when you have encounters on?
+RenoVision Little known fact, the first japanese release of this game lacked many features that were later added in a sort of deluxe edition subtitled "For the sequel", which is what we got in the west. For example you could not speed up battles in the first version, and indeed you could not change the encounter rate. Which makes that argument a little bit less solid.
+TNB12 Except for the fact that he's reviewing the western version. In the version he's reviewing the exploration blocks are obviously there to prevent players from abusing the ability to set the encounter rate, and as a game player, and reviewer, he should take that into account, which he doesn't.
WeTheWounded No.
The reason why it says "you can't be here yet" is because the game doesn't want you to get access to overpowered items at the beginning of the game. It has a function where you can turn enemy encounters off, making it very easy to get to items that you shouldn't have. It does limit your freedom, which was something I wasn't a fan of, but they did it for good reason.
How about making an excuse or obstacle to block the path
+Jeremy Mapalad legend of zelda anyone?
+Roberto De Gasperi True that.
I'd say that's a design flaw on their part. Studying the ways of game design really brightens your view of design flaws like these. If they wanted the same sense of freedom, but still have those OP items in there, they could have attempted to hide them away, making them unnoticeable to the player until the player has more information as to where those items are (eg. A map showing it's location). It's nothing too drastic, but a flaw nonetheless.
Kate yes but you do it too much and you will have to farm your characters hard
I don't know why but I love Edea's mrgrgr lines.
It makes her sound like a Murloc xD
One thing I got from this review : Mrrgrgrr!!!
ChromaLuke Better than the first resident evil dialogues
jolitero Is there any relevant game with voice acting worse than RE1?
+jolitero
queue: "The master of Unlocking"
+ChromaLuke Unacceptable!
Andre Gon took 1 year but your question can be answered now. yes it's called breath of the wild
Wow, and they accused Fire Emblem Awakening for not having feet.
lol I love that you of all people are the one commenting about this. When essentially all you have is feet. You don't even have what I would consider hands. Kirby can criticize those without feet though.
DisturbedKoala I feel very offended by this. Why do you have to be so racist, man?
He's not being racist. He's staying a fact.
stating
Yeah, but cmon. It's not like they're making a Fire Emblem game with my species, they are making a game about HUMANS! If its gonna be about humans, they should have real human features!
Then again, Blue hair isn't exactly normal
I find it funny how you could just call this: "Bravely Default: Final Fantasy"
and no one would complain.
Bucketninja And no one would argue with you.
***** It was a good effort.
it's a lot like ff 6 with ff style magitek and steampunk
+Kosteri x it's more like final fantasy 5 because of the 4 characters and job classes.
whatever. i'll play the sequel some years from now.
Wow i was just looking for a review of this game and BOOM Jared got my back son!
A bad review though
Yay! Someone making a statement as fact without providing any counter points! 100% legit son!
He clearly didn't even played through the entire game to make it, he talks bad about the plot saying it's simple when it's deep. He doesn't mention the second boring part of the game. His best reviews are about old games, the ones that he really played, cuz now it seems that he quit been a gamer to make videos of it.
DO YOU MEAN BAGOOM??
I think it's also worth mentioning that the OST is absolutely *fantastic*, for those of you who are always turned on by good soundtracks ;)
Since the market crash, I've been "bravely defaulting" on a lot of my debts. :P
W.T.F. Hegel that was unfunny
@@tataladdd4251 guy that comment is 6 years old what are you doing
@@Coonerbai my comment was 9 months old so who are you to talk 🤔
@@tataladdd4251 9 months is a lot less than 6 years
@@Coonerbai okay? still almost a year old comment and you’re responding to it
Well, I think they force you to turn around when you enter a cave early so you can't set encounters to -100%, loot chests, and leave with the overpowered items.
That makes sense, but could be solved by having the chests be turned off if encounters are.
The game clearly has an idea of when you're allowed to enter certain areas, so its a game design flaw. They could have just made turning off encounters entirely, or not b allowed to turn them off in the areas higher level than you so you could at least have a chance to get the items and feel rewarded if you make it to them.
I agree that this 'forced railroading' is occasionally annoying. If they don't want you to explore an area yet, they should allow you to explore it a little and then SILENTLY block your progress forward with something that looks like a natural feature of the dungeon design.
Compare how Skyrim did it: if a quest-related dungeon wasn't locked outright (i.e. "key required"), you could explore a part of the dungeon only to find it dead-ended, with the quest-relevant section blocked off by e.g. a caved-in corridor (which Skyrim has no shortage of in general, thus it is not conspicuous to find another one).
All JRPG will force to turn around when you enter a dungeon earlier then you supposed to. Whether there is wall of ice and one of character should learn fire further in the plotline or you need key item or ask key character to open the path or your main protagonist says you aren't supposed to be here.
I agree pretty much 100%. I also absolutely love the ability to effect encounter rate. Some times I want to grind. Some times I just want to get to the boss. I love having control over that and I hope more games follow suit.
Game looks really solid. Equally solid review.
Ooooh dude! RICEPIRATE
It's this guy
How the hell did you never mention FFV? Bravely Default's job system is basically a buffed up version of FFV's. It definitely warrants a mention! FFV is the grand-daddy of Bravely Default! They even both have an amnesiacs as your third party member!
And FFV was basically the true sequel to FFIII. The developers of that game's remake made Bravely Default.
HyperToxBox64 yeah but FF3 didn't let you transfer job skills, which is like, the entire fucking point of BD, so I'd say it's closer to 5
If you'd google a bit, you would've known that Bravely Default is pretty much a refined version of "Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light".
I'm only watching this cuz I got so into ffV and someone suggested this, it seems like a modern take on ffV's gameplay and I'm excited to get the game
One of the best features of this game is the ability to adjust the rate of encounters to a point where there are no encounters. That's a option I hope they keep in the sequel.
I know how to cheat for SP's.
1: Set 3DS to sleep mode.
2: Go on vacation.
3: ??????????
4: Profit.
you can probally change your system clock settings actually but it seems like to much work and if anything it's too easy to rebuild the village and sp isnt all that necessary, Im playing on hard and I still feel the game is pretty easy except for a few boss battles
Cyrus James Are you serious? The game need to run while in sleep mode and it tracks the time spent so cheating with the clock dosn't work. Besides if you find it to easy try a harder difficulty or put some handicaps on while playing(like higher encounter rate)
3ds battery drains in sleep mode especially in a car
Aristotle000001 Plug it in back at your houe, then come back.
It stops once you hit three. Then you have to use at least one and 8 hours later you get that one point back.
2013 GOTY: Fire Emblem Awakening.
2014 GOTY: Bravely Default. (most likely as of yet :P)
most likely not, a lot of games out is much better, also this game suffers from some pretty poor game design(Chapters 5-8), it's a great game, but no where near GOTY...
***** Those were "MY" GOTYs (I'm not talking in general terms).
Infinity Master Persona Q says "hey".
You sir, are 100% correct
***** if you haven't beaten it yet you can either speed through them and get the game done in 40 hours compared to 75, or you can experience the story, see some touching moments. Feel bad for a certain few characters. Or feel like some are... jackal s.
SPOILERS
the biggest problem for me in this game is how the game just repeat it self after chapter 4, and what makes me even more salty is how the makers actually made the last job side quest just how i wanted all repeated trips to be. a what if kind of scenario and not just some repeated boss battles with barley anything new until chapter 6
Yuki Terumi Yes, This a thousand times over. I honestly thought this was one of the best games I'd ever played until the second repeat...then the third repeat.. I gave up around there.
Also the game actually /PUNISHES/ you for figuring out what you're doing is dumb and wrong. The fact that 20 hours of the game is just laziness really killed it for me. =(
Altma mm. the funny thing for me at least was that i played through the part where the group started to figure out that airy was evil and after that didn't play until about a month after that and as i reached the reveal they where like. Airy, you evil. just like they forgot about it during the month i wasn't playing
Yuki Terumi well there is a huge plot twist at the end of the game but you have to beat the whole thing first.
Flame Palkia just did this weekend
+Altma then you are missing allot yes it repeats but the boss battle's use new attacks are different type of combo's or just a rediculous ammount (boss rush mode in the last chapter)
I hope you guys realize that you can end the game at chapter 5.
chapters 5-8 are all for the "true" ending (which is really satisfying btw)
so if you don't want to deal with the extra padding, end the game at chapter 6. (chapter 5 is kinda important ish...)
I love how Nintendo releases the 2DS right when they start making games that look good with 3D
See, therein lies a problem. While it would be nice if you could explore and maybe learn your lesson. You can also turn off encounters and get chests with items waaaaaaaaaaaay above your level. Letting you explore would break the game.
That's so true Oo Damn, I didn't even think of that before :)
But if they used a weapon level up system similar to Fire Emblem's, the problem would be solved. And for healing items, you can't heal beyond your max hp so the usefulness is limited.
There are systems they could place to prevent that, such as giving you a warning when your average party level is lower than the area and the game locks the encounter rate at %100 as a minimum in those areas.
Well, if you can turn random encounters off, the developers could just stick a static encounter, a guardian if you will, a ways into the cave to prevent you from proceeding into where chests begin to appear.
I don't know exactly how this prevention system is implemented, but you could also have a locked door somewhere that requires a key item from an earlier dungeon, thus allowing you to enter the dungeon but not make it too far.
DarkChaosGames
And if a game over just sends you back to the beginning of the dungeon, you can skip the warning and let them walk into their doom.
"No swear words are allow"
But i made Tiz say "ASS KICKING TIME" and "DAMNED FOOL" and stupid shit like that. :D
animefreakincs Because those are not swear words. Not even slightly offensive unless overly sensitive.
DisturbedKoalathey can't ban ass because another definition for ass is a donkey. Also, Damned isn't a swear words
Alter Ego
I made Agnes say "Fucking Idiot" :D
xD Hmmm I guess there is no censor.
Alter Ego Maybe. Or maybe only Agnes can swear because men swear to much.
I re-watched this several weeks after beating the game, and I've decided to give another view point. I NEVER used the Bravely Second option (no wifi) and did not streetpass tag more than 10 people my first play through. So I can say that not using BS probably led to a lot of my deaths, but grinding is so fast and easy in this game, it's not a problem. It's quick, but not to the point of it being a chore, because the enemies ability to Brave and Default always keeps me on guard. Also, I didn't really use a summon, because I didn't have very useful summons. Finally, while I agree the story is cut and dry as far as crystal based RPGs go, what really shines is the characters. My preference for a story is that good characters in an ok story is WAY better than an amazing story with dumb characters. And boy do the main, and even a big chunk of the supporting characters make this better. Honestly, I would give this a 9.5/10, or even a 10/10. Even if the game did drag towards the end, it did not soil the experience for me. My current favorite 3DS so far.
Dear Christ, did it drag around the two thirds point, though.
Finally an actual Final Fantasy game that isn't just a dress up simulator for that terrible character.
I dunno... I Liked FF X-2's combat... though the dress-up for the sake of dress-up DID get annoying!
***** Meant Return of Lightning
Ah!
Lightning Returns has pretty cool combat, and the game WILL kick your ass.
Great review, probably what got me to buy the game and I'm definitely enjoying it. For my opinion, being restricted in which areas you can go is something of a saving grace for me. I would totally waste hours exploring all of these areas too early, because that's just the kinda dope I am. Since you can turn off random encounters, the monsters wouldn't be there to keep me from breaking in, and I'd probably mess up the story for myself.
It just works for me, personally.
If anyone ever sees this comment who is thinking about getting Bravely Default, I have just a few things to say.
ProJared's points about the battle system and features were all good; the combat and job systems are so fun to play around and experiment with, but I strongly disagree with his thoughts on the story.
Bravely Default's story is, well.., I guess it's pretty much my favorite story to an RPG, ever. I don't believe Jared explicitly stated that he played through the whole thing, but the story isn't as simple as it seems. It _wants_ you to think that it's that simple.
After a few certain points in the story, you will question your enemy, their motives, yourself and your motives, and if what you _are_ doing and _think_ you are doing are the same things. And at the very end, I guarantee you will have one of the greatest epiphanies of a video game you've experienced in the final fight. There's a reason why the story of Bravely Default is put in the form of a video game and not a movie or book or anime.
A few last things I'd like to mention - I never really thought the microtransactions were that big of a deal. I only ever looked at the screen to buy the SPs twice in the time frame of two 68-70 hour game playthroughs. Neither of those times did I ever think to buy anything. I never even thought I needed to use Bravely Second at all to win any battle. There's no reason for this feature of the game to ever stray you away from playing it.
Also... The music is fricking awesome. Seriously.
Yes. Upvote for you sir. I think he does mention at one point, but it was quick. The baddies in the game are portrayed in a way that doesn't make them all that bad.
As many people I was playing through the fifth chapter and starting to get a little bit bored with what was beginning to feel like a drag. Then (without spoiling too much) after an encounter with a major plot character, I was starting to seriously question their motives. And at some points in the story i was even beginning to agree with the antagonists.
The story seems simple on the surface, but underneath there is some serious depth. The characters and their motives feel very mature.
That is all.
I'm glad you agree. Thank you!
i think he may have been referring to the middle section of the story (chapter 5-7) because it does get pretty bad at that point, its just "awaken the crystals and grind" and it gets quite boring, then the twist about airy pops up and honestly i toyed with the idea of airy being as she is but it was surprising nonetheless
will brooks
Yeah, though I love this game so much, it still has its flaws. They definitely could have shortened that section a bit or at least have incorporated more ideas with that to make it more interesting. But, personally, I think the end makes up for it.
Yes the end is very good
For years, I've been trying to find a DS RPG that has the old styley Swords n' Spells feel. A lot of what's come out has weird mechanics or is futuristic. This might be that RPG I've been looking for! Thanks for the review, Jared!
It's cool that people are both happy and getting excited for this game and I'm not trying to hate or anything. But....
Please, please PLEASE! Tell me I'm not part of a near dead species here of what I do consider RPG fanatics! Please! Tell me there are more people then I think who want to actually do the 'Role-playing' in 'Role-playing game' anymore!
It just seems like too often that before anything else is highlighted in an RPG anymore, it's the combat when that's the last thing on my mind when I want to get excited for an RPG.
What about characters? The flow of the story? The overall vibe and how it's presented? I view those as pretty freaking important!
In order for me to really believe that RPGs were 'revived' to their former glory, I really need some key elements to a Role-playing game that the community seems to be neglecting, dare I say been shunning over recent years.
What I want is another RPG where it has a definitive protagonist that has a likable personality to make me want to pretend that I'm him/her. Characters that are introduced one at a time and give enough time to get aquatened with them before finding the next companion. And I want an overall presentation that makes me feel what the main character is feeling whether it be huge, blood-pumping motivation or even sorrow. All that good stuff that makes me want to act out or 'Role-play' my character rather then just controlling him/her.
Don't get me wrong, I'm sure Bravely is a well made game and I'm not trying to throw a blunt object at people who like it. But from what I've heard and what I tried, it's well made in an area I could honestly give two shits about when getting an RPG.
You're not alone, however some of us have just chosen to pick our battles when it comes to the classic RPG genre. Lately, both story and gameplay have reached a level of insipidness that has gotten me to leave this area of videogames by the wayside since the last generation (and I'm still waiting on something truly worthwhile to win me back). However, someone making a fun twist to the strategy involved in a turn based RPG had me consider (for a split second, mind you) buying a 3DS and this game.
Sometimes, when it comes to a genre that you love but has been tanking for the better part of a decade, you have to take what you can get. I do prefer story over gameplay (and the time I've spent playing the Disgaea series prove that), but at least something like this coming along shows that Squenix is trying something to give loyal RPG fans a worthwhile experience.
I agree. As a writer myself, I'm all about a game that can tell an engaging story. In the past, RPGs did that better than any other game type.
But lately, traditional JRPGs just haven't been holding up their end of the deal. Just look at Final Fantasy 13: a totally linear experience with the most cliche'd characters. I'd rather play Chrono Trigger than something like that. At the same time, western RPGs, which are all about player choice, exploration, and pushing the limits of RPG combat systems, have taken off.
Making things even worse, most of the well-received JRPGs of late have diverged significantly from the standard formula. Take the Persona series of games, where the main character is largely silent, the environments resemble modern-day Japan with a twist instead of a fantasy world, and the battle systems are unique to the series. Attempts to innovate, rather than produce more of the old formula, seem to be working.
Putting all of this together, it would be difficult to fund a game that can be described as "another turn-based RPG." But if you describe it as "an innovative take on the RPG genre," and put most of your effort into that aspect of it, funding will come much more easily because that seems to be what people want right now.
I don't doubt we'll see a resurgence of classic-style RPGs. Just like Disney is making a return to classic Disney animation, but with some changes, I suspect JRPGs will make their return in time.
I can definitely agree. The characters, setting and presentation or just as important to me as the gameplay. And while BD has some incredible gameplay, and intuitive systems, the characters just make me uninterested. They're very bland in design, and overall unmemorable. More Final Fantasy III, than IV. I'll still get it soon, but I'm hoping for a more grand RPG soon. It's looking like Monolith's X will scratch that itch.
oh and I suppose a huge problem would be the fact that one character has a bunny stripper costume. and honestly it doesn't help my views of any game to have such a misrepresented protagonist and it shows that if the damsel doesn't sell then sex will. I feel like there's a level of women's rights that Japan as a whole needs to be introduced to. god I'd love a buff samus.
ninjatakes4321 On the other hand, it's just a costume and people are free to ignore it. Yes, it's dumb that it's there at all, but if you're going to buy the game anyway don't let it get in your way. And really, in Japan it isn't "sex sells." It's just... fucking Japan. God damnit. On the bright side, the sex appeal tinge was made a lot more tasteful/less obscene depending on your perspective for the west. Purist diehards that don't understand what misogyny is are mad about that, but whatever. It was an improvement.
Mrgrgr - Edea,2013-2014.
Could "You crystal-headed girl!" be Square's attempt at reviving "You spoony bard!"?
Wow, first video I've seen of yours, I have to say this was a VERY well done review, thank you! Been thinking about getting this game for a while, and this was very helpful.
Great review dude! Glad I randomly watched this and stumbled across your channel!
I find it funny his name is Ringabel.
Y'know, like "ring a bell?" because he lost his memories.
I know I'm late as hell but the game does this on purpose.
English puns.
The title screen has a good spoilery play on words which they keep by using the english even in the japsnese version
@@sidharthbommineni7780 It even worse in bravely Second imho . So-Many-English Puns. the names alone: A Sniper named Aimee, an uncertain NPC named Goe Getter, three NPC you bring food named Risotto, Paellia and Jambalaya....etc. And dont get me even started on the king of the hot springs, every water pun in the book. xD
@@mermidion7552 Geist (poltergeist), yew (you), denys(denies), foundar (founder), and mamy others as well
Alternis Dim= Alternate Dimension
Mahzer Lee= Mother
Victoria F.stein= Frankensteins Monster because she is kept alive with high white magic
Victor S.Court= because he is the Scourt of Victoria
And more
Bravely Default is Square Enix's best since The World Ends With You... which isn't saying much, but it is a great game. I do feel it weakens in the second half (won't spoil why) but it's all around solid, the 2nd best RPG on the 3DS.
Same, I just quit during the second half.
whats the best? i know its not pokemon, because although the gameplay is more intricate then anything else out there, the story was terrible for X and Y
Levi Annis I think he is thinking about Fire Emblem
Levi Annis Shin Megami Tensei IV.
***** so caz, when is that long-awaited review coming?
Glad I found this review - I bought this game back when it came out, played it for a bit, and then had a kid, so all my free time went away. I found it the other day in a cabinet, and was thinking of starting it up again. Glad that consideration was a good one.
Yeah, the "You don't need to be here yet" thing bugs me.
Chrono trigger for example, after reaching the end of time, i decided to go to 65,000,000 BC instead of Medina Village in 1000 A.D. . I got all the equipment from the trading hut and THEN went to medina, much more powerful than i would be otherwise. Every enemy i needed to kill also seemed like a small boss at my current level so it felt like a real challene to do this. That's the type of thing i wish more RPGS would allow me to experience.
Yeah, but that would make the game too easy. And story wise, that makes no sense.
ros on consoles does that
ros on consoles does that
If you play the game on hard and don't farm/grind for exp, I'd bet that this game would give you the same kind of experience.
Or you can just finish the game then restart a New Game Plus with your stuff transferred over.
Here's hoping that the next Golden Sun plays similar to this
After the complete disappointment of "Dark Dawn", I highly doubt we are going to see another Golden Sun... (unless you are being sarcastic that is :P )
Bravely Default has a lot of similarities to the Golden Sun series. The Djinn effect is basically the Jobs, and the four elements are there, and the dark and light as well. I think that Camelot Software Planning had a lot of potential there, the same as Square Enix. But I am afraid I must admit that I have preferred the GBA duology of the series over the DS single sequel. The thing I fathom is that the series would have been better if the Duology was actually remastered into nowadays's gaming standards like most of our favourite old school ganes are instead of rushing into an unfinished projet like Dark Dawn.
They could have used play coins and it would have been just fine to "buy" sp drinks at least it would have given kids a reason to go out side and walk alittle
The micro transaction might ghost ave been enix's idea
I honestly wouldn't be surprised if it was. All Square cares about nowadays is money :/
papa_odin wtf! Did you lost a couple of braincells there at they end?
Your 3DS game reviews have sold me on the console, I bought it together with Bravely Devault and right now I'm having a time of my life with that game! It's one of the best RPGs I have played in a long time, I'm loving the amazing class system and the soundtrack... holy shit the soundtrack is godly. This game reminded me why I love playing video games and why I consider RPG to be my favourite genre! I'm looking forward to playing Monster Hunter 4 and Pokemon in the Future. Happy new year!
Your an awesome youtuber and don't forget it your my favorite game reviewer your hilarious keep doing what your doing hope you get to a million subs
I got addicted to the demo. THE DEMO. I WANT this game!
you should get it, if you liked the demo you will love the full game.
I hear the demo was ass in comparison to the actual game since it didn't represented it nicely
8 minute review. Ready. Go!
Thank you for this, Jared. I bought the game because of this video, and I do not regret it. The description of the plot was quite accurate, and the game mechanics are amazing. Probably the two reasons I loved the game mechanics most was the level of customizational depth and that there was no single overpowered strategy, leaving your job/ability combination out of personal preference, not pre-determined by power. This rating really reflected my feelings as a player, and for that I thank you.
Another great piece of customization that went unmentioned here was the fact you can use the abilities of two jobs at once, which can create very powerful combos. e.g. Someone who's both a spell fencer and a hunter can exploit elemental and type weakness at the same time.
"The best final fantasy game in a decade" Sad but so true.
Within a minute, you completely sold this game for me. If it wasn't for DK: Tropical Freeze, Thief, Second Son and others, I would so get this game right now!
IGNORE THIEF GET THIS. ;D
If it wasn't for Dark Souls II, I would've purchased this immediately.
Dark Souls II: Only Game Guaranteed To Be Good 2014
Youngster Joey
Witcher 3?
Youngster Joey
Shut up and go train yo Rattata.
AviatorGamez Never played it. Probably fits same niche of RPG. But I'd prefer desolated atmosphere of loneliness rather than house of prostitutes.
ProJared you are such an amazing reviewer. Because of you I've made up my mind and purchased games like smt iv, fire emblem awakening and now this one. Thanks alot !!
Isn't the bravely default system like the stamina in Chrono Cross? It can range from -7 to 7 and you choose if you use it all in one turn or not
BRavely second has Edea do the Mrgrgr thing so often I feel it's only there to respond to this video.
FF13-3 can suck it. In 10 minutes, this game showed more depth and actual gameplay than the first 2 hours of FF13
Maybe a mass crossover of final fantasy and bravely default where the Brave and Default mechanics are present and not the FF13-3 system.
honest question: why do people always want the old-school turn-based combat. It's 2014, hasn't taking turns attacking from a menu gotten boring by now?
CalHasChillDay HAve you tired the new system? it alone adds so much to the turn based system, and while that may be true, something just as fun has yet to show.
Help! So ive just finished chapter 3 and got the grand ship and was heading for eternia. On the way i decided to dismount from the boat at the port in caldisla and from then on my boat disappeared. I tried going back to the port but it wont let me enter the boat. My game was auto saved so I cant quit and reload. I want to finish chapter 4 but I cant now bc im stuck on the island. How do I unglitch this? I do not want to start over.
This is not a glitch. What you do is that you find a nice open place for Grandship to pick you up. You can open the chest on the left-hand side (which is the area with D's notebook, Norende, and the like.) The bottom option should look like a boat, that is Grand Ship. Select that and it'll pick you up.
2:28 This is what I tried to do too with the Valkyrie asterisk! Learned my lesson pretty fast.
All I knew about this game is that it's ads were fucking terrible. They were seriously advertising you able to attack multiple times.
what the hell are you talking about?
OH lol sorry, iv'e never actually saw the in game ads on the game... where are they?
You're an idiot.
AdoreYouInAshXI I can totally see the basis to that insult.
AdoreYouInAshXI
He isn't wrong. I saw commercals for this game and I thought it was gonna be god awful. It reminded me of old early nineties commercals. SAVE YOUR GAME! SWING YOUR SWORD AND BLOCK AT THE SAME TIME!
only thing I need to know about is the game's length. I'm tired of a lot of 3DS games not keeping me held on for that long. Pheonix Wright was short, Link Between Worlds was abysmally short, and many others just don't last long enough. I want another 3DS game, besides Monster Hunter, to hold me over for a long time.
Anywhere from 30-50 hours.
Oh, that's perfect then! Thanks!
That is true. But I got so into the game that I didn't want to stop playing. I didn't really think about it because it was a visual novel, though. I guess I was just disappointed because I thought the fun would have lasted a bit longer. I'm not, in any way, saying the game was bad, oh no, loved it. The disappointment came from when it all ended, cause I didn't want it to.
Eh, might as well put this here, but it took me about 60 hours to beat it actually. Granted I did do nearly all the side quests and did alot of grinding to level 99. Still, its quite the beefy game as you can tell.
Iff you have the new 3ds xenoblade is very very long
Great review, this made me decide weather to get Bravely Default or not, can't wait to play this game over the spring break.
3 months after the review I finally get my own copy and it's amazing. And while the story line may not be anything new in terms of JRPGs it still captivates me because yes, it's almost the same journey but even so these are different people going about it they're own way. The voice acting is really good too and at times I think it's intentionally so we may have something to laugh at. Who didn't give a small chuckle the first time they heard Edea grump "Mrgrgr." Agnes's voice acting is the one that stands out the most so far. I know for sure she changed accents in between the scenes where I first met her and during the chase through the cavern area.
The story gets shitty at Chapter 5-8. You repeat everything for four chapters.
*Edit:* Chapters 5-8 are actually pretty good if you do all of the side stories.
+Swiggity Swag There are ways to make it interesting, however.
Without going into spoilers too much, I will say that with each chapter I found something new to make it a worthwhile chapter.
Chapter 5 I rematched every previous boss, and with that I came across new dialogue offering new insight to the characters we seen before, with a few new twists thrown into a couple of them.
Chapter 6 allows for the final job to be unlocked, so there I went ahead and did that.
Chapter 7, breaking out of order, I went after the long vampire sidequest for the technically second to last job, and that entertained me enough.
Chapter 8 was the final chapter, so enough said.
Even though I had to rematch all the 4 main bosses, I never had much issue personally, and the way I handled each chapter made it seem like it isn't as bland as people make it out to be. The player decides how monotonous and boring it may be, and I made my adventure count all the way through.
SSBBPlayListMaker Good point, but they still should have found a better way to do it.
It's kind of lazy how they made it repeat so many times. They could have put all those extra bosses in a post game.
Swiggity Swag I can see where you're coming from. Taking out a chapter or two and ending it on 6 or 7 probably would've been a better move in general, and would have left more room for other bosses and such. As for post game, not too sure how that would work considering the ending without mentioning spoilers.
SSBBPlayListMaker Can you explain what you meant by the post game?
Swiggity Swag Well, have you seen the end of the game?
In my opinion, if you need to use Bravely Second to beat a boss then it just makes you look bad. All the bosses can be beaten without the Bravely Second. I recommend playing the whole game without it, only then can you feel the full satisfaction of beating that boss that has killed you for the last 100 times.
i use bravely second to heal really quickly but not to attack
You don't know how helpful Bravely Second is in the final boss, especially if you're slightly under-leveled and you only have 1 person left alive.
SnailZorg171 Actually I do. I took on Ouroboros for the most part with just Agnès.
The others were killed off by his death effect immediately, but she had the Ribbon preventing insta death.
Even though Tiz died first, I was also already at max level with all Jobs maxed out and one of his passives was the Time Mage's Hasten World meaning both me and the monsters gained an extra BP per turn, so she was able to use the Vampire's Drain HP and Drain up passive abilities to do damage AND heal off everything he'd done every two turns of Defaulting.
All the better since I had her using the Katana Lore with Two Handed, so the intermediate Defaults kept adding up to being able to do her special fairly quickly (Katana's requiring 5/10/15 Defaults).
Tiz ended up getting revived to 1 HP due to one of the cutscenes and with his White Magic and Vampire abilities was able to bring back Ringabel and Edea and heal himself back up just in time to Shell Smash with Ringabel and then activate Edea's special for the last hit as I wanted (Baby Bird, her special theme is the best song ever in the history of songs to me now so I wanted the battle to finish with that theme playing), but Agnès could've done it alone.
The Vampire abilities are very OP. Once I maxed it out, I used it on all but Tiz, who used White Magic instead (more for the defensive, than the restorative magics though it came in handy that last battle to finish it how I planned to from the start and was thinking I wasn't going to at that point).
GullsAK i haven't actually tried out the vampire class yet, even though i've had the game since December....
Oh, and spoiler alert for people who haven't finished the game :)
i use vampires there pretty good in my opinion
The reason I think you can't go to places at certain points is because you can turn the encounter rate down to -100% so you could actually get game breaking items at no cost
That's what I was thinking too!
I really do miss that feeling of being able to fly around and explore a world in an airship but it's true that even in a lot of games that let you do that restrict you to certain locations
I like how you mention in the end that is the best Final Fantasy SquareEnix has made in a decade. So true. This is what happens when you spend too much money on a convulted storyline, trying to be different with a battle system instead of just sticking to tried and true methods while at the same time just incorporating new elements to it.
Final fantasy 15 is one of the best ones
@@arzfan29 if that’s what your opinion is, then right on! We all got our favorites.
#MRGRGR
+AverageJoe5050 I hate when Edea does that. Aside from that line, she's my favorite and always in front of the party xD
I totally agree~
I'm glad she plays a significant role in the upcoming sequel~!!
the battle system is slightly reminiscent of The Desolate Hope, which is a game I would LOVE for you to review, Jared !
9/10 combat EASILY. But how can you call a game with TERRIBLE voice acting, a shallow story that goes groundhog day, no world exploration, and dialogue cutscenes that are just close ups for the characters with no visualization of where they're standing in relation to eachother, 9/10? This score is absurd.
7/10, maybe a 6/10 if you actually play JRPGs for story.
talk shit about the story all u want buT DONT TALK SHIT ABOUT THE VOICE ACTING BECAUSE ITS ACTUALLy better than the japanese one at some points. ok ok o k
Miki Glaceon The Japanese voice acting must be fucking horrible, then.
What? I usually hate english dubs, but it's really good on this game
That's your opinion, some people value mechanics so much that they can look past everything else.
Why do people always gripe about a game because of a little problem like "voice acting" I like playing the games and experiencing them and immersing myself in an in-depth fantasy world that fuels my imagination so I personally can't wait to play this game which I may or may not get for my birthday in a couple days (note I've seen this vid more than once)
I was absolutely in love with this game until post Chapter 4. The little swerve occurred, I was excited to see what happened next... and then I looked at the map. I cried for a little bit and then never picked it up again. I have zero desire to do everything again, FOUR TIMES. However, Bravely Second is going to be coming out soon, so I suppose I should finish Bravely Default.
The ending is what makes me sad the most...
I guess i fond with the characters deeply.
***** You are missing out by not finishing the game, and it is surprisingly short. You just have to clear the four temples if you want to speed run. Or you can go through all of the side quests if you are invested with the characters and you want to level up.
Relax. You don't need to repeat everything.
SPOILER: You only need to rebattle the bosses in Ch4 if I recall, and Chapter 5 is literally the same as Chapter 6 but with less dialogue.
I'd say do Ch4, go right to the crystal in Ch5, and if you want the extra content, go through Ch6 normally. Otherwise, just go to the crystal
Don't worry about it. You only need to do the crystals again up until after Chapter 8. You can _choose_ to fight some of the bosses and do the sidequests again, but it's not a necessity. In fact, once you get strong enough, you can run through each crystal boss easily. Awakening all four crystals in a chapter only took me about 20-30 minutes in chapters 5-8, and that's _with_ traveling. Not to mention that you experience new story elements in chapters 5-8, and you get to unlock some of the best jobs in the game. I promise you, you're missing out. I was a little daunted at first too, but as the others above me are saying, it's not a big deal.
Chapter 5 I enjoyed, because it changed enough to be interesting still. Chapter 6 I hated. Chapter 7 was one of the most fun chapters in the entire game. Seriously, don't let the structure tear you down. Things do not remain as sedentary as they appear.
Oh Jared, I do wish you'd had said that microtransaction thing much more differently.
you got everyone in a hissy fit about it, including myself.
Because its really not a big deal. I went through the whole game forgetting all about it since they only tell you about it once, and if you dont use them like I did, I was always stocked on SP because I never used it. Also the SP reflls on its own, so the buying thing never gets in the way.
& The options to change the games difficulty makes the difficulty spike with bosses not a cash grab. Plus, whats a jrpg without hitting a point to where you have to grind.
What exactly is this "SP" for? Or, what does it do?
SP stands for Sleep Points.
Pretty much grants you an extra hit. You can have up to 3, and its regained by leaving your 3DS in sleep mode.
However, if you use up all 3 and dont want to wait hours for it to regain, you can buy sleep points aswell.
I say its unessesary to hate this, since SP itself is not important at all, and I even forgot about it since its not a normal mechanic youd use on regular battles.
Jaeger Bravely Seems about right. I've scrolled down and saw a lot of comments similar to yours. Thanks.
Don't you have to go back through some of the older areas eventually? Like repeat the chapters or something? Can someone clarify? :o
I'm really late here, but for anyone wanting a battle system similar to this game, I would recommend octopath traveler. It has the same default and brave thing by being able to store BP in turns, and has a great story and battle interface
what about the 4 chapters (of 8 chapters) of copy-pasted content??
it felt slightly unnecessary, I wish also the side story with the repeat job bosses was slightly more than annoying.
for me, the game should have ended at chapter 5. Nothing happens between 6-8, subquests with 2 lines of difference dont count.
***** I agree with 7/10, I agree with his rating if it finished at Ch5. (with the triple battles being in ch5)
I really hope they don't copy and paste stuff so much again in bravely default 2
7/10, like you said. fighting system is great and art/sound is great. story itself is generic and dragged out and the characters are meh.
Caldera11 sence when ppl play rpg for the story ,,, its not a big thing as i c it ,, u know
Bravely default is a great game...UP UNTIL CHAPTER 6.
I hope you like reawakening crystals.
Because you're going to be doing that shit over and over again.
Yeah I found that utterly annoying. But, I'll agree it is still a great game.
I'm actually about to fight Alternis for the second time. I realize I'll have to awaken them a third time, but I'm only happy about it because it adds more playtime. It's a bit boring, but I'm happy Bravely Default has lasted me as long as it has compared to other Nintendo games only lasting me about 30 hours.
Yeah, I didn't really like awakening the crystals over and over again. I actually dreaded going into the light. I was hoping each and every time it was finally gonna be done. -_-
Chapter 6 and on? Really now? Most people say Chapter 5, not 6 -_- I personally only thought 5 and 6 were a little repetitive, 7 and 8 were on par with the first 4 chapters.
Honestly, these chapters aren't even that bad if you keep an open mind. There's new dialogue and it's not the exact same dialogue from the previous chapters (especially in 7 and 8 where it's brand new). If you actually just played through the game, taking in whatever the game gives to you, you wouldn't feel these chapters were bad at all.
I really enjoy how honest you are in your reviews. It's makes the opinions mean something more than from say IGN.
Here in EU this game was released December 6 2013 but got sold out easily and took 4 months to arrive new copies.
Akihiko Yoshida artsyle is just
Job System. Fuck everything else, I am getting this game.
The music in 5:03 is BEAUTIFUL it nearly made me cry.
I wonder if he'll ever do Bravely Second, considering how in my opinion it takes every issue of the original, kills it, and enhances everything great about the original.
I feel like SP is the only flaw in the game, and the bosses having sooooo muuuccchhh heaaalth. Oh and the fact that silencing your opponent cannot be done on boss mages, which is probably the only reason why you'll use it. Gr8. Other than that, I LOVE THIS GAME. YOU ARE A BLESSING ON THIS EARTH SQUARE ENIX. Oh and a small thing that bugs me when people send me Lv 99 nemesises. Like seriously? Lv 99?! How am I supposed to beat that thing!
+Papyru My only issue with the SP is the fact that it's the only way to break the 10k-per-hit damage limit. A lot of other FF style games have certain moves or things like Accessories that allow a move to exceed that cap if it's strong enough.
The Boss HP I can see being an issue, but in the late game you've got so many options to dish out ludicrous damage between things like the Buff stacking and class combinations, that the bosses have their health chewed down surprisingly fast.
you're not supposed to be able to beat the Nemesis, a Nemesis is something you can't escape, meaning you can't beat it unless you level up like a maniac. They're mostly just there to offer good items, so just steal or mug then run away like a mad man.
And yeah, of course you can't silence boss mages! If your characters can equip silence nullifiers and nullifying abilities, so can they.
Victoria F. Stein
You make a good argument. However, first of all, the Nemesis's steal drops are pretty crappy, the only one is the lv 25 nemesis which elixers sell for 2.5k pg, other than that killing the nemesis are to get perma stat boosting buns, so they are meant to be killed.
Second, if we can't silence boss mages, then whats the use of that status? Because honestly you'll come to that point where silencing normal enemies would be useless, and that's like mid to late chapter 3 when you get OP against normal monsters.
And I felt we should be allowed to do that to create an even playing field, like boss mages that group casts Silence, why can they do that? They can group cast silence when we can't even single target silence them, early game its true because it's only one boss, but *spoiler* how about later when you battle more than one boss at the same time?
Papyru when you battle more than one boss in the boss rush I used Bravely Second a lot and also, you're expected to be at a level to understand how to equip poison and silence nullifiers. Also, there's always the option of raising your mind stat. And bosses can use group cast poison because they're a higher level mage as well. White mages can learn an ability where the healing magic doesn't decline when group casting, while black mages learn an ability where you can _only_ group cast on enemies(even with poison and silence spells). It's safe to assume the bosses have unlocked these abilities considering that they're... Bosses.
I've never successfully killed a Nemesis, but I know the stat buns make your character really OP so why would the game make it easy to do something like that? It's mostly for more dedicated players who are willing to put in the time to over level and then increase stats even more.
And honestly (wow this is really out of order) I never used spells like silence and poison that often except against crystal bosses/dragons. Elemental magic is always your best friend, and death spells cost so much MP and are usually blocked with a safety ring that those are basically useless... Mages in general just pale in comparison to Spell Fencers, which is probably why they got rid of it in BSEL... Okay, I'll just end this before I start talking about spell Fencers and how awesome they are.^^;;
the bosses aren't that strong. just get a couple of time mages and spam meteor.
I'm also a sucker for job systems. FF Tactics is still one of my favourite games of all times.
FF5 also had a great job system. Really similar to Bravely Default
Galen Really? It's been years since I played an actual final fantasy game (except FF VII). Maybe I should get back into the old Final Fantasies. Would you recomment FF5?
alvarosave The story is incredibly primitive but the game is solid.
Lital primitive as in? Typical cliche story and whatnot?
alvarosave o hell yeah, the only drawback from 5 it's the story, like a character that starts liking(like, not love) the main character even though they never had a conversation, but the job system is very fun
great review, Jared! This review makes me want to get a 3DS but idk if I will. still, like with bloodborne on the ps4, this bravely default rpg makes me a little sad I do all my gaming on the PC
I'm trying to get into RPG games (turn based) I've played pokemon and I love that a lot but I won't to get into others. Does anybody know what games I should start with?
Bravely Default really reminds me of FF4, and that's what made me love it so much! FF4 was the first Final Fantasy game I ever played, so it's very near and dear to my heart. (Plus it set my standards of what I feel a Final Fantasy game should be.)
Something in particular that I like about Bravely Default is the item descriptions in the journal. They give a little story/explanation to even your commonplace things like potions and ethers.
This is rare for me. But there is literally NOTHING bad I have to say about Bravely Default. I love this game 100%....
What about Groundhog Day?
yeah because there is such a thing of groundhog day in bravely default
Gardevoir206 There is. And it sucks.
Gardevoir206
there really kinda is. I agree with alot of ppl relighting the four crystals 12 times over was kinda annoying, since their was no new storyline plot. Fighting the bosses again I enjoyed, each new world the bosses became more fleshed out, you got a bit more of who they were. On a side note without the extra worlds you wouldn't have gotten the "Bad ending." Since shattering the crystal during the first world was near impossible for me anyway. I believed Airy, I believed the world would return to normal.
SoulTh3Kid what about twewy?
Love this review, I had my doubts about the game but now i'm really considering getting it. Thanks ProJared for another awesome review
“Thank you is nt solely for the one who cooked the meal, Agnes.”
“Huh? What do you mean?”
“It's also for the life that was sacrificed so you could eat.”
That.... touched me so hard.
Plus the music was amazing.
How it got harder, as I got stronger.
Instead of completely over whelming me.
Optional Quests were harder, yes.
But they were Optional.
And even then, they weren't too horrid.
This game has to be my #1 favorite 3DS game, ever.
And to this day, I still find myself picking it up, and smiling.
bought the game solely on the music, and it does not disappoint, best $40 I've spend
Only 3 real gameplay issues I have
1) You can very easily build teams that destroy most any boss battle with no real effort, regardless of if you put the difficulty at Easy, Normal or Difficult, relatively early on(only a bit past halfway through the game), taking away any real sense of challenge if you're willing to grind for even just an hour or two
2) Some boss battles are ridiculously difficult regardless of the difficulty setting, whereas others I was yawning from boredom even when I put it on Max Difficulty
3) Linear as hell. I get there are usually some fun sidequests, but like Jared said, exploration is non-existent
The exploration is most likely that way to keep people from turning off the random encounters and just taking super powerful armor/weapons from higher level dungeons
Elixir Mammon is game breaking after you get Thief. You can steal 1-2 Elixirs from it without beating it, which sell for a lot. Then you can afford the Norende weapons and armor as well as equip them to fully restore a character's HP and MP>
This is 5 years old, I'm building a must have collection of DS games at the end of the DS lifespan. It's strange to do and I hope this holds up but I'm finding the system incredible so far.
It sure does!
You just changed my WHOLE opinion on this game ._.
Agreed
And what was your original opinion?
I just found it kind of awkward.
LODBredCat In what way?
SashaandStorm The voice acting and silly costumes shown in cutscenes. They also talk about food a lot...
I've revived two crystals already and just found out there's something called Bravely Second, lol...
but they tell you about that in the first like 30 minutes of the game...
I have the "Ugh, I've played enough RPGs in my lifetime, I think I can figure the battle system out without reading the instructions. I'll just skip all this" way of thinking.
holonboy Yeah man; I know that feeling. Just remember that being patient will lead to more fun later on.
The game won't let you just play the game without knowing about Bravely 2nd option. The hint and gameplay instructions are pretty much in your face throughout the first two chapters. I don't know how you missed it unless you play the game asleep like I do.
tornaachoozsuh Well I did wake up with the game in my face every morning during Feb break, lol. I played from midnight to about 6 AM everyday.
I'm hoping he does a bravely second review because I for one, absolutely loved it.
Great review man. I just subscribed
"Bravely Default is the best Final Fantasy game they've made in over a decade." Yup. Couldn't have put it better Jared. Great review.
*me playing the game*
Me: Huh, the voice acting is not that bad.
*hears Tiz's voice*
Me: Wait a second, I know that voice!
*looks up voice actor*
Me: GODDAMMIT BRYCE PAPENBROOK, STOP FOLLOWING ME!
Least it ain't Ringabel.
*Why is Shinji Ikari a ladies man now?*
ProJared, have you ever tried the etrian odyssey series?
hey jared, are you ever going to review the sequel Bravely Second?